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CONTENTS: Mission and Vision of the PIN Magazine .......................................(page 4)

THE CEO CORNER

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Mark Morial, The President of the Urban League..........................(page 8)

REAL ESTATE

THE POWER IS NOW INC. Vol. 02 | Issue 9 Eric Lawrence Frazier, MBA President and CEO Office: (800) 401-8994 Ext. 703 Direct: (714) 361-2105 Eric.Frazier@ThePowerIsNow.com www.thepowerisnow.com www.blogtalkradio.com/thepowerisnow

EDITORIAL TEAM Eric Lawrence Frazier MBA Editor in Chief (800) 401-8994 Ext. 703 Ross Dickens Managing Editor (800) 401-8994 ext. 701 ross.dickens@thepowerisnow.com Goldy Ponce Arratia Graphic Artist and Design Manager (800) 401-8994 ext. 711 goldy.ponce@thepowerisnow.com

CONTRIBUTORS Darren Johnson, Eric Lawrence Frazier, Diane Ting, The Power is Now Research Team

Real Estate in Baltimore, Maryland...............................................(page 12)

TECHNOLOGY Social Media Tips to Help African Americans Grow in 2015...................................................................................(page 17)

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Diversity, the Spice of Life..............................................................(page 22) Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail..................................................................(page 25)

THE CEO CENTERFOLD Cornell Williams Brooks..................................................................(page 26) 100 Black Men of America, Inc....................................................(page 29)

CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY Martin Luther King, Jr......................................................................(page 33) Muhammad Ali...............................................................................(page 34) Malcolm X.......................................................................................(page 36) Rosa Parks.......................................................................................(page 37) Frederick Douglas..........................................................................(page 38) W.E.B. Du Bois .................................................................................(page 39)

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Mission and Vision of the power is now MAGazine Mission

Vision

The Power Is Now e-Magazine is a national real estate and lifestyle magazine that aims to bring together consumers and the real estate, banking, insurance and investment professionals who serve them. Through smart, fun, and timely editorial content, mixed with compelling photographs and quality advertising, TPIN e-Magazine is a surefire way to stay current on all things real estate.

The Power Is Now Online and e-Magazine will be the premier Real Estate Magazine serving consumers, real estate and business professionals nationwide in all metropolitan markets. The Power Is Now Online and e-Magazine will be viewed as the most effective medium for real estate and business professionals to get exposure to consumers and to share their knowledge and information that will empower them to take action.

Each issue will feature a blend of articles from business and industry professional leaders, on topics ranging from residential and commercial real estate to default services, REO and short sales, finance, banking, insurance, dining, fashion, home design, travel, health/fitness, Book/ Movie reviews and more. The Power Is Now eMagazine will be a free subscription magazine available on www.thepowerisnow.com. The Online version will be a paid subscription with more content, video, radio interviews and commentary from news makers and the writers.

Cover and Feature story profiles: The cover of each issue will feature the CEO Centerfold. This individual will always be an extraordinary business professional who is an exceptional leader in real estate, banking, politics or another other related industries.

The Online and e-Magazine will have many sections under the Power Is Now theme: Real Estate Sales, Real Estate Resources, Real Estate Agent Spotlight, Real Estate Headline News, Technology in Real Estate, Real Estate Politics, Real Estate Social media, Real Estate Research & Reports, Business of Real Estate, Real Estate Green & Energy, Real Estate Economics, Real Estate Coaching and the Publishers Note. This is a real estate magazine.

The writers are industry professionals who are practitioners in their fields of expertise. We will bring experts in the industry to share their knowledge and experience. They will provide advice, and information that will enable consumers to navigate through the challenges and opportunities that exist in real estate. and opportunities in life.

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CEO & Publisher Eric Lawrence Frazier, MBA 3739 6th Street, Riverside, CA 921506 Ph: (800) 401-8994 ext. 703 EDITORIAL Editor in Chief: Eric Lawrence Frazier MBA Managing Editor: Ross Dickens ONLINE Web Designer: Abhinav Raj DESIGN Art Director & Design Manager: Goldy Ponce ADMINISTRATIVE Administrative Assistant: Rachel Bacol

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FROM THE EDITOR

EDITORIAL

Our Valued Readers, It is with great pride that I present to you our special edition of The Power Is Now magazine for the celebration of Black History month.

This issue holds a very exceptional place in my heart as it highlights our proud heritage and beautiful culture. Black History month has been celebrated since 1976 by every U.S. president in honor of all the achievements and accomplishments of African Americans. It is also a time I like to reflect on our vital role, as African Americans, in the cultivation of our great American culture.

Throughout history, we have had strong and notable African Americans who have tremendously contributed to making our existence better by the sacrifices they have made.

