Headlined Guests
Headlined Guests that have appeared on BBS Radio TV
By the age of 20, small town Michigan native DANI RAUSHI (aka RAUSHI, also the name of the L.A. based singer-songwriter’s band) had sung at her grandpa’s church; taken gymnastics, dance, ballet and jazz classes; done pageants and competitions; run away from home; high-tailed it to Hollywood at 18; and toured Italy with her first pop EP. All those experiences were just the warm-up for her emergence a few years later touring Australia with bands HELMET and THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT, and becoming (what one friend calls) “a crazy, awesome, random hippie rock star superwoman who enjoys taking the world by storm.” It’s that fully realized, battle tested singer/songwriter we meet on RAUSHI’s triumphant, high octane, in your face full length debut HIGH TIDES COLLIDE.
We’ve all heard great artists inspire us with their wild tales of heartache, but Raushi was slammed against even more intense emotional walls via crazy living situations with former band mates that would make a Reality TV producer blush. For Raushi, the great news is that music has long been a poetic tool that takes the darker energies of life’s mentally and emotionally charged situations and transforms betrayal and rage into positive release. With a lyrical flow of clever puns, HIGH TIDES COLLIDE unapologetically exposes the risk of over-consumption within the volatile realm of all-consuming love. With their ‘take no shit’ attitude and songs that say “F— You” to being mistreated, fooled and taken for granted, Raushi is a testament to the power of one’s will.
To Learn More About Our Musical Guest, Raushi, visit the following sites:
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https://about.me/daniraushi
GUEST: SONJA GRACE
For over thirty years, author and Mystic Healer, Sonja Grace has been offering her clients, both in the United States and abroad, immediate stability, clarity, and guidance. Through her healing, counseling and spiritual processing, Sonja has a wide variety of talent to choose from in which she accesses her ability to channel and communicate with the divine. She sees and receives messages from loved ones who have crossed over and offers a venue for healing in this world and the spirit world. Her ability to read and clear the karmic threads to past lives helps clients heal lifetimes of patterns.
Sonja is an energy surgeon and helps clients to identify where the discomfort is in the physical, emotional, mental or spiritual bodies. She provides medical scans and defies time and space with her energy medicine, etheric clearing, structural and cellular healing work helping the client to transform their energy, chakras, auric field, as well as the physical body in all systems. Sonja is able to execute all levels of her work from a distance and over the phone.
In another area of expertise Sonja’s extensive work with animals brings both client and pet to the forefront. She communicates with them for clarity and understanding for the owner and veterinarian. She has worked with a wide variety of pets both here and the spirit realm. Many people contact Sonja to simply get in touch with a pet or relative that has crossed over.
Two time author of Angels in the 21st Century and her latest book, Earth Ways Healing Medicine for the Soul, provides a pathway to the four seasons through prayer and ceremony and is a companion to the film presentation Earth Ways Series.
Sonja currently lives in Portland, Oregon.
Tina Sacchi is a Master in Holistic Alternative Arts, which includes Hypnotherapy, Energy Healing (Reiki/Shamanic), Mysticism, Chakra Balancing, Soul Path Guidance, Past Lives Resolve, Future Life Progression, Raw & Healthy Food Coaching and Life Event Ceremonies. Tina is certified in Clinical Hypnotherapy through the Arizona Society for Professional Hypnosis as well as the National Guild of Hypnotists.
Tina’s techniques also include Shamanic practices, Ear Coning, Meditation, Life Coaching, Emotional Freedom Techniques, Spiritual/Angel Readings, Crystal and Sound Healing, etc. Tina also performs a variety of ceremonies such as weddings, property and/or house clearing and property care-taking, renewal of vows, house blessings, friendship, engagement, baby blessings. etc. She also holds a business graduate degree. Alternative healing can be traced in Tina’s ancestry for many generations. She has also studied under many spiritual leaders. Her passion to help people heal spiritually, physically, mentally and emotionally is innate in her total being. She teaches classes around the USA & internationally.After climbing the ladder to senior executive positions in corporate America for almost two decades, Tina felt that there was still something missing. Also she battled some physical illnesses such as cancer, diabetes, arthritis, shingles, etc which are no longer part of her life. “And now what?” she said. Although she was always successful in her various positions, she wasn’t passionate about her career and wanted to claim back her physical health. So in 1997, she left corporate America and started studying profusely the many alternative healing techniques she now uses to help others. “Although I was always successful in my previous career, I feel super successful now due to the passion and the connection I feel in my entire being. Enlightening others is what I do.”
