1 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:11,440 Speaker 1: You don't ask your question. Let's just keep it real. 2 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 1: Straight shot with no chasing. I'm gonna get a little 3 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: bit rough. I'm here for it. Those who really believe 4 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:21,239 Speaker 1: in the American process, all of us. Straight shot, no 5 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 1: chase with your Girl testm figure out on the Black 6 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: Effect Podcast Network Network. All right, everybody, what's having this? 7 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: Your girl teston figure ol Straight shot no Chaser on 8 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:34,560 Speaker 1: the Black Effect Podcast Network. I am super excited because 9 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:38,199 Speaker 1: I have finally figured out a way to get a 10 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 1: live studio audience without breaking any of the rules. Because 11 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:44,639 Speaker 1: there's rules in life. In case you guys forget, there 12 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 1: are rules to everything. If you don't understand rules, make 13 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:49,280 Speaker 1: sure you come to my course four out of five, 14 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 1: four out of the fifth course, which is called standing 15 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 1: on business, which means you follow the rules. So with 16 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: that said, my rule at the Black Podcast Network is 17 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 1: to make sure I curate a weekly audio podcast. By 18 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:07,679 Speaker 1: doing that, Black Effect gets my content first. But it's 19 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 1: always important to me to have an audience because of 20 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:14,120 Speaker 1: my style of podcasting. It is really training and teaching 21 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 1: and engaging. And for a long time I would do 22 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:20,399 Speaker 1: Instagram and then I would use the Instagram audience, and 23 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: then take that over to the podcast side, and then 24 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:26,320 Speaker 1: you know, it just started getting too much and downloading 25 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 1: and all of that. So moving forward, this is how 26 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,040 Speaker 1: we're gonna do it. This is not published public anywhere. 27 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 1: This is my private studio link. I only have about 28 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: four or five people in here joining me black effect, 29 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: just so you know it's not public anywhere. I sent 30 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 1: this out to four or five of my regular folks, 31 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 1: and today they're my co hosts. That's very important to me. 32 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: My co teachers, my co hosts, my push the liners, 33 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 1: my line pushers, my straight shooters, very important because as 34 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: I'm giving information, it is much easier that I have 35 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 1: interaction so that I can make sure that I'm hitting 36 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: it on the nail, that I can make sure I'm 37 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 1: answering questions, because just listening to a podcast and somebody saying, 38 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: oh damn, I wish I could ask her X y Z, 39 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: I just serve you guys so much better doing it 40 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,920 Speaker 1: this way. So shout out to my co hosts in 41 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 1: the building that are joining me. Now they also can 42 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: raise their hand and say, hey, I have a question, Tesla, 43 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:21,799 Speaker 1: and put me in the show, so they have that option, 44 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 1: or they can certainly just sit in the audience and 45 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 1: utilize the common feature. With that, say, guys, I want 46 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 1: to get straight to it. Let's go through the church 47 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 1: announcements quickly. If you do not follow the podcast, please do. 48 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: I'm still shocked that people say, oh, I didn't know 49 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 1: you have a podcast. I've been doing it five years, 50 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: every single week on the Black Bean Podcast Network. This 51 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:42,360 Speaker 1: is where I go into more detail. If you follow 52 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: me on Revolt, you're only gonna get five minutes seven 53 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 1: minutes at best of commentary. If you follow me on Instagram, 54 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:50,920 Speaker 1: you get a post and you get some interaction. This 55 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:53,640 Speaker 1: is the only place where I just literally just take 56 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: all the time to unpack stuff as long as I 57 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 1: need to to really really get into it. And we 58 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 1: really need that in the time such as this. So 59 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: please subscribe to it, and please ask five people to 60 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:05,839 Speaker 1: describe to it. If you ask five, probably one will 61 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: do it. Probably one will do it. So we need 62 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: your help with that quick announcement, church announcements, the training, guys. 63 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 1: I am overwhelmed. We have had hundreds of people signed up. Guys. 64 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 1: Some has paid for the training, some say they're gonna 65 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:24,959 Speaker 1: pay later. But I'm very excited that people have engaged 66 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 1: and said, you know what, I want to be a 67 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: part of the Push the Line training. If you don't 68 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 1: know what that is, teslimfig dot com. Push the Line 69 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 1: Politics until something happens. It is a nonpartisan political training program. 70 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: I curated the program. I wrote the program not just 71 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: because I have a master's in adult education, which is 72 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 1: critically important, guys, because when you're taking training from folks, 73 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 1: make sure that they actually have the ability to create 74 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 1: a course curriculum for you. That's very important. But the 75 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: most important thing is you are getting everything from my 76 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 1: experience from working on campaigns on the state level, on 77 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: the local level, on the federal level, pretty much whatever 78 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: you think can think of, I've done that job. Volunteer coordinator, 79 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: field director, communications person, campaign manager, crisis calm, you name it. 80 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: So you're getting all of the experience that I've learned 81 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 1: from working on a campaign and being a candidate and 82 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 1: realizing the candidate was not for me. Also my crisis 83 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 1: calm experience. All the major cases that you've seen from 84 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:22,480 Speaker 1: treyvon Martin on with the tourney Benjamin Crump, I have 85 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 1: done crisis calm for all of that, So you get 86 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 1: a lot of that. You also get a lot of 87 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 1: media stuff that I do that you learn, So really, guys, 88 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: you are getting everything all in one. I want you 89 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 1: to look at this as a semester, not as a 90 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 1: one time course. You certainly can come to it one time, 91 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: but look at it as a semester. There are five courses. 