Unpacking the Power of Community Action and Political Change

Good morning. Good morning. What's happening, family? Welcome to the show. It is Michelle Bryan here at WNOV 868 M 106.5 FM. You are listening to say something real and I got guests coming in in the eight o'clock hour. But for that first hour, we're going to have some real conversation. It's a lot going on around the country right now. It's some some.

come to Jesus moments happening for a whole bunch of people. You know, now all of a sudden everybody finding some act right. Uh, yeah, you know, it's folks reassessing their life, their values. Now, uh, Sunday church gonna be filled. We're everybody gonna be singing one free. We haven't Jesus. I'm just saying.

What a difference a day makes November 3rd, what a difference a day makes So let me say good morning to the bros in the building Jermaine and watch you up here with the ski hat. I'll look like it's like 12 inches Come on Don't be bringing that energy this way preparation That fan better not come on

You know what? I mean he's sitting over here with a skullcap on. Listen. The hoodie and a jacket. And he got the fan running and the air conditioning. Manapal. Manapal. I was here yesterday. My feet was freezing. I was like, hey brah. So you know you can catch cold. Turn it off.

Turn it off. It gets cold. I said, I know how the husbands and wives be feeling fighting. You know about that heat that whoever came up with that, you know, you could cool the bed to this side and heat it to this side. Oh, since since we're talking about that, let me just say in our house, me, Keisha and her dad, we live in the house. The house got two separate heating things. So it's heat that control the downstairs is heat that control the upstairs.

This little girl goes to bed every night and turns off the heat downstairs. So I'm like, your daddy is downstairs. And so when I come downstairs, as soon as I open my door, you can feel a whoosh.

The the breeze I say I bet she turned that heat. I mean it turned that heat off man I go down the stairs this icicles hanging all off Glasses in the chairs her daddy back there shriveled up

Oh my god, her daddy is straight G. He'll never say nothing. Then later than that, he'll be like, it was cold this morning. I know, because your daughter ragged me and keeps turning to heal. I mean, she be upstairs cozy and nestle down like, like, uh, uh, yeah, I, I listen to these things, nestle down. And then her daddy.

What'd you say, Jermaine Timbermeade? What is it? Timbermeade Timbers. Like, oh, you raggedy. So yeah, now that we, yeah, I'm glad you missed that, Jermaine. Good opportunity for me to shame her on the radio. But, uh, so you good, bro? Oh, I'm great. That's how they do the outfit, you sure? Yeah, meteorologist Mane O'Condella. Oh.

We're back to normal. I mean, you got on a whole hoodie and a jacket and had the air on and the fan. I'd have had on earmuffs, too. I couldn't find them this morning. But I know that. You're like, the first day of winter. I know that the temperature has changed. You know what? I want to know what the governor can do about my situation. I ain't going to make my life better in this radio station. I'll tell you. Let me get my list of demands together right now.

to pull up this carpet.

We're gonna recall it calling David office with a whole bunch of demand look everybody I play it get y'all demands together We gonna start calling before even get there Tony evens administration become he like y'all do know he ain't here yet, right? I wanted on the desk when he walked So we need to need to get that list together

Clark Kent man look I want to say you bruh, but I'm gonna have to be the best friends with the governor leg right It's the things it's the things we need out here so I'm gonna have to act right

But this is this the thing this the thing because you know now But like as county exec I never really have to come for him real hard And some might have said maybe I should I didn't ever have because I always could see the the work I could see what was happening But at the state level and he about to get them rocks thrown at his window straight up like a bra

What's happening we need some movement on so everybody love him right now, but he better get ready First you love me then you love me again He better get he better get ready, but wait go ahead. Well, I was gonna say I actually sent you a Jay-Z songs called legacy. I'm not playing nothing about Jay-Z. No, no, I know I know but it was it's a great song I heard yeah, yeah, and soon as I heard it. I thought about

DC and Atlanta. I thought about Kansas. It's amazing. I mean, I can't play it. But it was it was really about the lyrics and the structure of the song. You know, I see. Yes. I was like, what? It pains me that somebody is so corporately full of BS. Yeah. Puts out music like that. Well, because he because he knows both sides of the spectrum. Yeah. But you you you playing, you know,

I mean you playing in people face now. Could it be the whole Colin Kaepernick Super Bowl you playing in people's now I Actually get that what y'all doing with some of this stuff. I can't do it. I can't do it But but but but if you kind of think about it In order to defeat the enemy stop playing no, no, no, I mean this is just what I'm thinking now I'm not saying that this is what he's doing

What did him taking over the Super Bowl halftime show due to advance any of the issues that Colin Kaepernick was talking about? Nothing at all. But they wrote a few checks and we still having the same conversations today. Colin Kaepernick has been out of the league for 10 years. Yeah, 10 years. Now, in 10 years, Jay Z got you all to shake it fast on the halftime show. They formed this little fake little.

organization entity to give out a few dollars and grants here and there. Y'all always know what I say. Who was the first recipient? Nonsense. And we're still in the same situation. See, but could it be that you can infiltrate? You've been in there. Let's go with you. Let's go with what you say. Let's go with what you're saying. You've been in there for 10 years. Right now. What I'm looking like now. What I'm looking like. I do understand that, but.

Could it be that sister stuff, but who don't got richer in them ten years? Who Pakistan got fatter who performing at the Super Bowl show this this this year. I mean this in 27. I mean jigger I Get that but I'm saying

So any of the issues that Colin Kaepernick was talking about, how has he been able to help address that by taking over the Super Bowl halftime show? What he did was make sure that black eyes and butts did not leave the NFL during those protests. Or that's all he did. Or or could it be that he created a stage that more black artists that was coming anyway? Well, I mean, I said he said probably would have never done the Super Bowl. Well, but why not? It wasn't like they would have never invited him.

I mean, you understand how we got black entertainers at the Super Bowl in the first place, right? You do understand that the halftime show was actually an attack on black people. I get it. You understand that the halftime show when in living color was on and Keenan. Yeah, you know, everybody, we all know that story. Yeah. And for the young folks riding the car who don't when you are sitting at home with your family watching the Super Bowl halftime show.

It used to be the most boring janky. Yeah, because they had white people. Yeah, college kids performed. It was just janky. Nobody watched the Have Time show. Because they had. Everybody got up and went and got beer, popcorn, a new brat. You know, some greens depending on where you was at. And the folks, the black folks that ran the show in living color on Fox of All Channels.

They programmed for the Super Bowl halftime show on their station and Everybody was turned from the halftime show and watch in living color And so to grab back those eyeballs because they got all these advertisers who missing, you know people watching They went and got Michael Jackson. So they went and got a black artist to take out a black show

and they have dominated ever since. They didn't go get a white guy to help take out in living color. They wouldn't have got a black guy and a black guy that was so freaking monumental, it was no way people were not going to turn in. And that was a crazy show too. So I'm just telling you all of it has been manipulation. Yeah. And how do we control and keep people engaged who we mess over on a regular basis? But sometimes.

Sometimes you have to play their game to actually infiltrate them. Jermaine, I'm fine with you saying that. I'm just asking. But I'm just asking to show me when, when, when, when we going to get the results. I get it. I mean, you don't know maybe they because you know what has I continue to believe. One of the best and the quickest ways to get people to act right is to hit they pocket. Right. Right. Right. It took a year to break down.

the transit system in Montgomery, Alabama, because they hit their pockets. Target, it didn't take 10 years to get movement at Target because they hit their pockets. All we had to do when all of that mess was going on with Kat. What's to say? TV is off. Even if we set a hard deadline and we didn't tell them, but TV is off for a year.

