1 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 1: Welcome to Money Making Conversations. It's the show that she 2 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 1: is the secrets of success experience firsthand by Marketing and 3 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: Brandon expert Rashan McDonald. I will know he's giving me 4 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: advice to many occasions. In the case you didn't notice, 5 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 1: I'm not broke, you know, he'll be interviewing celebrity CEOs, 6 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:22,640 Speaker 1: entrepreneurs and industry decision makers. It's what he likes to do, 7 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:25,239 Speaker 1: it's what he likes to share. Now it's time to 8 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: hear from my man, Rashan McDonald money Making Conversations. Here 9 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: we go. Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, and you're listening to money 10 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:35,959 Speaker 1: Making Conversations masterclass. And as he stated clearly, I am 11 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 1: your host, Rashan McDonald. As always, I want to hear 12 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: from you today. As always, this shows your show. I 13 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 1: recognize that we all have different definitions of success, and 14 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:47,240 Speaker 1: today it's a very special show because our guess today 15 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: we focused on HBCU what I like to call Black excellence, 16 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:53,159 Speaker 1: because I recognize that we have to have an ability 17 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 1: to be able to communicate and share this slice of opportunities. 18 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: This is happening on these HBCU campus Now, frankly, I 19 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 1: did not graduate from an HBCU campus, but that does 20 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 1: not stop me for being an advocate of an HBCU. 21 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:10,399 Speaker 1: I from graduate University of Houston, which is right down 22 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 1: the street from Texas Southern University in third Ward, Texas, 23 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 1: in Houston, Texas, and I almost went to HBCU and 24 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:20,760 Speaker 1: Baton Rouge Southern University, and I enrolled in the summertime 25 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 1: and I opt out and rolled in University of Houston, 26 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:26,759 Speaker 1: and seven years later I got my degree. And I've 27 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 1: always been a fan of what the opportunities that, what 28 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 1: did what could have been, Not that my degree I 29 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: got a uh has failed me. It's not failed me 30 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 1: at all. But they are all different experiences, and I 31 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 1: guess I have with my show that they are important 32 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 1: because they're going to share with you the possibilities. If 33 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: you're sitting on the fence, if you were curious about 34 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: what an HBCU is, let me just give you some 35 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: facts about an HBCU. And these can be checked. That 36 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 1: fifty percent all graduates of HBCUs who are black public 37 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: school teachers are black come from HBCUs. Hpcent of the 38 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 1: HBCU graduates black judges come from HBCUs. Seventy percent of 39 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 1: the Black doctors come from HBCUs, fifty percent of the 40 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 1: Black lawyers come from HBCUs, forty percent of the black 41 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 1: engineers come from HBCUs, twenty four percent of the STEM 42 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 1: graduates come from HBCUs, seventy five percent of the black 43 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 1: veterinarians come from HBCUs, seventy percent of the Black dentists 44 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 1: come from HBCUs. These are facts. These are individuals who 45 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 1: are graduating from these schools and paying taxes and becoming 46 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: an affected professional organizations, a group that is rather than 47 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 1: this country. And we need to know that. And sometimes 48 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 1: I feel that if you don't have people like me chirping, 49 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 1: screaming promoting black excellence from these schools, then a lot 50 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 1: of people will know. Because we all know about Dion Sanders, 51 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,119 Speaker 1: we all know what he's doing. That's sports. I'm talking 52 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 1: about the academic side. Or your child can go to 53 00:02:54,760 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 1: school and be an incredible academic achiever, an incredible professional, 54 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 1: and one of these areas a doctor, a lawyer, engineer black. 55 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 1: I forgot forty percent of the members of Congress who 56 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 1: are black come from HBCUs or graduate from HBCUs. So 57 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 1: if you have a gift, I want you to leave 58 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:14,959 Speaker 1: with your gift and don't let your friends, family, or 59 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 1: co workers stop you from planning or living your dream. 60 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 1: We were discussing how to overcome the arts in life. 61 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 1: Like I stated earlier, my guests on the show today 62 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,919 Speaker 1: represent people were creating Black Excellent opportunities. But first guests 63 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: would be introducing her in a minute. She founded HBCU Week. 64 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 1: That's Ashley Christopher and she created academic and professional Black 65 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 1: Excellent Opportunities. And Simone Lawrence who is creating HBCU job 66 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: at academic Opportunities in Utah. And as always, our theme 67 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: is there's no perfect time to start following your dreams. 68 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: Let's get this show started. My guests on the show 69 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 1: today is Ashley Christopher. She is a double HBCU ALAM 70 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: of Howard University at UDC David A. Clark School of Law. 71 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: Miss Christopher is paving a way for black youth to succeed. 