I am pretty sure you all have heard of the idiom “march to the beat of your own drum” a social life metaphor for being independent or individualized. But, how has this catechism distorted our personal views on the association of community in which has always been a collaborative effort? What has happened over the […]
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Entrepreneurship has always been apart of the African-America social construct; but never referred to as “Social Entrepreneurship” a concept steeped in creating social value. In order that we continue this legacy of creating value for others we have to look outside of our communities and see the bigger picture in terms of the causes that
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Surviving college as HBCU students truly means more than getting your college degree and going out in the world to get a job. It means more than accepting the conditions of the present just to say that you are a college student. What it does represent is the past battles that was began being waged
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As, you know we are in the worse financial crisis on a global scale that has ever been recorded. All over the world we are witnessing distress on this planet at an alarming rate. There are wars, famines, earthquakes, floods, and volcano eruptions that is signaling the changing of the seasons. Despite the bleak realities
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Implementing success into any aspect of your life requires; patience, diligence, perseverance, fortitude, hard work, passion, and little bit of luck. There are numerous of examples of individuals who were able to implement success into their college experiences. Take for example George Lewis Ruffin (1834-1886) who was the 1st black to graduate from Harvard University
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Your responsibility in this 21st century will hinge on being able to learn from many conceptual frameworks of study. You have to become an all around individual and that can mean being able to learn from many different sources of information. The times have presented themselves where all college students must incorporate finance as a
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There is no real secret to investing that lays out a path that you can jump on and ride the waves of success. You have to first and foremost set in motion a sufficient plan of action for multiple generations ahead of time. If you are not beginning with the end in mind towards your
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What is it that sets us apart and makes us unique? How do begin to think of news ways in which to operate and govern our own communities? How do we account for all of the past HBCU graduates who don’t think giving back to their own communities is worth the investment? What type of
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