KUAF to Host Live Recordings of Podcast ‘Undisciplined’ for Black History Month
KUAF will host four live recordings of the podcast “Undisciplined” in celebration of Black History Month.
Caree Banton, director of the African and African American Studies program at the University of Arkansas and host of the podcast Undisciplined, along with KUAF public radio, presents a series of four live podcast recordings in celebration of Black History Month. Each discussion will include panelists from across Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley and will focus on one topic. Each discussion will be recorded in front of a live audience and aired at a later date on KUAF’s daily news program, Ozarks at Large, as well as released as a podcast episode.
KUAF hopes to provide a platform for the celebration of African American successes and a place for honest discussion about the obstacles still in front of African Americans in the fight for social justice in business, religion, the media, politics and much more.
Dates, times and podcast topics are listed below:
Black Entrepreneurship
When: Tuesday, Feb. 8 — 5-7 p.m.
Where: Into+View Art Gallery and Studio, Rogers
Panelists — Kinya Christian, owner Into+View Gallery and Studio
Natasha Kendle, owner ChicknHeadz restaurant
Osarenmwinda David, owner Tropical Market
Nate Walls, owner Secondhand Smoke
Keith Kidd, owner of KDK’s
Religion and Liberation
When: Tuesday, Feb. 15 — 5 p.m.
Where: St. James Baptist Church, Fayetteville
Panelists — Pastor Curtiss Smith, Pastor of St. James Baptist Church
Lowell Taylor, Theology and Action project
Dustin McGowan, Pastor
What’s Happening in Black Fort Smith?
When: Friday, Feb. 18 — 5 p.m.
Where: Akib Art Gallery, Fort Smith
Panelists: John Blue, Executive Director of Diversity and Inclusion at UA Fort Smith
Jay Richardson, State Rep, Native of FS
Chris Chaney, Barbershop owner
Talicia Richardson, school board at large members, 646 free concert at the amphitheater for Juneteenth
Sherry Toliver, author of history of Fort Smith
The Fight for Justice and Equity in NWA
When: Postponed due to the inclement weather, reschedule TBD
Where: The Jones Center
Panelists — Monique Jones, St. James Food Pantry
Jared Carter, HandsUpNWA
Christina Williams, Founder & Executive Director, Innovative Poverty Solutions | Circles NWA
Sarah Moore, Arkansas Justice Reform
Undisciplined is a podcast produced in collaboration with the African and African American Studies program at the University of Arkansas and KUAF public radio. Hosted by Caree Banton, this podcast will push the confines of your traditional academic disciplines and unveil how the objectives of African and African American studies can be found in the everyday, if you just look.
This story also appeared in the University of Arkansas News publication.