As a loving and caring spiritual leader, Tina has helped thousands of people find their inner truth and has helped them make their transition to their own calling.
Tina has been featured on many local and national television, radio shows and newspaper/magazine articles and was an international radio show host in 2006, hosting her radio show: Living Your Light and today she hosts: Living A Spiritual Life with Tina Sacchi and has many prominent guests. Tina conducts workshops and seminars at major companies such as Mayo Clinic Hospital, Honeywell, various colleges, etc.Tina has created six wonderful cds: I Decide and I Create the Body I Want, a weight management hypnotherapy/hypnosis session cd, Serenity-A Suite of Four Guided Imagery Meditations, Connecting With Ascended Masters, Guides, Angels and Light Beings Meditation, and Survive Cancer Now, The Hypnotherapy Way to Replace Dis-ease with Excellent Health, Happiness and Love, Supere El Cáncer Ahora, and I Sleep, Sleep, Sleep Soundly Now (Complete Audio Set: Preparing to Sleep Checklist, Meditation, Hypnotherapy/Hypnosis)
Tina is actively involved in the spiritual community through her work by offering free seminars to those who cannot afford classes or private sessions. She is also active in the West Valley Cancer Connections, and the Pacific Whale Organization where she raises awareness and funds to help save our waters, oceans, sea life, animals, etc.Mission:
1. To enlighten individuals with holistic and spiritual insight that will help them achieve their highest purpose. 2. To assist individuals’ development of spirit and their alignment with peace, harmony, unity, clarity, prosperity, and enlightenment. 3. To inspire holistic and spiritual growth without limits. 4. To achieve optimal health on all levels: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. 5. To bring people together and create an enlightened community. Through her practice, she offers intuitively guided private sessions, group workshops, classes, and retreats worldwide. Email: Tina@TinaSacchi.comSondra Forsyth is Co-Editor-in-Chief of ThirdAge.com a dance critic at BroadwayCritic.com and an AARPBlogauthor. She has been writing and editing on the web since 1997 when she began contributing her "New York Dance Scene" articles to DanceArt.com and editing other writers for the site. She continues to blog on DanceArt.com Sondra is experienced with Content Management Systems, image uploading and resizing, basic HTML and SEO, and blog platforms.
Also a journalist and author, she writes about a broad range of topics including health and fitness, narrative non-fiction "as told to" stories, women’s issues, fashion, beauty, celebrities, psychology and mental well-being, money and work, parenting and grandparenting, relationships, and dance. Sondra is a winner of the prestigious National Magazine Award, given jointly by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the American Society of Magazine Editors, for a narrative non-fiction piece in Good Housekeeping entitled "The Families Left Behind." Her by-line has appeared in many major magazines, among them Town & Country, Redbook, Gourmet, Cosmopolitan, Family Circle, Dance Magazine, and Ladies' Home Journal. She is a contributor to the iconic "Can This Marriage Be Saved?" column in LHJ and served as LHJ's Executive Editor. Her other staff posts were Features Editor at Cosmopolitan under the legendary Helen Gurley Brown, and Articles Editor at Bride's. Sondra is the author or co-author of twelve books published by such respected houses as Ulysses Press, Crown, Simon & Schuster, Dutton, and Grand Central. Her most recent title, "Candida Cleanse: The 21-Day Diet to Beat Yeast and Feel Your Best", was published by Ulysses Press in May of 2014.
A former ballerina, Sondra founded Ballet Ambassadors and served as Artistic Director from 2001 until 2013. An arts-in-education outreach organization, it received funding from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York City Department of Education, Suffolk County BOCES, and Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES. Sondra was named a 2012 Purpose Prize Fellow by Encore.org for giving underserved young people the change to share the stage with professional dancers in the classics and original ballets.
Sondra holds a masters degree from Harvard.
My first guest Dr Arthur Rosenfeld began his formal martial arts training in 1980 and has studied deeply in China and the United States. A Yale graduate, he has his needle in the vein of Chinese tai chi grandmasters, and is dedicated to personal transformation and social change through the application of tai chi practice and Taoist philosophy. In 2012 he was ordained a Taoist monk at the Chun Yang (Pure Yang) Taoist Temple in Guangzhou, the first Westerner to be so honored. He hosts the hit (56MM households tune in) national public television show Longevity Tai Chi with Arthur Rosenfeld.
