THE AFRICAN AMERICAN NETWORK (TAAN)

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Tyrone Darden, Host Community Conversations@taan Community Conversations@taan (The African American Network) has interviewed over fifty individuals from our community in San Antonio to discuss the aftermath of the Trayvon Martin case, education, image, profiling, words we use and names others call us. We've heard varying perspectives from a wide range of people from all areas of the community and invite you to view some of the interviews to see if you agree. I believe that these interviews are a great spring board for future conversations on a larger scale in the city.  I believe that it is an excellent forum to bring groups of people together to start rebuilding a community that is segmented, divided and simply does not communicate with each other. The interesting thing about what we are finding is that people from all walks of life and in communities all across the city want some of the same things, like better education for our children, a closer knit citywide communit

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CPS Energy of San Antonio, Texas is the United States' largest municipally owned utility company, with combined natural gas and electric service. CPS Energy has a huge responsibility to the citizens in San Antonio. The top energy company in the country has an obligation to ensure that every morning  you wake up...you will be able to flip your light switch and your lights come on, that you are cool in the summer and warm in the winter; that you can brew your morning coffee; and prepare food for your families; and as you ride down the roads at night that you are able to travel down well lit streets...and let's not forget watching our favorite shows on TV. The service that CPS Energy provides is vital to our existence, so our infrastructure has to remain in tact in order to continue to provide impeccable service to our city.  Doyle Beneby, Chief Executive Officer of CPS Energy spoke to DayTime@taan about how a 4.75% rate increase is a small price to pay to keep our city runn

Today's guests make it their business to serve the community..

Miss Neka, the host, founder, general manager...well let's put it like this...she wears a lot of hats; and she has taken on one more great task.  She is now the host of TAAN@night, the all new show that will focus on  Arts, Culture and Entertainment in the city.  Mondrea the Urban Grio will host a new poetry event called Back Yard Poetry..Listen in and he'll tell you about it...and his journey!

Tyrone Darden, host for - Community Conversations @taan Interviewed a group of men that had various perspectives on what type education would be the most effective for our children in order to ensure their future success.

Ya'Ke Smith a graduate from Sam Houston High School and a University Instructor, along with Derrick Williams, owner of a BaySeas Franchcise and Brother Edward, a member of the New Black Panther Party gave various perspectives on how media is playing a significant role in depicting unhealthy images of our culture and taking away our children's identity and power.

Miss Neka...long time broadcast industry leader stepped out on faith and launched her very own radio station...Tha1 Radio Station, from scratch and just celebrated two years.  Media Mogul, Kathy Hughes, had a similar start, CEO of RadioOne....now look at her.  It doth not yet appear what Miss Neka and Tha1 Radio Station will become.

Over the past couple of weekends we have been taping "Community Conversations @taan" hosted by Tyrone Darden and have had an opportunity to talk to and get various perspectives from different people throughout our community.  We've had community activists, entrepreneurs; authors; public speakers; educators; writers; pastors; and more to come out and participate in our community conversations. Oh...I didn't tell you what TAAN is...TAAN is a blog that we have been testing over the past couple of years to bring you local news, but soon realized that we have a global reach...so our tagline is "A Local Feel...with a Global Reach".  TAAN is the acronym for The African American Network and the web address is theafricanamericannetwork.blogspot.com.   TAAN will be broadcasting videos of interviews of local San Antonians that address issues that directly affect our community.  "Community Conversations @taan" is the title of our community show wher