No merchants ice being bought other than Shaddur Sanders. Oh, but that was even before Shaddur. So that he wasn't even around. So no merch. No going to the bar to watch the game because you begin to hit everybody. You take that money out them taverns, unless you want to black taverns, take that money out they taverns, take the no beer purchases. Y'all, it happens way quicker.

Yeah, then I'm trying to get in the inside and play the white men's game and you know You got these white owners that was telling them people like there was some slaves on the plantation What they better and better not do and they're sitting up there skinning and grinning with Donald Trump You know like no, I'm not I'm just I can't do it with y'all. I just came What'd you say Clark one day they could just strike for one day every black

Every color in the like and you know what just even that Clark like if everybody say This day get TVs off. Yeah We ain't watching that day. We ain't buying up to that day connected to it. We're not doing anything Even that what you will be amazed at what that financial impact looks like So you don't think so you don't think that That could be a strategy. What's the strategy? Well, Jay-Z is doing

or no. I mean, I'm just I'm gonna ask you 900 ways for Sunday. Yeah, but it's 900. It's a strategy that has not proven effective. Yeah. Ain't nobody got rich, but ain't nobody getting taken care of, but the people that's already got bread. Kendrick Lamar already had bread. Everybody that's performed at the half time show bad bunny. These guys already had bread. How was the needle being moved to address the issues that Colin Kaepernick lost his damn job for? See, I mean, but you're

But you're giving these people a platform and that they would never have. They ain't saying them with the platform. They doing them dancing. They making record sales. People forward. What did they do with the platform? What did they do with it? Well, now, now, I do have to say Bad Bunny did take. He highlighted. He highlighted some stuff. Yeah. So he used. But after everybody got dust in the symbolism, we have moved on.

Well, I mean, I mean, Jemaine, I get it. Jemaine. That's people that have moved. Jemaine. They did use to stay. You're in a losing argument. I'm not trying to win. Listen, I would never win against you. Yes, you can. You can. Unless we ball. But it goes to the right way. DJ. I got you there. I got you. But I'm just saying, like the only people that have truly benefited have been these folks that already was on bread.

But the community that was suffering, that Colin Kaepernick was trying to highlight what was happening, you know, it's like come out of there. Absolutely, it's madness. So we just need to say that.

But look, it's a lot to get to. And we don't end up 17 minutes. No, because you keep asking the same question 27 way. What? What? You ain't going to answer. You're going to hear. 28th way. Oh, wait, because wait, because he an entertainer. Because he an entertainer. Somebody got to speak for you. Yeah. Well, you need to say something. If you say something, then we can deal with it.

Who is this with all this messing here? What do you say? Real black Republican taxed the billionaires y'all sound like some stupid sigh How are you gonna make me rich and tell me what to do with my blank? I mean my best people be silent like diddy parties or excursions to private island screaming crazy while I bust but women don't like when a man goes nuts It's not because the rap song

In fact, go ahead, defund the police, because when King England is near you, you should be on your knees. Yeah, that's a wrap. That's a wrap. This sounds like a wrap sound. That's a wrap. It might be money. I don't know what they're doing. Yeah. But, you know, and I just need people to understand, and whoever posted it, and whoever put this up here, defund the police meant reallocation of funds. It didn't mean close police departments.

That was your stupidity that took it that far. It didn't mean all police go away. That's not what it meant. It meant that when you look at most city budgets, a disproportionate amount of money goes to policing or goes to the police department. And it's not to services in the community, it's to pensions and payroll.

And then we changed the residency requirements so that that money does not have to stay in the community that's paying them. So if we're going to have these conversations, let's bring them up a notch and make sure we understand. Nobody said completely wiped the police off the planet. Nobody said that.

While if some black people said it, I wouldn't be 100% offended because we know why police departments were started. They were started as slave patrols. If we just gonna keep it 100. The very departments that you don't understand why some black people may not be the biggest fan of, if you look at them historically, they were started as slave patrols.

And some of the mentalities of some of these people that's on these departments, they still think that that's the go. But don't get me wrong, because I've said it a thousand times. If something happened to me, you better believe I'm calling the police. And I'm not just calling them because I need them. I'm calling them because I help pay for. It ain't like I'm out here begging for some help. I'm paying for help. You got something?

No, I just wanted to say I was having a conversation with some young Black brothers and it really, it really made me feel some kind of way because as I was talking with them, they said, man, do you know that these white people at our job is telling us that David Crawley

Wanted to turn our kids gay and then we shouldn't vote for him and I looked at them now this was yesterday after the vote I looked at them and I said So Did you hear him say any of that? No, but this is what all of the white people had been at the job is telling us and Some of the people that was with me was like well, I'm not voting for David because if he's gonna do that

I'm not voting. So I was like, well, did you look it up? And now you're talking to me. Now you're talking my language. So I asked, I said, so did you look it up? No, you know, I just thought, you know, since they watched, you know, to watch the news and watch all of this, man, you know, that they knew I didn't I didn't look it up. I was just going off of what they said. If you got so upset and I said, man, first of all, you telling me.

What you heard that's spreading propaganda. Don't do that, man. Because once you once it come out of your mouth, people that don't do the research will take it as law. Yeah. And run with it. What you doing right now? And what other people did kind of like what roaches and insects do to when they get food and information, they bring it back to the.

I mean, I have another metaphor. That was the only way. No, that was the first thing I thought in my mind. Or I liked it when the bird go get the food for the kids, bring the barn back. I did not know what the hell I'm talking about. What I'm saying is you bring that poison. Thank you, David. Governor David Crawley. He's governor elect. He's not the governor yet.

change that to governor elect so and it's like hyphen elect you bringing that poison back to your community and but I don't do the research they don't spread it as well and I and because like I said you was speaking to my heart when you got to the portion in the story when you said and what did you do

Did you go research any of this? How you sit up and let other people tell you about your people? How you let other people just give you something and you don't go because because this was my thing. So what were you able to say? Nothing. Well, why? Because I I don't know, you know, and it's like and it's no excuse for it.

The very phone cell phone you got in your hand. We had to walk to the library, go to a meeting, go downtown, you know, fight with folks to get information. It's on your, it's at your fingertips. You don't have to leave the comfort of your house. You can sit in your car before you start your shift and read anything you want to about just about anybody in the world on your cell phone.

That's, that's the frustrating part for me. They used to say before, if you want to hide something from black folks, put it in a book. There is no excuse for people being uninformed today. Listen, I'm going to tell you this and then I know we got to go. My family in Texas, it's just church in Texas that they went to. I was talking to some of my family members and they said that the pastor was like, I vote independent, I vote Jesus.

And I was telling them, I said, well, that means you don't vote. That means you don't vote. So if you vote in Jesus, that means you don't vote. And the first. So just say that. Don't try to dress it up. The first thing they said was transgender. They trying to turn the kids. And I'm like, you're so stupid. This is this is this is what I told them. First of all, you got to look. Look it up. Look it up.

and then you make a decision, but I told them I said, well, I mean, you do know when the Republicans have a convention that grinder goes off the Richter scale, you do know a grinder. No, we don't know a grinder. Well, look it up. And then come back and have this conversation with. And this is the other thing, the foolishness about being a single issue voter. So how, let's just say it's 900 transgender kids. How was that paying your bills?

