"RECLAIMING THE VILLAGE" TO AIR IN DETROIT
DETROIT¹S AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY RESPONDS TO BILL COSBY'S CHALLENGE

African American Family Magazine, Detroit Public TV and other
community partners launch campaign of broadcasts and forums in a community wide campaign and movement.

(AANEWSWIRE)DETROIT, MICHIGAN -- Parents, teachers, pastors and community leaders unite in a new collaboration featuring a community wide dialogue on challenges facing local African American families in broadcast series and town forum campaign, that began with a one-hour special, RECLAIMING THE VILLAGE, aired on Detroit's local PBS station, WTVS Channel 56 that began in September. The series continues through October with televised discussions hosted by African American Family Magazine editor Denise Crittendon and facilitated by Detroit veteran broadcast journalist Amyre Makupson.

RECLAIMING THE VILLAGE addresses issues related to child rearing raised by entertainer Bill Cosby in several speeches around the country including one in Detroit earlier this year. In a recent Detroit News article, Crittendon acknowledges Cosby for "waking us [Black Americans] up" and getting Black people to "talk about issues that we whisper in private." The article references Crittendon's hope that the discussions will 'move beyond the rhetoric." Upcoming Reclaiming the Village topics to be broadcast include "Pop Culture," to air on Sunday, 10/9 (7 p.m.), and Saturday, 10/15 (5 p.m.) and "Solutions," airing Monday, 10/17(10:30 p.m.), Sunday, 10/23, (7p.m.) and Saturday, 10/29, (5p.m).The programs will also air on WB20, the project's other broadcast partner.

Produced by African American Family Magazine and Detroit Public
Television, in association with WB20-Detroit's WB!, The Skillman
Foundation and The Detroit Youth Foundation, the campaign examines the roles of family environment, education, pop culture, and other factors in creating a village where children can flourish.
Dr. Alvin Poussaint, a psychiatrist at Harvard University and chief
consultant on the landmark television series, "The Cosby Show," and close personal friend of Bill Cosby, serves as the project consultant and provides commentary on topics related to each broadcast.
Members of the community are invited after each televised segment to attend a community-wide town hall meeting on the same issues presented in the televised discussions. The Town Hall Meeting schedule is as follows:
-- Popular Culture: Sunday, Oct. 16 (3-5 p.m.), Location: Detroit Youth Foundation (Youthville Detroit)
--Solutions and Remedies: Sunday, Oct. 30 Location: Perfecting Church 7616 E. Nevada, Detroit.

For more information or to attend, contact Alexis Bourkoulas
via phone: (248) 398-3400 or email: abourkoulas@metroparent.com.

 

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