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There is a noticeable void in the financial industry to address the wealth gap of African American women. Many organizations teach women the power of investing. However, these organizations do not address the unique financial and cultural challenges of African American women. Brown Girls Do Invest is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower and change the financial position of African American women and girls.
Often women of color are sitting in front of people who do not look like them. As a result, African American women do not get information that resonates or addresses their financial dilemmas. Since its founding in 2016, Brown Girls Do Invest has educated thousands of African American women. It teaches women how to invest in the stock market and real estate, as well as how to acquire multiple streams of income.
“I am passionate about African American women feeling inclusive in the wealth conversation. It is important that we understand ways we impact the economy. African American women have a voice and want to be heard. Our stories are different, yet the goal for financial freedom is just as important as anyone else,” explains Bahiyah Shabazz, founder of Brown Girls Do Invest.
Shabazz decided to offer the first-ever investing tour for African American women. Along with three other financial experts, Courtney Richardson, Esq. of The Ivy Investor, Danielle Pierce of Women, Wealth and Real Estate, and Joanna Jane Bartholomew, she is traveling the United States to educate women of color about how to invest.
The tour covers necessary aspects of wealth, including closing the wealth gap, investment and retirement strategies, and more. It features speakers and a panel discussion of local financial experts.
“I discuss the wealth disparity and how to close the gap. Courtney Richardson teaches investment and retirement strategies. Danielle Pierce teaches how to start real estate investing through tax liens and property preservation. Joanna Jane Bartholomew teaches principles of wealth creation,” shares Shabazz.
The tour has included major cities, such as Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, Houston, Charlotte, and Miami. It hopes to educate as many women and girls as possible in African American communities across the country.
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Brian Harris: Creating Sons of Freedom Through Dance
BE Modern Man: Brian Harris
Educator, author, choreographer, minister; 37; Artistic Director, Sons of Freedom Dance Institute
Twitter: @DancingSons1; Instagram: @Iambkh2
For 12 years, I have been the artistic director of the Sons of Freedom Dance Institute. This organization is committed to nurturing character development, increasing social awareness, and building the spirituality of boys of color through classical and contemporary styles of dance and movement. I have been an educator for 15 years, serving as a first and third-grade teacher, vice-principal, and dance teacher in the DC Metropolitan area. I am currently receiving a doctorate in public theology and working on bridging the gap between spirituality and justice in urban education. I preach and facilitate workshops throughout the country focusing on awakening the spirituality of black boys, helping them to experience God through the lenses of love and discussing the importance of dance and movement as a response to the impact of trauma in the black church and community.
The impact my work has on black and brown boys is best described as life-changing. I have watched my boys develop a greater sense of purpose, become more confident, and begin to excel in school and in life. I have watched boys begin my program broken, but leave the program with joy, inner-peace, and the ability to know their place and purpose in the world. This year, I watched my first group of boys in Sons of Freedom, who have been with me for 10 years, graduate from high school. All eight will be attending college, four pursuing degrees in dance, visual arts, and theater.
WHAT ARE YOU MOST PROUD OF IN LIFE?
I am proud of the opportunities I have been afforded to make a difference in the lives of boys and the support I have gained over the years from doing this work. I am most proud of being able to see so many boys develop a greater sense of purpose and learn to live authentically, pushing themselves each day to become more creative.
HOW HAVE YOU TURNED STRUGGLE INTO SUCCESS?
Throughout my life, I have struggled with esteem issues. From not feeling good enough to looking to others to define who I was, it was a heavy weight to bear throughout the years. I used my own issues with esteem to develop opportunities for black and brown boys whose esteem and confidence needed to be built and in many cases repaired. I used my own personal struggle to create success for boys.
WHO WAS YOUR GREATEST MALE ROLE MODEL AND WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM HIM?
My greatest male role model was my father, Brian K. Harris Sr. As I was growing up, he never allowed me to settle for mediocrity, but always pushed me to become my better self. He taught me the essence of hard work, fortitude, tenacity, and courage. From him, I learned to be unapologetic in my creativity, sensitivity, and uniqueness. I learned to fly into freedom.