72 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: She draws from a law life experiences and celebrates how 73 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 1: far she's come as an attorney, CEO, founder of HBCU 74 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 1: Week Foundation, stroke survivor, and mother. Since twenty seventeen, HBCU 75 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 1: HBCU Week Foundation has raised more than fifty million dollars 76 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: for scholarships and created dozens of events to ensure that 77 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:21,919 Speaker 1: black youth no higher education is an option. The world 78 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 1: took notice and landed her some of the most significant 79 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:28,720 Speaker 1: partnerships such as Walt Disney Company, Bank of America, Capital One, 80 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 1: the American Chemistry Council, and the NFL, to name a few. 81 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 1: Please welcome to Money Making Conversations, masterclass, Miss Ashley Christopher. 82 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 1: How you doing, Ashley? I'm doing well, Rashan. Thank you 83 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 1: so much for having me, and thank you for that 84 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:44,159 Speaker 1: great introduction. Well, first of all, I'm speaking the truth, 85 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:46,480 Speaker 1: and that's what we're going to talk about. The truth, 86 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:50,559 Speaker 1: the excellence that comes out of HBCUs that oftentimes doesn't 87 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:54,040 Speaker 1: get there, that the notoriety, what is being accomplished to 88 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:56,719 Speaker 1: these schools. And when the Congress sits out there and 89 00:04:57,120 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 1: tells us they're given two point eight billion dollars to HBCU, 90 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 1: it's almost like they're doing a favor which they should 91 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 1: be given ten times an amount based on the academic 92 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 1: and professional success of HBCUs. Can you comment on that? Oh, yeah, 93 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:13,920 Speaker 1: I have to agree with that. You know, HBCUs continue 94 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:17,360 Speaker 1: to graduate the best and the brightest, year over year 95 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:20,839 Speaker 1: and contribute so much to just the world at large. 96 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 1: And these institutions cannot continue to be overlooked. They need 97 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 1: to be funded adequately and the opportunities need to continue 98 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 1: to be extended the students who are looking forward to 99 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 1: attending these institutions, because we can't get lost on the 100 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 1: fact as to why they were even created. Because there 101 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:39,599 Speaker 1: was a time in this country where we were prohibited 102 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 1: by law from matriculating into any higher education institution. So 103 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 1: these colleges and universities were made specifically for us to 104 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: get that education. And we have to remember that as 105 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 1: we continue to push this message forward and that message 106 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 1: and when we talk about that message. And you know, 107 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: my relationship would Ashley Christopher's twofold. I met her when 108 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: she was in college at Howard when I was managing 109 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 1: Steve Harvey at the time, and then I managed met 110 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 1: her again when she was she stationed in the Wilmington, 111 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: Delaware works for the Mayor's office and they invited Stephen A. 112 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:20,599 Speaker 1: Smith down to honor him at an HBCU week event, 113 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:22,280 Speaker 1: and that's how I met her again, and that's how 114 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 1: I found out about the event HBCU Foundation. But between 115 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: all this the value of what an HBCU brings into 116 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: your life personally. And people ask you, what is the 117 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:35,719 Speaker 1: first thing comes out of you through your mind process 118 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:39,559 Speaker 1: when you start talking about promoting or even talking about 119 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:44,719 Speaker 1: or being a symbol of HBCU success. Oh yeah, well 120 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 1: I'll tell you this, Like I tell everybody when they 121 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: ask me that question, going to an HBCUs the best 122 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 1: decision I could have ever made for myself. What I've 123 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:55,919 Speaker 1: drawn from that experience is that no matter what room 124 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 1: I walk into and who's in that space, I know 125 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: that I had value. My voice is necessary and my 126 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 1: presence is needed. And I don't know that I would 127 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 1: have gotten that same sense of self confidence if I 128 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: didn't choose a black institution, But going to how it 129 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 1: really firmed up that confidence in me, and it gave 130 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:14,560 Speaker 1: me what I needed, you know, to go out into 131 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 1: the world and to choose whatever career path it may be. 132 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 1: That I'm valuable and my voice is necessary. So that 133 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: hbc experience really developed that in me, and I think 134 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: that every black student across the world deserves that same experience. 135 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 1: And do you feel that there's competition, you know, as 136 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 1: in athletics, there's competition you know, you know, you see 137 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 1: these big schools like Michigan and University of Texas and 138 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 1: Tennessee and you see eighty thousand, one hundred thousand people 139 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: in the stands, and you know, but that's their reputation. 140 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 1: But every but the HBC, you got their reputations to 141 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 1: those bands, those bands and that athleticism and that that's 142 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 1: that swag. You know, the HBC's bring that swag to 143 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 1: the table. So we may not have a hundred thousand 144 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: people in the stand but we got the swag of 145 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 1: one hundred thousand. That is really that is really something 146 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 1: that really is that they puts a smile on your face, right, oh, absolutely. 