What they got to do with your light bill, your gas bill, your ability to pay for college, your ability to get a good job, them gutting the Department of Education, them gutting EEOC, them gutting the Civil Rights Act, you know, cheating and putting more conservative Supreme Court justices on here, putting people in place that's reducing representation, taking away black congressional seats. So while you're worried about how a child or a young person identifies, you don't have health care.

your mouth raggedy, you can't feed your kids, daycare is changing, homeless people not being eligible for certain SNAP benefits anymore or different programs, but you worried about if somebody is transgender or not, but it does not impact your immediate life in no way, shape or form. You know, it's funny that you say that because I brought that up like, well, you do know with insurance and everything, people not being able to afford

people not being able to afford medicine and things like that. You know what the comeback was? I trust Jesus and Jesus will make a way. All of that's ignorance. All of that is lazy ignorance. All of that's ignorance. All of that's ignorance. Why? Because you know what? When you get sick, you take your behind to a doctor.

unless you one of them silly people just sitting at home and you're going to end up losing your leg or your kidneys fail because you you tell my true trust Jesus and he gives you common sense to go to the doctor gives you all the tools gives you all the things y'all think with every let's just go with Jesus and and God in a traditional way that a lot of Christians and black folks in particular think about Jesus okay this is just go with it in that traditional form

So, you think with everything that Jesus got to do, that he got time to manage every single minute detail in the life of every single person in the world, in the world, and we ain't gonna give him no help. We're just gonna be lazy and sit on the by and by and wait for Jesus not to let our lights get turned off. That's what we're gonna do. We ain't gonna get up and go to work. We're not gonna apply for the energy assistance program. Right.

We we not gonna get a side hustle, you know get some cans steal some copper wires after the city lights We're gonna do nothing. Yeah, we're gonna just sit down on your and wait on Jesus. See I don't that's ignorance and not only that and it's not even fair Why would you put all that on one person when you capable? What what you're doing is being lazy. Yeah

Yeah, God gives you the tools, the resources, the wherewithal to help yourself. Listen, it's a scripture in there that says God. It's a scripture in the Bible that tells you God gives you the ability to obtain the well. So if he gives you the ability, that means you have to go work your ability. But these same people will go buy a lottery ticket out. You ain't no Jesus to bring you your millions. You go buy a lottery ticket.

And then faith without works is dead anyway, so you can have faith or I can have faith that I want to lose weight like But if I don't do none I'm still gonna be the same and let me just say this to the people taking them GLPs and all them shots and all it is If you don't do nothing the minute you stop doing all of that it all comes right back If you don't change your lifestyle if you don't change the way you eat you're gonna be in the same fat situation unhealthy

The same situation. So one of the things I tell somebody I Have yet to do the hard work to lose weight Yep, you can take the immediate way out because some people's health is so dire that they like look here You are now putting your life in danger. We got to get this weight off you quick But even in doing so you got to still do the work Because otherwise you will be dependent on that medication for the rest of your life

So we got to go to break And this has been like some church up here and I said I was gonna circle back and get to that brother Who had called in and talked about his pastor said that they don't vote and the first thing I swear to God I want to say you need to find you a new church Need find you a new church

because that is not the mentality of people that are progressive and that are going to move people forward and that are going to nourish you and give you the full armor that you need to go out here in this world and fight. We have to have people that understand that you have to play in the faith realm.

as well as the everyday pay taxes, buy groceries, have a job, be able to put gas in your car world. And those things can require different things. You don't give up your faith, but you understand that you're operating in earthly situations and you gotta be able to take care of yourself. And I think that it is incredibly, again, lazy.

selfish to think that I'm gonna just dump it all on Jesus and I don't have to physically literally do nothing to help my own condition That's just sorry. So if you love people you help people So all y'all I love Jesus, I love the Lord, I love the Lord, but you ain't gonna give him no help

You just gonna sit up on your behind and hope that all of the blessings flow and you know He put the right person in office and he do this and he do that or it's just lazy It's lazy It's absolutely lazy It's going to church and not ties it

It's going to church and not ever volunteering to help clean up or get on a committee or help something to make the church grow All you do is show your behind up in your outfit with your Bible get the amy is not yeah, yeah and walk out the door Even if you tied you're supposed to do more These churches is only open on Sunday and then in the middle of the week when they have a choir rehearsal But you got a building

that could be used all week long to improve the neighborhood, to give kids a safe place to be, to educate our community. And many of y'all, what did Osteen say? When we had all of them problems, they didn't want them people in the church, so they lied. Yeah. Because they didn't want homeless people in the front.

Part of it. Yeah, I mean like literally churches is the most unused real estate that we have in this in this state in in the country quite frankly You ain't even programming for your members Forget the community around you. You're not even programming for your members for real Man, we lived at church. Yeah, we did everything at church. Yeah, that is true

That that is now, you know, everybody want a one hour service. You got it here. And you know, the choir do that little thing. And then, you know, we can go home. Well, y'all have messed up my show for this morning. All right, I got to take a break. You know, who really betrays you. Folks who know something is wrong.

and are too scared to say something about it. You know who sells you out? Preachers who every Sunday talk about praise and salvation but never address the evil and the ugly of this administration because they are scared of what will come their way. You know who sells you out? Folks who say as long as it don't bother me, I'm just gonna mind my business. You know who sells you out?

Folk who are elected to keep a balance of power but are so afraid of retaliation that they will not call to accountability the immorality of this administration. You know who sells you out. Folk who don't use their voice to say this is wrong. We've been sold out. Folk who are scared. Now, now, before you think I'm just talking about.

some cowardly congressperson or some scared senator or some jittery justice. Allow me to tell you that I ain't just talking about them. I'm talking about some of us. Some of us have sold ourselves out by not using the voice and the privilege and the opportunity that God has given to us. If you don't vote, you have sold us out.

If you're part of that generation that sits at home and says I don't like either candidate or either party you have betrayed us if the only time So hang on wait And it's not gonna play the whole clip so that particular clip

is something that I wish I had came up on before Tuesday morning because I found it later on Tuesday. And that is Pastor John Wesley. Where is the? Hang on. Hang on. I'm mad. Who I think is actually going to be down in Beloit this weekend. Hang on. Let me put this up. Really betrays you. Wait, wait, wait.

Um, so Dr. Howard John Wesley, I think he is supposed to be that he is a senior pastor of Alpha Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia. Yes. Um, and I've had an opportunity to hear him speak before. Um, and the clip is longer, uh, but because of just everything that's going on, I'm not going to play the rest of it. But you have to figure out when you're sitting up

in a house of worship, and you have a faith leader that is governing your organization. Is this somebody whose eyes are only looking up and not around? Because safety, progress requires somebody that has the ability to do both.

I gotta understand my circumstances. I gotta know what's going on around me so that we can respond and react to it. We can prepare for it. We can navigate. We can take advantage of opportunities. If I'm only preaching heaven, heaven, Jesus, heaven, heaven, and I don't ever tell my folks.

I need y'all to understand what's getting ready to happen because we got seniors sitting in this congregation who's getting ready to have some issues possibly with social security. We got seniors sitting in this congregation who get ready to have some issues with property taxes. We got young children in this room who are about to be impacted because they want to get rid of Head Start.

