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Segment 1: Radio Free Friday/Open Phones
Segment 2 & 3: Guest: Dick Gregory
Segment 3: Forgiving for Living with Wendy Gladney
Guest Bios
Dick Gregory
Dick Gregory was on the frontline in the sixties during the Civil Rights Era; today he continues to be a “drum major for justice and equality.”
Gregory, Richard Claxton ‘Dick’ (Born, October 12, 1932, St. Louis, Mo.), African American comedian and civil rights activist whose social satire changed the way white Americans perceived African American comedians since he first performed in public. Dick Gregory entered the national comedy scene in 1961 when Chicago’s Playboy Club (as a direct request from publisher Hugh Hefner) booked him as a replacement for white comedian, ‘Professor’ Irwin Corey.
Gregory’s activism continued into the 1990s. In response to published allegations that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had supplied cocaine to predominantly African American areas in Los Angeles, thus spurring the crack epidemic, Gregory protested at CIA headquarters and was arrested. In 1992 he began a program called “Campaign for Human Dignity” to fight crime in St. Louis neighborhoods.
In 1973, the year he released his comedy album Caught in the Act, Gregory moved with his family to Plymouth, Massachusetts, where he developed an interest in vegetarianism and became a nutritional consultant. In 1984 he founded Health Enterprises, Inc., a company that distributed weight loss products. In 1987 Gregory introduced the Slim-Safe Bahamian Diet, a powdered diet mix, which was immensely profitable.
Wendy Gladney
Wendy R. Gladney is a native of Southern California. A true renaissance woman, she is an entrepreneur, author, motivational speaker, talk show host, mother, founder of the non-profit organization, ‘Forgiving For Living, Inc.” and a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles.
Wendy Gladney is living proof that attitude is everything. As a child, Ms. Gladney was abandoned by her mother and experienced sexual abuse by her father. Over her lifetime she has dealt with issues such as, abuse, abandonment, bi-racial understanding, cancer, divorce, single parenting, and starting a business from scratch to live. Her first book, ‘Healing Without Hate: How To Forgive To Live,” was considered uplifting and provided strategies for it’s readers to overcome obstacles and find personal fulfillment. Wendy’s topic of “Forgiveness,” was also the center of her second book, “The Preacher’s Daughter: A Memory.”
Wendy was a housewife and mother for fifteen years. After experiencing a sudden divorce and having to raise two children on her own, she took a part time hobby on the side, to a full time business that now generates over six figures in less than four years. Ms. Gladney is the founder and president of “Personal Services Plus,” an Event Management Company based out of Southern California. Her clients include: McDonald’s,, Nestle, USA., Hyundai Motor America, The Boys & Girls Club of America, The Martin Luther IKing Legacy Association, Tavis Smiley and others.
Wendy believes that it is important to do the best with what life hands you. Wendy has gone from “victim” to “victorious.” She shares how to embrace happiness, experience joy, and live a fulfilled life without hatred. Ms. Gladney is a successful businesswoman based out of Los Angeles, California and the host of the cable talk show, “Building Bridges with Wendy Gladney.”
Wendy resides in Southern California and it the proud mother of two children, Courtney and Freddie. In her spare time she enjoys traveling and reading.
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