Sherry Dixon’s Easter Special with Dr. Anita Davis-Defoe

Don’t miss the SHERRY DIXON Show this Sunday for the Easter Sunday Special.

Feeling unfocused? Lacking in motivation? Have a goal but not sure what to do next?

At times we are in our own way when trying to reach our true potential, so this Sunday is all about you!!!

Leading Life Coach Dr. Anita Davis-Defoe is in the studio giving you that energy boost we all need. Listen to tips and sound advice on how YOU can get the best out of YOU.

Also actor Wil Johnson joins us and talks about his role in the new film ‘Disoriented Generation’ which he also co produced. (Premieres 3rd April 2010 Rio Cinema in Dalston, London)

Tune in Easter Sunday to The SHERRY DIXON Show 12-2pm on BANG 103.6FM

About Dr Anita Defoe

Dishing out personal and organizational development wisdom in Essence Magazine (September 2008, April 2009, August 2009); Black Enterprise Magazine (March 2009, August 2009); She Caribbean (St. Lucia); Mahogany Butterfly (New Jersey); Businessuite Magazine (Jamaica), and other online publications, Dr. Anita Davis-DeFoe is a business thought and life skills coach, a social entrepreneur and an author who earnestly believes that divinely treasures have been placed inside each of us, bestowed so that we can significantly uplift the world, and it is our journey to discover that divine assignment. The CaribVoice Radio Host (Dialogues and Soulfully Speaking) is the author of a rites of passage curriculum for girls entitled, Soulful One: For Girls on the Pathway to Greatness; and three books, A Woman’s Guide to Soulful Living: Seven Keys to Life and Work Success; Tropical Escapes, a novel; and Follow Her Lead: Leadership Lessons For Women As They Journey From the Backroom to the Boardroom. The Execution Factor: 99 Strategies That Can Ignite Organizational Productivity will be released in 2010.

Anita speaks at conferences, retreats, seminars, and for special events across the United States and the Caribbean, spreading her inspirational messages designed to help individuals and organizations both discover and unleash the greatness within.

Visit her online at
www.dranitadavisdefoe.com
www.dranitadavisdefoe.wordpress.com
http://www.blackexperts.com/profiles/anita_davis_defoe.html

About Wil Johnson

Wil Johnson swapped the running shoes of a promising young athlete for a successful career as a professional actor. He quickly made a name for himself on television with performances in ‘Casualty’, ‘Baby Father’, ‘Clocking Off’ and ‘Buried Treasure’. As well as playing Spencer in the award winning drama series, ‘Waking the Dead’.

On the large screen Wil has made his presence felt in films such as ‘Yes!’ Directed by the award winning director Sally Potter, ‘Adulthood’, ‘South West 9’ and the controversial indie feature ‘Emotional Backgammon’. He also played the lead in the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company’s Othello.

Disoriented Generation (Premieres 3rd April 2010 Rio Cinema in Dalston, London)

‘Disoriented Generation’ written and directed by Ogbervire Christian Ashaiku is a brand new, enthralling Comedy/Drama which follows the journey of Ishmael (played by Wil Johnson) a young Nigerian man living in London, as he tries to keep his life on the rails of the emotional rollercoaster we call love. The film spanning 5 years of Ishmaels life, follows his attempts to navigate through three very different, life changing relationships in his quest to find happiness and peace.

Disoriented Generation is a far cry from the street-based films of recent years that have offered representations of the black British experience. Tired of that continued trend of ghetto-based flicks, Johnson and Ashaiku put their hands in their own pockets to finance a film that would tell a different story.

www.disorientedgeneration.co.uk

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Platform2 - Your Platform To Change Your World

Platform2 is a global volunteering scheme for 18 to 25 year olds who wouldn’t otherwise be able to visit a developing country and get involved with global issues of justice and poverty. It is funded by UKaid from the Department for International Development. and run by Christian Aid and BUNAC.

If you are between 18 and 25, have (or are eligible to have) a UK passport and are resident in the UK, apply today and you could be volunteering in India, Nepal, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa or Peru. If you’re accepted on to the programme, you will have a training day before your trip overseas; 10 weeks volunteering in one of the countries above with a team of other volunteers; then a three day residential on your return. This will include workshops and opportunities for you to figure out how you want to express your experience.
You’ll find lots of info to help you in our programme overview.

Read about our volunteers’ experiences and have a look at our about section where some frequently asked questions are answered.

“Over there everybody was connected and out to help each other get by. They were all in the same boat. Here, everyone is trying to get into their own boat and sail their own course. Over there they know that if they don’t build a big boat together, they’re not going nowhere. The people of Bledi Chedi showed me what the true essence of community is and I think that people could do with connecting to that – that sense of common unity.”
Shaun Welch, a welder and artist from Birmingham, spent 10 weeks working in the Volta region of north-east Ghana.

“The people were so amazing – so warm, so welcoming. That’s why so many of us want to go back… They talk so highly of all the things we’ve done for them. We think it was nothing, but they think it’s amazing that we took time out to do something for them.”
Muna Sheikh, a law student form east London, spent 10 weeks working in a community in Ventanilla, Peru.