We got the Department of Education that's messing over things so that young people won't have access to student loans in the way that they did before. And we change in the definition of what's a professional degree because many of us couldn't go to college if we couldn't get money to pay for our education via a loan. The very ability to tide in a church is contingent upon what's going on around you. Not looking up to the heavens.

But what's going on around you? That influences whether the doors stay open whether that dang elevator finally get put in and we get some ADA Accessibility whether we can expand and get senior apartments and housing or we can get a daycare for the church Or we can get technology to make it easier for people all of that's controlled by what's going on around you I Don't have no room in no time for pastors who only look up

You can't leave me Because you're not giving me everything that I'm supposed to get when I'm sitting in this congregation Okay Script to tell us anyway to watch and pray so you can you can look up but every now and again You need to look around and see what's going on. I'm telling you I think about all the time In the church when the white young man came in there and killed all them people

Everybody praying and you ain't watching. You ain't watching. You ain't paying attention to who you don't brought into your midst. So I'm I'm gonna move on because I got a whole 15 minutes before my guests come in. This show is shot today. They go but let me take a second and just highlight a couple of things about November 3rd. Okay. There's a a graphic that we have been showing that

has highlighted the fact that we elected, across the country, six African Americans to be governors. Six African Americans. Clark, can you put that graphic back up? To be governor. Six. And in Wisconsin, we were fortunate to have one of those. So we got Wes Moore in Maryland. He was already a governor. He was reelected. Keisha Lance Bottoms, governor in Georgia.

former mayor of Atlanta, but this first time for a woman or African-American or any person of color to be elected governor in Georgia. David Crawley, thank God they got the right picture of them up. I'm so tired of these these these pictures of David Crawley. That's not David Crawley. Governor of Wisconsin, David makes history by becoming the youngest governor in the country at 40 years old.

So he makes history in terms of race. But he also makes history in terms of age. Byron Donalds, who's a Republican, elected down in Florida. Aaron Ford, governor, Nevada, and Stacy Plasset, governor, U.S. Virgin Islands. So that's just one layer of the story from November 3rd.

When they put up the picture of all of the black women elected in Georgia and somebody had the caption, we in Wakanda for real y'all is crazy. I'm listening to interviews this morning on another program, driving the rope this morning and a sister out of Texas in Tarrant County talking about what they were able to do in Tarrant County, getting all these black women elected, many of whom are my sorority sisters.

Big ups to the folks in the D9 who ran for office and talking about how you immediately will get change. How does the current administration and judges that they have been working with had been limiting time so that people who wanted to show up and speak at a public hearing to shut them up, they would only give them one minute. And if you exceeded the one minute, they would have you arrested and escorted out by shares. And now that immediately changes.

First thing in our mouth, we will be changing that ASAP. Getting people to understand how important this game is. Right now, and I wanted to mention this, if you get something, the Wisconsin Democratic Party has been sending it to their members. Scott Collin has been sending it directly to people himself.

If something comes up on your phone or your email and it says, hey, I'm Scott Collin. I'm down here in Mississippi and I'm broke and I need a donation. Some of you are going to go, wait a minute. I don't understand because your election happened on November 3rd. Why are you still trying to fundraise? Because Scott Collin is in a dead heat with the Republican

Cindy High Smith to be a US Senator out of Mississippi. This morning I heard that they were separated by roughly a thousand votes. Here is the issue why he needs money. In the state of Wisconsin, if we have a super close race, I'm talking about fewer than

100, 200, 300, a thousand votes separates candidates. There is a numerical threshold that will kick in an automatic recount at the municipality's expense. If it's above that numerical threshold, the candidate can pay for it themselves. In Mississippi, they have no such trigger. They have no recount process.

either controlled by the candidate or controlled by the municipality or the state. So if this thing continues to stay where it is, Scott Collin either has to go to court to get remedy or relief. He got to pay for that. So this thing can get very, very expensive.

But there is no automatic way that they're going to decide in Mississippi with the election being this close that does not cost him money. So if y'all see that ad, y'all get that text message. Send that man $5. Send that man $10. Send that man $50. Send that man what you can because we literally have the ability to get an African American in a state.

that has 30% black population. Mississippi got one of the highest black populations of any state in the nation. And yet they cannot get black folks in these seats because of the way the districts have been unfairly drawn down there. But on a statewide race, you get to play differently because you can't gerrymander the state. So if you see it come through, Scott Cullum

I played a clip from him on election day. I'll get you some more stuff. He was the clip that I played about mega evers. And why it was important to vote. But these are the things that we take for granted. We don't even realize like everybody don't do what we're doing in Wisconsin. It doesn't work like that for all people. It does not. We are extremely fortunate that some things have been thought out in this state.

people always tell you, you know, you think the grass is green and somewhere else and then you get to realize like, man, these people ain't got no rules for a recount. When the race is real, real close, I got to go to court. Judges got to decide what's going on. Like this is madness. We are fortunate on so many levels in the state. Let me go to the phone line. Hey, Carla, what's happening? Hi, am I calling number eight?

I love her. I love her. That's what I'm gonna say. Congratulations. Congratulations, Governor-elect Crowley. I got two questions about Governor Crowley. Yes, ma'am.

Like four or five years ago, it's based in an Elena Taylor put a bus together for advocacy day in the Capitol. Will Dr. Myers be doing something like that so that we cannot go to the inaugural for Governor David Crawley? I really want to go and I really want to represent when they pan a camera out, they see us more than others. But is that a possibility? Okay. Go ahead. What's the second question?

Mrs. Erica Crawley, how is her day right now? Like, is she going into the office and she's been in a two-week notice? Like, what could she be? I heard Wanda Montgomery talk about how they escorted her around for protection and things like that, and that was so much love. But then I woke up this morning as I was getting ready for work, like, really?

she doing right now? Does she just thought the deuces sign and say, I'll see y'all later because I control y'all now? Or how is her day as an employee about to be the first lady of this time? All right, let's tackle it. My last point is about all the destruction that Trump has done. Now that we've had this tsunami of a blue wave, will it take decades still?

to change things around or is it still going to be a long process to correct all the corruption that he has done to our country? Thank you, Michelle. And I second Debo yesterday would give me your flowers. Thank you so much for being on the air and doing what you're doing to help us lay people understand politics. Thank you. Thank you so much. And let me just also say, speaking of flowers, a brother came up to the station yesterday as I was getting off and he and his wife sent me not only

beautiful flowers, a dozen yellow roses, and this one flower, I have to go look it up because I've never seen it before. And I've never gotten it before in an arrangement. And when I got them home and got them arranged, because y'all know that's what I do, I got arranged. Someone was at the house and they said, is that a real flower? It was that beautiful.

And they asked, I said, yeah, that's a real flower. I said, you know, that's a part of that, that particular bundle that they gave me. And so some of them hadn't even buddied yet. So I'm going to have them for a while. But it was so funny. My friend, she said, is that a real flower? Yes, ma'am. So thank you to the, the couple. I said, what a guy.

My man, Jordan Roman.