Rosenfeld blogs on The Huffington Post, and his offerings also appear in Vogue, Vanity Fair, Parade, Newsweek Ebony, The Wall Street Journal, Fox Business News, and numerous other websites and newspapers nationwide. He was named Tai Chi Master of The Year at the World Congress on Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2011, and received the Action On Film Festival’s Maverick award (previous recipients include David Carradine, John Savage, and Talia Shire) in August 2012.
In 2010, Rosenfeld produced and hosted a documentary series on the scientific evidence for acupuncture, tai chi, and meditation. Funded by the pharmaceutical industry, tens of thousands of copies of these films have been distributed to major medical centers, professional healthcare organizations, group medical practices, patient advocacy associations and more. In 2012 he produced a follow-up instructional series.
Rosenfeld has penned 12 critically acclaimed books, some of which have sold bestseller numbers and been optioned to Hollywood. Along with the Dalai Lama, he was a finalist for the prestigious Books for a Better Life award for his bestseller The Truth About Chronic Pain (New York: Basic Books, 2003), and his prize-winning novels have recently focused on Chinese philosophy and martial arts action. Most recently he authored Tai Chi – The Perfect Exercise (Da Capo Press, June 2013). He is currently at work on a novel about the Chinese sage, Lao Tzu. He holds group and corporate workshops around the country and destination retreats around the world, as well as teaching beginning and advanced martial arts students locally in South Florida.
I wasn’t aware of how much I was connected with my Spiritual guides until I was in my twenties. I remember as a child I was afraid to be alone in the dark. I was five and my sister, Maureen, was six. I would ask my sister to “think” when we were tucked in for the night. I somehow knew that if she was thinking, she would be awake allowing me to comfortably go to sleep so I wouldn’t be alone in the dark.
A few years later, while experiencing unpleasant dreams, my guides taught me to think pleasant thoughts to replace the haunting ones in my dreams. I later learned only one conscious thought can be in the mind at any one time. If I thought of something positive and exciting nothing negative could enter the doorway of my mind.
When I was in my teens, I could manifest almost all the things I wanted in life with grace and ease. The manifestations weren’t anything major – good grades in school, an occasional gift, getting the job I applied for – but I felt and noticed that my life appeared to be guided.
I enlisted in the Marine Corps after graduating from high school. I received a medical discharge after two years for blindness in my right eye. I enrolled in college shortly thereafter and earned an Associate of Arts Degree in Accounting. After graduation, I began my career in the corporate world. Most of my working years were in supervising individuals, coaching, and managing the daily routine using the spiritual techniques taught to me by my spirit guides. I contribute my 35 years of success in the corporate world to a spiritual consciousness in handling my daily business routines, dealing honestly and truthfully, and treating all individuals like family.
When I started to meditate as a young father, my awareness increased and I realized that the Great White Brotherhood was working with me. On one occasion while on a business trip, I was guided to go to an old book store where I reached for a book on the top shelf. It was called First Book of Azrael: Teachings of the Great White Brotherhood (by the Great White Brotherhood and published by Devorss & Co., 1965). Subtle experiences like this were indications to me that I was being guided by the Great White Brotherhood.
Although I worked during the day in the corporate world, I continued to do my spiritual work in the evenings and on weekends. In my late twenties, I followed a four-year study curriculum and became an Ordained Metaphysical Minister. In that capacity, I occasionally facilitated funerals and weddings.
After a dynamic, spiritually awakening dream visit with the Lords of Amenti, I learned about thoughts. I began facilitating meditation classes which I did for over twenty-five years assisting other in connecting with their Spirit guides. Through the years, I became a Reiki Master and studied in Hawaii to certify as a Kundalini Yoga instructor.
I enhanced my connection with Spirit when I visited to Peru on several occasions to participate in Shamanic spiritual ceremonies that included drinking the Shaman plants Ayahuasca and Huachum.
Miriam Knight was a senior business executive who made a mid-life shift onto the spiritual path. Upon moving to the US from England, she published a holistic journal for 7 years. She then founded New Consciousness Review a review magazine and website that showcases the people, books and films inspiring personal and global transformation. She also hosts an award-winning weekly author interview show that provided the foundation for her new book, What Wags the World, Tales of Conscious Awakening.(O Books, Sept. 26, 2014.)
