#Tanisha Townsend

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SEPTEMBER Celebrity Birthdays & Events

September Birthdays

Virgo Stars (Aug 23-Sept 22) 1: Bianca Brewton, Zendaya Coleman, Skye Townsend 2: Tiffany Hines 3: Iza 4: Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter, Sammie Ware, Khandi Alexander 5: Clark Backo, Coco Rebecca Edogamhe, Kat Graham, Jade Payton 6: Naomie Harris, Anika Noni Rose, Trina McGee, Daniele Gaither 7: Afton Williamson, Hannah John Kamen, Jodie Turner Smith 8: Pepi Sonuga 9: Camilla Beeput, Loren Lott

10: Treshelle Edmond 11: Taraji P. Henson 12: Jennifer Hudson, Tarana Burke 13: Aisha Dee, Ronke Adekoluejo 14: Jocelyn Ayanna, Ololade "Lolly" Adefope, Rose Jackson 16: Olatokunbo Susan Olasobunmi Abeke "Toks" Olagundoye, Keenyah Hill, Kyla Pratt, Kyla Ramsey 17: Danielle Brooks 18: Aisha Tyler, Jada Pinkett Smith, Zozibini Tunzi 19: Jayme Lawson, Sanaa Lathan, Olivia Swann 20: Debbi Morgan, Enuka Okuma, Victoria Dillard 21: Taral Hicks 22: Teyonah Parris

Libra Stars (Sept 23-Oct 22) 23: LisaRaye McCoy, Janelle James, Cush Jumbo, Oyin Oladejo 24: Kelly Jo Minter, Jessica Lucas, Yetide Badaki 25: Leah Sava Jeffries 26: Serena Williams, Fola Evans-Akingbola 27: Tamara Taylor 28: Karan Ashley, Jerrika Hinton, Tanisha Long 29: Sasha Lane 30: Lyric Ross

September Events:

2: National Gray Hair Day 4: Bey Day | 8: Star Trek Day | 11: Ethiopian New Year (Enkutatash) |12: International Youth Day | 15: National Hispanic Heritage Month Begins, World Afro Day | 16- 23: Bisexual Awareness Week | 25: Comic Book Day

Selftember Submissions 2021 |

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(Italian Wine Podcast)

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Book Launch: "Kwame Brathwaite: Black Is Beautiful"

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Harlem USA May 14, 2019 

 An SRO full house came out for the New York City book launch and signing of Kwame Brathwaite's Black Is Beautiful (Aperture), featuring the photography that helped popularize the slogan “Black Is Beautiful.” The book is available ($40) at the Schomburg gift shop and online.

Brathwaite Sr.and his older brother, Elombe Brath, in the late 50's and early 60’s, did their part to spread this idea through Brathwaite’s writings and photographs, as well as the activities of the two organizations they helped co-found: AJASS (1956) and the Grandassa Models (1962). Grandassa Models was founded to challenge white beauty standards. This monograph — the first ever dedicated to Brathwaite’s remarkable career—tells the story of a key, but under-recognized, figure of the second Harlem Renaissance.

The launch event featured a conversation with Kwame S. Brathwaite (Jr.), Archive Director; Tanisha C. Ford, author and historian; former Grandassa Model Eunice Townsend; and was moderated by Kimberly R. Drew, art curator, writer and social activist.  Many of Harlem's well-known photographers came out for the event, and took many photos of each other. One iconic photographer did not bring his camera, because of the rain. Bad call.

Attendees were encouraged to recreate looks and hair styles that pay homage to the "Naturally" fashion shows and cultural celebrations that are also reverberating in the current vernacular of Black style and culture.  A fair number did.

[episodesthebadgirlsclub]

Top 5 Best Seasons of Bad Girls Club

The best seasons of the Bad Girls Club on this list are full of drama, fights, and partying. Television fans from around the world have voted on this list of the best Bad Girls Club seasons, so the order the seasons are in isn't just the opinion of one person. Hardcore fans of the show often argue over what the greatest season of Bad Girls Club is, which is exactly why this ranked list was created. Every season of Bad Girls Club has at least one memorable episode, so it isn't necessarily easy to figure out what the top season is. Is your favorite season of Bad Girls Club not as high as it should be? 