Thank you so much, Jordan. I see it on the chat. He said, just donated. That's what I'm talking about, family. That's what I'm talking about. Show up for them folks down in Mississippi who may not be in a position to show up for themselves right now, because when I tell you in Milwaukee,

We gotta do more of this because I can tell you the number of times buses have come down here from Chicago to get out to vote in Milwaukee. I'm talking about Obama's campaign. I'm talking about the Supreme Court race. I'm talking about what we just saw with David Quali. Danny Davis, Congressman Danny Davis, they brought bus laws down here and it was fanned out through the neighborhoods and you could tell as soon as you saw them and you started talking to them, these people ain't from Milwaukee.

And they was like, no, we're from the shop, baby. We're down here. We're down here trying to help y'all get this done. When do we get on the bus and go anywhere to help any damn body? When? When do we get on the bus and say, because that requires that we pay an attention to somebody else's community. That's why I have a Cleopatra Draper from VON on our show, VON out of Chicago, because we need to know what's going on up the road.

But how many times do we get on a bus and go help somebody else? So Let me just say this real quick her three questions I Got another one hitting the text hit myself fall. I just donated to Cologne too. Come on now. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Wanda Montgomery. Come on y'all Yeah, somebody there we go. There we go, Brenda

Thank you so much. Brenda just donated $15 and it don't take a lot, y'all. It don't take a lot. Barack Obama, I think, talked about his average donation was like $27 or $17. It was something. Every bit makes a difference because if we do this from all over the country, this young man has what he needs to fight this fight in court. All right. So real quick, the call is three questions. We will have to find out

What's going to happen? Because January 4th is going to be the inauguration day. Okay. That's the swearing in for David Carly. It's going to be at the Wisconsin State Capitol in the Rotunda. Okay. That you're Madison. They can only like during act 10, there were thousands of people, but everybody can't get into the Rotunda. And the way you set up dignitary security safety, it's going to be limited. How many people going to be able to get in there?

One of the things I'm hoping that his administration is thinking about is that they may need to do a separate ceremonial swearing in here in Milwaukee. And they may need to do it at the Bucks Arena or, you know, somewhere where you can accommodate the people that want to come and see this. There may need to be two, the official.

And there may need to be a ceremonial swearing in so that folks will be able to come. And if they do something like that, then hopefully they do it in Milwaukee. We ain't got to get a bus. Y'all can just make your way on down, but we'll keep our eye on it and keep in contact with his campaign in terms of Erica Crowley. And does she just get up and go to community advocates this morning? Like nothing just happened on November 3rd. You just waiting to January 4th for your husband to be sworn in.

Erica quality's whole world and those children and David's, quite frankly, has just been upended. They now have a different level of security. That security is now afforded to all of those immediate members of that family. Those babies got security. The Erica has security. The county said governor elect has security. And how they move everything is about to be different. So.

just understand that she and David will do everything that they can to keep a degree of normalcy for their children because these babies now may be looking at, you know, they got to change schools. What does that mean? They're going to be uprooted and taken out of that nest and that environment that they have been a part of. So everything changed for that family on the morning of November 3rd before he got elected. Everything had changed that morning.

And that's true because even when he came in here, it felt like it was different. It was just the whole ambiance was different. And I said, I said, I had like when he came in and he shook my hand and I hugged him. I said to him, I said, man, are you ready? And he looked at me and he was like as ready as I can be.

Man, I'm telling you, it's a picture somebody posted of him at Urban Underground sitting on like a table or desk. He got his baseball cap turned to the back. Young baby. And then they got the picture of him, you know, doing his acceptance speech and to be able to see those two pictures side by side. That's why I'm going to find that picture of Cavalier Johnson with the braids. I'm finding that picture to help young people understand.

that you could come from this. And so the last question, I'll get to that after we do our guests. But yes, y'all, everything has changed for that family. Everything has changed. I got to take a break.

I'll be right back to the show. So I have to switch gears, but before I do that, Clark, can you bring up the chat for me? I have to just tell y'all when I tell y'all Milwaukee, y'all never fail to just blow me away since we made the announcement about looking out for Scott Cologne down in or Cullum down in Mississippi and helping his brother because he is within a thousand votes. He is in the lead, but.

right now this thing is too close to call and they have no automatic recount. They don't have a recount process system at all. So the courts has to decide what's getting ready to happen in this election if it continues to be contested. And so he is going to need money. He indicated that he went through most of his money running the campaign and he put out an all call.

the Wisconsin Democratic Party, they sent out stuff to their members with a link to say, hey, if you can help, help this young man out. And then I announced it here on the show this morning. And let me just tell you, we are going to get that link up so that folks can donate. But when I tell you people are like, I sent $20, I just sent 15. We heard from Deborah Jenkins Simmons, who said, my sister-in-law just donated 500

$100 for our family. It is from our family. She lives in Jackson, Mississippi. Come on now, y'all. Look, Charlotte Thomas, she said, hey, what's the site? I'm trying to donate. Other folks have said, get the link up, Michelle, so that we can donate. We have seen in the chat that folks, Kenny Gaines, she just put in there donated exclamation point. We are seeing people from our community show up again.

Do you know how long it has been since Mississippi has had an African-American to represent them in Congress in the U.S. Senate? And remember our connection, Hiram Ravels, first African-American senator in the United States. His great-granddaughter, Denise Ravels Robinson, used to run Milwaukee Child Welfare. He was also the president of none other than the Alcorn State University. Remember this history, y'all.

all right let me switch gears let me switch gears let me switch gears we have the world gotta keep moving um and this conversation

is done in part because of the commitment of Milwaukee County under the leadership of County Executive David Crawley to make sure that our community isn't engaged and has information. And so we get to welcome two incredible people representing Milwaukee County this morning to the show in studio. We have none other than Miss Rebecca Stoner who was with the Milwaukee

Park Foundation. Yes. Good morning. Good morning. How are you this morning? I'm good. Happy to be here. I see them dimples run deep over there. I ain't gonna tease you about it. But you don't even get to smile good. They like, yep, I'm here. I'm here. It's nice to see you, Rebecca. And then I understand we got a rock star on the phone. Somebody that gets it done over at the King Center. None other than Miss D. McCullough. What's going on, D? Good morning. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. How you doing this morning?

I'm doing good, little setback, but I'm on my way to recovery. Wait, say that again. What happened? I said a little setback, but I'm on my way to recovery. Well, I hope that the recovery definitely comes and that whatever it is that it gets worked through to the best of your ability. Well, I'm going to tell you, and I know a lot of people

are wishing the same. You are somebody that has been there for this community. You hold that King Center down, make it a place that we are all proud of, proud to see, you know, the developments, whether it's the fresh coat of paint, the attitude of the staff when you come through the door, you understand that it's a safe environment and inclusive environment. And so thank you for the work that you're doing over there.

Thank you. I appreciate that. All right. So let's see. What's the best way to start it off? Rebecca, Ronald, I'll bring you in to talk a little bit about the foundation aspect of it and what that work looks like and how does that affect support even something that, you know, the work that D is doing over at the King Center.

For sure. Thank you all again for having me. And I honestly, Miss D tells me what to do and I am just smart. And I really should say Miss D because everybody said Miss D. But no, in all seriousness of Parks Nation, we have been residents at the, you know, tenants of the King Center now over four years. And in that time we have just seen.

so much life, come back to the King's Center. There's so many people in the doors, you know, playing, whether they're playing basketball, doing karate. There's art programming. There's even programming to learn how to make like fruit arrangements. It's the coolest thing. And yeah. And so at the park's donation, you know, it's very cool. So at the park's donation, we have

Our focus is really fundraising and supporting, programming and activation in our parks. And so it's a no brainer that we continue to support the King Center. And it's been an honor, an honor to partner with Misty and her team there. So when we talk about foundation, we typically think of well financed, you know, donors making things happen. How, how is the Milwaukee Parks Foundation set up? What, how does that work?

