The Local Take With Kiplyn Primus
Saturday Mornings 8am
The Local Take with Kiplyn Primus features discussions about critical issues facing Atlanta and profiles of organizations doing important work in the communities served by WCLK. As public broadcasters it is part of our mission to engage with the community and feature people and issues that aren't always covered by mainstream, commercial media outlets.
Kiplyn Primus is a graduate of Howard University and Clark Atlanta University and has a long career in public and commercial media. She is a veteran facilitator for StoryCorps' Atlanta studio, and has written extensively on global and local initiatives for a number of publications.
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Kiplyn Primus speaks with Kris Weatherspoon and Associate Professor Cynthanie Sumpter about the Atlanta History Center's Martin Luther King, Jr. Day taking place on Monday, January 15th.
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Kiplyn Primus speaks with Dr. Daniel Black Author and Professor of Africana Studies at Clark Atlanta University about finding hope when it seems hopeless.
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Kiplyn Primus speaks with Jaden Tarver named 2023-2024 Youth of the Year for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta.
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Kiplyn Primus speaks with Tabatha McGee the executive director of the Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia about the two new treatments recently approved by the FDA to treat the disease.
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Kiplyn Primus speaks with Linda Pearl Fils-Aime, founder of i A Lady Named Pearl Foundation about their annual Holiday Fundraiser for Haiti.
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Kiplyn Primus speaks with Tonya Hicks, CEO of Power Soultions Electrical Contracting about the Clean Energy Industry and SHEV charging stations coming from her firm.
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Kiplyn Primus speaks with Dr. Jayne Middlebrooks Morgan about the Type 2 Diabetes epidemic in our community and the new drugs that may have an impact.
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Kiplyn Primus speaks with Dr. J. Fidel Turner, the Dean for Clark Atlanta University's School of Education shares the story of adopting his son to grow his family in 2014.
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Kiplyn Primus speaks with Heather Hawes about her decision to adopt five children, four boys and one girl, as an older single mom.
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Kiplyn Primus speaks with Johnette Brown, Senior Director at the Urban League of Metro Atlanta, about their upcoming Super Saturday Homebuying Workshop on Saturday, November 18th, at Clark Atlanta University.