1. Bad Girls Club - Season 9

You can watch full episode here:  http://episodesthebadgirlsclub.com/bgc9%20full

The ninth season of Bad Girls Club premiered on July 9, 2012 and contains 16 episodes. This season's cast includes Ashley Dye, Falen Ghirmai,Mehgan James,Christina Salgado, Erika Jordan,Julie Ofcharsky, Rimanelli "Rima" Mellal.This season features several unforgettable episodes including "One Night In Mexico," "The Tipping Point" and "Fist, Fist, Bang Bang."Memorable moments from Season 9 include:

- Christina vs Julie 

- Erika dance “i don’t understand”

- Meghan beats up Rims & Fallen at the same time

2.Bad Girls Club - Season 7 New Orleans 

You can watch full episode here:  http://episodesthebadgirlsclub.com/bgc7%20full

The seventh season of Bad Girls Club premiered on Aug. 1, 2011 and contains 15 episodes. The season's cast includes Judi Jai, Tiara Hodge and Shelly Hickman,Nastasia "Stasi" Townsend,  Angelic "Angie" Castillo,  Tasha Malek Priscilla Mennella

This season features several unforgettable episodes including "I Got the Voodoo for U," "An Eye for An Eye" and "Parting Shots."

Memorable moments from Season 7 include:

- Cheyenne is kicked out of the house by Tiara - Natasia's contact lenses drama - Priscilla beats Judi bloody

3.Bad Girls Club - Season 4

You can watch full episode here:  http://episodesthebadgirlsclub.com/bgc4%20full

The fourth season of "Bad Girls Club" premiered on Dec. 1, 2009 and contains 16 episodes. This season's cast includes Amber McWha, Kendra James,Natalie Nunn,Annie Andersen,Florina "Flo" Kaja,Kate Squillace,Portia Beaman

This season features several unforgettable episodes including "Off the Wall," "Paul and Kate Plus Hate" and "Out With a Bang."

Memorable moments from Season 4 include:

- Kendra and Natalie get in a street fight - Florina leaves the house after getting in a fight with Kendra - Portia attacks Natalie

4.Bad Girls Club - Season 2

You can watch full episode here:  http://episodesthebadgirlsclub.com/lat

The second season of "Bad Girls Club" premiered on Dec. 4, 2007 and contains 24 episodes.  This season's cast includes 

Cordelia Carlisle 22 Wallingford, Connecticut Darlen Escobar 24 Austin, Texas Hanna Thompson 22 Brooklyn, New York Jennavecia Russo 26 Las Vegas, Nevada Melissa "Lyric" Greene 22 Phoenix, Arizona Neveen Ismail 24 Portland, Oregon Tanisha Thomas 21 Brooklyn, New York

This season features several unforgettable episodes including "Bad Company," "Love Conquers All" and "Ghouls Gone Wild."

Memorable moments from Season 2 include:

- Tanisha goes to jail - Two household groups, the Hyenas and the Party Girls, - “I Didn't Get No Sleep Cause of Yall”

5. Bad Girls Club - Season 5

You can watch full episode here:  http://episodesthebadgirlsclub.com/bgc5%20full

The fifth season of "Bad Girls Club" premiered on Aug. 30, 2010 and contains 16 episodes. This season's cast include:

Brandi "Venus" Arceneaux 26 Inglewood, California The Sneaky Stripper Catya "Cat" Washington 24 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Elite Player Danielle Rosario 21 Massapequa, New York The Scrapper Erica Langston 25 Anaheim, California The Trash Talking Cheerleader Kristen Guinane 23 Boston, Massachusetts The Pageant Princess Lea Beaulieu 22 Miami, Florida The South Beach Rebel Morgan Osman

This season features several unforgettable episodes including "Welcome to Miami Beyotch," "Threesome's A Crowd" and "The Wicked Witch of Key West."