That is a good question. So we do fundraise for every dollar that we make, but what I like to say is that we are the back office for the larger parks movement. So we don't try to be everything to every park. We try to see who.

who is doing really good work in parks and how can we provide support for them to do more? Because there's a lot of people out here like Miss D who put their heart and soul into our parks and into our community centers and they don't get the resources that they deserve to do that kind of work. So that's kind of where we come in and where we can support best. So let's get you in on the conversation. And I'm going to say Miss D because I know that's what everybody say. Let me just ask, first of all, let folks know how long you have been over at the Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Center.

D? Oh, I thought we were still talking. Becky, I've been over there for 18 years now. Sorry. Oh, sorry. How long did you say you've been over there? I'm going over 18 years now.

man, I can't believe it's been this long. That's crazy. I remember when you win. So in this 18 years, can you talk about, you know, from when you first walked in the door to where you are now in terms of growth or program expansion or just what it's been like to keep those doors open? Because did we go through a period when they were even talking about possibly closing the King Center? Absolutely. Absolutely. Walk us through that a little bit for me if you would.

We started, when I first got here and stuff, there was some struggles going on at the King Center with monies, with getting people to stay with programming. And we worked, the former director, we worked to try to get those changes around. And then we went through the period of budget cuts where they were more than once that the King Center was mentioned to be on the chopping block for closure because of funding.

But successfully, we were never eliminated. Our doors never closed. We continued to fight. We were making grave head waves. And then like everybody else in the country, we hit COVID. And COVID changed the whole structure of what we needed to look at going forward for what was needed at the King Center. Because as bad as COVID was,

It also became a blessing because what it showed was how deep the need was in the community we serve. And from that point forward, I've always had a safe haven attitude about the King Center. Whatever problems you're going to, you leave them outside. When you come in here, whatever you were going through no longer exists. And so with that, we've been able to survive with the financing, with the money,

that Parks Foundation has worked to get us with the other new partners that are brought on board. But we slowly see it coming back now, even after the devastation of COVID. So it is definitely a cause of safe haven. And everything that we do in the center every day, every second or every moment is to feel invited to provide

the many needs of the communities that we can that we have possible within our center and to continue to grow for not what we think is best, but for what the community outside is telling us what they need inside.

I am someone that has used the King Center often on over the years. Now, I haven't been a member for a long time, but I've taken boxing classes. I've done, you know, weightlifting classes, aerobics. I have definitely been in and out of that building, but I got to be honest.

I have no idea and and and I want to be to say this too. When I've had to look for a venue, we did the Supreme Court candidates forum at the King Center. I was extremely happy to do that. It was right there in our community, you know, easily accessible. Your team was great to work with to get that done. But for folks that don't have an idea of what's going on in those walls now by way of programming, put us a phone on information.

Wait a minute, we have a new class coming up and this is specifically spearheaded for the adult. It's called sipping carves. You come in and leave your problems at the door. We're going to give you a variety of food that you're going to learn to taste to see what it tastes like.

And then you're going to carve it into whatever you want it to be. Uh, something for Thanksgiving, something for Christmas. We have a new plant growing class that, um, wait, wait, wait, don't don't go past that way. Wait, cause you just now I'm trying to figure out how to sign up. When is this? And who do I, I mean, how many people can they take? I'm telling you right now, I'm signing up today. If I can register today, I'll register today for that, but go ahead. I'm sorry.

Absolutely. That's taught by Regina. Imani is her stage name for cutting food itself. And I don't have all the notes that I made, but I promise you I will get them to you for when that class is. We have a new program that we got coming up. And I have two that I'm super excited about. This next one is we have class coming up that I'm working actually with disease and he's bringing in the new growth

stations that in house sign and we're going to teach the kids how to make their own food and vegetables right in the King Center and watching from start to finish to carving them to eating them in one location. So I'm just gonna say that excites me tremendously. My seven year old grandson, his mother

They live right outside of Atlanta. His mother has gone on this little, you know Farming journey and so and they're doing it out of pots. Yeah, but He has grown his own tomatoes his own cucumbers. I got video of him pulling potatoes up out of the dirt and You know, they're making salad, you know from the things that they're growing in the garden and

You can just see in the education that this young, you know, this young baby is getting this lifelong. But the idea that they literally I think right now the only thing they're buying for their salads is the lettuce. They are growing everything else. So zucchini. I'm like, really? Do we eat zucchini? So that I'm so excited for that program because it's a lifelong skill. Yeah. And as high as food is the day I'm going to eat it.

Yeah. And if I could just jump in real quick, you know, the last four years that I've been at the King's Center, we've had our office there. I really do feel like it's going through a renaissance. Like people have said, we want this place. It's special to us. And there is something for everyone. I mean, personal training classes, basketball with the TaylorMade Foundation, events, programming, like, so I would just say, come on down or call the King's Center and find out what's there for you. It's really, really a special place.

Um, so are there other programs we need to know about and then you guys are infamous for the back to school Book bag giveaway, you know, a lot of us just come to get the hot dogs and eat We don't have kids but we're like can we get hot dog can we eat the environment is always so cool so friendly and you can just tell that to the point

about that this, when you talked about the Renaissance aspect, Rebecca, that this is a place that people want to remain in the community. They are committed. So do you have any special programming coming up, Ms. D? Absolutely. My newest partner is from, it's called Monster Academy. And one of the people on Eric's staff is a robotics guy.

And so we're getting ready as soon as they get up and running, we're getting ready to provide classes for these kids out here. You know, the big thing is they love playing video games. Well, we want to show them how to make their own video game with them in the game. So love that. I'm going to bring up my grandson again because he does a program through MIT that is free.

Wow. And they teach kids how to code. And he is seven years old. He's been in it since he was six or five. And he makes his own video games. And now I think this child has made up to 300 games. And he and his dad play them. And one of them reminds me of old school Tetris. It's so funny. Yeah. But to see this skill and understand what that translates into in terms of

you know, education, how well they do in school in terms of careers and jobs. So again, thank you. Thank you because you all definitely got your pulse on what's happening and what's going on. And again, that that's a free program that can also be incorporated into what you guys are doing. Yes. And mind you, wait, here's here's a key thing that I need to tell you. The kids can get a membership for a year.

for $36 and all this programming is free. $36 a year. So let me ask this question. Do we ever have folks that struggle though with that $36? Yes, absolutely we do. And I shouldn't be saying this on the air, but I've had people come in and the kids wanted to be there so bad and

Yes, I've bought a couple of members. So do we have the ability, you know, particularly as we're going into the holiday people, thank you for acknowledging that, Jay. Do we have the ability and maybe I don't know how, you know, any of this stuff legally works. So foundations here at the table. But to set up a situation where, you know, I want to pay for a membership.

You know, I want to I want to hear here. Here's $36. Put it to the side in a fund or whatever. Is there a way for us to do something like that to help so that because I remember my son went to Parkland YMCA for $5 for the year.