92 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:48,280 Speaker 1: The first one we're doing Course one Roles and responsibilities. 93 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:50,840 Speaker 1: If you want to be a candidate, If you don't know, 94 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 1: if you want to be a candidate, but you think 95 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 1: you might want to run, this course is for you. 96 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 1: If you want to be a campaign worker. We need 97 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:58,839 Speaker 1: more campaign workers, guys. I did a survey a quiz 98 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,599 Speaker 1: to see who we had in the training, and most 99 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:04,840 Speaker 1: of the people want to be candidates or organizers. We 100 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: who're gonna work on the campaign. We need volunteer coordinators. 101 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 1: We need field directors. We need people who are gonna 102 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: be in charge of your phone banking, all of that. 103 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:16,159 Speaker 1: We really really really need infrastructure, guys. And I'm gonna 104 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 1: go even a step further to say what I envision 105 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 1: for this training program. I wanted to be where I 106 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: have a databank of people who are ready to work 107 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:29,320 Speaker 1: on campaigns. Paid somebody in the comments type pay, turn 108 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: to your neighbor and say paid. So I wanted to 109 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:35,719 Speaker 1: be a referral source as well as we continue to grow. 110 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 1: So when people are saying, hey, I need a volunteer coordinator, 111 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:40,720 Speaker 1: you don't have to live in their city. You can 112 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:43,839 Speaker 1: absolutely work on somebody's campaign no matter where you live. 113 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:46,799 Speaker 1: You can manage somebody's phone bank, you can manage somebody's schedule, 114 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 1: you can manage somebody's campaign. I've done it. Commissioner Regina 115 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 1: hill Or, I helped get elect in Orlando, Florida. I 116 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:56,360 Speaker 1: did that from Oklahoma City Commissioner Tiffany Moore, who was 117 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 1: running for Clerk courtse. I did that from Oklahoma City. 118 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 1: Now Timmany Moore is run for mayor. So you can 119 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 1: absolutely do it virtual. If that's been one of your 120 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 1: hesitations of hey, I don't know anybody who's running, so 121 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 1: why would I be a campaign worker? No, still consider that, 122 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:11,719 Speaker 1: because when we get done with the five core fundamental courses, 123 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:14,480 Speaker 1: I'm going to roll out some individual courses that are 124 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 1: strictly for working on campaigns, like how to phone bank, 125 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 1: how to collect petitions, how to get your candidates to 126 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: listen to what they need to listen to, and shut 127 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 1: the ass up. You know that type of stuff, How 128 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 1: to force your candidate to get on the phone and 129 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:31,040 Speaker 1: do phone bank in time, all of that stuff. We 130 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:33,480 Speaker 1: are just this is just the beginning. Castide, This is 131 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 1: not the end. This is the beginning of a university 132 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: style of information. But the first five courses are critical 133 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:44,719 Speaker 1: to just get the fund to get the fundamentals. You 134 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:48,039 Speaker 1: don't have to commit like the all star Casey was saying, Hey, 135 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 1: she's already in two of the program, two or three 136 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:52,159 Speaker 1: of them. You don't have to commit like her, but 137 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:54,160 Speaker 1: go to the first one. See if you like it. 138 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:58,160 Speaker 1: The first one will be in roles and responsibilities. Each course, 139 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: I am giving instructions for candidates, campaign workers, or if 140 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: you want to be an organizer or an activist. Let 141 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 1: me just explain the difference of the two. An organizer 142 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 1: actually gets it done, and an organizer is saying, you 143 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: know what, I want to organize around getting an amendment 144 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 1: put on my local ballot, but I need to get 145 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty people to sign this petition. That 146 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 1: is actually organizing. An activist is, hey, I'm going to 147 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 1: talk about this. I'm going to make this an issue. 148 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: I'm going to go to the meetings. I'm gonna scream 149 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: about it. I'm a protest about it. I'm gonna be 150 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 1: in the comments. Whatever it is you're generat, you're basically 151 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 1: bringing awareness, but the organizer is taking the awareness and 152 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 1: doing a little bit more with it. Really, you should 153 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 1: be both an activist and an organizer. They go hand 154 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 1: in hand. But not everybody's an activist. Not everybody wants 155 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 1: to be on the microphone. Not everybody wants to be 156 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 1: a speaker. Just like we got folks in the room 157 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 1: now who says, hey, I'm shy, but they are still 158 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 1: in the room. So you still can be an organizer 159 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 1: by you jumping in the room. You don't have to 160 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 1: be the speaker, but you still be able to get three, 161 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: four or five people to do some type of call 162 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 1: to action. So I'm breaking down all of those things 163 