Pushing Limits – July 21, 2006
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2:30 PM Pacific Time on Friday
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Pushing Limits will address psychiatric disabilities, mental distress and disability rights. Hosts Doyle Saylor and Ruthanne Shpiner will interview prominent disability studies scholar and advocate Dr. Lennard Davis to hear his conclusions from years of study and research in addition to extensive involvement with the disability community.
Pushing Limits ends our three part Crip-Hip-Hop series featuring playwright Eisa Davis, the Deaf Hip-Hop group Helix, and deaf dancer/actor, Fred Beam. They discuss Hip-Hop Anansi, the first Hip-Hop play for children, and Deaf Hip-Hop culture. Music is from "The H," the new CD from Helix, the Hip-Hop Anansi soundtrack by DJ Eurok, and the … Continued
Fathering is as diverse as the world within which we live. And fathering with a disability? Well, tune in as Pushing Limits presents a tribute to fathers with disabilities. Music by Lee Williams and Luther Vandross. Hosted by Gene Sharee; produced by Safi wa Nairobi and Leroy F. Moore.
CRIP-HIP-HOP! Pushing Limits visits with DJ Quad founder and producer of the Hip-Hop Group, "5th Battalion" from Los Angeles. DJ Quad, a Latino quadriplegic, talks about the ongoing immigration debate, police harassment, mentoring other disabled hip-hop artists, his debut CD, "Bringing the Heat", and AfroLatino race relations in Hip-Hop. (Check out DJ Quad at www.5thbattalion.com) … Continued
CRIP-HIP-HOP! Pushing Limits’ three part series on disabled Hip-Hop artists. Pushing Limits celebrates May Day and Cinco de Mayo with DJ Quad from a Hip-Hop group, 5th Battalion, of Los Angeles. 5th Battalion founder and producer, DJ Quad, a Latino quadriplegic, talks about the ongoing immigration debate, police harassment, mentoring other disabled hip-hop artists, his … Continued
Pushing Limits hosts Doyle Saylor and Gene Sharee will present a variety of topics and issues. They will describe important upcoming events impacting the disability community. Items to be covered include a rally on workers’ rights, providing information on Workers’ Compensation deregulation in addition to interviewing injured workers. The program will also cover the deYoung … Continued
CRIP-HIP-HOP! PL’s three part series on disabled hip-hop artists kicks off today. The first hip-hop artist on crutches, Preechman, lives in Yonkers, New York. Preechman was born in Haiti and came to the NY for medical treatment for polio. He has shared the stage with DMX, Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick and many more. He … Continued
Friday March 31, 2006 at 2:30 PM pushing limits will air a program on disability in Iraq. Doyle Saylor and Leah Gardner will co-host the show with guests Sadick Alsidir and Salam Hassan from the Joint Iraqi Development & Unity Foundation. They will discuss a wheel chair project they have developed and how disability is … Continued