I mean, honey, best five dollars ever spent in life. I made a pay it itself. It was the best ever. But is there a way to do anything to help Miss D when we got young people that want to participate and they may not have the resources? Absolutely. We can always send money over to Parks Foundation or we can send it to King Cares MKE and say what you want that money used for. And that's exactly what we're used for.

And you definitely have to tell me that that's what you want to use for because right now we're gearing up for this turkey drive and I've been spending money on that. Yes, go ahead. That's what I was going to say. You know, King Cares is really the group that we work with. They're the main nonprofit that supports the King Center. And I think if anybody wants to make a gift or get connected, I would reach out to King Cares because

In addition to the memberships, there's so many awesome things that people can support and get involved in, whether it's volunteering, you know, whatever it is, it doesn't have to be money related. And we actually have an event happening. I can't get you guys the information as well, but if you look up the We Want to See You Win campaign with the Milwaukee Bucks, they're actually going to be giving away free memberships to the King Center and to the Cause Center at those events. So that was just another thing I wanted to plug quickly. And what's it called? The We Want to See You Win campaign. Okay.

Yeah, I like that. Yeah, it's with it's with Milwaukee County, DHHS and the Milwaukee Bucks. They're doing these pep rallies and one of them will be at the King Center later this month. I got it. I got it. This is perfect. So now you mentioned turkeys. It is about to be Thanksgiving, Miss D. What was going on with the turkeys? Oh my goodness. I had to you know, every year I have to try to do something different. So

And the people that make decisions are my seniors. I may be a senior myself, but my seniors that come get these meals on Thanksgiving, I listen to them. And so what ended up happening was last year, I partnered with Seeding America and they had a one-time grant. And so they were able to give me 500 boxes for the seniors. But those boxes also had small hams in them.

So, and it knew if the seniors getting the turkeys, they also got the hams. Well, that was such a big turnout. It was such a major thing for everybody. I decided I gotta do something for my seniors this year. So, with the sponsors I got, with my main sponsor being Chris, Chris Ably, what I'm able to do this year,

is not only will and I probably shouldn't be saying this because I don't want to write at my building but not only am I able to give every family a whole turkey this year every family will also get a whole ham with all the size that they need for their Thanksgiving deal and they have the ham available for them

for the next holiday, because yes, I'm concerned that when the food runs off the Thanksgiving, what meat are they going to be able to cook for Christmas? Well, you got a ham that was deep and everybody else gave you during the Thanksgiving drive. And I just want to be clear because we have definitely seen a number of organizations that used to be able to do.

these food giveaways during the holidays. I've seen them reduce over the years, places that I used to volunteer with for a myriad of reasons. There are not as many people that are able to help in that way. So this is a huge deal. And like you said, even if we don't do a holiday drive, we've set you up at least for some staples to get you started for the Christmas holiday season. So when does this program happen, Ms. D?

Okay, so this year, the King Cares Board, you know, that's working, that's the fiscal age of what we ended up deciding to do this year is a little different than last year. So on the 23rd, Monday the 23rd of November, it's a first come, first serve, no walk up. You must, unfortunately, you must be in the vehicle and you drive in the lot.

You give the ID so they can get your information. While they're getting your information, law enforcement is dropping in a turkey and a ham and a box of food in your truck and you drive right on off. Well, for the people that can't, um, but we're not having to walk up, but we still need to feed. We still need to make sure that those people get a meal. So we can cares board has decided that instead of do it feeding them on the 23rd.

We worked in to have a family style meal the day before Thanksgiving. So on the 25th of November, that was the immediately following the Turkey Drive from 11 to 1. We're feeding 450 people for a sit down meal between the south side and the north side. That is crazy.

That is absolutely and I'm gonna tell you because I was just literally because I like I said, I've done a bunch of the food drives and Inevitably, I got people that are getting off the bus. I remember a lady she brought her suitcase to be able to get her food back home and You know, so I know that there's that segment of the population that does not have transportation So it was it is very heartening to know that somebody thought about that piece and say hey

Yeah, we got a meal here though. Yeah, that's incredible. Yeah, and the food is good too. I mean, I'm trying to work. My computer and I can't focus because everything smells. Yeah, yeah. All right, so I got to take a break. When we come back, we'll wrap up the conversation, but making sure that people know and I want you to know someone hit me up. That's listening down.

in Racine. He works here in Milwaukee, but he lives in the Racine area and he said that I got five passes that I will buy. So, we're going to make sure he has information to know how to do that, but that's brother Yusef. Brother Yusef, you know you, my man, ten down, a hundred strong. I appreciate your family and we'll get that information out as soon as we come back. Michelle Bryant of UNOV, 860 AM, 106.5 FM.

Looking a lot like Christmas. The holidays are upon us and it feels good up in here. We'll be right back.

Stuff with stovetop stuffing, honey-baked ham, Libby's cranberry sauce in the can, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, pumpkin pie dinner rolls, tab and fresco to drink, four to eight people, dinner store at four o'clock, that's it. Why we can't do that?

Why why we be why we be doing the most all thank you. Can I get some black post Thanksgiving music? Can I get some? Say what? Fried turkey, baked turkey, roasted turkey, raw turkey, barbecue turkey, smoked turkey wings, honey glazed ham, baked ham, custard ham, green eggs and ham, fried chicken.

baked chicken, barbecue chicken, lemon pepper chicken, some other chicken, rotisserie chicken, funky chicken, chicken gizzards, chicken tenders, chicken and dumplings, chicken pot pie, Cornish hen, Irish hen, Spanish hen, British hen, roast beef, stew meat, beef stew, turkey and gravy, beef gravy, chicken gravy, pork gravy, onion gravy, shepherd's pie, macaroni with yellow cheese.

macaroni with white cheese, candy yams, candy birds, sweet potato soup, ox tails, pig tails, dirt tails, chillies, catfish nuggets, whitey, salad patties, farmer, snapper, trout, baked tilapia, blackened tilapia, fried tilapia, deer meat, barbecue ribs.

meatloaf, turkey meatloaf, country-fried steak, smoked pork chops, fried pork chops, barbecue pork chops, cornbread dressing, cornbread dressing without celery, black-eyed beans, green beans, butter beans, nameless beans, kidney beans, butter beans, niggas' jelly beans, canned greens, collard greens, mustard greens.

Big cabbage, more cabbage, more cabbage, lots of sprouts, asparagus juice, fried squash, mashed potato, baked potato, sweet tea, hooray, mini mayo, true punch, Dr. Dunnville.

Somebody had to go to the Dollar Tree.

Did you hear that? You're gonna be a Paul I just was just I don't know how he got a hold of my Thanksgiving

And Frankie Beverly somehow is the Thanksgiving music. Look, okay, so we're getting everybody ready for the holidays of the spirit. D, I have people that have just hit me up and said, look, do they need volunteers? Can we help? What would you say to folks who are trying to figure out if there's a way they can be of assistance?

Okay, I want to say two things. Even before I say this, the first thing is more important. Okay. As far as racing, as far as Kenosha, as far as a Panama war, as far as medicine, this is a first come, first serve because the need is across the county. So I've had people come from that part. Wow. For volunteers, you call the Keene Center or 414-344-5600. You leave your name, you leave your address.

that would be passed over to the president and the vice president of King Kierers board and they will get back to you with what we need. The day of the faith giving giveaway is the biggest thing, is the busiest thing. So we never say no to anybody that wants to be a service. So can you give the number one more time again, Ms. D? Yes, ma'am. It's 414-344-5600.

