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Tools to Grow Your Brand: Social Media

Social media is about sociology and psychology more than technology.” – Brian Solis (@briansolis)

Facebook: A wide platform of about 2 billion monthly users is why you should learn how to use it. Facebook uses all forms of media.  Locate your target audience with instant articles and algorithm promoted ads.  By far the most important platform to build your brand.  Facebook has two categories:

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Own Where You Live: Solution to Gentrification

Since chattel slavery black people have been displaced and moved from place to place like property. They had owners ya know; employers dictate where they live, what they afford, when they take vacations, etc.  They still carry surnames of original plantation owners of which their parents belonged.  Bought and sold, black people became property.  They have fought to be recognized as free people,…

The Removal Of Confederate Property: Symbol Before Substance

A white supremacist rally in CharlottesvilleVirginia has been another catalyst for change in America. Recent chaos caused by UTR around a monument of Robert E. Lee, a confederate general, provoked counter-protesters to object the outright hate spewed from neo-Nazis, Ku klux klan, and Alt-Right members all under Unite The Right organization. White supremacist organizations surrounded the Robert…

What We Learned From UTR Rally: CHARLOTTESVILLE

  The alt-right organization called for a rally in Charlottesville, VA under the theme Unite The Right to preserve white supremacy along with a statue of a celebrated confederate general.

What the Alt-Right learned from the movie Django before they met up in Charlottesville, VA

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What Can We Learn From the Alt-Right Rally In Charlottesville, VA?

The heritage of white nationalist…

6 Reasons Why Investing Is Better Than Saving

  Investing vs Saving

Probably like you,  all my life I have been told “save for a rainy day,” or to save for my education, for a car, or things I want.  Never before did I understand how money works. And Never before did I know that money is not meant for saving, but rather investing.

I have made it into higher education at Cal Poly Pomona University.  I  have seen the culture of consumerism.…

How Entrepreneurs Use Income to Avoid Child Support

Child Support Being raised by a single mother taught me the struggle of caring for a child.  Rough at times, friends and family help bring much needed support. This is evident in the statistics on 72% Of black kids raised by single parent.  And we know many of these are single mother households.  However, on the flip side there are many divorced men or fathers who have to fight to see their child…

The New Minimum Wage: How Money Works

#Quick fact

When examining the wage of farm workers who represent the majority of California’s minimum wage recipients, it is important to know the history of Agriculture as it pertains to the U.S and the European Union.

  The U.S. Was Built On Minimum Wage 

Inside American agrarian colonial territory we have learned of native or indigenous people who worked the land and taught colonist how to…

How to Establish Trust: Group Investing

Trust -Platform Transparency A platform where members can see the money on table at all times.  Only members have login access to the money table. Each member has an investors profile that reveals a background, skill set, and resources as well as any special role in the organization.  Members trust what they can see.

  Trust -All Investors Share IdeasThe platform helps us connect and pull…

Your Net Worth: Household Investments

    It is easy to overlook the value or net worth of a person by looking at their class of clothing, automobile, accessories, home, and etc.  This report indulges the median value of assets for households by age.  The median net worth of an American 35 years and under is at $6,676.  This low median must be due to a young adult’s abilityto save.  With a low income compared to expenses, there…

Driving While Black: Three Investments

You’ve heard of DWB and probably have gotten a few tickets by now.  It has become evident through many incidents that there is no way to eliminate racists or rough police who use the badge to harass or kill black people when driving.  My personal experience has proved three investments black people should make while driving anywhere.

I had an encounter with a racist police officer in California.…