Memorable moments from Season 5 include:

- Morgan is kicked out of the house - Lea vs Kristen fight - Brandi is kicked out of the house

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#nowreading @blackandabroad Black & Abroad Conversations: Wine Sommelier Tanisha Townsend — Black & Abroad https://ift.tt/2MSp36W #travel #destinations #vino

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✊🏿🖤📷📚 #ArtIsAWeapon #BlackIsBeautiful The @schomburgcenter is hosting a book launch for "Kwame Brathwaite: Black is Beautiful" - Tuesday, May 14, 2019, 6:30PM–8:30 PM, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 515 Malcolm X Boulevard New York, NY 10037. Free registration to attend: www.SchomburgCenter.Eventbrite.com ____________________ Via the #SchomburgCenter: Join us for the New York City book launch of Kwame Brathwaite: Black Is Beautiful (Aperture), featuring the #photography that helped popularized the slogan “Black Is Beautiful.” Brathwaite and his older brother, Elombe Brath, in the late 50's and early 60’s, did their part to spread this idea through Brathwaite’s #writings and photographs, as well as the activities of the two organizations they helped co-found: #AJASS (1956) and the #GrandassaModels (1962). Grandassa Models was founded to challenge white beauty standards. This monograph—the first ever dedicated to Brathwaite’s remarkable career—tells the story of a key, but under-recognized, figure of the second Harlem Renaissance. The launch event will feature a conversation with Kwame S. Brathwaite [@kwamebphoto], Archive Director; Tanisha C. Ford [soulistaphd], author and historian; former Grandassa Model Eunice Townsend; moderated by Kimberly R. Drew [@museummammy], #art #curator, #writer and social #activist. We welcome attendees to recreate looks and hair styles that pay homage to the "Naturally" fashion shows and cultural celebrations that are also reverberating in the current vernacular of #Blackstyle and culture. Books will be available in the Schomburg shop and a book signing will follow the program. Photo credit: Untitled (Sikolo Brathwaite with Headpiece designed by Carolee Prince), 1968. Kwame Brathwaite/Courtesy of Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles #KwameBrathwaite #TraScapades #BlackCulture #BlackBeauty #BlackCreatives https://www.instagram.com/p/BxKrP4ZlBwp/?igshid=wlt4mbwv3lt2

[wineanddinosaur]

Why Is the Wine Industry Ignoring Black Americans’ $1.2 Trillion Buying Power?

When I’ve had a particularly stressful day or I want something to pair with a rather decadent meal I’ve cooked, I reach for a bottle of wine. My preference tends toward drier white wines, but I’ll admit it hasn’t always been this way.

My first alcoholic beverages were spirits in college. Cheap vodka in plastic bottles, flavored rums, and the occasional gin that tasted like gasoline lit on fire. It wasn’t until my mid-20s that I started learning more about wines and enjoying them regularly. So much so that, to celebrate my 25th birthday, I hosted a wine tasting at a local wine store with a variety of Tuscan wines.

What I’ve noticed through the years, whether I’m having a glass of wine solo at a bar or trying out a new restaurant as a treat, is as a black woman there are expectations about the type of wine I should be drinking — or that I will enjoy drinking wine at all.

You see, apparently, black people know very little about wine. It’s a novelty for us, and when we do drink it, the sweeter the better.

Certain spirits brands have successfully recognized the buying power of black Americans, but very few wine labels do. “People aren’t talking to us, period,” says wine educator and consultant Tanisha Townsend.

Cameron Glover muses about this exact topic in a piece she penned, “Drinking While Black.” “I typically prefer Moscato, a sweet, fizzy white wine, or sweet mixed drinks. But because I know about the cultural expectations of what a woman — and particularly a black woman, a woman of color — is supposed to drink, a feeling of self-consciousness prevails when I order the drinks I want to consume,” Glover writes.

Being a black woman from the South only complicates these assumptions, assumptions that the wine industry, and how they choose to market to black wine drinkers, reinforces. Assumptions that impact how and if they ever reach wine drinkers who look like me.

“People aren’t talking to us, period,” Tanisha Townsend, a wine educator and consultant, says. She’s speaking about the wine industry’s “old-fashioned” approach to consumer marketing — one that doesn’t aim to reach drinkers who aren’t white. The majority of wine advertising and marketing, and many of the industry’s cultural gatekeepers, don’t appear to recognize the diverse preferences or buying power of the black market. They aren’t invested in exploring “what we like, do day-to-day, or about our culture,” Townsend says.