147 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 1: And what you'll find is, you know, just like a 148 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:16,680 Speaker 1: lot of other things in black culture, people try to 149 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 1: duplicate it. So even though we're small, we're very mighty, 150 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 1: and we're very influential, and the things that we do 151 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 1: on those HBC campuses influences people across the world. So 152 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 1: you were right on a spot or right on a target. 153 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 1: And when you mentioned, you know, the swag and the 154 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 1: bands and maybe small in numbers, but we're mighty in 155 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:37,200 Speaker 1: our influence and that influence is great, and we're gonna, 156 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 1: We're gonna, We're gonna swing. I'm gonna have for a 157 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 1: couple of breakshit because we're gonna slow it down to 158 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:44,439 Speaker 1: talk about what she's doing from a standpoint of how 159 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 1: the whole process of academic opportunities. I've been to her events. 160 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:51,439 Speaker 1: I'm talking about these college day events. You know, thousands 161 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:54,319 Speaker 1: of kids showing up there walking away with full scholarships, 162 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:58,320 Speaker 1: walking away with opportunities that they never is an entire weekend, 163 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:02,440 Speaker 1: and it's also traveling around country. But the whole idea 164 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 1: of giving Scollish high school students is it? How did 165 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 1: that whole idea of the HBCU foundation WE Foundation come about? 166 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 1: And also we know where it is now and it's 167 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 1: not nowhere where we wanted to be. I say we 168 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 1: because I got you on the show to say, Hey, 169 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 1: I'm an advocate of HBCU week I'm an advocate of 170 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 1: what you're doing. I'm a believer that you are a 171 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 1: person who's living her dream, and her dream is to 172 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 1: create black excellence in our and our future leaders. So 173 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 1: how did they come about HBCU WE Foundation is? Please 174 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 1: explain to everybody what exactly it is. Yeah, So you 175 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 1: know I was employed in the Mayor's office in Wilmington, 176 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 1: Delaware as his special assistant, And what he did was 177 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: asking me to come up with programming that was directed 178 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:51,200 Speaker 1: at Wilmington's most underserved communities. And I wanted to make 179 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:54,680 Speaker 1: sure that whatever focus I had, it was on education. 180 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 1: I am a double HBCU, I'm from Wilmington, Delaware, and 181 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:01,559 Speaker 1: to be frank, there are a lot of students in 182 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 1: my community that feel like higher education or college just 183 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 1: isn't even an option for them, and I wanted to 184 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 1: show them that that was not true. So what I 185 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 1: did was I assembled in a college fairlike setting. Um, 186 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 1: you know, I planned for about two hundred high school 187 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 1: students five or six HBCUs for students who engage directly 188 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:23,200 Speaker 1: with these admissions counselors, so that they would know what 189 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 1: it took to get into these institutions and what they 190 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:28,839 Speaker 1: had to look forward to once they were admitted. But 191 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 1: when I started to market that idea, those two hundred 192 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 1: students spiked to seven hundred. So I knew that this 193 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 1: was something you were you buy yourself, that it was 194 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 1: just an idea by yourself. When you were lied, you 195 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:44,440 Speaker 1: gotta get some people around you. Huh oh, my gosh. Yeah, 196 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:46,520 Speaker 1: it was just like, wait, how did this number spike? 197 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 1: You know, just a little old woman to Delaware. You know, 198 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:51,600 Speaker 1: two hundred I thought was an ambitious goal. But when 199 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:53,960 Speaker 1: we started to see the numbers coming in as to 200 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:57,160 Speaker 1: all the RCPs from the surrounding schools, we knew, okay, 201 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:59,320 Speaker 1: well it's not two hundred or seven hundred, so we've 202 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 1: got to change venues very quickly and course correct to 203 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 1: make sure we're accommodating these students. But from then I 204 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 1: knew that there was an appetite woman to Delaware to 205 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:11,200 Speaker 1: learn more about HBCUs. And as you mentioned earlier where 206 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 1: Shan we met back at when I was at Howard, 207 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 1: when I was a vice chair of Howard home Coming 208 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:21,079 Speaker 1: two thousand and six, and I wanted to In my mind, 209 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 1: I'm like, how do I take Howard home Coming on 210 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 1: the road because I don't know the listeners. I'm hoping 211 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 1: that you guys could experience how We're home coming before, 212 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 1: but if not, you got about one hundred thousand people 213 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:36,800 Speaker 1: that descend upon the nation's capital to experience Howard home Coming. 214 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 1: So being vice chair, it really gave me, you know, 215 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:44,440 Speaker 1: that backdrop of what I needed for high level event planning. 