Listen: I’Jaz Ja’ciel guest-hosts NPR’s What’s Next?

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Investigative Post reporter I’Jaz Ja’ciel recently signed on as a new guest host for Buffalo Toronto Public Media NPR’s What’s Next? — a program that discusses topics pertaining to Buffalo’s marginalized communities.

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Her first episode aired Thursday and featured Dr. Marcus Watson, an associate professor and program coordinator of Africana Studies at Buffalo State University, and two seniors from Buffalo State, Jay Phillips and Jadon Williams.

The discussion included details about Black Buffalo Speaks: An Africana Studies Event, a conference the university will host Saturday, April 19 from 10:30 am to 4 pm. Ja’ciel will moderate a closing roundtable at the conference. The episode centered around Black identity and preserving culture and history through the next generation.

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Ja’ciel was previously featured as a guest on What’s Next? to discuss the state of Black journalism.

Listen to What’s Next? here: