Facebook | Raymond Bell

Facebook | Raymond Bell: "Just posted a list of some of the brothers I grew up with that were killed on the streets of DC, on the wall of the radio show event. Growing up as a young person in the late 80's and early 90's during the crack epidemic was no joke! Anyone remember the show 'City Under Siege."

Sometimes we simply have to get out of our own way

So many of our community issues are simply a result of the wrong people trying to do the right thing. As I attend community events, ANC meetings, forums on youth violence and many others, it has become very clear to me that WE are the problem. Far to many of us are in positions of power or positions that directly impact the lives of the community, yet the individuals are very consistent in not producing results. SO PLEASE JUST GET OUT OF THE WAY AND ALLOW EXPERTS TAKE OVER AND PRODUCE THE RESULTS WE ALL WANTS.

The Ray Bell Show

I'm excited about starting a blog talk radio show this year. My first show will air this Saturday @ 11:00am. The topic will be... "is job training the answer to unemployment." I have 2 guests book so far for the first show. Leo Alexander, a candidate for mayor in DC and 2 staff members of the HOPE Project.

I'm interested in getting Leo's opinion on the recent allocation of 3.9 million dollars to local non-profits to train young adults. In addtion I curious to know what his plans are for improving employment opportunities for young people in DC.

The HOPE staff which I'm a part of will discuss their unqiue program for young people ages 18-25. The program is well into it's initial pilot and we will discuss the first couple of months the successes and failures.