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THIS WEEKEND ON THE TAVIS SMILEY SHOW FROM PRI

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Have a great radio show this weekend, LA Police Chief Bratton, Michael Bublé, Dr. Cornel West and the first woman Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences Elinor Ostrom.





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Tavis Smiley Awarded International Prize

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Media Personality ..Tavis Smiley.. Awarded Prize by International Advocacy Organization
 
LOS ANGELES (September 15, 2009) – ..Tavis Smiley.., described as an “intrepid interviewer and ardent humanitarian,” has been selected as the recipient of the 2009 Interdependence Day Prize in ....Istanbul.., ..Turkey.....
 
The prize was presented Sept. 12 at the Seventh Annual Interdependence Day Forum and Celebration organized by CivWorld, an international project of Demos, a non-partisan public policy research and advocacy organization based in ....New York.....
 
About 100 international delegates attended the forum, held Sept. 9-13, to discuss global solutions to problems including climate change, economics and technology in developing nations and the role of women.
 
In announcing the award, Benjamin R. Barber, president of CivWorld, described Smiley as a “fearless television broadcaster, intrepid interviewer and ardent humanitarian, who has become a voice for all humankind by putting honesty before interest, civil discourse before polemics, and integrity before advantage…”
 
Smiley attended the forum along with representatives from the ..Tavis Smiley.. Foundation that included ..Vonda Paige.., executive director, and LaTisha Campbell, a member of the foundation’s National Youth Advisory Council.
 
Past Interdependence Day Prize recipients include Harry Belafonte, Lord Bhikhu Parekh, professor of political philosophy at the University of Westminster, UK, and Polish dissident Adam Michnik, who helped bring down the Berlin Wall.

Previous Interdependence Day Celebrations have been held in ..Philadelphia.., ..Rome.., ..Paris.. ..Morocco.., ..Mexico City.., and ....Brussels..... Planning is underway for the Eighth Annual Interdependence Day, scheduled for Sept. 10-12, 2010 in ....Berlin.....
 
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About ..Tavis Smiley..
With his late-night PBS television talk show and his radio show, ..Tavis Smiley.. is the first American ever to simultaneously host signature talk shows on both public television and public radio. He has authored 14 books including The New York Times best-sellers, What I Know For Sure and Covenant with Black America. TIME magazine honored him as one of the “The World’s 100 Most Influential People,” in 2009. NEWSWEEK dubbed him one of the nation’s “captains of the airwaves.” He is also the creator of ....AMERICA.... I AM: The African American Imprint museum exhibition. Smiley has received numerous honorary doctorate degrees, including one from his alma mater, ....Indiana.. ..University.....
 

About Demos
Demos is a non-partisan public policy research and advocacy organization founded in 2000. Headquartered in New York City, Demos works with advocates and policymakers around the country in pursuit of four overarching goals: a more equitable economy with widely shared prosperity and opportunity; a vibrant and inclusive democracy with high levels of voting and civic engagement; an empowered public sector that works for the common good; and responsible U.S. engagement in an interdependent world.
 
 
 
 

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Hello my brothers and sisters! My name is Tavis Smiley. Many of you may be familiar with my political commentary (weekdays) on the Tom Joyner Morning Show. Others may recognize me from either my nightly talk show on PBS and weekend radio program from PRI or from the State of the Black Union symposium held annually during Black History Month. For those of you who are familiar with me and the various works produced by The Smiley Group, I would like to take the opportunity to sincerely thank you for your continuous support. Your love keeps lifting me higher! To those of you who are not familiar with me, my organizations have a simple, common purpose: to Enlighten, Encourage and Empower. I invite you to visit us at www.tavistalks.com to learn more about how The Smiley Group and our various organizations are working to help you Enlighten, Encourage, and Empower your communities. Keep the Faith.

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Hi Tavis

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Thank you for your friendship Tavis!

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Posted Sep 14


HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAVIS,
KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!
YOU ARE INSPIRING AND INFORMATIVE.
PEACE,
SEAJEWEL


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Posted Sep 13


Happy Birthday Tavis!!! May God continue to shower you with His many blessings. Have a great day.


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Posted Sep 13


Happy birthday!!


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PJGODMOTHER

Female, Age Private, Lake Village, AR

Posted Sep 11


Hi Tavis, just wanted to stop right now and send you your birthday greetings. I know that it is a couple of days away, but I have quite a few this month to try to keep up with. I met you a couple of times at ABC Radio and at the Black Images Books store during one of your signings. It was a pleasure to meet and to be in your presence and it left me more inspired to take action on something. So I sued ABC Radio for discrimination and of course lost my job. But I stood up against their oppression and racism in radio. You see, I was the 24 hour Music Format manager and I gain a lot of insight from all of the sides of radio. When I say ALL sides, I mean just that. I worked in an office that was 1 door down from Tom Joyner's Office on the 3rd floor of the building, That was an exciting time for me. I met some great radio personnel and artists who came to display their talents at ABC.

But I was the manager on 9/11/2001, when the towers were blown down also. I have not recovered from that day to this one. The tragedy still plays out in my life today as with so many others and we are all the collateral damage that tends to be ignored. Most of the people in the ABC building that day was from New York, you know, so there was so much chaos and certainly feelings of hopelessness and helplessness. all I could do was pray and communicate that to everyone. I will never forget all of the calls from the many radio station personnel that were not part of the ABC Radio Networks, asking permission to broadcast the ABC News. Automatically, I said, yes, this was not time to be worrying whether or not these stations were affiliated, people needed to know this information. ME (executive in NYC) said that he received those calls... hum... Mr. Smiley, it got pretty ugly after the tragedy. People were mis-firing all over the place, professionalizism suffered.. anyways Happy Birthday on the 13th, I am glad to have met you, Sir and you inspire to do better for my community and country.


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Posted Sep 11


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