A native of Venezuela and citizen of the world, Miriam has lived on four continents and speaks four languages. She has a BA in Romance Languages and Psychology from Boston University, and an MA in Psychology from the University of Virginia.
Larry Payne, Ph.D. is an internationally respected yoga teacher and back specialist. The L.A. Times named Larry "One of America's most respected Yoga teachers". He co-authored Yoga Therapy Rx, Yoga for Dummies and The Business of Teaching Yoga. Larry is founding president of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, founder of the Corporate Yoga program at the J. Paul Getty Museum, the first Yoga teacher to offer Yoga classes at the World Economic Forum, co-founder of the yoga curriculum at UCLA’s School of Medicine, and the founding director of the new Yoga therapy certification program at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
In 1979 he was an advertising executive, plagued with chronic back pain and stress. His quest for relief led him to study Yoga and health in eleven countries and inspired his career change upon certification in India. In 1980, Larry founded the Samata Yoga Center in Los Angeles and later earned a Master’s degree and a Doctorate in fitness education with an emphasis in Hatha Yoga from Pacific Western University. His background is in Psychology and he has also completed graduate work in Physical Therapy at Cal-State University at Long Beach. He was the U.S. representative to the first World Congress of Yoga in Montevideo, Uruguay, and has received Outstanding Achievement Awards for Yoga in Europe and the United States, and the Golden Lotus Award from South America. In 2000, he was a panelist and yoga instructor at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. In addition, he is the founder of the Healthy Back Program at the world-famous Rancho La Puerta Fitness Spa.
Larry has been a frequent guest on national television and syndicated radio programs. His work has been featured in numerous national and international magazines, as well as in The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times. Most recently he is featured in six new DVDs as part of the Yoga Therapy Rx series. Larry resides in Los Angeles, California and has a thriving practice in Marina del Rey and Malibu. In addition to speaking engagements and workshops, he leads Yoga and health seminars worldwide.
Lecture, Workshop, Instruction Conference and business executive planners are finding Larry’s presentation to be a unique and welcome addition for a wide variety of formats. Whether he lectures on health, how to control stress, keeping our backs and minds healthy or giving simple Yoga instructions for busy people, Larry educates and informs by using methods from his international education and hands-on experience. Many of his seminars are participatory workshops. Larry’s range of instruction enables him to tailor-make relevant contributions to seminars and business meetings. Larry specializes in preventing back injuries and stress reduction through Yoga, and his audio/video products have been recommended by more than 300 doctors.
Mystic Pete is a cellist, music and video producer, author, and radio host. He hosts the broadcast radio show “In A Dream,” which features the DJ community, on KXLU, 88.9 FM, Los Angeles, Saturday nights at midnight PT.
To Learn More About Our Musical Guest, Mystic Pete, Visit: https://www.facebook.com/MysticPete
Guy Boudreaux is a writer, director, producer and serial entrepreneur. His radio show was created to give a voice to everyday people and events that continue to shape our lives forever! Every time you check your watch or ask what time it is, another unnatural or natural event good, bad or indifferent has happened. Being able to articulate those events through captivating interviews with celebrity and non-celebrity relationships is priceless.
Dragos Bratasanu is an internationally renowned award winning scientist and human performance expert. He is the Founder & President of Success Engineering Corp., company focused on providing cutting-edge sustainable solutions for enhancing personal and organizational success. Dragos is official provider of NASA Social Risk Management & Leadership Development Program, offering international clients access to the same instruments and techniques used to drive performance in the most complex programs in the world – Space Shuttle, International Space Station and state-of-the-art flight projects. Dragos holds a Ph.D in aerospace engineering from the University of Siegen in Germany and is a graduate of the Business & Management Department at the International Space University Space Studies Program 2012 hosted by Florida Institute of Technology and NASA Kennedy Space Center. He has traveled alone on two expeditions to Antarctica and the North Pole and is the engineer of the first Romanian Mars simulation mission. As a speaker, he’s been on stage on five continents – Europe, North America, Asia, Australia and Antarctica.
Nancy Wesson is an award-winning author of the book, Moving Your Aging Parents and a life-coach offering a toolbox of skills ranging from creating emotionally-sustaining environments and organization to ADHD support, intuition training and QHHT. Nancy has recently returned from two and a half years serving in Northern Uganda as a Peace Corps Volunteer, where she created the first public children’s library and worked to promote functional literacy. She has recently located to Oregon and is re-establlishing her consultancy, focusing on intuition training and QHHT.