216 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: So in deciding how to execute, you know how we're 217 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:50,440 Speaker 1: homecoming and bringing on the road, I knew this would 218 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 1: really be exciting to these students, So let's excite them, 219 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 1: have some fun, but also give them the opportunity to 220 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:58,960 Speaker 1: get accepted into college on the spot and get a 221 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 1: scholarship award. So it's really transcended from a one day 222 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 1: college fair, like I went to a week long of 223 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:08,840 Speaker 1: the activities. You're saying that that students can come to 224 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:12,319 Speaker 1: your event, just college their event, and bring their transcript 225 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 1: and these test scores, which is ACT or the SAT 226 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:19,440 Speaker 1: test scores? Right? Oh, absolutely yes. So what happens is 227 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:22,080 Speaker 1: a lot of the participating college is engaging and on 228 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 1: the spot acceptance process at our college fair. So if 229 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 1: you're a graduating senior, we encourage you to come with 230 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,320 Speaker 1: copies of your transcript and your SAT or ACT scores 231 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 1: because right there, on the spot, the admissions counselors will 232 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:37,320 Speaker 1: evaluate your academic record and tell you whether or not 233 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:40,560 Speaker 1: you're admitted and if you are eligible for a scholarship. 234 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:44,080 Speaker 1: And these scholarships range anywhere between a one time five 235 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 1: thousand dollars award all the way up to a full ride. Okay, 236 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 1: now parents, you hear this this HBCU week. Now we're 237 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 1: not we're not jumping around. There are no like, no 238 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 1: no admission fee. This is free them to come. Okay, 239 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:02,960 Speaker 1: there are no registration fees. When you're feeling out the application. 240 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 1: This is telling your child are you coming with your 241 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:10,720 Speaker 1: child to the event. And they got they got several 242 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 1: of them. We're gonna talk about the other eventure they're 243 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 1: coming up. But I just want to I just want 244 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:15,920 Speaker 1: to put a disclaim about that because you're you know, 245 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:19,400 Speaker 1: our broadcast on Famie but then cook them. But then 246 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:24,600 Speaker 1: with Thun Cookman, h Clark, Albindy stay Texas and you 247 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 1: you put some people on fire when you're talking about 248 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,440 Speaker 1: home coming in I just gotta put in disclaimers. Some 249 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 1: people might get mad at you, girl, you know, talk 250 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 1: about how good how it's home to coming is. I'm thinking, 251 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 1: I just got I just got I just got through 252 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:39,560 Speaker 1: to put what's to satan state. I just got throws 253 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 1: in support out for my schools to let them know 254 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:44,679 Speaker 1: y'all got it going on with your home coming because 255 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:51,080 Speaker 1: the schools you're inviting to come to your HBCU Week events. Correct. Oh, absolutely, 256 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:54,599 Speaker 1: we have welcomed um. To date, since we started a 257 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 1: culture in twenty seventeen, we've had about sixty HBCUs show 258 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 1: up to engage directly with the st So you know, 259 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 1: it's all we're all family, HBCU love all the way 260 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 1: around and sort. The beauty of it is that you 261 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:09,760 Speaker 1: maybe we're gonna, we're gonna this is why Like so 262 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:12,080 Speaker 1: I met her and Howard like she said university and 263 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:14,320 Speaker 1: then when I met in the Wimblton you know, it's 264 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 1: it's a it's a local event in Wimblton at the time, 265 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 1: it's not. It's not just in Wimblton anymore. We're gonna 266 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 1: get that on our next break is that you come 267 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 1: in there and you got When I went, it was 268 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 1: about thirty five different HBCUs at the event that I 269 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 1: went to up thinking what's in twenty and eighteen, I believe, yes, yes, 270 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 1: thirty five HBCUs and I think there were thirty five 271 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 1: hundred students there in twenty nineteen. UM this past year. No, 272 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 1: don't don't, don't tell you we're gonna say that. We're 273 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 1: gonna say that for them. We'll tell them we're gonna 274 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:46,280 Speaker 1: we gotta get them again hanging around. But before we 275 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 1: go to break, tell everybody how they can well with 276 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 1: the website and the social media numbers and and studying 277 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:54,440 Speaker 1: it will check any things out so when they come 278 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 1: back from break they can start calling us to find 279 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 1: out how they get their kids over. They get these 280 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 1: scholarship opportunities at these hbc use How can we reach 281 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 1: out to you? Absolutely, you can reach us at hbcuweek 282 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 1: dot org. You can connect us directly. You can connected 283 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:10,920 Speaker 1: with us I'm sorry, directly through the website and on 284 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:15,640 Speaker 1: every social channel. We're at hbcueek that's Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, 285 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 1: and LinkedIn. Okay, hbcuweek dot org And at hbcueek you 286 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 1: can find out about scholarship opportunities. There are no tricks all. 287 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 1: It is all complementary opportunities. But academic success. You got 288 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 1: the scores you got to You only get there by 289 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 1: by finding out. You only get that by doing research 290 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:35,680 Speaker 1: you want to get that. This is one stop shopping. 