'All Politics Are Local' Radio Show Rolls Out 'The Vote'

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The producers of the All Politics Are Local (APAL), a political Hip Hop radio show, have launched a new monthly round table talk show segment called "The Vote." This segment of the APAL show will discuss the importance of the vote to communities of color, understanding public policy, and wielding political power. The Vote will be moderated by Newark, NJ’s City Hall Chief of Staff Amiri "Middy" Baraka, legendary Hip Hop Minister the Reverend Conrad Tillard, and National Chair of the Woman’s March Tamika Mallory.

The Vote will air every second Friday of every month from 6 pm to 7 pm Eastern Standard Time.

All Politics Are Local is aired live every Friday on Rutgers Radio www.wnru.info from 6 pm to 9 pm.

Edward Riley, the show’s creator, executive producer and co-host of APAL, leads the show. The other show co-hosts and contributing staff members include the following: James Mtume- Legendary Music Producer, Respected Community Activist, and Noted Social Critic; Bashir Akinyele- Co-producer, Community Activist, and Newark Educator; and Jonathan Alston- Co-producer, world renowned debater, social critic, and Newark Educator; Dr. Lauren Wells-Co-producer; Asia Norton-Co-producer and Newark Board of Education member; Zayid Muhammad-Co-producer and respected community! Donna K. Williams-Co-producer and Orange, NJ Councilperson. All Music directed by DJ Rhino.

The APAL radio show also features special monthly segments with special guest hosts. One of APAL’s segments is called The Payne Report, which is moderated by US Congressman Donald Payne, Jr. His segment airs every First Friday of every month from 6 pm to 7:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. The second APAL segment is called The Mayor’s Forum moderated by Newark, NJ’s Mayor Ras J. Baraka. His segment airs every third Friday of every month from 6 pm to 7:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. The Last APAL segment is called The Disciples moderated by Newark City Hall’s Director of the Clergy Alliance Pastor Louise Roundtree, New Psalmist Workship Center Senior Pastor Bryant Ali, and Nation of Islam’s Muhammad Mosque #25 Student Minister Abdul Haqq Muhammad. Their show airs every forth Friday of every month from 6 pm to 7:00 pm Eastern Standard Time.

The lively and intellectually critical round table show, discusses various Hip Hop, entertainment, and political issues. The show is broadcasted live from the Rutgers-Newark campus radio station at www.wrnu.info in downtown Newark, New Jersey from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. The listeners of APAL come from different countries, political parties, ethnic groups, religions, and cultures. Callers worldwide can chime into APAL at the call-in number (973) 353-5746.

