1 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: Welcome to money Making Conversations. It's to show that she 2 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:10,079 Speaker 1: is the secrets of success experience firsthand by marketing and 3 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 1: branding expert Rashan McDonald. I will know he's giving me 4 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 1: advice on many occasions. And in case you didn't notice, I'm 5 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: not broke. You know he'll be interviewing celebrity CEOs, entrepreneurs 6 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: and industry decision make because it's what he likes to do. 7 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:23,920 Speaker 2: It's what he likes to share. 8 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 1: Now it's time to hear from my man, Rashaan McDonald. 9 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: Money making conversations. 10 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:32,200 Speaker 2: Here we come. Welcome to money Making Conversations. I'm your host, 11 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:35,600 Speaker 2: Rashawn McDonald. It is important to understand that everybody travels 12 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 2: a different path to success. That's because your brand is 13 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:41,200 Speaker 2: different and the challenges you facing your life will be different. 14 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 2: So I always tell people stop reading other people's success 15 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 2: stories because it's time you start writing your own. Yes, 16 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:49,199 Speaker 2: they stories look great, but it's their stories. It's time 17 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:51,279 Speaker 2: for you to get your own committed effort and your 18 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 2: own plan to be successful. My next guess is about planning. 19 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 2: He started early in life and I call him a 20 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 2: very good seeing friend. We've seen each other many Times 21 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 2: is Mark Morion. He's a president and CEO of the 22 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,960 Speaker 2: National Urban League. The National Urban League is the nation's 23 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 2: largest historic, civil rights and urban advocacy organization. Marcus the 24 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 2: leading voice on the national stage in the battle for jobs, education, housing, 25 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 2: and voting rights equity. With ninety National Urban League affiliates 26 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 2: across the country serving three hundred communities, they address it 27 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 2: all education, jobs, health, housing and voting and most important, 28 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:29,680 Speaker 2: civic engagement. Please welcome to the money making conversation, my 29 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 2: friend Mark Morion. 30 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 3: Hey Rashan, my pleasure, Thank you very much. 31 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 4: Happy New Year to you, and happy Kwanza and happy 32 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,639 Speaker 4: Merry Christmas and all that good stuff. 33 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 3: And I know coming at you lake and a little 34 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 3: bit early Happy King Day. 35 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 2: I appreciate it because it's coming. And guess wait, and 36 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 2: were about to our vice president, the elected about to 37 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 2: change the world in this month, tell me about their feelings. 38 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 4: And you know, today I was on a call with 39 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 4: members of the President elect's team talking about COVID, talking 40 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 4: about racial justice, and also talking about this insurrection that 41 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 4: just took place at the Capitol. So these are very demanding, 42 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 4: tough and difficult times. But I think there's great anticipation 43 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:22,800 Speaker 4: for the coming of the Biden administration and the exiting 44 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 4: of the Trump administration. 45 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,640 Speaker 3: But what we've seen over the last week. 46 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 4: Is nothing short of distressing, repulsive, noxious, and criminal. 47 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 2: Yes, now, when you say all these things, let's go 48 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 2: back a little bit. When President Obama won his first term, 49 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 2: he had control of the House and the Senate, but 50 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:50,959 Speaker 2: he still was blocked. Right now, Biden has control of 51 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 2: the House in the Senate with an the Sendate the 52 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,640 Speaker 2: vote we broken by our Vice President Kamala Harris. Do 53 00:02:56,720 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 2: you feel he will be able to do things versus 54 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 2: and we know the races. 55 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:02,959 Speaker 3: I think he can do things. 56 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 4: I think he's going to have to number one, get 57 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 4: off to a fast start, an immediate start, to take 58 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:13,239 Speaker 4: advantage of the momentum and the consensus and the coalition 59 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:14,080 Speaker 4: he's built. 60 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 3: Nin Number two, he's going to have to continue to 61 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 3: be visible. 62 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 4: And talking to the people about the transformation and change 63 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 4: and his vision for the country and how the steps 64 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 4: he takes further that vision. And then I think number three, 65 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 4: he's going to have to continue to reach out to 66 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 4: wide numbers of people to engage with them across the board. 67 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 3: I don't think he can be a Rose Garden president. 68 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 4: I think he's got to get out and about, even 69 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 4: in the midst of COVID to the best that he 70 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 4: can to engage with people. 71 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 3: So I think he has a shot. 72 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 4: Now he's going to have to keep Democrats unified in 73 00:03:57,720 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 4: the House, in the Senate and try to pick up 74 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 4: some Republican support, which is not easy given the times 75 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 4: in which we live. 76 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 3: But I think there's a great ideal of anticipation. 77 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 4: Look, Donald Trump is leaving behind a recession, and not 78 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:17,040 Speaker 4: to be partisan or political, He's the third Republican president 79 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 4: in a row to leave a recession behind. He leaves 80 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 4: job losses, deep economic pain. George Bush the second left 81 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:32,279 Speaker 4: job losses and deep economic pain and the Great Recession. 