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 1: in each course addresses each individual role in what you need. 164 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna use all this time to go through 165 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: the courses, but I do want you to go to 166 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 1: Telimfigo dot com look at the courses, but just sign 167 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 1: up with course one. Let me also remind you if 168 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 1: you say I don't want to pay the fifty bucks, 169 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 1: what am I giving with the fifty bucks. Let me 170 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 1: just explain that you're getting a two hour interactive class 171 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:22,239 Speaker 1: with me on June fourteenth. A two hour interactive class 172 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 1: with me in June fourteenth. Once you pay for the course, 173 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 1: you will see where the zoom link is. It is 174 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 1: in your dashboard. It is a very neat program that 175 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 1: I paid for that I absolutely love, is very easy 176 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 1: to understand, and you will see it says zoom link 177 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 1: for live class two pm June fourteenth. But guess what, 178 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:41,720 Speaker 1: you will still have access to that pre recorded video. 179 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:44,079 Speaker 1: So if you're hesitating to say I don't want to 180 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:45,560 Speaker 1: pay for it because I don't know if I'm gonna 181 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 1: be available for the class, no worries. You'll be able 182 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 1: to watch the video. Some may find the video even 183 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 1: better because you can stop, start it, rewind it, watch 184 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 1: it in your own leisure. If once you pay for 185 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 1: the course, even if you're in the live class, you 186 00:08:57,679 --> 00:08:59,959 Speaker 1: still will have access to the video. So you are 187 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 1: paying for the video which will be two hours, and 188 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 1: the PDFs that are already available in there now to 189 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 1: prepare you before the course. So look at it as 190 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 1: twenty five bucks an hour for a class. But in 191 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 1: addition to that all of the materials you need. Another 192 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 1: selling point that I love about this training platform is 193 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 1: the course dashboard, the course dashboard, the community dashboard. I 194 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 1: love it. People are in there introducing themselves. At least 195 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 1: I think we got about eighty people in us already 196 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:35,560 Speaker 1: that have put in saying hey, I'm tesling from such 197 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 1: and such and I'm here for XYZ. Right now, you're 198 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: not seeing a lot of people talking because the class 199 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 1: hasn't started. But that's gonna be a beautiful thing to 200 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 1: be able to network with the people who are in 201 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:50,320 Speaker 1: the class, who are serious about working. You're gonna find 202 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 1: you might find your next campaign job, you may find 203 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 1: your next issue, you may find your next candidate. That 204 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 1: is what is beautiful. And you will always have access 205 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 1: to that dashboard when you perchon just the course, you 206 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 1: will always have access at least to communicate with folks 207 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:07,960 Speaker 1: in a troll free environment. Now, the course, I can't 208 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 1: make that available for everybody forever, the first one I 209 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:13,520 Speaker 1: am because even if you send it to your friend 210 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:16,240 Speaker 1: like y'all do with Netflix and send the link, I 211 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:18,720 Speaker 1: can't trip about that. Hopefully it can get them to 212 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 1: want to go to the other courses, but course two 213 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 1: through five, it will only be available sixty days after 214 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 1: the live class, just like you would in any college course. 215 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 1: You have access for about three months. But the community 216 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 1: dashboard where you can post, connect talk to folks, you 217 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 1: will always have access to that. Okay, does that sound fair? 218 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:40,200 Speaker 1: I hope it does because I'm literally given it all 219 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 1: more than enough for folks to be able to get 220 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 1: the information they need. With that said, so please sign 221 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:50,680 Speaker 1: up ww dot tezemfiguo dot com. I have a tutorial 222 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:52,559 Speaker 1: there where I'm breaking it down. When I just explained 223 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:54,760 Speaker 1: to you, I have a video there. Don't let nobody 224 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 1: tell y'all, oh she explained it. No, no, no, I've 225 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:58,800 Speaker 1: been explaining. This is what you're learning about organizing. You 226 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 1: repeat things over and over. Have a video, have a FAQ, 227 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 1: ask questions, have a tutorial. I have a highlight video 228 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 1: to show you what others have said who have trained 229 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 1: with me. And I'm constantly saying it on my podcast 230 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:13,560 Speaker 1: Revolt and Instagram, so there'll be no excuses about people 231 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:16,559 Speaker 1: saying I didn't know. You'll learn that as you start organizing. 232 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 1: Let's get in today's content, guys. I want to talk 233 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 1: about the report that reveals black women and the loss 234 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:27,959 Speaker 1: of jobs that they have had more than anybody else 235 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 1: in April. Now, if you follow my commentary, which you should, 236 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:34,559 Speaker 1: and I hope that you do. If you don't, why 237 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 1: don't you follow my commentary, I have been telling you 238 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 1: that up to three hundred thousand black people will be 239 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 1: losing their federal job. I've been saying it weekly. I 240 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 1: know y'all been resting. I know y'all been having boots 241 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 1: on the ground. I know y'all been saying we done, 242 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 1: we tapped out. I feel you. I get all of that. 243 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:56,520 Speaker 1: I know y'all say it ain't bothering me, it ain't 244 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:58,840 Speaker 1: affecting me. I get all of that. But the reality 245 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 1: of it is, I've been telling y' all through the 246 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 1: three Things, Safe, stack and secure, that it is absolutely coming. 