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Listen 20 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 1: to The Black Market on my Heart Radio, app, Apple podcast, 21 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:19,319 Speaker 1: or wherever you listen to podcasts. My next guest is 22 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: truly an industry to decision maker. He's Dr George T. French, Jr. 23 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: In twent and nteen, he became the fifth president of 24 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:30,400 Speaker 1: Clark Atlantic University, the largest United Negro College Fund member 25 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: institution in the country and the largest private HBCU within 26 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 1: the state of Georgia. Doing his tenure at Clark Landing University, 27 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: President French has brought millions of dollars to the institution, 28 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:45,319 Speaker 1: increased corporate partnerships and sponsors, and has led the university 29 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 1: to a worldwide pandemic which we know is so important. 30 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 1: Prior to his appointment, President Frisch served for fourteen years 31 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: as the president of Miles College, making him one of 32 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 1: the longest serving the university of presidents in the country. 33 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: Dr French recently made positive headlines when I was reading 34 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 1: my Houston Chronicle and he announced in that article as 35 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 1: president of Clark Atlantic University, student account balances for the 36 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 1: spring of summer, fall, spring and summer one semesters we 37 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 1: will be brought to a zero balance. Please working with 38 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 1: money making conversations the President of Clark Atlantic University, Dr 39 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 1: George T. French, Jr. How are you doing, sir? Thank 40 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 1: you so much. I'm privileged and honored to be with 41 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 1: you this morning. Well, first of all, I had a 42 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: lot to say, because you're doing a lot of great things. 43 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:38,959 Speaker 1: But there's always a journey to get to this conversation. 44 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 1: And the conversation is that when I read a headline 45 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 1: like that and I realized that in the pandemic hit, 46 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 1: it limited a lot of African American students from taking 47 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 1: a C T S and s A t S to 48 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 1: enroll in various not only a SPCs, but any college 49 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 1: across the country. When you're here about all these situations, 50 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 1: how did this come about? And what led up to 51 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 1: the announcement that the zero balances for the dates I 52 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:09,360 Speaker 1: mentioned for students attending Clark Atlanta University. So, so what 53 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 1: led up to it is is, as we know, we've 54 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: experienced worldwide pandemic, the first such pandemic since the influenza 55 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 1: flew of nineteen eighteen. So it's been a century since 56 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 1: the world dealt with pandemic. This generation has never dealt 57 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 1: with pandemic. So what led up to it was the 58 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: fact that we were on campus at Clark Atlanta University 59 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: and and we had to take transition from on ground 60 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 1: to an online platform for four thousand students within two weeks. 61 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 1: Because people were dying worldwide, the the COVID nineteen was 62 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: spreading at unprecedented rates, So we had to get our 63 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 1: students back home off of campus. We had to d 64 00:03:55,240 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 1: UH centralized, We had to uh dedentsify the campus. So 65 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 1: we sent students back to forty two different cities. But 66 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 1: as on the way home, we realized all of them 67 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 1: would not be able to go online because all of 68 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 1: them didn't have laptop computers at home. So what do 69 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:17,039 Speaker 1: we do? We went and we purchased four thousand We 70 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 1: spent three million dollars to purchase four thousand students, one 71 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 1: for all of our graduate and undergraduate students. What else 72 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 1: did we do? We we refunded tuition, We refunded housing 73 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:34,040 Speaker 1: calls por raded, we refunded a dining, parking, everything. We 74 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 1: reduced tuition by ten per We did everything that we 75 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: could to help our students. We even paid for airline 76 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 1: tickets and bus fare for students to get back home 77 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 1: because we realized the gravity of the situation. So fast 78 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 1: forward to to now, now, five semesters later, our students 79 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:59,359 Speaker 1: are preparing to come back to school for the fall. However, 80 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 1: nine hundred of them had outstanding balances, and the pandemic, 81 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 1: as we know was was was devastating to our nation, 82 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:13,160 Speaker 1: not just to our students, but to Black America. When 83 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 1: we talk about making money, the fact that of all 84 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 