WHAT’S THE BEST ADVICE YOU’VE EVER RECEIVED?
The best advice I’ve ever been given was, “As you keep doing the work to save lives of black boys, God will continue to bless, protect, and provide you with all the resources needed to make things happen!”
HOW ARE YOU PAYING IT FORWARD TO SUPPORT OTHER BLACK MALES?
Sons of Freedom Dance Institute has been providing a platform for black and brown boys to express themselves, their thoughts about the world, and the issues in their communities through dance for 12 years. I also do several seminars and classes throughout Washington, DC Public Schools empowering middle and high school boys of color through culture and poetry. My book, Freedom’s Design: 20 days of Empowering Black Kings, is a three-volume compilation focusing on boys understanding their African heritage and history, the importance of self-love and their role as community activists, through 20 days of poetry, affirmations, reflection questions, and activities.
HOW DO YOU DEFINE MANHOOD?
Manhood is the ability to see an obstacle and develop a strategy to overcome it. It is the ability to use those obstacles and setbacks as stepping stones for success. Manhood is the ability to see the areas in your life which are broken and seek ways to heal and nurture those broken places in order to become an example of wholeness, wellness, and love for your community and those you encounter.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT BEING A BLACK MAN?
I love the creative power I and other black men have to change our communities and our world. Being a black man means you have a chance to be a symbol of strength and courage, while also projecting a sense of sensitivity and love.
BE Modern Man is an online and social media campaign designed to celebrate black men making valuable contributions in every profession, industry, community, and area of endeavor. Each year, we solicit nominations in order to select men of color for inclusion in the 100 Black Enterprise Modern Men of Distinction. Our goal is to recognize men who epitomize the BEMM credo “Extraordinary is our normal” in their day-to-day lives, presenting authentic examples of the typical black man rarely seen in mainstream media. The BE Modern Men of Distinction are celebrated annually at Black Men XCEL (www.blackenterprise.com/blackmenxcel/). Click this link to submit a nomination for BE Modern Man: https://www.blackenterprise.com/nominate/. Follow BE Modern Man on Twitter: @bemodernman and Instagram: @be_modernman.
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R. Kelly’s ex-wife talks about backlash from appearing on docu-series, ‘Surviving R. Kelly’
Andrea Lee said she had an epiphany the day she left R. Kelly and their 13-year marriage.
“The day I escaped from him, it was a realization that these gates on our property was not to keep people out… but to keep me in,” Lee told Extra’s Jenn Lahmers in an interview to raise awareness of domestic violence.
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Drea, as she’s known, alleges that Kelly physical, sexually and emotionally abused her. She discussed the abuse first in the docu-series Surviving R. Kelly which aired early this year. She now says that she received loads of criticism from people questioning why it took her so long to come forward.
“It was really hard… the victim shaming, the victim blaming, the backlash I was not prepared for,” Drea told Extra. “I thought, ‘Here I am coming forward, this is about women… women’s empowerment, we’re in this together, and I just want to give validity to these women’s stories and hopefully if they don’t believe them at least they’ll (believe) the ex-wife. It was the complete opposite.”
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Drea and Kelly divorced in 2009. She said many people believe she is lying to try and claim Kelly’s money, but she said that couldn’t be further from the truth.
“There’s no price tag on any woman’s soul… You can’t put a price on a life… At the end of the day, women are fighting for their lives… That’s why I often say you may love R. Kelly, but you might not like Robert,” she told Extra.
Kelly, who is currently in a Chicago jail, was recently indicted on 13 new federal sex abuse charges, which include conspiracy to receive child pornography, receiving child pornography, producing child pornography, enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity, and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
Kelly is also facing an indictment in New York on charges of racketeering for allegedly operating a criminal enterprise, and recruiting women and girls to engage in criminal sexual activity.
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In a statement, Kelly’s attorney Steve Greenberg said the charges are duplicative of earlier charges for which he was acquitted. “The conduct alleged appears to be largely the same as the conduct previously alleged against Mr. Kelly in his current State indictment and his former State charges that he was acquitted of. Most, if not all of the conduct alleged, is decades old.”
