P. Rae Easley | Guest: The Next Steps Show

Project 21 Ambassador and Civic Leader

P. Rae Easley is a Project 21 Ambassador, civic leader, financial professional, and media commentator whose work spans public policy, regulated finance, and international education. She is recognized for combining technical expertise with community-centered advocacy.

She earned her Bachelor of Science in Finance from Hampton University and her Master of Education in Language, Literacy, and Culture from the University of Illinois Chicago.

P. Rae spent seven years as a FINRA-registered Investment Advisor at Merrill Lynch, advising clients on wealth management, financial planning, and risk analysis. Her experience in a highly regulated industry informs her approach to economic policy and fiscal accountability.

Her civic involvement began at age twelve in the office of Congressman Danny K. Davis. By high school graduation, she had completed more than 500 community service hours, including work related to federal housing policy and leadership within the NAACP.

P. Rae later served as a founding teacher at IQRA Bilingual Academy in Dakar, Senegal, and worked as an international literacy consultant. She is the former hostess of Black Excellence Hour on WVON 1690 AM Chicago, where the program became the station’s top-performing show.

She is frequently featured on national political platforms and is the mother of a fourteen-year-old daughter who attends Chicago Public Schools.

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May 26, 2026

Wake Up and Get to Work

Memory and responsibility frame this powerful conversation between host Peter Vazquez and guest P. Rae Easley, Project 21 Ambassador. The discussion moves from Bob Woodson’s legacy and the rejection of liberal victimhood to Rochester’s ICE detention debate, government dependency, grocery prices, hip-hop’s cultural influence, Memorial Day’s Black origins, Muslim-American military service, fatherlessness, youth violence, and the urgent need to rebuild families, communities, and civic courage. The message is direct: America is not restored by leaders who profit from wounds, but by builders willing to wake up and get to work.

Guest: P. Rae Easley

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Feb. 3, 2026

Who Is Steering the Soul of the Nation?

Institutional Corruption Exposed confronts what happens when leaders protect power over truth and institutions value image over integrity. Peter Vazquez speaks with Lawrence Erickson about blackmail, espionage, and moral compromise inside the Catholic Church, and with P. Rae Easley about political coercion, housing mismanagement, economic dependency, and the machinery of control in Chicago. From sanctuaries to city streets, the discussion exposes how secrecy erodes trust, how compromised leadership weakens communities, and why accountability, transparency, and principled courage remain the only path to restoration.

Guests: Lawrence Erickson, P. Rae Easley

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