82 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:35,279 Speaker 4: You go all the way back to the nineties. George Bush, 83 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:39,679 Speaker 4: the first left a recession that Clinton had to address 84 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 4: when he took office. 85 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 2: Now, let's talk about what role would the National Urban League, 86 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 2: you're the President's CEO, of what role do you play 87 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:46,919 Speaker 2: in all this? 88 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 4: We play the role of being a legislative advocate and 89 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 4: a policy advocate. 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Talk about that book and 158 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:39,200 Speaker 2: what because my whole thing is that I would tell 159 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 2: people a good read to good read, a good lesson 160 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 2: is a good lesson. That book had a plenty of 161 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 2: great lessons in it. Talk about that book for a minute. 162 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 2: So I just want to write a book. 163 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 3: You know. 164 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 4: Central to that book where Sean is the idea when 165 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 4: a new administration starts, they've got to have a solid 166 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 4: plan and get off on the good foot, and get 167 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 4: off on a fast foot. And nothing's more important at 168 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 4: the very beginning. When a new administration's popularity, their support, 169 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 4: their credibility is usually the highest at the very beginning. 170 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 4: That book also talks about what you do in the 171 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 4: face of emergencies. The insurrection was an emergency, and emergencies 172 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 4: can paralyze leaders, paralyzed governments, paralyzed businesses. How you have 173 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:31,199 Speaker 4: to respond to the emergency. You have to put the 174 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 4: interests of people and their safety at the front of 175 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:37,719 Speaker 4: an emergency, and so you can't be paralyzed. 176 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 3: So we tell these. 177 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:44,280 Speaker 4: Lessons, and we tell the lessons of working together and 178 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 4: collaboration and unity in this environment. 179 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 3: For us to work together as a nation. 180 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:54,599 Speaker 4: In these times, we must cut out the cancer of racism. 181 00:09:55,520 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 4: If we can't get beyond racism and hate, building strong. 182 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:02,679 Speaker 3: Coalitions is going to ever be more difficult. 183 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:07,200 Speaker 2: Did Donald Trump do anything good during his four years 184 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 2: as a president? 185 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 4: Look, the First Step Act, which was a modest, if 186 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 4: you will, but important step that positively impacted several thousand people, 187 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 4: is something that Donald Trump signed through Jared kushn has supported. 188 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 4: It wasn't perfect, it didn't go far enough, but it did. 189 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:35,200 Speaker 3: Take a step in the right direction. Donald Trump took more. 190 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 4: Credit for that than he deserved because that original bill 191 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:44,440 Speaker 4: was a bill of Congressman Haqem Jeffries, a bill that 192 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:50,080 Speaker 4: Congressman Center Richmond supported, a bill that many many others 193 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 4: in the Congress had pushed for years. Donald Trump kind 194 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 4: of jumped on board late, and yeah, his support helped 195 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 4: push it over the finish line. So I was single 196 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:05,600 Speaker 4: that out was one piece of legislation. But everything else 197 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 4: he did, his rhetoric, his tone, his lack of diversity, 198 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 4: and his appointments. This insurrection, his racial rhetoric sort of 199 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 4: take away his legacy. 200 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:20,320 Speaker 3: His legacy is damaged, his legacy is spoiled. I don't 201 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 3: see how. 202 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 4: I can draw any other conclusion except that he's the 203 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:26,960 Speaker 4: worst president in modern American history. 204 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 2: And that's that's sad because the fact that he played 205 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:36,560 Speaker 2: on everybody's weaknesses, he played on fear. He was a bully. 206 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 2: He's used social media. Is that bully. Being that I'm 207 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 2: based in Georgia, I got to see it firsthand. I 208 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 2: got to see what he did with the Secretary of 209 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:49,600 Speaker 2: State Rasenberger, the Governor Gabrielle Stirling, and then you saw 210 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 2: out of that of Phoenix Rose, Stacy Abrams tell us 211 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 2: about right for. 212 00:11:55,920 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 4: Raphael Warnock and Lita Lands Bottoms and Henkjohnson, and I 213 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 4: can continue to name leaders and uh in Georgia, uh, 214 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 4: the great Ambassador Andrew Young as a moral voice. Uh, 215 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:14,079 Speaker 4: you know, roll Georgia rose in the spirit of Martin 216 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 4: Luther King, in the spirit of Maynard Jackson, in the 217 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:24,679 Speaker 4: spirit of Andy Young. That coalition came together for us, off, 218 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:27,959 Speaker 4: for Warnock, and for Biden. 219 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:33,520 Speaker 3: It was a powerful thing. And it's uh. Uh. 220 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 4: It will always be remembered because it tipped the balance. 221 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 3: Yes, it is gentle balance and gave power. 222 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 4: To the Democrats at a time when doing it is 223 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 4: so important to the future of the country. 224 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 2: Should we be should we feel good now? Should we 225 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 2: feel there is a voice in the White House that 226 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:57,079 Speaker 2: would listen. 