Hailing from Fort Worth, Texas, Sydney Castillo is a writer and stand-up comedian making waves in the entertainment industry. Not yet 30 years old, Sydney has already established himself as a comedic force performing at some of the country’s most renowned comedy clubs: “The Comedy Store”, “The Laugh Factory”, and “The Improv” (nationwide) as well as touring with David Alan Grier, Chris Spencer and Tony Rock. Sydney’s comedic talent is also currently featured on the “I heart Jonas Brothers” DVD available for purchase nationally. Appearing on over a dozen comedy shows and specials, Sydney provides the audience with a very distinctive perspective on life mixed in with a little southern charm. Performing on hit shows like HBO’s “Bad Boys of Comedy” and BET’s “1 Mic Stand”, audiences have labeled him hilarious and hysterically funny while bookers have labeled him a cutting edge, rising star.
A self-proclaimed R&B sensation, Sydney is also a thriving comedic/sketch comedy writer having written for BET’s “HellDate”, The Tony Rock Project, both the 2008 & 2009 BET Awards, and Humor Mill Magazine.
Marc Farzetta joined the WIP Team in the summer of 2005 after graduating from Temple University with a degree in broadcasting and minor in journalism. He started at the station as a producer and on-air morning show contributor.
Marc has worked his way up the ladder at WIP from on-air contributor to producer to update anchor to host. He is the youngest host in SportsRadio WIP’s history, hosting his first solo shift at the age of 25.
Outside of his work locally with WIP, Marc has also worked on the national scale with NBC Sports since 2004. He is the IP Director for Sunday Night Football where he has covered Super Bowls 43 and 46. He has also worked with NBC covering three Winter Classics (Boston, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia) and two tours on the Triple Crown.
Marc has also appeared on the NBC Sports Network’s “Sports Talk” to discuss the Philadelphia sports scene.
As New Age/World Music Recording Artist, Kaliyani had recently released her debut single and music video "Nammu's Invocation" she brings to the energetic landscape - wordless intonations of HEIGHTENED VIBRATION! The Debut of her EP - her first inspiring ALBUM is scheduled for release later this Fall 2014.
"Nammu's Invocation" was also featured, May 29th, in the World Premiere of new independent film, A Winter Rose, at the DANCES WITH FILMS festival, Hollywood's Chinese Theater.
Kaliyani's MUSIC features a blend of exotic world music style woven with a new age, elegant, yet complex thread, Kaliyani's evocative vocals are reminiscent of some classical music styles that range from Operatic to Gregorian and are often embedded in a dramatic, contemporary, cinematic orchestration that makes her music deep, luminously rich in structure and unique in its class.
"Singing came to me unexpectedly, revealed itself suddenly, and undeniably demanded my attention," says Kaliyani. KALIYANI further explains about her music, "They are intonations from the heart I have coined as 'Immanence.'-- It's is a heart-centered intoning language that speaks when words cannot. It's a soul flow. They are pure energetic frequencies, which in their raw potency encode the transmission of the message that's coming through with perfect accuracy, with no need for the "middle" service that words play."Here are what many of whom have gravitated towards her work EXCLAIMS:
"I had never dreamt of being a singer; it happened because I was broken open and I allowed it to come through. I was deeply inspired by a sense of intimate connection with the Mystery... an archetypal presence that has been dancing with me for the last ten years. In a way I would say this presence found a new access point and form of communication with and through me. Many have asked who is singing with me in the beginning of Nammu's Invocation...as if there was someone else there... In a sense it is true, since I feel a definite presence with me every time." (Unknown) "Kaliyani is an Angel with a voice that will transform your soul, and take you to a place of brilliant light, and vibrant, full bliss. Her inner and outer beauty is stunning, and her heart is full, and brimming with pure Shakti. Get ready to be moved and lifted by Kaliyani!" says C.C. White, Soul Kirtan singer. "Kaliyani's music is innovative and passionate, her voice heart-opening," says Thomas Barquee, (noted singer, musician, producer) "When I first heard Nammu's Invocation, I was swept away by its beauty. Kaliyani's creative artistry reveals hidden wonders and great depths to be explored and absorbed. It is as easy as letting go and letting her music flow over you, lift you and take you on an adventure of heart and imagination. Take flight! Bravo, Kaliyani!" says Leigh J. McCloskey (artist, author, visual philosopher and founder of Olandar Foundation for Emerging Renaissance) CLICK on the Following LINK for more information on KALIYANI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvLBGmGnW2Q&noredirect=1CLICK on the Following Music Video LINK to ENJOY the Beauty of Kaliyani's New Debut World Premiere Video, entitled, Nammu's Invocation... on You Tube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvLBGmGnW2Q&noredirect=1 CLICK on the following LINK to sample or buy Nammu's Invocation: https://music.apple.com/us/album/nammus-invocation-single/759379594JOEL FOTINOS, the Spiritual Businessman, is vice-president and publisher at Tarcher/Penguin, and the co-author of THE PRAYER CHEST, which Judy Collins called “a wonderful and enlightening book.” The book was a Family Circle “Book of the Month,” as well as endorsed by Christiane Northrup, M.D., Julia Cameron, Catherine Ponder, and many others. Fotinos has also written or co-written several other books, including MULTIPLY YOUR BLESSINGS, A LITTLE DAILY WISDOM, and THE THINK & GROW RICH WORKBOOK; his books have over 120,000 copies in-print, and have been published in 14 languages. Fotinos has been featured in many magazines and newspapers, and was given Science of Mind magazine’s first “Spiritual Hero of the Year” award.