Since its’ inception, the show has been able to book a variety Hip Hop artists, Hip Hop activists, community activists, clergy members, intellectuals, and political leaders, such as United States Senator Robert Menendez (Democrat) New Jersey; Rev Al Sharpton, President of the National Action Network and host of MSNBC’s Politics Nation; Rev Jesse Jackson, Founder and President of the Rainbow/Push Coalition; Tamika Mallory, President of the Woman’s March; Rev Herbert Doughtry, Legendary Civil Rights Activist; US Congressman G. K. Butterfield, Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus; Stephen Sweeny, New Jersey State Senate President; New Jersey Democratic US Congressman Donald Payne, Jr.; Camelia Valdes, Passaic County Prosecutor; Sheila Oliver, New Jersey’s former State Speaker of the House; former Chairman of the New Jersey State Democratic Committee John Wisniewski; Ras Baraka, Newark, NJ’s Mayor; Amiri ‘Middy’ Baraka, Newark City Hall Chief of Staff, Ted Green, East Orange, NJ’s Mayor; Leroy Jones, Chairman of the Essex County Democratic Committee in New Jersey, Derek Armstead, Linden, NJ’s Mayor; Chris James, East Orange, NJ Councilman; Felipe Luciano, Newark, NJ’s former Communication Director; New Jersey State Senator Sandra Cunningham; New Jersey State Senator Nia Gill; Britanny Timberlake, New Jersey State Assemblywoman; Carol Clark, New Jersey’s former Essex County Freeholder; Dr. Lauren Wells, the former Newark City Hall’s Chief Education Officer; Barbara Buono, NJ State Senator and NJ’s former Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate; Dennis Van Roekel, the former President of the National Education Association; Lily Garcia, the Current President of the National Education Association; Branden Rippey, the former Newark Teachers Union Presidential Candidate; John Abeigon, Newark Teachers Union President; Cami Anderson, the former Newark Board of Education Superintendent; Roger Leon, the Current Newark Board of Education Superintendent; Dawn Haynes, the Vice President of the Newark Board of Education; Peter Englot, Vice Chancellor of Rutgers University’s Newark Campus; Tony Vauss, Irvington, NJ Mayor; Raymond Lesniak, the former New Jersey State Senator; Rahiel Tesfamariam, Washington Post Columnist; Mildred Crump, Newark Councilwoman-At-Large; Ron Rice, Jr, the former Newark West Ward Councilman; Donald Payne, US Congressman; Robert Bowser, former East Orange, NJ’s Mayor; New York State Assemblyman Charles Barron; Mayor Dwayne Warren of Orange, NJ; Darin Sharif, former Newark Central Ward Councilman; Jamel Holly of Roselle, NJ’s Mayor; John Thompson, former candidate for Mayor of East Orange, NJ; Kevin Taylor, former candidate for Mayor of East Orange, NJ; Lester Taylor, former Mayor of East Orange; Eldridge Hawkins, former candidate for Mayor of West Orange, NJ; Newark, NJ’s former Mayoral Candidate Shavar Jeffries; former NJ Communities United Lead Organizer Roberto Cabanas; Junius Willaims, former Rutgers-Newark’s Abbott Leadership Institute Professor; Keesha Eure, the Chairwoman of the Newark Anti-Violence Coalition; Dhoruba bin Wahad, legendary Original Black Panther Party leader and former US Political Prisoner; Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Alicia Garza; Barry Carter, Star Ledger Columnist; James Loose White, National Gang Intervention and Prevention Specialist; Bob Law, Legendary National radio talk show host; Dan Ivers, former Star Ledger reporter; Walter Hudson, Penns Grove, NJ Community Activist; Tim Wise, Anti-Racist Educator; Dr. Ron Danials, National President of the Institute of the Black World; Dr. Leonard Jeffries, Retired City University of New York History Professor; Kathy Shorr, Photo-Journalist; William Barbee, Filmmaker; Tamika Mallory, Justice League, NYC; Chicago’s great peace activist Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina Church; Rodolfo Rodriguez, former candidate for Mayor of West Orange, NJ; Joe Krakoviak, former West Orange, NJ Councilman and Mayoral candidate; Airickca Gordon-Taylor of the Mamie Till Mobley Foundation and the spokesperson for the Emmett Till family; Laura Cohen, Rutgers University Professor of Law; W.R. Bolen, New York Times bestselling author of Total Frat Move; Randi Weingarten, National President of American Federation of Teachers; Newark Education Workers Caucus; Charles Barron, New York State Assemblyman; Ashley Spillane, President of Rock the Vote; Bob Braun former Star Ledger news columnist; the Leaders of the Newark Students Union; Violence Interrupters Executive Director Tioh Hardiman; Imamu Amiri Baraka; Dominique Sharpton (the daughter of Civil Rights leader the Rev Al Sharpton), The National Action Network; Fredrica Bey, founder of the Women In Support of the Million Man March; Dr. Robert Curvin, former Rutgers University Professor; Dr. Tommy Curry, Texas A&M University Professor; Poet Autum Ashante; Larry Hamm, State Chairman of the Peoples Organization for Progress; Salaam Ismial, President of the National United Youth Council; Bilal Qayyum, Co-Organizer of the National Black on Black Conference; the Newark Students Union; Dr. Akil Khalfani, Director of the Africana Institute at Essex County College; Ron Rice, New Jersey State Senator; Dale Russakoff, Author of the Prize: Who’s In Charge of America’s Schools; Mark Diionno, former weekly columnist of the Star Ledger; Ralph McDaniels, Legendary VJ of Video Music Box; Hip Hop artist Rapsody; Hip Hop artist Jamar Giddens of the Sparrow-the Movement; Hip Hop artist Chuck D of Public Enemy; Hip Hop artist The D.O.C; Hip Hop artist Lupe Fiasco; Hip Hop artist Vinny of Naughty By Nature; Hip Hop artist Freekey Zekey of the rap group the Dip set; Hip Hop artist Hakim Green of Channel Live; Hip Hop artist Do It All of the Lords of the Underground; Hip Hop Artist Jasiri X; Hip Hop artist/activist Vigalantee; Hip Hop artist Kid Wiz; Hip Hop artist WhereDough; Hip Hop artist Dougie F; Vincent Guerrero of the former Rawkus Records Hip Hop Label, Victor Trammell, Hip Hop Journalist for Your Black World; Sundown of the Hip Hop group Actual Proof; Conrad Tillard, the former Executive Director of CHHANGE (Conscious Hip Hop Activism Necessary for Global Empowerment and the current Senior Pastor of Nazarene Congregational United Church of Christ in Brooklyn; New York City; Imam Mustafa El Amin of Masjid Ibrahim; Pastor David Jefferson, Senior Pastor of Metropolitan Baptist Church and the Chairman of Rev Sharpton’s National Action Network in Newark, New Jersey; Donny Nuri Wilson, member and organizer of the Newark Anti-Violence Coalition; Al Tarik Onque of Stop Shootin; Earl “the Street Doctor” Best; Monika Boyd, of Parents of Murdered Children and VOCAL (Voices of Change and Liberation) Coalition member; Minister Ismail Muhammad, National Assistant to the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan; Donald Payne, US Congressman; legendary Hip Hop artist Luther Campbell of 2 Live Crew; Jasmine Mans, Newark Poet; James Mtume, world renowned music producer, artist, community activist, and the former co-host of the popular 107.5 WBLS FM’s Open line radio talk show in New York City’s tri-state area; Marquis Aquil-Lewis, the former President and member of the Newark Board of Education Advisory Board; and Mitzi Miller, the former Editor –and-Chief of Ebony magazine!

Edward Riley of Rutgers’ APAL says, “Our show is an institution in the city of Newark, NJ.”

Damien Connors, College Youth Directorof Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) says, “The show is content rich and I believe Its’ the kind of discourse that will keep us balanced.”

Bashir Muhammad Akinyele of Rutgers’ APAL says, “Our show is the only Hip Hop radio show in the country that challenges the Hip Hop generation on the necessity of political power.”

For more information, contact Bashir Muhammad Akinyele, Co-Producer/Co-Host of All Politics Are Local, America's #1 Political Hip Hop Radio Show at (908) 956-3523 or bashir.akinyele@gmail.com.

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