291 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 1: Like I said, they got access to all the top 292 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 1: universities of HBCU related data out there, Black colleges and 293 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:48,440 Speaker 1: university as well. There they are probably academically training our 294 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 1: minority students of a couple of students of black or 295 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 1: brown descent. But what I wanted to make sure that 296 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:57,880 Speaker 1: everybody understands that you know, hbcuweek dot org is the 297 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 1: website they should consider any information more about academic training 298 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 1: and professional opportunities for your job. We'll be right back 299 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 1: with more Money Making Conversation Masterclass with one and only 300 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:14,560 Speaker 1: as Astley Christopher. You are now tuned into the Money 301 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 1: Making Conversations Minute of Inspiration with Rashaan McDonald. Hi, I'm 302 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 1: Rashan McDonald for Money Making Conversation Masterclass with your daily 303 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 1: Minute of Inspiration. Recently I sat down with two times 304 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 1: Stanley Cup winner, retired NHL player and brain trauma victim 305 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 1: Daniel Carcillo. He explains how to test in your life 306 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 1: will feel who you are and your purpose. I've always 307 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 1: felt that there's a larger purpose to life than you know, 308 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 1: essentially pushing a puck around. You know, it's kind of 309 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 1: always I have a mind that was always kind of 310 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 1: looking for other things even though I was in my career, 311 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 1: and I feel like, you know, you get tested. This 312 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 1: is not necessarily another test, but really a culmination of 313 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 1: everything that I've done in my life up to this 314 00:16:57,160 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 1: point to help mitigate suffering, whether it's the traumatic brain 315 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 1: injury contacts. Yeah, it's just a really exciting time. So 316 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:05,879 Speaker 1: I appreciate you having me on your platform. If you 317 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:07,359 Speaker 1: want to listen to this full inter of you with 318 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:11,520 Speaker 1: Daniel Corsello, it's available on Moneymaking Conversation dot com. I 319 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 1: know it sounds unbelievable that your child can just show 320 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:24,639 Speaker 1: up with their test scores, their academic scores from high school, 321 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:28,120 Speaker 1: especially they're graduating senior, and they can get and roll 322 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 1: on the spot at these events that they can get 323 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:33,240 Speaker 1: a full ride scholarship at these events. I've seen them, 324 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:37,399 Speaker 1: I've been there. Stephen A. Smith is an ambassador for 325 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 1: HBCU Week, A proud ambassador of HBCU Week. Now as 326 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 1: we talk about this, you're being a double alum. I 327 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 1: was at the event in twenty and eighteen when I 328 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 1: saw thirty five hundred students show up and it was 329 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 1: like just a line of kids, very organized. Plus you 330 00:17:57,359 --> 00:18:00,199 Speaker 1: also bust some local kids in from high school to 331 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 1: attend as well. Now, this event is going around the country, 332 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:07,960 Speaker 1: but we want to talk about why is it traveling now? 333 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:10,920 Speaker 1: And what did advantages of it traveling is going to 334 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 1: bring to other students who are not near the Wimblington, 335 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 1: Delaware area. Yeah, so, I mean I knew that if 336 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:22,400 Speaker 1: a small city like Wilmington, Delaware could attract so much 337 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:26,439 Speaker 1: attention and participation, that the appetite for this around the 338 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 1: country would would be pretty right. So I decided that 339 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 1: we should probably explore taking this, you know, around the 340 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:36,760 Speaker 1: nation to get more and more students the opportunity. Because 341 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 1: what started to happen was people are getting winto this 342 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:42,399 Speaker 1: college there. They're seeing about it on social media, maybe 343 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 1: hearing about it from other family members or friends they 344 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 1: may have in the area, and they're wondering, well, what 345 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:51,680 Speaker 1: about our kids? How can we particular right to Wilmington? 346 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 1: You know. So we're making arrangements because we want to 347 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 1: have as many students have access to as opportunity as possible. 