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Miss wRight Says!

I am here for Networking

About Me

In her on-line commentary and BLOG "Miss wRight Says!", Ramona Wright comments on diversity matters in the media and entertainment industry. The views expressed in this commentary are the independent ideas and opinion of Ramona Wright and are in no way reflective of her affiliations.Her material has been published in the "Congressional Record"; "Vital Issues: The Journal of African American Speeches"; and the "Journal of Popular Film and Television". "Miss wRight Says!" will also be published Summer 2007 in the magazine "Style & Substance" as well as have an on-line chat on www.stylesubstancemag.com.Ramona earned a Bachelors of Arts Degree from Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television; where she currently is a part-time professor teaching public relations in the College of Communication & Fine Arts.Ramona has produced various projects, including "Garth Trinidad presents Urban Hang Suite" (UHS), a broadband/mobile TV and radio show that she is producing, co-hosting, and co-created with colleagues Garth Trinidad and Ray Dennis. "Garth Trinidad presents Urban Hang Suite", an on-line destination and live event experience that highlights, explores, and defines emerging trends in urban/alternative music (think Gnarls Barkley and Corinne Bailey Rae), art, entertainment, décor, fashion, cuisine, and international pop culture. Urban Hang Suite reaches an intercultural, educated, sophisticated, urban/alternative audience ages 25-35 via broadband television and radio programming, exclusive events, and live musical performances by urban/alternative artists. Visit http://www.myspace.com/urbanalternative to watch and listen to the TV/Radio promos and to sign the guests list for UHS events.Also, Ramona is developing a feature film, television pilot, and the highly anticipated autobiographical documentary "The Kid Stays in Hip Hop", about the life of 93.5 KDAY DJ and Hip Hop documentary filmmaker Matthew McDaniel (http://www.myspace.com/mediakiller).

My Interests

Being a “Connector”

I'd like to meet:

GOD, Prince, William Jefferson and Hillary Clinton, Oprah, Bono, Lizz Wright, Sting, Michael Jackson, Maxwell, Edward James Olmos, Venus and Serena Williams, Steven Spielberg, Tiger Woods, Nelson Mandela, Harry Bellafonte, Bill Maher, Sananda Maitreya A.K.A. Terence Trent D’ Arby, Albert and Allen Hughes, Sidney Poitier, Sade(Random Order)

Music:

Urban/Alternative, Jazz, R&B, Hip Hop,

Movies:

Aliens, American Gun, An Affair of Love, Basquiat, Beloved, Boyz in the Hood, Coming to America, Devil in a Blue Dress, Dirty Pretty Things, From Hell, Happiness, Hotel Rwanda, I, Robot, In the Heat of the Night, Little Miss Sunshine, Love Jones, Mississippi Masala, Rabbit Proof Fence, Real Women Have Curves, She's Gotta Have It, Something the Lord Made, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, The Celebration, The Incredibles, The Nephew, To Sleep with Anger

Television:

A Different World, Abby, All in the Family, America’s Next Top Model, Battlestar Gallatica, Chappelle’s Show, Dwell, Frontline, In Living Color, Kevin Hill, PBS, Poirot, Real Time with Bill Maher, Sí TV, Tavis Smiley, The Arsenio Hall Show, The Cosby Show, The Daily Show, The Jeffersons, The Powerpuff Girls, The Shield, VH1 Soul

Books:

Blue Ocean Strategy, by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne; Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, by Harriet A. Jacobs; Intuition: Knowing Beyond Logic, by Osho; The Autobiography of Malcolm X; The Book of Secrets, by Deepak Chopra; The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell

Heroes:

My Mom (Adelaide Smith) , "The Networking Queen" and a courageous teacher; as well as Fannie Lou Hamer, known as the lady who was "sick and tired of being sick and tired."

My Blog

Miss wRight Says: Be A Role Model&Mentor!

By Ramona Wright December 2006   If you don't know, I'll tell you& Be A Role Model&Mentor!  It is one of the greatest things we can do.  Some might have a misconceptions about ment...
Posted by Miss wRight Says! on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 01:10:00 PST

Miss wRight Says: SPEAK!

By Ramona Wright November 12, 2003   If you don't know, I'll tell you& SPEAK!   Speak like a Black woman named Beah.   Speak like actress extraordinaire Lisa Gay Hamilton, who dire...
Posted by Miss wRight Says! on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:52:00 PST

Miss wRight Says: Go Oprah Go!

By Ramona Wright November 2005   If you don't know, I will tell you... Oprah celebrated 20 years on the air in 2005!   She is an Icon, Brand, Mogul and truly an inspiration!  In the wor...
Posted by Miss wRight Says! on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 01:38:00 PST

Miss wRight Says: Of course Americas Ready for a Woman President

By Ramona Wright   If you don't know, I'll tell you& America is ready for a woman president and any other non-white male person who would consider running for office.   Over the past fe...
Posted by Miss wRight Says! on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 01:30:00 PST

Miss wRight Says: Why Should God Bless America, Why Not Bless the World!

By Ramona Wright   If you don't know, I'll tell you& Why Should God Bless America? Why Not Bless the World!   The term "God Bless America" is from an American patriotic song written by...
Posted by Miss wRight Says! on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 01:14:00 PST

Miss wRight Says: Just Do It!

By Ramona Wright   If you don't, I'll tell you...  Just do it!   We have everything we need to succeed!    Minority writers need to stop knocking on Hollywood's door crying "...
Posted by Miss wRight Says! on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 01:41:00 PST

Miss wRight Says: Desperately Seeking Kevin Hill

By Ramona Wright October 2005   If you don't know, I'll tell you& Kevin Hill is off the air!  Why? Why I ask?   I want my Kevin Hill.  I need my Kevin Hill.    ...
Posted by Miss wRight Says! on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 01:27:00 PST

Miss wRight Says: Get Culture!

By Ramona Wright September 2005   If you don't know, I'll tell you& Get Culture!   I was just at Cleo's Apartment and she got evicted  You too must visit Cleo's Apartment, a bril...
Posted by Miss wRight Says! on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 01:02:00 PST

Miss wRight Says: Make Movies for the Talented Tenth!

By Ramona Wright   Open Letter on the Black Film makers E/Group..."Images are VERY important... So tell a GOOD story" http://www.egroups.com/group/Black-Filmmakers  If you don't know, I'll ...
Posted by Miss wRight Says! on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:58:00 PST

Miss wRight Says: Spend a dollar for a little BAADASSSSS!

By Ramona Y. Wright May 28, 2004   If you don't know, I'll tell you& SWEETBACK is back and he's a BAADASSSSS!   Tuesday, May 25th I attended the IFP/Los Angeles premiere screening of BA...
Posted by Miss wRight Says! on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:54:00 PST