A licensed minster with the Centers for Spiritual Living, Fotinos travels the country giving talks and workshops on spirituality and inspiration. He also speaks once a month and gives on-going classes at the Center for Spiritual Living North Jersey. Fotinos has narrated a dozen audiobooks, including the nationally best-selling audio editions for Napoleon Hill’s THINK AND GROW RICH and THE LAW OF SUCCESS, and he is the male voice for Penguin Classics’s “Poems By Heart” and upcoming “Bible Verses By Heart” apps. He consults with businesses and individuals with his Soul Compass work, to help them create success, fulfillment, and purpose.
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I have come to understand my life in terms of spiritual aspiration. I was raised as an observant Catholic, I got an undergraduate degree in the history of religions from Brown University. My own experience of Spirit did not fit neatly into any of the traditional religions and I found my way into esoteric literature and eastern religions after graduation.
A little later in life, I earned a doctorate in history from the University of Iowa. I found myself strongly drawn to the practice of astrology, which allowed me to bring together all of my learning, life experience and spiritual aspirations into a single, unifying practice. Astrology is a universal language. It enables me to communicate with many people from around the world.
It also allows me to understand and serve others to the best of my abilities.
Milena Oliver is a QHHT explorer and a Wave II Volunteer, as described in Dolores Cannon’s book, "The Three Waves of Volunteers and the New Earth”. She is the author of "Ancient Entanglements" and the forthcoming book, “Living in the Light Vibration”, a manual for awakening through vibrational and energetic change.
"Ancient Entanglements" is the story of an unexpected journey through a QHHT Quantum Heling Hypnosis Technique process facilitated by Candace Craw-Goldman.
With intent to get to the bottom of a childhood filled with fears and unexplained memories of extraterrestrials, the author instead journeys to an ancient intergalactic world on the brink of war. Its inhabitants reveal the difficult choices the civilization has to make as well as limitless possibilities for a peaceful and luminous future for all beings near and far. The QHHT session also takes Milena to her Arcturian home a world that has changed dramatically from its origins because of the war. Through her journey information is shared about why Ascension on earth is so critical in our lifetime.
Pamela J. Meanes is a partner in Thompson Coburn LLP, the largest law firm in St. Louis. She was the first African American in the firm's history to be elevated from associate to partner. Since joining the firm in 1996, she has represented clients such as Furniture Brands International, Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, Metro/Bi-State Development Agency, Monsanto Company, and many others. In addition, she played a significant role in the land acquisition for the extension of the MetroLink passenger rail system in Illinois.
Pamela received her formal education from the East Saint Louis Public School system. She has an earned: Bachelor of Arts in English and Education from Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL; Masters of Arts in African African American Studies from Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA; and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. In addition, she holds an honorary Doctorate in Divinity from the New Freedom Bible College.
Pamela is the current President of the National Bar Association (NBA), having been sworn in as the organization's 72nd President on July 31, 2014. In addition, she has served as Vice President of the NBA (2011-2013); Regional Director of Region VIII of the NBA (2007-2008 and 2009-2011); President of the Mound City Bar Association, a Missouri affiliate of the NBA (2006-2007); and co-chair of the ABA Section of Litigation Legal Service Delivery Committee (2008-2011). She also serves Vice President of the Mound City Bar Foundation of Missouri. Finally, she is a former board member of the Greater East St. Louis Community Fund, Inc., Legal Services of Eastern Missouri and MERS Goodwill.