247 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 1: And so here we are, guys. So when we look 248 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:10,840 Speaker 1: at the report that reveals that black women lost their 249 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 1: job more than anybody else, it says that DEI is 250 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 1: partial to blame. Turn to your neighbor and say partial. 251 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:18,720 Speaker 1: Because this is what I was arguing with my good 252 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:20,560 Speaker 1: friend Charlemagne. You know, we got a group chat. We 253 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 1: argue every day. He was saying well, it ain't just 254 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:27,280 Speaker 1: dei Charlemagne. It literally says partial. It means it's not all, 255 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 1: it's partial. How many of you understand that if a relationship, 256 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:34,840 Speaker 1: if your relationship, if your marriage doesn't work, Attorney Shelby, 257 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 1: if your relationship with your man don't work, is it 258 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 1: just one thing or is it multiple things? Is it 259 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:44,080 Speaker 1: you don't tell me you love me anymore? Is that 260 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 1: the main reason why I'm breaking up with you? Or 261 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 1: is it partial? Is that the partial reason? Is it 262 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:52,280 Speaker 1: if they cheated? That might be the main reason, but 263 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:55,440 Speaker 1: it might be multiple reasons. So we must understand that 264 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 1: two things can always be true at the same time. 265 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:02,199 Speaker 1: So this is not saying it's alli, It is saying partial. 266 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:05,080 Speaker 1: So let's deal with the facts. Black women workers lost 267 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:08,160 Speaker 1: more jobs than any other demographic in April, according to 268 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 1: the report. Now y'all may say, well, what report are 269 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 1: you talking about? Well, I'm glad you asked that question. 270 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 1: While the overall unemployment rate for April twenty twenty five 271 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:23,199 Speaker 1: remained unchanged, meaning overall unemployment for everybody else remained unchanged, 272 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:26,319 Speaker 1: the stats from the US Bureau of Labor statics to 273 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 1: show that black women lost thirty eight thousand jobs, and 274 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 1: their unemployment went up by one hundred and six thousand, 275 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 1: So it remained unchanged. But that doesn't mean that black 276 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 1: women were not affected. So they say so when you 277 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:47,160 Speaker 1: hear them say, oh, the unemployment rate is fined, it's unchanged. No, 278 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 1: let's dig into it and let's see what it really 279 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 1: looked like. You know, guys, I love doing relationships analogies 280 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:54,440 Speaker 1: because it's the easiest way to understand. Oh, I'm the 281 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:56,720 Speaker 1: same man I always was. Yeah, you look like the 282 00:13:56,760 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 1: same man. You sometimes act like the same man. But 283 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 1: let you say you unchanged. But let's really get into 284 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 1: it and see how you really treat me. Hey, man, 285 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 1: put a five in a chat if you know what 286 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 1: I'm talking about. So we ain't gonna go with this. Well, 287 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 1: it's remained unchanged. No, let's kind of get down to 288 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:18,680 Speaker 1: it and let's talk about how unemployment went up one 289 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:22,720 Speaker 1: hundred and six thousand, it says. Bloomberg notes that the 290 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 1: unemployment rate for black women was a full percentage higher 291 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 1: at six point one percent compared to five point one percent. 292 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:34,600 Speaker 1: And this rate has been on the rise since February. 293 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 1: So if it's been on the rise since February, then 294 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:41,960 Speaker 1: what is it doing. It's gonna continue to go up again. 295 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: Let's deal with the many factors that your girl told 296 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 1: you was coming, that they said wasn't coming. It wasn't 297 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 1: affecting nobody. But those of y'all have said, well, I 298 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: didn't vote for Trump, and I hope they get what 299 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 1: they get and it is what it is, and all 300 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 1: of that. Well, at the end of the day, it 301 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 1: affects everybody. This is not just the people that just 302 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 1: voted for Trump. I didn't vote for Trump. It says 303 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 1: that the steady incline and this source is available on 304 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:07,000 Speaker 1: afro tech. Let me put it in the chat, so 305 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 1: it says some of the stuffs, so you know this 306 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 1: is what afro tech that this is, you know, verify source. 307 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 1: This story was also in multiple different places as well, 308 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 1: so it says some of the steady decline in their 309 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:22,360 Speaker 1: unemployment is partially partially partially. Don't let them try to 310 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:24,480 Speaker 1: switch it up, guys. I'm not saying it's all d 311 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:27,640 Speaker 1: I I'm not saying it's all dodged. I'm not saying, 312 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 1: but we must note the partial nothing is absolute partially 313 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 1: attributed to the decline in workforce as a result of 314 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 1: initiatives being pushed by the Trump administration DEI initiatives at 315 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 1: the federal level, and many corporations who have followed suit 316 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 1: to ensure their policies are in alignment. For example, Target, 317 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 1: let me say it again, corporations like Target, Walmart, all 318 00:15:57,240 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 1: of those that said we're gonna follow DEI and we're 319 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 1: gonna make sure we're in alignment. That's a part of it. 320 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 1: And to sit up your act like it's not, it's 321 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 1: very irresponsible. Black women at the federal level have declined 322 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:15,200 Speaker 1: by an estimated thirty three percent within the last year 323 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 1: in comparison to the three point seven drop across all 324 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 1: workforce overall. It's that the unusual nature of this increase 325 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 1: in black women's unemployment is a testament to the direct 326 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 1: result of the anti DEI and anti black focus of 327 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 1: new administration policies. It says, this is doing damage to 328 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:42,840 Speaker 1: the black community something we have not seen before. Stop 329 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 1: sharing my screen so again, guys, Partial is the keyword. 