1: African American businesses went out of business during pandemic, this 85 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:26,360 Speaker 1: is unpreceded. So our students were suffering. Yet they were 86 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: preparing to come back in the fall to the campus 87 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: on ground, but they had balances. So what we decided 88 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: to do was we decided to take two million dollars 89 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:40,599 Speaker 1: and pay off student balances so that they could return 90 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:44,720 Speaker 1: to school in the fall. Students are I'm gonna tell you, 91 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 1: for the last two months, every day I've gotten emails 92 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:53,159 Speaker 1: and calls wondering how we can help them to return 93 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: to school in the fall. This was one of the solutions. Well, 94 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: here's to good the beauty of what we're talking about HBCUs. 95 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 1: For several reasons in corporate America discovered HBCUs, you know, 96 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 1: with massive donations and led by Mackenzie Scott who's delivered 97 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:13,279 Speaker 1: the four point one billion dollars I believe to various 98 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 1: HBCUs across the country. But this happened in pandemic awareness. 99 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:22,280 Speaker 1: Why do you think that suddling in twenty that corporations 100 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 1: started to acknowledge the quality of education is being produced 101 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 1: at HBCUs, Dr French And how do we move forward 102 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 1: to continue that resonating within the corporate community as well 103 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:37,479 Speaker 1: as the general community overall for donations. Well, I think 104 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: I think in actuality, we've been on the precipice of 105 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,720 Speaker 1: the relationship that we had with corporate America for some 106 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:48,040 Speaker 1: years now. I don't think it just occurred to corporate 107 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 1: America what actually happened. And I think you and I 108 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 1: both have witnessed the fact that at one time it 109 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 1: was a moral imperative. It was a moral imperative to 110 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:01,720 Speaker 1: hire African Americans, to hire the graduates of our HBC 111 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: used but empirically based data inform these corporations that their 112 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 1: bottom lines would be increased should they diversify. So it's 113 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 1: no longer a moral imperative, but it's a smart business 114 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 1: decision to find the crim baa crim to come to 115 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: the Atlanta University Center, which is the largest consortia of 116 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 1: HBCUs in the nation, and you find the best and 117 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 1: the brightest students there so these corporations, yes, some of 118 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 1: them gave because of of the tragedies of social injustice, 119 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 1: but most of them. Now my conversation is not talking 120 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 1: about how they can give us a gift uh to 121 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 1: create their conscious. 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When he's 163 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:16,080 Speaker 1: talking about excellence, when you're talking about the corporations, recognizing 164 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 1: seventy percent of the Black dennists comes from HBCUs, seventy 165 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 1: percent of the black doctors come from HBCUs, of the 166 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 1: black public school teachers, fifth percent of the black lawyers, 167 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 1: for the percent of the black engineers, for the percent 168 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 1: of Black members of Congress. We're not just talking about 169 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:36,200 Speaker 1: our Vice President Kamala Harris. Eighteen percent of the Black fortune, 170 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 1: five hundred of CEOs and eighteen percent of CEOs in 171 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 1: general come from hbc U s. And this is the 172 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 1: whole purpose of this interview. When I saw that announcement 173 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 1: by doctor French, who was the president of Clark Atlanta University, 174 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 1: renouncing these like you said, roughly nine hundred students who 175 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:54,960 Speaker 1: were struggling to deal with the dead balance, and they 176 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:58,839 Speaker 1: rectified that. He rectified the situation when students had to 177 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:02,720 Speaker 1: go home by by getting laptops so they can continue 178 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:06,319 Speaker 1: their education. Because what we cannot do within any community, 179 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 1: especially the African American community, is limited our opportunities to 180 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:14,320 Speaker 1: be educated. How important is that is that? In general? 181 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 1: I can say it, I'm a novice, I'm on the outside, 182 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 1: but you are an educator. Dr French talk about education, 183 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 1: the impact it has on our Black community and how 184 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 1: it levels the playing fields for opportunities in general. But 185 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:29,959 Speaker 1: thank you, sir, and those statistics where I mean you 186 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 1: are eminently correct on those statistics. We are the creators. 