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From Ideaprenuer to Entrepreneur: a Business Summit for Entrepreneurs took place at the black-owned banquet hall, The Gathering Connection. Hosted by Simmie Davis of Seven Streams Consulting, the day-long event provided a fantastic platform for budding entrepreneurs of the Diaposra to connect and learn from some of the best and brightest black business owners in the area.
Most of the gap in wealth disparities between Blacks in the US and whites is in housing equity. One of the biggest issues on Obama's long list of burdens when he became president was the pending doom of the housing market. So then the big corporations got a bailout but what about families? Combine decades of discrimination by federal housing policy with a fatal explosion of the housing bubble and many would argue that government intervention (or lack thereof) is the sole reason for the gap in wealth. Perhaps reparation demands need to be reconstructed into real estate laws to reverse the racist policies that prevented Black investment in the first place. Ta-nehisi Coates stated in his narrative "The Case for Reparations" that something more than moral pressure calls America to reparations. It is the glaring reality that we cannot escape our history. Yvette Carnell poses opposing viewpoints below. articlesWant Reparations? How The Longest-Serving Member Of Congress Plans To Make Them Happen What the Economist Doesn't Get About Slavery BOOKSThings are looking bad for our regal Karamu. It won't be easy fast or cheap but it looks like newly appointed CEO Tony Sias is pulling up his sleeves to fight. He's already made monumental changes to help with the inevitable transformation to get Karamu's finances back on track. Afi Scruggs does some research into exactly what happened.
http://m.clevescene.com/cleveland/historic-karamu-theater-looks-to-regroup-after-layoffs-and-financial-turmoil/Content?oid=4876696#CommentsMobile When FUBU founder and Shark Tank host Daymond John hit Cleveland I wasn't the only person to flock into the event to gain from his insight on starting or growing a new business. Daymond was not there this time but he sent his best leaders with a resounding message. Stop trying to do it all yourself! Build a team of trusted motivated stars to have your back and you can do anything. - Ginaya Willoughby NOW... 3 quick hits: 1) Be honest with yourself: Is your team right, willing and ready? "Life is a series of mentors." - Daymond John 2) Do you have a mentor? 3) Learn the process yourself. (Knowledge is Power) |
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