330 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:52,800 Speaker 1: Partial is the keyword. We know there's a number of 331 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:58,040 Speaker 1: things DEI. We also know that Dodge that went in 332 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:00,800 Speaker 1: and cleared up all the federal employees and the largest 333 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:04,679 Speaker 1: employee for black people, is the federal government, and then 334 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 1: there's just regular unemployment issues. So when we mix all 335 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 1: of those things together, and we mix people not being 336 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:16,119 Speaker 1: able to find jobs because the economy and companies are 337 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:20,960 Speaker 1: cutting back, all of that plays into the result. Don't 338 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:32,200 Speaker 1: let nobody tell you anything different. Now. I want to 339 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:35,680 Speaker 1: address this because I see this all the time. I 340 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:37,440 Speaker 1: want to talk a little bit about DII. And I've 341 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 1: said this before. I guess many of y'all think that 342 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 1: these are all affirmative action. We gotta employ black people 343 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:46,640 Speaker 1: because they don't have the merit and so forth. One 344 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 1: sister says in the comments today, I don't know about 345 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:51,960 Speaker 1: DEI I've never benefitted from it. I've always had to 346 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,480 Speaker 1: work harder and be more qualified. Let me give you 347 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:57,159 Speaker 1: some breaking news. Black women are the most educated. We 348 00:17:57,200 --> 00:17:59,560 Speaker 1: always got to be more qualified and work the hardest. 349 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:02,359 Speaker 1: That's not breaking news. That has nothing to do with 350 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:06,439 Speaker 1: companies that have had to be forced somebody say force 351 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:14,400 Speaker 1: to give people black or as y'all say, of color 352 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:19,879 Speaker 1: and opportunity. We are very well aware that I am 353 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 1: typically the best in the room, the over qualified in 354 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 1: the room. That's not what this is about. I also 355 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:28,639 Speaker 1: want to remind you that just because you were not 356 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:34,399 Speaker 1: hired under a DEI or an affirmative action program, I 357 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:37,920 Speaker 1: want to remind you. For those of y'all to say, oh, yeah, 358 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 1: it's just my merit, I want to remind you that 359 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:43,159 Speaker 1: when you put these type of policies in place and 360 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:48,439 Speaker 1: they feel like they don't have to do anything with 361 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:52,720 Speaker 1: zero backlash with civil rights guests who might be losing 362 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:56,360 Speaker 1: a job. See, this is what y'all getting confused about this. 363 00:18:56,359 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 1: This is not just oh, a program given is that 364 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:04,359 Speaker 1: I was having and I won't say, but I was 365 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:10,639 Speaker 1: talking about, yeah, just because uh, you're supporting your You're saying, oh, 366 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:12,960 Speaker 1: I'm supporting you because you're the best employee, or you 367 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:15,360 Speaker 1: got the best numbers on your podcast or whatever it is. 368 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:21,159 Speaker 1: If there's nothing conscious in policy that says do it 369 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 1: because it's the right thing. If there's nothing in Target 370 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 1: in Walmart that say we strive for diversity and they 371 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 1: feel they don't have to do it, guess what they 372 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:34,440 Speaker 1: gonna do. Time, Guess what they gonna do, Cassie, guess 373 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:36,680 Speaker 1: what they're gonna do it, Turny Shelby not do it. 374 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 1: So those of y'all that think y'all above it and think, oh, yeah, 375 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 1: well it don't affect me. You gonna find out just 376 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 1: how much forcing their hand are making them even have 377 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:51,800 Speaker 1: to consider doing the moral, moral right thing to hire 378 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:55,200 Speaker 1: that over qualified black man and black woman. When once 379 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:58,640 Speaker 1: you removed that out of the equation, we gonna see 380 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:00,480 Speaker 1: what it looked like. So stop this. I was thinking, 381 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 1: this is just about you. Another thing. Y'all love to 382 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 1: say the white women benefit from him more. Of course 383 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 1: they do. But what does it have to do with 384 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:10,359 Speaker 1: me benefiting from it? Charlumay asked me. Yes, said, well 385 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 1: have you ever benefited from it? Absolutely? With an actual 386 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:17,120 Speaker 1: contract with the state, with the City of Orlando. I 387 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 1: got the contract without my certifications based upon merit because 388 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:22,960 Speaker 1: I worked at the third and fourth largest staffing firm 389 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:25,920 Speaker 1: in the world. So Spirian hired me because they knew 390 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:29,399 Speaker 1: that I was able to staff. I was able to 391 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:33,919 Speaker 1: keep the contract to be competitive. Somebody say competitive because 392 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:38,119 Speaker 1: I was minority owned, veteran owned, women own, and the 393 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 1: City of Orlando said they want to strive to have 394 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 1: diverse contractors. So I got it on merit. But I 395 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 1: was able to maintain it because if somebody else was 396 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:55,960 Speaker 1: as qualified, more qualified, or maybe not as qualified, but 397 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:57,919 Speaker 1: they were able to say, hey, look we gave a 398 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:01,119 Speaker 1: contract to a black woman veteran, and they're gonna go 399 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:03,919 Speaker 1: with that person and government contractor. You can believe it 400 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 1: every time because they are looking to check the boxes 401 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:10,960 Speaker 1: because when in politics and the cit of Orlando, they 402 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,120 Speaker 1: want to be able to say, we're the city beautiful, 403 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 1: and we mean that because we offered diverse contracts so 404 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:20,920 Speaker 1: that all of our constituents benefit from city tax dollars 405 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 1: as they should. See a lot of these people that 406 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:24,680 Speaker 1: you're listening to with di guys, they don't know what 407 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:26,720 Speaker 1: the hell they're talking about. They never had a government contract, 408 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:28,439 Speaker 1: so they literally don't know what the other they're talking about. 