This stands in stark contrast to the world of spirits. Certain brands recognize the buying power of black people, who in turn transform their sales and cement their space in the cultural lexicon. Hennessy, Ciroc, Alizé, Crown Royal, and countless others either had marketing campaigns targeting black drinkers, or capitalized on references in hip hop music.

That strategy has proven remarkably successful. Hennessy, for example, leads the Cognac category. The United States is its largest export market, responsible for 55 percent of its reported €42.6 billion global sales (approximately $48.2 billion in 2019).

Why would the wine industry want to leave what a 2018 Nielsen report asserts is the $1.2 trillion buying power of black American consumers on the table?

Wine writer Julia Coney uses Moscato as an example of the rare wine with tangible connections to black Americans. “When Nicki Minaj and Rick Ross rapped about it years ago in a mixtape? That was it. That’s the whole Moscato thing,” she says.

The reference continued in several songs after that, including Waka Flocka and Roscoe Dash’s 2010 song “No Hands,” in which “Moscato” is said repeatedly in the hook.

Moscato sales were up 100 percent in 2010, Nielsen reported, and rose another 70 percent in 2011. Minaj introduced her own line of Moscato wines, MYX, in 2013. That same year, Danny Brager, Nielsen’s senior vice president of beverage/alcohol, told NPR Moscato sales were growing at a rate of 25 percent annually.

“I’ve been following the wine category for over 10 years. Frankly, I haven’t seen anything like it at all,” Brager told NPR’s Sam Sanders in a piece titled, “Moscato Finds a Younger, Hipper — and Browner — Audience.”

In 2013, Nicki Minaj introduced a line of Moscato wines, MYX, and a Nielsen executive told NPR Moscato sales were growing at a rate of 25 percent annually. Credit: Myxfusions.com

In addition to writing about wine, Coney routinely leads wine-centric trips around the globe and works part-time at a wine store in Washington, D.C. She recalls how, on several occasions, black women came into the store looking for red wine after seeing Kerry Washington’s character drink it on “Scandal.” Similarly, retailer Crate & Barrel reported that, in 2014, it sold 20 times as many oversized wine goblets as it had in previous seasons, due to the glasses’ prominent role on “Scandal.”

Marketing to black wine drinkers could work, all of these instances prove. But in order to do so, wine industry gatekeepers and the agencies that create ads that appear in magazines, newspapers, and on television need to widen their vision.

They need to incorporate black people within their ranks as employees and make efforts to reach black wine writers, bloggers, educators, and consultants. Pay attention to those same people who consistently churn out stellar content to engage their audiences. Do the work that makes the wine industry inclusive, and doesn’t leave the onus on us to be seen.

The article Why Is the Wine Industry Ignoring Black Americans’ $1.2 Trillion Buying Power? appeared first on VinePair.

source https://vinepair.com/articles/wine-industry-black-consumers-marketing/

[kansascityhappenings]

Grief-stricken KC church members stunned to hear leader may be linked to wife’s murder

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Minister Hopelizzette says she can’t believe her church’s elder might be linked to his wife’s murder.

“I got a call while I was at work about it. I don’t know what happened,” she said. “I can’t believe it. I don’t want to believe it’s true. I want to believe it’s a mistake.”

She broke down in tears just thinking about the horrible nightmare she said has rocked their six-year-old church, Repairers of The Breach Christian Center in South Kansas City, to its core.

“It’s beyond unreal because I knew Elder Robert Harris,” Hopelizzette said. “He was my spiritual counselor. He was our go-to man when we couldn’t reach our pastor. He loved her.”

Tanisha Stuart-Harris

Overland Park police said Monday they went to the home of Robert Harris and Tanisha Stuart-Harris to investigate a domestic dispute. Investigators said later that day Robert Harris called police again to report his wife missing.

However, after being questioned, police said Harris confessed to being involved in his wife’s disappearance. Then Tuesday morning, Stuart-Harris’ body was found in a rural area of Raymore near 163rd and Kentucky.

