#BlackJoy2017
Channel: Alicia Dorsey
Date: 01/02/2017

Had the chance to be part of philly.com Black Joy 2017 project and interviewed my married family members to learn what joy meant to them. My cousin Robin gives her husband a very important outlet in allowing him to win an argument!! 
my cousin Robin James is from Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, her Husband Larry James is from Jersey City, New Jersey as well is her daughter Janea Hawkins. Janea husband Jabari Hawkins is from Pittsburgh.


Dr. Robin James - Asst. Professor - William Rainey Harper College - Palatine IL - Education - AA, BS, 2 Masters and a Doctorate. Professional Background - 25 years AT&T, Higher Education Professor - 24 years. Dr. Robin James is a product of Philadelphia public schools. 


Larry T. James - Retired U.S. Air Force Sargent; current employment - Machinist - Electromotive Diesel Railroad

Janea Hawkins is an Assistant Attorney General with the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia.
Jabari Hawkins is currently finishing his PhD.

Janea Hawkins
B.S. in Psychology and B.A. in French Studies from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Jabari Hawkins
B.S. in Food Science from Pennsylvania State University
Current: Ph.D, Food Science & Technology, University of Maryland Eastern Shore