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Black Brand on Another View

In June 2016, a group of black visionaries gathered at the Slover Library in downtown Norfolk to discuss economic empowerment within the black community of and community engagement within the black community of Hampton Roads. The seeds of Black Brand- Hampton Roads Black Chamber of Commerce were planted. Ten years later, Black Brand is laser focused on its mission to transform our local, regional, and national community through unity, education, access, opportunity, and development. On this week's Another View, host Barbara Hamm Lee welcomes Co-Founder and CEO Blair Durham, and business owners associated with Black Brand, Dr. Erica Jones, co-founder, chairman and executive officer of the board of Silver Care Dementia Center, Chasity Pritchett, owner of Emblem Olive Oil, and Derak Green, co-owner and head of operations for Cooking with Greens. This, and all Another View Programs can be heard on the show's program page.

Barry Graham used to arrive at WHRO with a briefcase full of papers and lesson plans. For 32 years he taught US and Virginia Government in the Virginia Beach Public Schools. While teaching was always his first love, radio was a close second. While attending Old Dominion, Barry was program director at WODU, the college radio station. After graduating, he came to WHRO as an overnight announcer. Originally intending to stay on only while completing graduate school, he was soon hooked on Public Radio and today is the senior announcer on WHRV. In 2001, Barry earned his Ph.D in Urban Studies by writing a history of WHRO and analyzing its impact upon local education, policy and cultural arts organizations.