227 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 4: I think we should feel that there's now an opportunity 228 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:04,160 Speaker 4: to be optimistic. Yes, And I say an opportunity to 229 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:07,840 Speaker 4: be optimistic because amidst all this pain, amidst all these 230 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 4: potential foreclosures and evictions, amidst the threats of violence that 231 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:16,080 Speaker 4: are being if you will communicate it on the internet, 232 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 4: I can't celebrate. I can't spike the ball, I can't 233 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 4: pop any champagne. It's not time for traditional celebration. It 234 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 4: is time. It is time for us to cast our 235 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 4: eyes on the future and begin to work and keep 236 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 4: our sleeves rolled up and continue, continue to plow, continue 237 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 4: to wrect to continue to row, continue to work. You know, 238 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:44,040 Speaker 4: you crossed that stage as a mayor and the city 239 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 4: of New Orleans at a very early age mark and 240 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 4: just to see the journey and how many times you 241 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 4: came to Steve Harvey mornings you're talking and having passion. 242 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 2: What I'd like, what I love about you, is that 243 00:13:57,040 --> 00:14:00,319 Speaker 2: you've seen change, and you create a change. Went that 244 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:03,480 Speaker 2: early journey when you first had an official varge as 245 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 2: a mayor. 246 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 3: So I got elected amidst a crisis in my own city, 247 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:13,040 Speaker 3: almost five hundred murders a year, a broken economy, no 248 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:14,200 Speaker 3: program for youth, and. 249 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 4: It was I was motivated by cause, the cause to 250 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 4: fix and change and revive a place that I loved 251 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 4: and cherish, my beloved hometown of New Orleans. And you know, 252 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 4: we built a team of young people, old people, black people, 253 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 4: white people, Hispanics and Asians. We built a team of 254 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 4: people and just got down to being about the business. 255 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 4: Politics was not a beginning nor an end. Politics was 256 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 4: simply a means to make change in the lives of people. 257 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 4: So I had that incredible opportunity as a man in 258 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 4: my mid thirties to lead New Orleans, and certainly a 259 00:14:56,760 --> 00:15:00,200 Speaker 4: tremendous opportunity now for the last seventeen years, to lead 260 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 4: this historic civil rights organization. 261 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 2: Well, I hope you understand why I got you on 262 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 2: this call. Listen to what you said when you came 263 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:10,920 Speaker 2: in thirty six years of age in New Orleans. Civil unrests, murders, 264 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 2: economy was out of control. There was no direction, I said, 265 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 2: I told my staff, I said, I got to talk tomorrow. 266 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 2: I said, because he's the king of the Gumbo coalition. 267 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 2: He's a companion of understanding that people need to work 268 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 2: together to win together. And when I talk about when 269 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:29,240 Speaker 2: we see basically when I look at the Biden ticket, 270 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 2: it's a go gumbo coalition. 271 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 3: You have Biden Biden has. 272 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 4: Put together Shoan Biden's put together a gumbo Lord Austin 273 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:42,520 Speaker 4: Marsha Fodge, Jibeba, Sarah Pete Blulagege. I mean, he's uh, 274 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 4: you know, he's put together a ticket that is as 275 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 4: varied and diverses any rather administration so far that has 276 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 4: varied as diverses any in American history. 277 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 2: Well, when I want to talk about the empowering communities 278 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 2: and changing lives, that point empowerment agenda that you have 279 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 2: out there, because my old thing about the National Urban 280 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 2: League is that there's a plan there. When you got there, 281 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 2: there wasn't a plan. In your book, you talk about that, 282 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 2: and we focus we focus on five areas. 283 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 4: We focus on five areas, and we focus on programs, 284 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 4: policy and thought leadership, and we're very focused on the 285 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 4: areas that we focus on. We focus on education, right, 286 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:32,160 Speaker 4: we focus on jobs, we focus on housing, health, we. 287 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:35,120 Speaker 3: Focus on justice issues. 288 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 4: And when we focus on those issues, every organization needs 289 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 4: a focus. You can't be an ambulance chaser. Now, sometimes 290 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 4: you got to be the ambulance, right, But you can't 291 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:53,720 Speaker 4: chase ambulances and civil rights and be effective. You've got 292 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 4: to respond to crises, but you got to have a solid, 293 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 4: proactive plan. And that's with the nationalth Does. That's why 294 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:04,160 Speaker 4: we serve almost two million people a year. That's why 295 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 4: we've got this dynamic network of ninety affiliates across the nation, 296 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:11,199 Speaker 4: with talented men and women doing the important work of 297 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 4: the Arab League movement. 298 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:14,440 Speaker 3: That's why we have. 299 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:20,200 Speaker 4: Sustained ourselves and survived now for one hundred and ten years. 300 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:22,439 Speaker 2: Well, well, Mark, I know I didn't. I can't keep 301 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 2: you long. 302 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 3: I appreciate you with Sean, Let's do it again. 303 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:30,199 Speaker 4: Appreciate your leadership, appreciate your voice, appreciate your friendship and 304 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:33,440 Speaker 4: appreciate the chance to be on with you for another 305 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:39,320 Speaker 4: conversation once again, Gumbo Coalition. You can buy that bookstore 306 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:41,560 Speaker 4: near you or online. God bless you with Sean. 307 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 2: All right, then, thank you for coming on Money Making Conversations. 308 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:47,199 Speaker 2: If you need more money making conversation interview, please go 309 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 2: to Money Making Conversation dot com. 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