Greenberg added that Kelly looks forward to “the truth coming out and to his vindication from what has been an unprecedented assault by others for their own personal gain. Most importantly he looks forward to being able to continue to making wonderful music and perform for his legions of fans that believe in him.”
Drea has repeatedly gone after Kelly for outstanding child support. A judge recently ordered back child support payments to be deducted from Kelly’s music royalties.
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John Witherspoon leaves one last laugh in hilarious YouTube video
John Witherspoon had us rolling just hours before he died.
Witherspoon, 77, posted a 15-minute video to his YouTube channel on Oct. 28 cooking what he called “Poor Man’ Gumbo.” He wore little more than an apron and a chef’s toque blanche, and discussed how important it was to create a good roux.
He explains that this time in the kitchen is going to be a special occasion, as he drops a little wisdom on us. Witherspoon aims to show fans the difference between a gumbo for people with money, and those that can’t quite afford “shrimp and lobster… Alaskan King crab.”
Early on in the video, Witherspoon explained the reason why he hadn’t posted to his YouTube page in a year was because he has been working.
“Now I know I haven’t been here for a while, but I’ve been busy doing other things,” Witherspoon said in the clip. “We about to do the Boondocks, and we gonna do another Friday, but I’ve been around working on the road, because I’ve been very, very busy and got a big schedule this year.”
He was in fact set to reprise his role as Mr. Jones in the cult classic Friday franchise. He was also due to return to The Boondocks, according to Deadline.
In the YouTube video, Witherspoon also discussed topics including homeless people, President Donald Trump and Amber Guyger, the former Dallas police officer sentenced to 10 years in prison for murdering Botham Jean.
But unfortunately Witherspoon died on Tuesday, Oct. 29 in his Sherman Oaks, California home.
Witherspoon’s family has long called the actor and comedian “one of the hardest working men in show business.” In announcing his death, his wife and sons tweeted: “It is with deep sadness we have to tweet this, but our husband & father John Witherspoon has passed away. He was a Legend in the entertainment industry, and a father figure to all who watched him over the years. We love you “POPS” always & forever.”
It is with deep sadness we have to tweet this, but our husband & father John Witherspoon has passed away. He was a Legend in the entertainment industry, and a father figure to all who watched him over the years. We love you “POPS” always & forever.
– The Witherspoon Family pic.twitter.com/ov9P34kaMn
— John Witherspoon (@John_POPS_Spoon) October 30, 2019
We’re so grateful he left us with one more laugh. Witherspoon’s final words in the video were, “Thank you. Love each other.”
Check out his last video to fans below:
Thank you, Pops.
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‘Unacceptable’: Trick-or-treater injured in Chicago shooting
CHICAGO (AP) — A 7-year-old girl out trick-or-treating in a bumblebee costume was critically injured after being struck by apparent stray gunfire on Chicago’s West Side, police said.
The girl, who was shot in the upper chest area Thursday night, was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, according to Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford. A 30-year-old man was shot in the left hand and taken to a nearby hospital in good condition.
The shooting occurred early Halloween evening as the girl was walking with her family and other trick-or-treaters along a street in the Little Village neighborhood.
In a tweet, Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the girl was believed to be an unintended victim. He said members of the community were assisting investigators “but we need more.”
“We heard the shots … four shots, and I went outside,” said Lali Lara, who works in a nearby cellphone store, told the Chicago Tribune. “The girl’s father was screaming, ‘My little girl’s been shot.'”
Police said a group of males were chasing another male along the street when someone in the group fired at the intended victim. It was not immediately known if the wounded man was with the girl or was the one targeted by the shooters. Police say they have no description of the gunman, and no one was in custody.
“This is unacceptable,” police Sgt. Rocco Alioto said. “A 7-year-old girl that was trick-or-treating with her family had to get shot because a group of guys want to shoot at another male.”
Police said there is a surveillance camera near the crime scene from which video can be obtained.
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