BTB Black Travel Bloggers were invited to be guests of African Diaspora Today Radio Show by Host Dr. Carol Adams on WVON Radio 1690 AM "The Talk of Chicago" during African Festival of the Arts Chicago 2012 .
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| DuSable Museum of African-American History President Dr. Carol L. Adams interviews BTB Black Travel Bloggers Angela Meyers of 2 Girls & A Bikini and Flight Attendant Janice "SkychiTravels" of The Skychi Travel Guide on WVON Radio 1690 AM . |
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| New Co-Host Flight Attendant Travel Blogger Janice "SkychiTravels" of African Diaspora Today Radio Show Segment ADT Travels with Host & DuSable Museum President Dr. Carol L. Adams. BTB Black Travel Bloggers recorded our Social Media appearance on Google LIVE ON AIR Broadcast during the African Diaspora Today Radio Show on WVON Radio 1690 AM with Host Dr. Carol L. Adams, Pres. DuSable Museum of African-American History. African Diaspora Today is designed to inform audiences on the rich culture, history, and current news of the African Diaspora. Who better to disseminate this information than educator, sociologist, culturalist, and President of the DuSable Museum of African American History – Dr. Carol L. Adams. Each week, Dr. Adams and her guests explore topics that are relevant in our communities, across the nation, and around the world.  CAROL L. ADAMS, Ph.D. is a sociologist whose varied career and diverse skills have combined to make her a social engineer of international reputation. Currently, Dr. Adams is the Chief Executive Officer of the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago, IL. She has held positions as the Chairman of the African American Studies Department at Loyola University, Director of the Center for Inner City Studies at Northeastern Illinois University, and Secretary of the Illinois Department of Human Services. Having spent a number of years as the director of African American studies at a major University and a tenured professor in the School of Education at another, Dr. Adams has traveled and consulted throughout Africa and the Diaspora. She is well versed in the protocol and practice of diplomacy and capacity building. In 2003, she was part of a delegation invited to the United Nations by Kofi Annan to discuss fostering relationships between African Americans and the United Nations. Through her work with the Global Integrated Development Group, Dr. Adams helped to launch two major entrepreneurial ventures that are fostering trade and economic development between Africa and the Diaspora: Made in Africa and BUTTA (Bringing You the Treasures of Africa). In less than two years, these companies created hundreds of jobs in Ghana, Uganda and have plans to expand to Madagascar and Gabon. Upon learning through DNA testing that her ancestral African roots were Fulani, she encouraged scores of others to be tested and succeeded in having genealogy and DNA testing incorporated into Chicago’s African Festival of the Arts. Dr. Adams has played a major role in the development and sustainability of a number of key African organizations in Chicago, among them: the United African Organization, the Pan African Association, Africa International House, and the African Chamber of Commerce. A friend to African and African-descended women’s groups, her research and consulting work has informed her activism and advocacy. She is currently helping a group of women from Chicago raise funds to build an orphanage in Benin, at the urging of the advisor to President Boni Yayi, and has recently returned from South Africa where she was a consultant to her human services counterpart on HIV/AIDS prevention in Kimberley. She has been invited to Zimbabwe to assist with the transitional government, and to Togo to help with their upcoming elections.  ADT TRAVELS (AFRICAN DIASPORA TRAVELS) ADT Travels is a new segment created to explore and travel to various communities within the African Diaspora as it relates to sites, people, lifestyle, history, language, food, and culture. The segment is not only to inform our listeners, but also to encourage and promote travel to various destinations in the African Diaspora via broadcast radio and social media platforms. ADT Travels will be co-hosted by travel blogger, Janice Temple, www.skychitravels.com. Janice is the Editor of SkyChi.com, an international traveler, and a linguist. She has lived in France, Belgium, Venezuela, Argentina, and Turkey. Janice speaks French, Spanish, and some Turkish, and has the unique ability to communicate and understand people of other cultures. Janice blogs on her experiences as a professional traveller, as well as her life as a flight attendant. ADT TRAVELS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT WVON 1690AM WVON AM is Chicago's "exclusive" Black News/Talk Format. WVON has experienced tremendous growth over the past several years. WVON reaches nearly 173,900 weekly. 25-54 audience! High Household Incomes/High Level Occupations: 69% more likely to have $150K+ Household Income than average Chicago adult between the ages of 25 and 54! 180% more likely to be employed in Professional?Technical occupations 425% more likely to be Business Owners, Partners or Corporate Officers 35-64 audience! High Household Incomes/High Level Occupations: 21% more likely to have $150+K Household Income than the average Chicago adult between the ages of 35 and 64! 166% more likely to be employed in Professional/Technical occupations! 234% more likely to be Business Owners, Partners or Corporate Officers! Source: June-August/November-Decembr 2010 Media Audit Listen on the radio or live on the internet to BTB Black Travel Blogger Flight Attendant Janice inaugural co-host on ADT TRAVELS monthly segment of AFRICAN DIASPORA TODAY on Saturday, October 27, 2012 from 2 pm to 4 pm CST. 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