Black Harvard Graduate Gets His Own Gig
It turns out that Derrick Ashong, 34, was not just some random brother on the street waving a Vote For Change placard during the historical 2008 presidential election. The eloquent intellectual has been doing speaking engagements all over the world, Youtube just provided the platform.
The rest, as they say, is history.
Also known as DNA, Ashong has spoke at the London School of Economics, the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and the United Kingdom’s Parliament. His subject of choice has been the passion of Barack Obama’s young supporters.
But it was his knowledge of now President Barack Obama's position on health care reform during the campaign that resulted in Ashong receiving over 1 million viewers that made the world take note.
Enter the queen of all media Oprah Winfrey
His new show on Oprah Radio will debut at 10:00 a.m. on January 23; after the premiere, the show will move to noon EST on Saturdays. Subjects will include politics, pop culture, music, the arts and — here it is — social media. He plans to answer questions received via social media channels, although it’s not clear yet which services he’ll use and in what ways.
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It turns out that Derrick Ashong, 34, was not just some random brother on the street waving a Vote For Change placard during the historical 2008 presidential election. The eloquent intellectual has been doing speaking engagements all over the world, Youtube just provided the platform.
The rest, as they say, is history.
Also known as DNA, Ashong has spoke at the London School of Economics, the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and the United Kingdom’s Parliament. His subject of choice has been the passion of Barack Obama’s young supporters.
But it was his knowledge of now President Barack Obama's position on health care reform during the campaign that resulted in Ashong receiving over 1 million viewers that made the world take note.
Enter the queen of all media Oprah Winfrey
His new show on Oprah Radio will debut at 10:00 a.m. on January 23; after the premiere, the show will move to noon EST on Saturdays. Subjects will include politics, pop culture, music, the arts and — here it is — social media. He plans to answer questions received via social media channels, although it’s not clear yet which services he’ll use and in what ways.
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