348 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:02,959 Speaker 1: Whether the beauty is accessed, that's really the key. And uh, 349 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 1: like I said, I was fortunate to be a part 350 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:07,880 Speaker 1: of the event. If you want to call and ask 351 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:11,359 Speaker 1: Ashley any questions called for zero four eight eight zero 352 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:14,640 Speaker 1: nine two five five four zero four eight eight zero 353 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:16,320 Speaker 1: nine two five five If you want to get any 354 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:19,680 Speaker 1: more or ask any questions. Uh can be your child 355 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 1: or just somebody you know, a cousin, or you could 356 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:26,720 Speaker 1: be an auntie who wanted to inquire about these opportunities 357 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:30,200 Speaker 1: as being presented at HBCU week dot org for information, 358 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:32,320 Speaker 1: but you also can talk to alive. The thing that 359 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:34,879 Speaker 1: the interests me is like these these events are always 360 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:39,199 Speaker 1: sponsored driven and they're motivating. Um. You know we went 361 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:42,280 Speaker 1: there the whole run where in twenty twenty, when you 362 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:46,440 Speaker 1: know HBCUs was you couldn't walk without reading and see 363 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:51,800 Speaker 1: something flashed about HBCUs or some type of um donation 364 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:54,680 Speaker 1: being made to HBCUs. Where are we at right now? 365 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:57,800 Speaker 1: Do you feel on that synergy level? It's it's still 366 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:00,240 Speaker 1: kind of like up there, or it's kind of like 367 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:02,639 Speaker 1: settled now and now you have to get back there 368 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 1: and start grinding and not saying you didn't you weren't grinding, 369 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:08,720 Speaker 1: but there was at a point where people were gladly 370 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 1: making donations to HBCUs and events like your event. M yeah, 371 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 1: you know what I'll say about that is very interesting. 372 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:20,720 Speaker 1: The dust is starting to settle now and you can 373 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 1: see which companies have a real intentional arm of support 374 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:30,359 Speaker 1: for diversity, equity, and inclusion. I would say in twenty 375 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 1: twenty it was a trend. Hey let's do this to 376 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 1: make it look like we're in support of that, or 377 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,600 Speaker 1: to check a box. But as time is going on, 378 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 1: a lot of those companies who are at the forefront 379 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:45,439 Speaker 1: of that fight may not necessarily be there. But the 380 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:50,200 Speaker 1: ones who had real intentionality behind their actions and authenticity 381 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:53,120 Speaker 1: behind their actions, they're still there. Right. So I'll leave 382 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:54,960 Speaker 1: it at that without you know, calling out any company. 383 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 1: Oh absolutely absolutely. But then I always say that because 384 00:20:57,960 --> 00:20:59,399 Speaker 1: I can feel it, I can see it, you know, 385 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:02,359 Speaker 1: I mean to me, I understand where you know, you know, 386 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:04,760 Speaker 1: you see, it's got really political out there, you know 387 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:08,640 Speaker 1: where you know, a politics. Once people start moving stuff 388 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:13,920 Speaker 1: into politics, it's unnecessarily you know, you know, questioning colleges 389 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:18,479 Speaker 1: who support diversity, equity and inclusion opportunities, namely Florida as 390 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 1: a state that's really battling that issue with their governor, 391 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:23,400 Speaker 1: and now the state of Texas is doing that. It's 392 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:27,359 Speaker 1: sad that in our conversation about HBCUs, we have to 393 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 1: talk about that issue because it is becoming an issue 394 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:33,800 Speaker 1: which causes companies to back off a little bit. They 395 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:35,359 Speaker 1: don't want to be prought. They want to be a 396 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:39,440 Speaker 1: flag bearer, and that whole political situation they get caught 397 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:42,639 Speaker 1: up into, which in turn hurts a cause, a great 398 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:45,120 Speaker 1: cause that you guys are trying to do and are 399 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 1: doing at HBCU. Weak. Yeah, it's very interesting. Um So, 400 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:53,960 Speaker 1: conversations are starting to shift just a little bit, right, 401 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:55,960 Speaker 1: But I'm just happy to say that we do have 402 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 1: the support of enough companies you do dismission moving forward 403 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:01,680 Speaker 1: pretty strongly. Yet, well, what are the companies you do? 404 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:05,359 Speaker 1: You got the mouse, the jack mouse came into your world, 405 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 1: and I will tell you once you know, certain people 406 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:10,400 Speaker 1: can tap you on the shoulder and you realize that, hey, 407 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 1: this is a blessing that I didn't see coming. And 408 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:16,160 Speaker 1: you went to Disney. What's the Disney World of Disney? 409 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:18,359 Speaker 1: What's what's in Orlando? Is the Disney World in Orlando? 410 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 1: Disney World? Okay, Disney World in Orlando. And so that 411 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:25,440 Speaker 1: was kind of like the HPCU week on stir Ards 412 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 1: stir Roards because it wasn't it win within Delaware anymore? 413 00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:30,679 Speaker 1: Now you uh yeah, Okay, So tell us how that 414 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:33,200 Speaker 1: event and how did they get to that? And also 415 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:36,120 Speaker 1: what's the ultimate goal because like as earlier saying, since 416 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:40,479 Speaker 1: twenty seventeen, HPCU Week Foundation has raised more than fifty 417 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:46,400 Speaker 1: million dollars for scholarships. Wow huh yeah, I mean, honestly, 418 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:48,720 Speaker 1: we're shun. It grew at a pace that I was 419 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:53,560 Speaker 1: never anticipating. Um, and it is the most exciting roller 420 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:57,720 Speaker 1: coaster ride that I could have ever imagined. Um. Every 421 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 1: turn I made, there's another their opportunity to consider, or 422 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 1: another idea, you know, to to build out. And I 423 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 1: couldn't be more grateful for the spot that I'm in. 424 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:10,600 