SISTA SOCIAL'S BIOGRAPHY

"Greetings Everyone!!"

My name is Sista Social, and I'm writing this to introduce myself and to tell you  a little bit about me and my show.  

      You can e-mail me at sistasocial@sistasocial.tv

Thanks for allowing me to share a little bit of my history with you.

Sista Social

The Past – How Sista Social Came to Be

    Sista Social was born and raised in Shreveport Louisiana in May of 1973 she comes from a small family. During her days of elementary, junior and high school, Sista Social was very much involved in theater. After graduation from college, Sista Social moved to Portland,Oregon.

In October of 1999

    She went down to the public access station and obtained information on cost and scheduling and what was required to produce a cable access show. Now the next step was to figure out what kind of show Sista Social could produce. Well, Sista Social has always been lighthearted, down-to-earth, funny, and spontaneous. So, she thought, what better way to utilize her gifts, than to be a host and interview people. Of course, it couldn’t just be anybody. It had to be people with interesting things to say or unique talents. A show that gives people 20-30 minutes of fame. Folks who otherwise, might never be seen.

    Now that she had that figured out, Sista Social decided that she needed a tag line of some sort to reflect these people she interviews. After she began taking her camera, studio and editing classes at Portland Cable Access, she started to make friends with the employees there. One day, during a break, Sista Social started playing around with words trying to come up with a catchy tagline/slogan that would make her show stand out. She enlisted the help of Gregory Franklin (one of the Assistant Managers at the station.) Together they started to bounce ideas off one another until, “Eureka!” He helped her come up with the greatest tagline. It was so fitting for Sista Social. The tag line read: “Sista Social interviews interesting people you know with full attitude intact…and yes, we’re gonna go there!” 

   Sista Social had her tagline. She started to experiment with different hairstyles, make-up and eyelash looks and, of course, she had to experiment with different scarves, shoes, jewelry, and bows (which later became her trademark). After all was said and done, Sista Social was ready. Now, all she needed were guests for interviewing. Sista Social found her guests at different community events, fairs, concerts, art exhibits, etc. Some of her guests were musicians, artists, stuntmen, actors, magicians, sculptors, writers, and humanitarians. This was perfect since Sista Social has always been about “the peoples” and the community.

   She produced just a couple of shows at first. But, after The Sista Social Show started airing, she began to get feedback on the success of the show. People really liked it! So, The Sista Social Show eventually became a regular series that would air three times a week. Sista Social had developed a following and gained recognition. Her guests referred their friends to her. It was one such a referral when she met up with a musical group called Menomena. They had heard of her, and she of them and since Sista Social was so impressed with them, she decided to have them as guests on her show. Well, it was during that show that they told Sista Social that they had written a song just for her because they had felt inspired by her and her previous shows. Needless to say, the “Sista Social Theme Song” was born with the beginning lyrics saying: “Sista Social will you go there, yes you will…Sista Social.” The song became an instant success and played as the theme song for all successive shows.

   The Sista Social Show has continued for five plus years now. Her main reason for doing the show was to bring something that would be heartwarming and funny to public access. A show that brings smiles and laughter in peoples lives.