This brings me to ponder, “When, if not now, should we make positive causal action?” What is positive causal action, anyway? It is our proactive actions that are determined to be the cause of a greater effect. Our African American predecessors have deemed their actions worthy of being acted upon at their crucial times, and their courage and leadership paved the way for our place in history.

Black History month may only be celebrated every February, but it should not limit our actions to one month. We, as African Americans, have an immense responsibility to be recognized as upstanding citizens, proud of our culture and heritage.

We at TPIN are proud to present you with our special edition for this year. Take time to enjoy our well-researched and wonderfully-crafted articles, check out our advertisers and continue to support us, your TPIN media family.

In parting, I would like to share a delightful quote from Spike Lee, who shares our vision of action NOW and believing that you need to take positive action in order to make things happen. Have a wonderful February and we look forward to your patronage in the coming months.

“I believe in destiny. But I also believe that you can’t just sit back and let destiny happen. A lot of times, an opportunity might fall into your lap, but you have to be ready for that opportunity.

You can’t sit there waiting on it. A lot of times you are going to have to get out there and make it happen.”

– Spike Lee, respected African American Film Director

All the best,

Eric Lawrence Frazier M.B.A President & CEO The Power Is Now, Inc. february 2015 special edition

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MARK MORIAL the President of the Urban League

Born on 3rd January, 1958, Mark Haydel Morial is recognized throughout the world as an American political and civic leader.

Currently, Morial works as the president of the National Urban League. Between 1994 and 2002, he worked as the Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana which made him New Orleans’ 59th mayor. Mark Haydel Morial lawyer was also a success and it saw him lives with his wife, Michelle Miller, who is being awarded for his services. known for her numerous awards as a CBS Mark Haydel Morial became a professor News Correspondent. and served on the adjunct faculty of Xavier In a career that has spanned more than University in Louisiana. At the University, 25 years, Morial has been able to work as Morial used his knowledge and skills to an entrepreneur, a professor, a lawyer, a educate learners on Constitutional Law and mayor, a legislator, the president of the U.S. Business Law. conference of mayors. He is the CEO of National Urban League which is rated as the nation’s largest civil rights organization. This just goes to show how accomplished he has been as a servant leader.

In 1990, Mark Haydel Morial ran for Congress but was unsuccessful and came in second. Later on in 1992, he opted to vie for the Louisiana State Senate, in which he won and served until 1994. While working as a Morial demonstrated his entrepreneurial Louisiana State Senator, Morial was honored skills when he started a number of successful by being named, not only as the Legislative small businesses. They included avenues in Rookie of the Year, but also as the Education apparel wholesale, janitorial services, and Senator of the Year and the Environmental even a special events company. All these Senator of the Year. were a major successes despite the fact During his term working as the mayor of that he was a young entreprenur. He started New Orleans, Mark Haydel Morial became his first business venture at the age of 15, a very popular chief executive with a broad together with two of his childhood friends. multi-racial coalition which was a key player By the time Mark Haydel Morial was 26 in leading New Orleans’ 1990s renaissance. years old, he had become the youngest His nature and popularity status made him lawyer to win a major case before the leave the office with a 70% approval rating.

Louisiana Supreme Court. His career as a Morial is known for his vigor, passion and

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creativity. His passion and dedication contributed to the reduction of both murder and violent crimes by 60%. In New Orleans where he was the mayor, Morial ensured that the unemployment rates had dropped by half which meant that the poverty rates have also dropped.

Under his reign as the mayor, the city’s economy registered a tremendous and dramatic growth in over 20 years. Morial played a key role in ensuring the expansion of the Convention Center. Aside from that, the city also benefited from the thousands of new hotels that were built under his leadership. Morial’s efforts to relocate the Hornets and Charlotte saw the NBA returning to New Orleans.

It was also during Mark Haydel Morial’s tenure that New Orleans won its first AllAmerican City Award in over 50 years in 1996. To top this, the city was also honored with the prestigious City Livability Award and also managed to finish first, twice, in the National Night Out Against Crime Competition.

Mark Haydel Morial was very instrumental in developing the eight balanced budgets that played a huge role in the passage of the new

City Charter. The charter paved way for the creation of a City Revenue Estimating Conference, an Inspector General and an Ethics Board.

record fundraising success of $250 million. He has also been able to secure the BBB non-profit certification which has so far been able to establish the NUL as the During the 9/11 crisis, Mark leading national non-profit.

Haydel Morial was serving as a bi-partisan U.S. Conference Under his stewardship, of Mayors after being elected Morial was able establish by his peers. While still serving initiatives, such as the in this capacity, Morial also Urban Youth Empowerment championed the creation Program which assists of the Department of young adults in securing Homeland Security together lucrative jobs. He has also with the federalization of championed Entrepreneur airport security screeners.

