Dr. Leary Speaks

Join Bb:ARR for an afternoon with Dr. Joy DeGrury-Leary

Grand

Avenue

SDA

Church

 278

Grand Ave

Oakland

,

CA

     September 23, 2007 @ 4:00PM

 

Bb:ARR has combined forces with the producers of the documentary film in progress “No Coloreds in

Oakland

” and Dr. Joy Leary to explore/expose the origin of violence in

Oakland

.  As a fund raiser for the production of the film, Psychologist Dr. Joy Leary of

Portland

State

University

will give the keynote address, "Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome."  This event is expected to draw 350 attendees who will be treated to a teaser of the film and a book giveaway.

Bb:ARR welcomes you to mindfully engage about culture, race relations, education, current events and other matters impacting the collective consciousness in

Oakland

and beyond.

Entertainment Journalist Kam Williams described Leary's book, Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome this way, "nothing short of brilliant in the way in which she approaches the subject, prodding you to place present-day behaviors in a proper historical context." Leary she has developed a culturally based education model for working with children and adults of color. She recently created the “African American Male Adolescent Respect Scale”, an assessment instrument designed to broaden our understanding of the challenges facing these youth in an effort to prevent their over-representation in the justice system, and to improve education achievement." The book has been praised by Bill Cosby, Randall Robinson, Al Sharpton, and many more. Adelaide Sanford, Vice Chancellor of the Board of Regents for the State of New York states that “Dr. Joy Leary’s mesmerizing, riveting book is vital reading for our time…With Dr. Leary’s potent words we can and will heal.” 

Leary's clients have included academic institutions such as

Oxford

University

,

Harvard

University

,

Columbia

University

,

Fisk

University

,

Smith

College

,

Morehouse

College

and the

University

of

Chicago

. She has also presented to federal and state agencies such as The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Probation and Parole agencies, Juvenile Justice Judges Association and Police departments. Dr. Leary has worked with major corporations and companies such as Nordstrom's and Nike, the NBA Rookies Camp, and with the renowned G-CAPP program based in

Atlanta

,

Georgia

. Dr. Leary has also been an invited speaker at the United Nations Conference on Race in

Barbados

, the Essence Women of Leadership Summit, and the National Association of Social Workers Annual Conference.

Sociopolitical Critic, Public Speaker, and Founder of Quack Quack Productions, Charles Reynolds, is producing the documentary, “No Coloreds in

Oakland

.” The film explores the origins of escalating homicide rates in the city of

Oakland

. Matters such as gun availability and legal and illegal drug proliferation are objectively juxtaposed to sociological structures such as the educational system, labor and finance, the prison industrial complex, and the meat industry. Local stories from criminals, prosecutors, victims, families of victims, educators, butchers, doctors, and social workers such as Joy Leary.

"This film is not an elaborate excusatory game of pin the blame on the white man. This film is meant to spawn a movement of black empowerment and inner-city unification that ever churns toward the main objectives of self sufficiency, ownership, and intellectual mobility via black and other communicative networks.” Charles said.

*Cost is $25 or $15.00 for students, seniors and groups.

Tickets may be purchased online at NoColoredsInOakland.com.
For more information call (510) 436-2852 or e-mail charles@quackquackproductions.com.