NJN's Another View Talks with African-American Women Leaders on Education and the Community
Tuesday, March 16, 6:30 pm; Wednesday, March 17, at 11:30 pm

STATEWIDE - NJN's host Candace Kelley spends time with Carmen Twillie Ambar, Dean of Douglas College, and Stephanie Bush Baskette, the new director of Rutgers University's Joseph Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies and the former chief legal officer for the city of East Orange.

Candace Kelley talks with Carmen Twillie Ambar about her commitment to helping young women pursue their dreams and develop as leaders. Ms. Ambar is the second black dean to lead the nation's largest undergraduate women's college. Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Ambar was assistant dean for graduate education at the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University.

In this program, Kelley interviews Stephanie Bush Baskette about her new position and her career. As director of the Joseph Cornwall Center at Rutgers University, Stephanie Bush Baskette is researching innovative ways to fuse academics, policy making and the needs of communities to advance common agendas. Baskette says she was drawn to the position because it mirrors what she has been doing her entire career - providing tools to empower others.

The program features the National Coalition of 100 Black Women chapter presidents Beverly Wellons-Ranton and Rita Williams-Bogar, who describe how the organization strives to assist women to develop a social consciousness and become community leaders.

Another View is supported by funding from Schering-Plough Corporation. Linda L. Coles is executive producer, Candace Kelley is host, and Wayne Bryant Jr. is assistant producer of Another View, NJN's award-winning public affairs program serving New Jersey's diverse ethnic community and covering issues about the African-American experience. Visit NJN's web site at www.njn.net for more information on Another View.

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