Speaker 1: So I'm really happy that we're in a space right now. 425 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:13,560 Speaker 1: We're able to scale and we're able to grow. And 426 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:17,159 Speaker 1: I mean, who would have ever thought from Wilmington, Delaware 427 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,440 Speaker 1: to Walt Disney World. I mean that is the biggest 428 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 1: jump that we could have ever experienced. So having that 429 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:29,320 Speaker 1: opportunity was incredible for us because to be on a 430 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:32,119 Speaker 1: stage like that, it got us all the eyeballs that 431 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 1: we needed to continue to grow. And I'm especially grateful 432 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 1: because bringing on Stephen A. Smith and having him agree 433 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:43,159 Speaker 1: to be our brand ambassador caught the attention of the 434 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 1: Walt Disney Company, you know, because the ESPN is a 435 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:48,600 Speaker 1: part of the Walt Disney Company, and you know it 436 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:52,000 Speaker 1: caught some attention of some some key decision makers and 437 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:54,679 Speaker 1: the restless history. Next thing, you know, we're planning and 438 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:58,479 Speaker 1: going on site visits and executing events in Orland Hill. 439 00:23:59,880 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 1: So you know, now you will end Wilminton, Delaware. Thirty 440 00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 1: five hundred students in Wilmington, Dallare showed up. Okay, how 441 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:12,399 Speaker 1: many and so how many HBCUs attended the event the 442 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:15,159 Speaker 1: college the event, that's the event we're talking about. And 443 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:20,080 Speaker 1: then how many students attended the event seeking uh information 444 00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:25,000 Speaker 1: about HPCUS enrollment in HPCUS and as well as scholarship 445 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:30,399 Speaker 1: opportunities at HBCUs. Well, you know, twenty twenty two was 446 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 1: a very special year. We had record breaking numbers. So 447 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 1: in Wilmington, Delaware, we had forty HBCUs present and seven 448 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 1: thousand students at our college fair. When we went to Walton, Holo, Holo, holo. Okay, 449 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:52,000 Speaker 1: for all the HPCUS in Wilmington, Delaware, littl Willington right 450 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:57,440 Speaker 1: between Philadelphia and Baltimore, right h we had forty and 451 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:01,240 Speaker 1: seven thousand students show up to that. But then months 452 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:04,159 Speaker 1: later when we went to Walt Disney World, we had 453 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:08,119 Speaker 1: eight thousand, six hundred students and fifty seven HBCUs. So 454 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 1: every time we execute this event or reactivate HBCU, we 455 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:15,600 Speaker 1: can get bigger and better. I have no idea what 456 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:18,679 Speaker 1: to even expect later this year in the fall when 457 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,399 Speaker 1: we do this again. Um, but it's just really growing 458 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:24,080 Speaker 1: at a pace that I couldn't be more grateful for. Well, 459 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 1: the so you know, you're throwing out these numbers. You 460 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:29,119 Speaker 1: don't got your ball here stumbling now, so let's do 461 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:31,600 Speaker 1: some quick math, you know. Yeah, so yeah, but roughly 462 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:35,600 Speaker 1: ninety seven HBCUs that attended a lot of them were 463 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 1: the same though. Let me Brad can id can I Brad. 464 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:42,280 Speaker 1: That's why some people need marketers. So that's why people 465 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:45,240 Speaker 1: need to have managers and consultants. You know, richand that 466 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:47,639 Speaker 1: would do it again. Schools, you know, because you know, 467 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 1: uh Clark Atlanta, they went to both locations. You're gonna say, well, 468 00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:59,159 Speaker 1: it was the same students of both locations, Rishane, you know, 469 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:02,160 Speaker 1: the same students. You know, we didn't really have fifteen 470 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:09,879 Speaker 1: thousand students, sixteen thousand students that you go so you 471 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,720 Speaker 1: have so you had forty in Wilmington Delaware, and that's 472 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:15,159 Speaker 1: what's in September of last year. And then you had 473 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 1: fifty seven in Orlando in October of last year, as 474 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 1: ninety seven schools HBCUs seeking a Tier one students I'd 475 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:27,399 Speaker 1: like to call tier one students students who are interested 476 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:31,320 Speaker 1: in going to college, seeking higher education. And then on 477 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:37,960 Speaker 1: top of that almost nine thousand students, oh yeah, eighty 478 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 1: six hundred in Orlando and seven thousand in Wilmington. So 479 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:47,880 Speaker 1: it was it was a huge crowd in both spaces, 480 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:52,320 Speaker 1: um and nobody. Nobody paid the dime. No students paid anything. 481 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:55,880 Speaker 1: They just came and they met, They met the counselors, 482 00:26:56,240 --> 00:27:00,879 Speaker 1: They presented their their their their graduate or information from 483 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:04,200 Speaker 1: their high school academic information, they transcript if they had 484 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:08,959 Speaker 1: test scores, act or sets and they could have enrolled 485 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:11,560 Speaker 1: on the spot. Did you have any information on from 486 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:14,960 Speaker 1: Delaware how many students enrolled and how much scholarship dollars 487 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 1: were delivered there? And I'll man in the same in Orlando. 