409 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:33,439 Speaker 1: And yes, the white woman. There was also a subcontractor 410 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:35,879 Speaker 1: with me. I employed three hundred employees, one hundred and 411 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:37,320 Speaker 1: twenty five people that had to put to work every 412 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 1: twenty four hours. When healthcare reform hit and Spirriann had 413 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 1: to raise their rates, they lost the contract. So they 414 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 1: merged me in with the other contractor that had the 415 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:51,720 Speaker 1: white woman. I had to split it with her. I said, 416 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:54,040 Speaker 1: I can't afford to only put five to six people 417 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:58,879 Speaker 1: to work because I can't afford it, so I lost 418 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:02,119 Speaker 1: the contract. He was able to maintain the contract. It 419 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:03,439 Speaker 1: wasn't that they didn't want to give it to me, 420 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 1: but she was able to maintain the contract. You know 421 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 1: why she had funding because we don't, as black women 422 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:12,679 Speaker 1: don't have access to funding. I use what was called factoring, 423 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:15,480 Speaker 1: which means my contract, I was able to show a 424 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 1: lender who robbed me blind gave me ninety five percent 425 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:20,160 Speaker 1: of my money, and they said, well, we know based 426 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 1: on your invoices you're gonna be able to pay it, 427 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:24,399 Speaker 1: so we're gonna advance you the money. And because I 428 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 1: had a staff confirm, I had to pay that right 429 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 1: out immediately, that taxes and plooring taxes, all that kind 430 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:31,920 Speaker 1: of stuff. So it was never any property. Though I 431 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:34,400 Speaker 1: had one hundred thousand plus you know of payroll every month, 432 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:36,400 Speaker 1: it didn't matter because it went right in and write out. 433 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 1: And I was never able to have funding that could 434 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 1: float me. So when when the contract split in half 435 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:44,440 Speaker 1: and they said, okay, instead of one hundred people, well 436 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 1: only you only can give you eighteen or seven, I'm like, yeah, 437 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:50,199 Speaker 1: I can't do that anymore. I can't afford that. Now 438 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:51,760 Speaker 1: if I had funding, I would have been able to 439 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 1: float that till I went and got other business to 440 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 1: compensate for that loss. So when I lost the contract, 441 00:22:57,240 --> 00:23:00,320 Speaker 1: guess who lost jobs? People like Aaron Clark who did 442 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:04,479 Speaker 1: ten years in prison, young ladies who had jobs, who 443 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 1: were in shelters that needed to be able to stick 444 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 1: in their program to say that we're getting work. People 445 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,440 Speaker 1: are on probation that needed to be able to show 446 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:15,840 Speaker 1: they had work. And then I still have regular folks, 447 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:18,320 Speaker 1: people with PhDs that have just got laid off. Because 448 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 1: this was directly after a recession. So I hired from 449 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 1: across the board, a community business that hired that looked 450 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 1: past records that Spurion or the city would not look past. 451 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:31,440 Speaker 1: I did that, So it wasn't that it just hurt 452 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:35,879 Speaker 1: me because I recovered, but not being an employer to 453 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:39,159 Speaker 1: individuals that needed me, that needed a shot. This is 454 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 1: how it affected them. Put a five in thee chat 455 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 1: if it's making sense. So as you're listening to people 456 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:47,719 Speaker 1: on these podcasts, as you're listening to people on these 457 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:51,040 Speaker 1: radio who may be doing very well, who may be wealthy, 458 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 1: asked a couple of things. Have they ever had a 459 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:56,720 Speaker 1: government contract? Do they know anything about how this works. 460 00:23:57,359 --> 00:23:59,359 Speaker 1: Don Mooney, I've set on his board for years. He 461 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 1: owns down Mooney Enterprises and Nurses, et cetera forty million 462 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 1: dollar company, ultra conservative who has always said do for self. Well, 463 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:12,160 Speaker 1: mister Mooney, you came up under the eight A program 464 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:15,920 Speaker 1: Meany of you may understand familiar with the A federal program. 465 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:21,399 Speaker 1: It's a program that's basically like an apprenticeship that allows 466 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:24,920 Speaker 1: you to partner with larger companies so that you can 467 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:28,399 Speaker 1: scale up. One of the hardest things for black businesses, 468 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:32,200 Speaker 1: especially and small businesses is scale up. By the way, 469 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 1: that training is also available, guys, the ten things that 470 00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 1: I learned in business business mistakes. That training is also 471 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:40,959 Speaker 1: available on telimfergo dot com for twenty five bucks. It's 472 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,720 Speaker 1: a video with me just about fifteen minutes. It's only 473 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:48,480 Speaker 1: twenty five bucks. It has some downloadable downloadable materials as well. 474 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 1: Just an fy. I did that because the Chamber is 475 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:56,640 Speaker 1: enrolling a lot of their folks in just as an 476 00:24:56,680 --> 00:25:00,000 Speaker 1: FI a lot of their folks in the push to line, 477 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:02,399 Speaker 1: So I'm giving them a two for one. Why am 478 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 1: I doing that, Cassie, Well, remember on the Save the 479 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 1: Shack and the secure. Remember number three is securing our nonprofits. 