“I just can’t believe it,” Hopelizzette told Fox 4’s Robert Townsend. “She was loving and kind, and she would do anything for you. And she was very soft spoken and sweet but powerful, and she was a loving mother and a devoted, caring wife. She had a daughter and he had a daughter, but they were a family. They had just come back from taking his daughter home. She was with them for the whole Christmas holiday.”

Members and church leaders gathered at Repairers of The Breach to pray for the couple, their loved ones and their now hurting church family.

“Utter shock, anguish, confusion and questions,” said Carlton Funderburke, the senior pastor at Repairers of The Breach Christian Center. “I was privileged to perform their wedding ceremony in July of 2016. They were just good, solid people and outstanding members of their community.”

As of Tuesday night, Robert Harris remained in the Johnson County jail in Olathe. Prosecutors are now reviewing potential criminal charges against him.

In the meantime, losing two pillars of their church has devastated everyone at the Repairers of The Breach Christian Center.

“We’re now leaning on God, trusting God, knowing that He doesn’t make any mistakes,” said Sheila Patton, whose daughter attends the Kansas City church.

from FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports http://fox4kc.com/2018/01/09/grief-stricken-kc-church-members-stunned-to-hear-leader-may-be-linked-to-wifes-murder/

from Kansas City Happenings https://kansascityhappenings.wordpress.com/2018/01/10/grief-stricken-kc-church-members-stunned-to-hear-leader-may-be-linked-to-wifes-murder/

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Grief-stricken Kansas City dad remembers ‘free spirit’ 8-year-old son who was killed by garbage truck

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The father of an 8-year-old boy killed by a garbage truck says his family is in shock.

“Man, I just never would have thought this would happen at all,” said De’Andre Baker, who said he’s living the worst time of his life.

“It’s a terrible nightmare. I just want to wake up for real, but I know it’s all real,” Baker told Fox 4’s Robert Townsend during an exclusive interview just three days after losing his 8-year-old son, Dra’Viontay Baker.

De’Andre Baker said his son was a free spirit.

Dra’Viontay Baker

“He liked to have fun, and he was real energetic and goofy — real goofy just like me,” the heartbroken dad said. “Every time I look at his picture, it just hurts.”

“He loved his siblings especially his baby sister,” a smiling Tanisha Garrett said about her stepson. “All the time he clanged to her and she clanged to him.”

De’Andre Baker said Friday afternoon Dra’Viontay, a third-grader at Truman Elementary, left school and was excited about spending another weekend with his dad.

But one phone call changed all that.

“A neighbor across the street called me,” De’Andre Baker said. “When she told me what was going on, I dropped the phone, and I just started shaking my head like ‘Hold on, no!’ I then picked my phone back up and everybody on the phone was crying. I couldn’t get there fast enough.”

No one could believe Dra’Viontay — who was outside his home, riding his wagon and playing with a 9-year-old buddy for just a few minutes — had been hit by a garbage truck. The tragedy happened just two weeks before Christmas.

“My boy died at that scene,” De’Andre Baker said. “That truck’s tire was on his little body. As for Christmas, it won’t be the same and I’m not really feeling it, but I will do it for his sisters and brother. I had already bought him the scooter he wanted, and I was going to get him the one thing he really wanted: a hover board with Bluetooth, but now I can’t.”

Garrett said she believes prayers help a lot.

“No one should ever go through that with a child,” she said. “All the support and reaching out, it’s helping, but it will never be the same.”

Family and friends will gather at 3 p.m. Tuesday around a memorial at East 100th Street and Drury Avenue where Dra’Viontay lost his young life. Two Go Fund Me pages have also been set up to assist the boy’s family with his funeral expenses.

from FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports http://fox4kc.com/2017/12/11/grief-stricken-kansas-city-dad-remembers-free-spirit-8-year-old-son-who-was-killed-by-garbage-truck/

from Kansas City Happenings https://kansascityhappenings.wordpress.com/2017/12/12/grief-stricken-kansas-city-dad-remembers-free-spirit-8-year-old-son-who-was-killed-by-garbage-truck/