187 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 1: HBCUs are the creators of the Black middle class. That's 188 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 1: that's that's essentially what we do. And we were proud 189 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 1: that the United Negro College Fund, under the leadership of 190 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 1: Michael Lomax and Rodriguez Mary, went to Washington. They led 191 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 1: the effort amongst h b C used to go to 192 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:57,080 Speaker 1: Washington to push for the cares that to get the 193 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 1: billions of dollars for the her Relief which is Higher 194 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 1: Education Emergency Relief Fund, which is the way that we're 195 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:08,440 Speaker 1: able to use and to fund some of our initiatives 196 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:12,040 Speaker 1: because the United Negal College Fund and the whole world 197 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:17,199 Speaker 1: understands that to receive a college education is just not 198 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 1: self um edification, but it's the only way that you 199 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:26,559 Speaker 1: build generational wealth. What we see, what we see today 200 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:29,960 Speaker 1: is we need generational wealth not just for one generation, 201 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 1: but it has to be intergenerational as well. And the 202 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 1: only way you do that that we've seen empirically based 203 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:40,199 Speaker 1: data indicates that you do that with a college education. 204 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 1: It indicates the United Negal College Fund also be a 205 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:49,480 Speaker 1: study indicating that with a college degree, on average, African 206 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:54,959 Speaker 1: Americans earned at least one million dollars more per their lifetime. 207 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 1: And more importantly, they set the stage for those who 208 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 1: would come behind them. As the first generation college students graduate. 209 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 1: You have other members at family reunion tell us about college, 210 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:10,840 Speaker 1: tell us about university, and they get excited and they 211 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: look forward to going to college and university and it 212 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 1: perpetuates our entire race African Americans. That's why we are 213 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:23,320 Speaker 1: doing so well because we have embraced two things. In 214 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:27,719 Speaker 1: my opinion, we even embraced the church and we've embraced education. 215 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:31,840 Speaker 1: And these this formula is the formula for success. I 216 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:34,520 Speaker 1: do believe, sir well, that one is the formula. But 217 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 1: when you look at the school or a hundred and 218 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 1: fifty year legacy, that's what we're talking about, Dr French. 219 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 1: You know, a legacy when that's powerful and you're a 220 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 1: powerful man to be able to accept the responsibility of that. 221 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 1: Not only four thousand young people who are going to 222 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:50,439 Speaker 1: out and change the world, because that's what they're gonna do. 223 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 1: That's why to put those numbers out there, because so 224 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 1: many people, like you said, are giving it bigome money 225 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:58,679 Speaker 1: out of diversity. Please don't do that. Give money to 226 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:02,720 Speaker 1: us because we're produced cream Daylight, cream black experence on 227 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:05,840 Speaker 1: a daily basis, not just at Clark Atlanta Universe, but 228 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:09,199 Speaker 1: all HPCUS. But we're doing an interview by Clark Atlanta University, 229 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 1: a school is on this own that the President decided, 230 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:15,199 Speaker 1: you know something, I'm not gonna handicap these young people, 231 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 1: these nine hundred young people. I'm gonna help these young 232 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 1: people because in the end, it's all about passing forward. 233 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 1: That's where God comes in, That's what partnership comes in, 234 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 1: that's what friendship comes in. With that level of articulation, 235 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 1: Dr French, talk to us about how you feel and 236 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: how the response is within the community, because it's all 237 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 1: about the community and all about trying to make a difference, 238 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 1: and you're making a difference. Expound on that, sir, Well, 239 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 1: it's it's interesting that you've raised that point because my 240 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 1: spirit has been so lifted during this process and seeing 241 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 1: how how students are impacted, but more importantly, how the 242 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 1: community is impacted. We are the first institution HBC in 243 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 1: the nation to provide graduate degree. Atlanta University is where 244 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 1: w Eb the Boys did his greatest work. And he 245 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:10,640 Speaker 1: didn't just stay within the Ivory Tower of academy, but 246 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 1: the Boys was the advisor to the Department United States 247 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 1: Department of Labor. Based on and predicated upon his studies 248 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 1: of African Americans in Atlanta as well as Philadelphia, he 249 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 1: was able to garner data, empirically based data to indicate 250 