480 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:12,880 Speaker 1: So my nonprofits, I've been partnering with them to get 481 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:16,240 Speaker 1: their members in to offer two for one, or how 482 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:18,399 Speaker 1: can we get more of them involved, how can we 483 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:21,120 Speaker 1: do it as a fundraiser to split the fees so 484 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:24,400 Speaker 1: that a kickback goes to them. I believe in doing 485 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:27,399 Speaker 1: stuff by action, not by talk. So if you know 486 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:30,480 Speaker 1: a nonprofit, if you know a group that has five 487 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:32,400 Speaker 1: or ten people and they want to do it as 488 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 1: a fundraiser, I'm also you know, offering them kickbacks on 489 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 1: all of the enrollments so it goes directly back to them. 490 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 1: So they have a member and say, hey, we're it's 491 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:43,119 Speaker 1: fifty bucks for the course, guys, but twenty five of 492 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:46,159 Speaker 1: it goes directly back to us, or fifteen of it 493 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 1: or whatever it is. You know that I negotiate with them, 494 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 1: at least it goes right back to the organization. That's 495 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:54,960 Speaker 1: what I mean when I say secure the nonprofits. So 496 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 1: now not only am I giving your members' resources to 497 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:01,320 Speaker 1: hopefully grow your organization, but we're also giving the money 498 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:03,920 Speaker 1: right back to them. And that's another reason why. God, 499 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:05,480 Speaker 1: I know I'm getting off course, but I just want 500 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:07,720 Speaker 1: you guys, to know the movement that you're a part 501 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,200 Speaker 1: of and why it's so important that I have your support. 502 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 1: I can only do these things when I'm doing virtual. 503 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:16,119 Speaker 1: A lot of y'all want me to come in person. 504 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 1: It's just not feasibly. I can't afford to do it. Literally, 505 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 1: three days to go out of town, ninety days of 506 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 1: marketing to get the amount of people we need in 507 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:27,240 Speaker 1: the room, and to charge one hundred and fifty dollars 508 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:30,199 Speaker 1: two hundred dollars per person to cover expenses and all 509 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:32,919 Speaker 1: of that, I'll never get this training off the ground. 510 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 1: So Virtual allows the resources to come in and me 511 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 1: to put those resources back out to the community, and 512 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:41,600 Speaker 1: for us to have more people in the class, and 513 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:43,960 Speaker 1: for me to be able to do it often and longer. 514 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:49,000 Speaker 1: So please know that your investment is to a bigger cause, 515 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:51,679 Speaker 1: much bigger than you and I and I appreciate it. 516 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:55,239 Speaker 1: So with that said, guys, I wanted to give you 517 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:59,600 Speaker 1: that rundown. If you have any questions, please ask them now. 518 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,080 Speaker 1: This is how we're gonna do straight shot, no chaser. 519 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:06,040 Speaker 1: Every week, only ten people can get in the room. 520 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:08,960 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do just like I did in my news bureau, guys, 521 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,600 Speaker 1: look for the link. I am trying to do this 522 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 1: every Sunday, guys, but I'm terrible at it because I 523 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:15,800 Speaker 1: just be traveling all the time and so much is 524 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 1: going on. But I always drop content every Thursday. I 525 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 1: will always you know, you're gonna get content regardless, but 526 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:25,000 Speaker 1: just be make sure you're in my news borrow so 527 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:27,200 Speaker 1: you can get that link so that you can join me. 528 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:31,720 Speaker 1: And I'm always open to you guys joining me, you know, 529 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 1: being in the chat with me, joining the show and 530 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:37,640 Speaker 1: giving a shout out. Are there any shoutouts of any 531 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:40,639 Speaker 1: businesses that I need to mention before I get out 532 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:41,720 Speaker 1: of it, because I do want to thank you for 533 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:44,119 Speaker 1: your time, guys, of coming over and just being in 534 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:46,200 Speaker 1: the chat with me, because it does make a difference 535 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:48,880 Speaker 1: to make sure you know that I'm I'm answering any question. 536 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:52,679 Speaker 1: So if there's no questions, if there's nothing else that 537 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:55,640 Speaker 1: you have or okay, Gus, you want to know when 538 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:58,880 Speaker 1: are you gonna discuss the Trump promise about cutting funds? 539 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:04,359 Speaker 1: Are you talking to out the the housing? If you're 540 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 1: talking about the housing, this is two thousand. His proposal 541 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 1: for that is twenty twenty six. I will do a 542 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 1: show just on that guys that did really, really well. 543 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:15,720 Speaker 1: I did a twelve minute commentary on it. I think 544 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:18,639 Speaker 1: I pretty much unpacked it, unless you have any additional questions, 545 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:21,040 Speaker 1: but I pretty much unpacked it. But just in summary, 546 00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:25,200 Speaker 1: it is a proposal. It has not happened yet. They're 547 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:29,720 Speaker 1: talking about twenty twenty six. I'm letting people know because 548 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:34,639 Speaker 1: right now I have two of my houses on Section 549 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:39,360 Speaker 1: eight and they pay partial and I know and I've 550 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:42,479 Speaker 1: seen how, you know, not showing up for inspections, not 551 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:45,200 Speaker 1: being there, how they're doing anything to get people off 552 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:47,640 Speaker 1: this program. And if you know anybody that's ever got 553 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:50,360 Speaker 1: any rental assistance, sometimes