488 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 1: Do you have that type of information you can share 489 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:23,600 Speaker 1: with my listeners. Yeah, So between the two locations, we 490 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:27,240 Speaker 1: offered over six thousand college acceptances on the spot and 491 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:30,600 Speaker 1: more than fifteen million dollars and scholarship awards, So that 492 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:34,359 Speaker 1: was split between each of the different locations that we 493 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:37,960 Speaker 1: activated it in twenty twenty two. So I'm gonna just 494 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:40,399 Speaker 1: tell you what you just did. You change six thousand 495 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:48,040 Speaker 1: young people's lives, fifteen million dollars and academic opportunities. If 496 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:52,120 Speaker 1: you didn't have an HPCU Foundation Week Foundation, then there's 497 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:55,440 Speaker 1: six thousand students who we don't know. I'm not saying 498 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 1: they would they would have been lost out there, but 499 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:00,239 Speaker 1: at least they was given a sense of purpose. At 500 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 1: least they was given a direction. At least they weren't 501 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 1: tricked and they got to then they and then they 502 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:08,000 Speaker 1: walking to your college day and they're not just walking 503 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:11,520 Speaker 1: and talking to just one HBCU. You know, there were 504 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:14,760 Speaker 1: there were There were fifty seven in Orlando, there were 505 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:18,800 Speaker 1: forty in Wilm Delaware. There were options. That's the beauty 506 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:21,240 Speaker 1: of what you're trying to do. So when we talk 507 00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:24,200 Speaker 1: about going to other locations in twenty twenty three, what 508 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:27,280 Speaker 1: are the other places that you're looking at besides Orlando, 509 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:30,600 Speaker 1: besides Wimbledon, Delaware that we may be able to attend 510 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:35,640 Speaker 1: an HBCU Week Foundation event. Well, we're looking to activate 511 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:39,480 Speaker 1: in Atlanta this year. So okay, okay, you know I'm 512 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:43,960 Speaker 1: in a mouthpiece, I mean mouthpiece. Yeah, oh yeah, you know, 513 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:46,920 Speaker 1: I'm excited. I love Atlanta. I love the city of Atlanta, 514 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:51,360 Speaker 1: so um. It's such a rich spot for HBCU culture, 515 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 1: especially with the AUC and Morris Brown getting their accreditation back. 516 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:59,160 Speaker 1: So it's just a really I think high time for 517 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:02,000 Speaker 1: us to come into that city and expose those kids 518 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:05,480 Speaker 1: to these opportunities. So we're working on it right now. 519 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:09,120 Speaker 1: We're doing some some pretty aggressive fundraising and we're on 520 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:12,200 Speaker 1: our way. So I look forward to that and the 521 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:14,680 Speaker 1: ultimate goal. There's always a goal to this, you know, 522 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:18,120 Speaker 1: because of the fact that it is h maybe one 523 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:23,760 Speaker 1: day on a telethon where you know you're honoring people, 524 00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:27,400 Speaker 1: are you what does the ultimate goal of the HPCU Foundation, 525 00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:31,719 Speaker 1: outside of just presenting academic opportunities for students who are 526 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:36,600 Speaker 1: interested in tending HBCUs. Well, I have to say that 527 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:39,120 Speaker 1: that does fall in line with the main goal. I 528 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:42,440 Speaker 1: tell people all the time that I want HBCU Week 529 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:44,680 Speaker 1: to be as big as a Super Bowl, meaning I 530 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:48,600 Speaker 1: want people from every area of the world to at 531 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:50,800 Speaker 1: least know what it is, right you may not even 532 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:52,440 Speaker 1: have any interest in it, but you know what it 533 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:56,360 Speaker 1: is because our impact is so great, and our scholarships 534 00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:59,200 Speaker 1: I am very very proud of, particularly the ones on 535 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:02,800 Speaker 1: our corporate side, because we don't give away anything less 536 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,400 Speaker 1: than ten thousand dollars when we give a scholarship from 537 00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:09,680 Speaker 1: our foundation through our corporate partners, and those awards range 538 00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:13,840 Speaker 1: between ten and fifty thousand dollars per students. Our most 539 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:18,240 Speaker 1: popular scholarship is our Fosse Scholarship. That's for STEMS students 540 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:21,160 Speaker 1: that are studying STEMS, and we give away one hundred 541 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:25,760 Speaker 1: and fifty forty thousand dollars scholarships per year for students 542 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:28,040 Speaker 1: that are declaring a STEM major and are headed to 543 00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:30,800 Speaker 1: an HBCU. So what I'd like to do is offer 544 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 1: that opportunity in every industry, not just STEM but also 545 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:36,720 Speaker 1: banking or if you want to be an entertainment or 546 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:40,000 Speaker 1: marketing or communications. I want people to know that if 547 00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:42,520 Speaker 1: they want to go to an HBCU, we have the 548 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:47,440 Speaker 1: funds available to sustain them throughout their career. Wow, she's 549 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:50,480 Speaker 1: on fire. You know you know you started slow there, Astley, 550 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:53,080 Speaker 1: but ball you ended you and fire you and fire 551 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:56,040 Speaker 1: that last pitch you gave me. I'll try to I 552 00:30:56,080 --> 00:31:02,840 Speaker 1: don't try to fire me a kid. Actually, you're tremendous. 553 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:04,560 Speaker 1: I want to thank you for taking the time to 554 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:06,920 Speaker 1: come on it before we go. Tell everybody to contact 555 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:09,800 Speaker 1: information on social media, to reach out to the website 556 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:13,280 Speaker 1: and all that good stuff. Yes, please follow us. 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