She is the recipient of numerous awards including the Award of Merit from the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; the Saint Louis University Black Law Student Association's 2008 Outstanding Attorney Award; the Washington University of St. Louis Black Law Student Association 2008 Outstanding Achievement in Public Service Award; a St. Louis Business Journal's "40 under 40" recipient; selection to the Missouri Lawyer's Weekly "Up and Coming Lawyers," list; the St. Louis Business Journal's Most Influential Minority Business Leader; the YWCA Leader of Distinction Award; the Women of Achievement Award; the 2012 Sister to Sister Award and the 2014 Missouri Lawyer's Weekly Litigation Practitioner Award. In addition, she has received numerous NBA honors including the 2013 Outstanding Officer's Award; 2012 NBA Special Presidential award; 2012 & 2011 Women Lawyers Division Chair's Award; 2011 & 2010 Presidential award, 2011 & 2010 Region of the Year; the 2010 NBA Young Lawyers' Hon. A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. Award; and the 2007 Affiliate Chapter of the Year
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STATEMENT OF THE NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION ON GRAND JURY DECISION NOT TO INDICT OFFICER DARREN WILSON:
The National Bar Association is questioning how the Grand Jury, considering the evidence before them, could reach the conclusion that Darren Wilson should not be indicted and tried for the shooting death of Michael Brown. National Bar Association President Pamela J. Meanes expresses her sincere disappointment with the outcome of the Grand Jury's decision but has made it abundantly clear that the National Bar Association stands firm and will be calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to pursue federal charges against officer Darren Wilson. "We will not rest until Michael Brown and his family has justice" states Pamela Meanes, President of the National Bar Association.
President Meanes is requesting that the citizens of Ferguson, Missouri not allow this decision to cause an unnecessary uproar in the community that could lead to arrests, injuries or even deaths of innocent people. "I am asking for everyone to remain as calm as possible and to join in solidarity as we continue to support the family of Michael Brown and put our legal plan into full effect" says President Meanes "I feel the magnitude of the grand jury's ruling as Ferguson, Missouri is only minutes from where I reside", adds President Meanes.
Over the last couple of months, the National Bar Association has hosted Town Hall meetings informing attendees of their Fourth Amendment (Search & Seizure) constitutional rights, whether it is legal to record police activity, and how citizens should behave/respond if and when they interface with police officers. "The death of Michael Brown was the last straw and the catalyst for addressing issues of inequality and racial bias in policing, the justice system, and violence against members of minority communities," states Pamela Meanes.
The family of Michael Brownrequested that District Attorney McCullough step aside and allow a special prosecutor be assigned to the investigation to give the community confidence that the grand jury would conduct a complete and thorough investigation into the tragic shooting death of 18 year old Michael Brown. The grand jury's decision confirms the fear that many expressed months ago - that a fair and impartial investigation would not happen.
"The National Bar Association is adamant about our desire for transformative justice. While we are disappointed with the grand jury's ruling, we are promoting peace on every street corner around the world. The only way to foster systemic change is to organize, educate, and mobilize. We are imploring everyone to fight against the injustice in Ferguson, Missouri and throughout the United States by banding together and working within the confines of the law," states President Meanes.
Once in a blue moon a band comes along that can change the landscape of music itself, forging a pleasantly different direction. Blending a sweet mix of classic American and British infused rock, folk, and Eastern/Armenian tinges, The Dirty Diamond takes on a colorful musical journey.
Their soulful and melodic writing creates a vast space in the theatre the mind and heart.
The Dirty Diamond was formed by singer/songwriter Sam Babayan in 2006 and instantly gained a devout audience, performing in Los Angeles venues including the House of Blues, Troubadour, and El Rey Theatre. A stir of activity and touring stimulated the release of their self-titled debut CD in 2008. Soon after, the band caught the attention of LA based producer Matt Pszonak and work began on their sophomore release.
“Our Divine & Sovereign Mother” was released in the winter of 2011. From the Eastern-hughed opener ‘Calendar Expires’ to the lush ballad ‘Death Won’t Hurt’, Sam and company have taken Rock & Roll to new and exciting heights. Listen for yourself and experience their self coined ‘Brand New Vintage’ tunes during their November 2012 “Calendar Expires” Coastal Tour.