you have to wait for years 554 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 1: to get in the program. So I wanted to roll 555 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:55,280 Speaker 1: that out now so that people can be making sure 556 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 1: that they are paying attention to rental assistance, sticking to 557 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:01,880 Speaker 1: the guideline, sticking to you know, all the things that 558 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 1: you have to do, understanding this is not just about 559 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:08,080 Speaker 1: lazy people. There's also disability. Is any program, any grant, 560 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:11,760 Speaker 1: any whatever, anything that supports anything they got to do 561 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:15,480 Speaker 1: with rental that could possibly be on the line. Don't 562 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,080 Speaker 1: listen to these people saying we're gonna be fine. Most 563 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:19,600 Speaker 1: of the people to keep saying we'll be fine. These 564 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:22,760 Speaker 1: content creators are rich guys. They're wealthy, and they sit 565 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,880 Speaker 1: back and say, we're gonna be fine. Who is the 566 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:29,160 Speaker 1: weed that the hell you're talking about? What way are 567 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:31,680 Speaker 1: you talking about if you don't know the answers to 568 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:33,480 Speaker 1: give the people, I'd rather you just say that. But 569 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:35,480 Speaker 1: stop just saying we're gonna be fine. Of course we're 570 00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 1: gonna be fine. But this is not what this is about. 571 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 1: This is about giving you the information to make sure 572 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:45,320 Speaker 1: that you're fine. This is about planning plan A, B, C, D. 573 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:50,400 Speaker 1: So I'm giving people on that one a year heads 574 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:56,080 Speaker 1: up because as it's looking the current state of midterms, 575 00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:58,600 Speaker 1: I don't know about y'all, but it don't look like 576 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:01,560 Speaker 1: Democrats is pushing online for me. So if they're not 577 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:03,720 Speaker 1: pushing on line for men terms. And this is something 578 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:06,080 Speaker 1: that Trump is proposing in twenty twenty six, it could 579 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:10,040 Speaker 1: likely pass. And when people jump in the comments and 580 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:13,600 Speaker 1: lie and say, oh, that's just giving it to the states, 581 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:15,959 Speaker 1: what are you talking about the federal A good portion 582 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:19,040 Speaker 1: that come that the federal The sectionary is a federal program. 583 00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:26,040 Speaker 1: Just because the local LA housing authority manages. It doesn't 584 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:28,360 Speaker 1: mean the money don't come from the federal level. So 585 00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 1: you're getting money from the federal level and you're getting 586 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:33,840 Speaker 1: money from a state level. So don't let these misinform 587 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:38,040 Speaker 1: people tell you that this ain't no big deal. It's 588 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:41,280 Speaker 1: absolutely a big deal, especially for our disabled and our elderly. 589 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:43,920 Speaker 1: So that what you're gonna hear them say is, oh, 590 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:46,040 Speaker 1: they just saying able body people just need to get 591 00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:49,240 Speaker 1: in and get off in two years. Well, first of all, 592 00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:52,160 Speaker 1: what the term is able body? So let's first deal 593 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:55,760 Speaker 1: with that. Number two, if you had a set back 594 00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:58,840 Speaker 1: in your life, how many of you have turned it 595 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:01,680 Speaker 1: around in two years with that a miracle? Let's really 596 00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:06,560 Speaker 1: talk about it, guys. When I left, I had a 597 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:09,520 Speaker 1: business on top of my game. Health Care Forum knocked 598 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:14,040 Speaker 1: us out the game in twenty thirteen of No. Twenty fourteen, 599 00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:17,800 Speaker 1: twenty fifteen, I went to go work on the campaign trail. 600 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:21,680 Speaker 1: My mother had cancer. She passed away in twenty sixteen. 601 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:28,800 Speaker 1: I moved to Houston twenty seventeen. My old man got 602 00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:32,160 Speaker 1: paralyzed twenty seventeen, twenty eight. It took me all the 603 00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:36,800 Speaker 1: way back to twenty twenty to even be a little 604 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:40,920 Speaker 1: bit profitable, and I'm probably with many of you consider 605 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:44,920 Speaker 1: her successful. That's being on national TV, that's happening shows 606 00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:46,840 Speaker 1: and connections and all of that. So I don't want 607 00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:48,920 Speaker 1: to hear this. And I got one child, ain't never 608 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:53,200 Speaker 1: been on nobody's section, ain't nobody's federal or nothing. And 609 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:58,640 Speaker 1: I have a great ex husband that is financially available, mentally, emotionally, 610 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:01,960 Speaker 1: and physical. So I don't want to hear nothing about 611 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:04,640 Speaker 1: these people talking about two years turn around. They haven't 612 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:07,080 Speaker 1: turned shit around in their life in two years. These 613 00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:09,400 Speaker 1: are a lot of people who are misery, y'all miserable, 614 00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:11,880 Speaker 1: and they feel like they since they had to go 615 00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:13,480 Speaker 1: through it, they want everybody else to go through it, 616 00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:16,000 Speaker 1: and their hearts have turned cold. That's the bottom line. 617 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:19,760 Speaker 1: I don't want to mince no words around that. Or 618 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:21,560 Speaker 1: because they didn't get the help, they don't want nobody 619 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:24,000 Speaker 1: else to get the help. I don't want to mince 620 00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:29,480 Speaker 1: no words around that. So that's about all I got 621 00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:32,080 Speaker 1: on it outside of the commentary. Go watch the twelve minutes. 622 00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:35,600 Speaker 1: If you got some additional questions, happy to answer, but 623 00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:38,440 Speaker 1: I laid it out pretty good in the twelve minutes. 624 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:43,400 Speaker 1: All right, guys, that's been straight Shot No Chaser. I 625 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:45,840 Speaker 1: hope you enjoy this new format. Put a five if 626 00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:47,960 Speaker 1: you like this new format again Black Effect. 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