“I didn’t think that people like me could do something like this. I thought it was just for people who were rich… I’d never been on an airplane before. The farthest I’d been was Wales.”
Charlotte Singleton, a volunteer youth worker from Manchester, spent 10 weeks teaching in a school in Himachal Pradesh, northern India.

Find out more about Platform2:
www.myplatform2.com/

Florence Acquah joins Dionne on The Lounge Tuesday 30th March - 9PM

Don’t miss Florence Acquah, Chlamydia Screening Programme Coordinator on The Lounge with Dionne Grant on Tuesday March 30th on BANG 103.6FM. Florence is happy to answer live questions or email or text questions. So make sure you get in touch!

Are you aged between 15–24 and living in Brent?

Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in Brent and the UK.

What is Chlamydia?

Most men and women with Chlamydia have no symptoms and do not know they have it.

It is easily passed to your sexual partners

Why get tested?

1 in 10 young people who are tested for Chlamydia have this infection.

If Chlamydia is left untreated it can lead to serious health problems, such as not being able to have children.

The good news is that it is easily treated with antibiotics.

How:

The test for Chlamydia is painless, quick and easy. All you need to do is pee in a pot. Testing and treatment for Chlamydia is free and confidential. You can get your result by text message.

Who:

All young people aged 15-24 who are having or have had sex should be tested at least once each year. You should have additional tests if you change your sexual partner within this time.

Where:

You can get a test at your GP practice or a family planning clinic or ask for a free kit from selected local pharmacies. Further details can be found at www.nhs.uk. Alternatively, you can order a postal kit online at www.checkurself.org.uk or call the Chlamydia Screening Office on 020 8869 5377 or 5447 to get a kit or for more information.

We hope you will decide to have a test and protect your health and your future fertility.

Mark Force joins Gavin Peters on this weeks House Show

Catch The House Show with Gavin Peters this Wednesday 10pm-12, where he’ll be joined by none other than Mark Force

One of broken beat supergroup Bugz in the Attic, and one of the many founders of legendary London club night, Coop, Mark Force was born and raised in West London and has been producing and DJing for 15 years.He got this first pair of turntables at 11 and started practicing and Djing immediately, playing hiphop and electro.

Skip forward to the dawn of the 90s and the young G Force gets his first schooling in how to programme breaks and cut up beats when ILS, king of breakbeat, takes him on as protégée.By seventeen G Force, (as he was known until about 2000) had released his first record on drum and bass label Rugged Vinyl. He began playing drum and bass and jungle on South London pirate Don FM around this time too – holding down the coveted Sunday night slot from ’92 to ’96.

To find out more about Mark Force:
www.markforce.net/

Swindle on the Land of Funk session with Butch Kassidy - Wednesday 8pm

Don’t miss Swindle on the Land of Funk Session with Butch Kassidy this Wednesday from 8pm on BANG 103.6FM

Swindle received the ‘Best Newcomer’ Award in Touch Magazine, courting the attentions of actor and MC Asher D, who signed him to the production arm of his independent record label ‘AD82 Productions’. This lead him to produce ‘With You’ featuring Mutya Buena. Taking influence from jazz, reggae and soul artists including Miles Davis, Bob Marley and Stevie Wonder, Swindle focused his energies on making predominantly grime and hip hop beats whilst attending college.
Working with artists including Ghetts, Katy B, Nolay & Purple, his music began to gain the attention of mainstream DJs such as Cameo, Logan and Ras Kwame and two of the lead tracks taken from ‘The 140 Mixtape’ were play listed on radio. A follow up disc entitled ‘Curriculum Vitae’ was also released featuring all of the ‘140 Mixtape’ instrumentals.

www.twitter.com/swindleuk

So make sure your locked into the Official Mixtape every Wednesday from 8-9 on Bang 103.6FM.

D’Nyce chats with Shea Soul on this Thursday’s Soul-D-Out

Don’t miss D’Nyce in conversation with Shea Soul on Soul-D-Out this Thursday 7pm-9 on BANG 103.6FM

Singing has always been Shea’s first love. It was something that came naturally to her, but not having come from a musical background she spent most of her childhood believing that the idea of being a singer was nothing but a fantasy. However driven by passion, and determined to have a career in what she loved, she decided to pursue her dream, and left regular education to study at the acclaimed BRIT school in Croydon. Here she managed to develop her passion and writing skills. At 16 she was placed in a girl group called ‘Che’. The foursome where trained and moulded but Shea decided it wasn’t for her. Sick of being told what to sing and how to sing, what to wear and what not to wear, she decided to go it alone. It was tough but gave her time to truly discover herself as an artist. Having worked with MJ Cole as well as guesting on shows and doing PA’s Shea decided that she needed to discover herself as a person, not just an artist and took a break at what could have been a crucial times for her. She packed her rucksack and decided to travel the world and in doing so she got to sing with amazing musicians all over the world. She returned refreshed a little wiser and with more creativity and confidence than ever.

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