In this edition of the Get Up Poll, Erica Campbell asked listeners, "are you happily single?"
In this edition of the Get Up Poll, Erica Campbell asked listeners to unleash their inner songbirds.
A federal judge recently ruled that it is okay for employers to ban locs in the workplace. While the idea that natural black hairstyles are inherently inappropriate for the workplace is racist, the decision is controversial. Often, when people think of natural hair being out of place in traditional jobs, they think of locs. But […]
In this edition of the Get Up Poll, Erica Campbell asks listeners to share stories about a situation that just about everyone inevitably finds themselves in at one point or another. When the urge to laugh strikes, it is often pretty difficult to keep it from entering. Even if you’re at a funeral, in church, […]
In this edition of the Get Up Poll, Erica Campbell asks parents, how do you direct your child to their destiny? When raising a child, instilling things like discipline, responsibility, honesty, and the like are important. But part of the responsibility of nurturing the lives of our little ones is guiding children to the passions […]
In this edition of the Get Up Poll, Erica Campbell asks, how do you deal with heartache? Handling matters of the heart is always difficult, and when you’re not honest with yourself and what you need to heal, the repercussions can be pretty devastating. One woman calls in and opens up about a time she […]
In this Get Up Poll, Erica Campbell and GRIFF are asking listeners if biological parents have the right to be directly involved in their child’s life if they’re not around. Much of the time, estranged biological parents, or parents who aren’t in the household, aren’t too keen on the idea of hands-on step-parents or significant […]
In this edition of the Get Up Poll, Erica Campbell asks whether parents are giving kids the option of going to church, or requiring them. Erica says when she was younger, she didn’t have the option. She was told to go, and there was nothing to negotiate. Nowadays, parents have more of a modern approach […]
In this Get Up Poll, Erica Campbell asks- are you a good communicator? Are you a listener, or a talker, or both? “Get Up!” listeners call in with their answers, often detailing where they are in their journey toward becoming their best communicator. One woman explains why listening is particularly important as a parent, because […]
In today’s Get Up Poll, Erica Campbell asks if it’s a sin for Christians to listen to secular music. It may not say, “thou shalt not listen to secular music,” in the ten commandments, but it’s still a question worth posing. A lot of Christians today grew up in homes that did not allow secular […]
Last night, presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump went at each others’ throats again in the second of three debates. This debate was unique in that it came just 48 hours after a video of Trump saying horrible things about women was released to the public. For some, Hillary delivered a crushing defeat to […]
Just about everybody can look back into their childhood and recall the whooping that changed their life. Whether it was mom and dad, or maybe a grandparent or an auntie, the switch has been a staple in the black household for generations. In this edition of the Get Up Poll, these listeners call in and […]