All right. And there was one other question. I was going to ask you guys before we went to break. I forgot. Okay. Oh, the brother who wanted to do the five passes. So how should he go about doing that? Yeah. Now, Becky, you can give her my number for him. He can call me directly and I will set him up for different nominees number.

But he can do he can write that check the recipe to Becky now or he can write Yeah, I think I think writing the check to King Cares is the best and then Probably call the main line. We need to let Misty rest. But yeah, I'll get I'll make sure to pass along your information Misty

All right, look y'all, this is an incredible opportunity to do stuff for other folks in the community, whether it is making sure a young person has access to a membership, a membership that keeps them off the streets, potentially out of trouble, giving them skills needed to grow and.

you know, just become amazing, incredible young adults, responsible young people and creating new avenues for them to think differently, get exposed to different things. So what a great holiday, you know, donation. We have a lot of traditional things that we do, but this may be something new and $36 is not a, you know, it doesn't break the bank for a lot of people. So.

I definitely want to say that. As we wrap the segment, Ms. D, is there anything in particular that I may have missed that you want the community to be aware of? Absolutely not. What I do want to let them know is they always know following the Thanksgiving event. We have the breakfast with Santa, where we serve as 150 children. They leave with three or four toys apiece, a full breakfast. We don't just feed the kids.

We feed the mamas that bring the kids because the whole family normally needs to eat. And so that event is coming up on December 19th. And I will definitely get all that information over to you, Michelle. I appreciate you so much. Quick question. And I may have to call you offline about what your decoration situation is for that breakfast. OK.

because so this is something Christmas, anybody that listens to the show, they know Christmas is, that's my sweet spot. That's my jam right there. And so I have tons of amazing holiday decorations. I love to come in and decorate and do stuff and help. So if you need some assistance at no cost,

I've got tons of stuff. I'm happy to come in and work with your team or anyone if you need, if you just need me to send some stuff and they can take you. I know you don't even have to explain no more. Absolutely. Take your day. Can't they ask the same thing? Good. All right. Well, I will call you and we'll get it set up because I said at some point I'm actually going to start a breakfast with Santa or brunch with Santa kind of thing myself because I just think I got to do it as a kid. Yeah.

You know, and we got to dress up and Santa Claus was there. And then when the George Watts Tea Room was open, we used to do stuff there. So I just think that our kids need to have that opportunity as well. So I'm happy to come and find a squad of people to come help decorate for your event.

Absolutely. Absolutely. Miss Miss Rebecca, any any final words? No, just thank you to you all for having us. Thanks to the King Center and Miss D for your great work and I'm excited for the holidays. Alright, well, we will take a quick break. Michelle, Ron, you know, am I done? Well, I could take a quick break and come right back. Yeah. Alright, we take a quick break and come right back.

Thank you. Thank you to Jackie Zelladine, the folks, good folks at Milwaukee County Office of Equity for making sure that we are plugged in. Ms. D, Jermaine may be aware of what has happened. And I just want to tell you, we are sending you much love your way. Thank you. I appreciate you. I appreciate you. Yes, ma'am. Rebecca, it was a pleasure to tell you, Granny, we appreciate the difference. All right, y'all. Talk to y'all. Give me one sec. We'll be right back to the show.

We look, I'm I'm ending, but let me do a couple of quick things. Let me say happy birthday to the mayor of Milwaukee Cavalier Johnson. It is Chevy's birthday. Happy birthday, chef. And today was also Eric Bond's birthday. And so just once happy birthday to both of these brothers lifting them up.

Let me say this real quick. Antoine Reesby hit me up over at Holy Redeemer. He has donated to Scott's campaign down in Mississippi for US Senate. We also have Val tapped in. And I think I mentioned her before I went to break. We also had my man JC tapped in, made a donation. John Henry made a donation.

there are tons of y'all that are tapping in and say, hey, um, made a donation and I want to find this one real quick. Someone has said, um, check this out. I was told by a mother whose son is at Jackson State University that the school was put on lockdown due to bomb threats. I'm donating to the fund, to his campaign fund. Um, and that was Mary, uh, who said we donate right away.

So let me go to the phone line real quick before we get out of here. Hey, caller, what's happening? I'm good. How are you doing today? I'm doing OK. This is you, Seth. Hey, you said what's going on, bro? I just as I recall yesterday, I know you got my text, but I just want to tell you that 2012 with Mary Burkman for for governor. Yeah.

And I met you at the break center. And that was, it was the first time in my entire life I had seen a flight woman in position that you were helping to be a part of her executive campaign team leader, right? And you reconnected. And I just want to tell you thank you because you inspired me. And the reason why you inspired me, I was raised around strong black women. And when I see a strong black woman, that motivates me and impresses upon me and gives me energy to, you know, try to, you know,

to re-duplicate what you're doing. And so, you know, you played a part in how I became a part of this political process. You know, we were grateful, man, to work with Davis this last September, man. And, you know, to be a part of history is incredible. And so, you know, you need to know that I told Lena this morning that, you know, her paving the way, Congresswoman Green paving the way, all their staffers, you was a staffer before.

paid that way. You know what I mean? You know, you know, Bob Turner, all those African Americans that went to the state house to now pay that way, to now we will have, we do have a governor who is going to be running this state. And so we know, and then also God opened the door and hard work for him to have the Senate and the assembly so that we can get some work done. You know what I'm saying?

My kid did not understand. It was like, dad, why are you so happy? What do you see? You're happy like this in years. You know what I'm saying? Maybe you don't even remember what's going on. But you're supposed to. Hey, years of laying that foundation, bro. Oh, man. Listen, listen, tell me. I know Jamil, official Kirby, a died unfortunately, but he's loved David. When David came, died in September.

He just held on to a man and because David came down here with his work for rust five gold and, you know, got to know the people on racing. So, you know, I'll just tell you this, you know, it is going to be one nice next four years. And but, but lastly, yes, the work starts now for 28. Oh, today, today. We started yesterday. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. And, um,

If you could send me that link or send me your cash that you can forward it to them. And I also text you that I will get fired with those passes for those kids to give to somebody. So if you can put additional information, I think that's that's something that I can do it and honor my mom because my mom was a community director here. We're saying for many years and those communities in the same lives. Absolutely. Thank you. I appreciate you.

I'll see you January 4th. They may not let me in the Capitol, but go ahead. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

Like a man of God right now

Yeah, let me just say this somebody pointed it out. Thank you. Sorry, Nelson.

So, for folks that's in the D9, Scott Coulomb down in Mississippi is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. So, Alphas, if you're listening, donate to this brother. D9 members, if you're listening, donate to this brother. If you're independent, Me Five Me, donate to this brother. And for the sorrows of Delta Sigma Theta, his mother is a Delta. Donate to this brother. Help this brother out. We gotta get somebody.

in in the US Senate from Mississippi. That's the African American and clearly somebody that was raised right. All right, y'all, that's the show for this week. We're going to continue to break down the election next week. It's so much to talk about, but I want to say thank you to every single person who did their part to help David Crawley, Erica Crawley get across that finish line. Thank you. I don't care how big, how small, if you

trade. If you got out here and you walk the neighborhood, you talk to one person or you talk to 200. Thank you all. This win was our win. That's the show for this week. Love y'all, bros. I appreciate y'all. Community. I'll talk to y'all next week.