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 1: what it means for African Americans to be in the 251 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:33,920 Speaker 1: mind in the minds, what it means for them to 252 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 1: be in the stell factories. However, would it also means 253 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 1: for them when they transition to higher education? What a 254 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 1: difference it makes. That was the very beginning of the 255 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 1: social justice conversation, and I have to say to you 256 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: said that a lot of times we talk about social 257 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:54,840 Speaker 1: justice when we when we're marching in the streets and 258 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 1: we're talking about jobs and fair housing, But it goes 259 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 1: a little bit deeper. If you go to the emergency 260 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:03,800 Speaker 1: room today, you may not get the same level of 261 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: treatment because the the the trials for um UH, the 262 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 1: trials for these different medicines didn't always include African Americans. 263 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:16,240 Speaker 1: So we have to make sure that we're in those 264 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 1: trials because it's more than just about a dollar. It's 265 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 1: also about the health of our communities. So so social 266 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 1: justice impacts us on so many different levels. And it's 267 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 1: the job of the Academy to stand on that wall 268 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 1: and to say to the community, to to society, this 269 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 1: is what social justice equity actually looks like. And that's 270 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 1: what we do on a daily basis by showing excellence. 271 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 1: And anytime you want to see black excellence, you don't 272 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 1: have to just come to Crock Atlanta University. You can 273 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 1: go to over one hundred institutions across this nation and 274 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 1: witness black excellence every single day. I love it. I 275 00:16:56,920 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 1: love Dr fre Jo Brian did just like me and 276 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 1: so that's why you were surprised at the reaction. You're 277 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:06,240 Speaker 1: just serving your purpose. You were delivering a cause on 278 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 1: the need. And that's why when I saw the article, 279 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 1: I need it, Realy called my friend Wendy Williams over 280 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:14,680 Speaker 1: at w C. Okay, I said, I gotta get him 281 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:16,159 Speaker 1: on that air. Can you give it? I want to 282 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 1: put it on my show on Tuesday so we can continue. 283 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:21,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna feature you on my social media as my 284 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 1: motivational Monday talking about you do. Gonna put my newsletter 285 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:27,960 Speaker 1: that goes out to twenti thousand subscribers. My whole thing 286 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 1: is that it's about brand building. All I can do 287 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 1: is tell your story. But your story that you're trying 288 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 1: to create is new opportunities for students who just asking, 289 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:39,879 Speaker 1: but asking. And I always tell us about a college degree. 290 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:43,359 Speaker 1: You cannot reapa a college degree, so when you get it, 291 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:45,359 Speaker 1: they can't take it away. I want to just tell you, 292 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 1: Dr French, keep keep doing what you're doing. I've taken 293 00:17:49,119 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 1: up a little bit more than your time than I requested, 294 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,240 Speaker 1: but I appreciate the time you gave me and allowed 295 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 1: me to tell your story and the story incredible story 296 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:59,920 Speaker 1: of Clark Atlanta University. We look forward to having you 297 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:03,200 Speaker 1: on our beautiful campus to speak directly to our students, 298 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 1: because while we exercise black excellence, our students do best 299 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:10,560 Speaker 1: when they see black excellence. So I need to see 300 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:13,160 Speaker 1: you on my campus so that they can see black 301 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:15,199 Speaker 1: excellence in motion. Or you know you got a man 302 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:19,200 Speaker 1: Kenny Leon one of the top directors, my boy Kenya Barras, 303 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 1: I know him, my girl Jackie Reid, so you know 304 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:24,439 Speaker 1: you're already rocking over there was a black excellence. So 305 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:27,399 Speaker 1: I would be born happy to come on your campus 306 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:30,120 Speaker 1: on a regular basis to be able to showcase why 307 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 1: I love what you're doing. High respect Black excellence and 308 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:35,359 Speaker 1: the power of what you're being able to present at 309 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 1: Clark Atlanta University is defined by the excellence that you've 310 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:42,640 Speaker 1: been delivered by what I just talked about domination as 311 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:45,240 Speaker 1: far as in the community of what you guys deliver 312 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 1: on a daily basis. Thank you sure for coming on 313 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 1: Money Making Conversations. 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