Centers in more than five cities that try to help both Ever since 2003 when he the small and medium was elected as the President businesses achieve their of the National Urban growth objectives. Morial was League, Morial has been at also a key figure during the the heart of each and every creation of National Urban change in the organization. League Empowerment Fund They have witnessed a lot of which has been able to transformations courtesy of pump over $200 million into his exemplary leadership. All urban impact businesses. this was somehow new to an organization that has been in As the son of the first New existence for over 100 years. Orleans African American He has done a lot to try and mayor, Morial graduated push the Empowerment from Jesuit High School agenda which, in turn, is in 1979 before joining the intended to redefine civil University of Pennsylvania rights in the 21st century. The in Philadelphia to receive agenda also attempts to a Bachelor’s in Economics. try, as much as possible, to In 1983, Morial earned a close the gap that currently Juris Doctor degree at exists between the Whites Georgetown University in and the African Americans, Washington, D.C. as well as the one existing between the poor and the rich. With Morial at the helm, the League has received a

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REAL ESTATE IN BALTIMORE Wide Selection of Neighborhoods

commercial stores, restaurants and other amenities such as parks and outdoor sports With over 300 districts, Baltimore, Maryland venues. The place is also steeply immersed has been aptly referred to as the “city of in African American culture with many neighborhoods�. Baltimore offers a lot of historical distinctions, museums and African choices from single-detached homes to row American neighborhoods. The region has a houses and condominium units for interested broad range of sites to offer in the way of African American real estate buyers.

African American history and heritage. Most African American families can easily make Baltimore boasts of historic communities, their children feel at home in the midst of waterfront attractions as well as an array of this culturally-rich region. Due to this, both

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Baltimore City provides all the amenities needed for urban living. Dubbed the “Charm City�, Baltimore City is considered as the largest city in Maryland, the largest independent city in the United States of America, and also one of the cities with the highest percentage and number of African American residents in the country.

African Americans in Baltimore City The African American residents of Baltimore faced the same challenges as other Blacks in the country since 1896.

Fortunately, they were able to come together and form a vibrant community that was able to transcend the racial prejudice against them.

Today, Baltimore remains to be predominantly African American. According to the 2013 census, the population of the Baltimore City is estimated to be at 622,104.

A whopping 63.3% of the population was African American, 31.6% was White, 4.6% was Hispanic, 2.6% was Asian, 0.4% was American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2% was Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 2.0% was of two or more races.

The relative size of the African American population in Baltimore started to grow in 1950 from 23.8% to 46.4% by 1970. However, the segregation rate in the region is considered very high. Today, the area is still home to a number of communities that are almost exclusively African American, such as the Uplands Neighborhood. the Baltimore County and Baltimore City continue to attract many African American residents to the local real estates in the area every year.

Baltimore County is easily accessible since it is served by the Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. It is also within driving distance to other major cities, such as Pinehurst, Cedarcroft and Anneslie. Surrounded by Baltimore County,

With a large percentage in the total city population, African Americans were able to make their presence felt in various avenues including education, workforce, politics and city council, and most especially, real estate.

From 2009 to 2013, the homeownership rate was 48.3%. Approximately 66.8% of the population was reported living in owneroccupied housing units.

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Close to this figure, 47.1% of the African best December since 2005. These high sales American residents were reported staying in volumes are expected to continue, leading owner-occupied units as well. to a strong start for the housing market in 2015.

From 2009 to 2013, 80.2% of the population, aged 25 years and older, was reported to Every type of property including singlehave an educational attainment beyond family detached residences, townhomes high school. 26.8% of the population, in the and condominium units reached sale same age range, was reported to have increases of over 20%. The most popular attained degrees beyond undergraduate. type of housing unit for African Americans Notably, Baltimore is home to various seems to be the single-familydetached historically-significant African American and attached. In fact, 65.3% of the Black schools including the historic Frederick residents live in such housing units.

Douglass High School, which is considered as the second oldest African-American high Median Home Values and Gross Rent Rates school in the U.S. Other educational institutions include the Morgan State University, Coppin In 2011, the median home value in State University and Sojourner Douglas Baltimore was $278,100. The median home College. African American families with value for African American-owned units was young children may easily choose from the only $182,900. This disparity might be due number of schools in the region. to the fact that many low-income housing units are located in the African American Aside from educational institutions, neighborhoods.

Baltimore is also able to provide its residents with ample employment opportunities.

Based on a Real Estate Business Intelligence In 2007, 34.6% of the total 42,272 firms in report released in January 2015, the median Baltimore were owned by African Americans. price for the Baltimore area remained steady In 2011, 66.9% of the African American and only fell by less than half a percentage residents were part of the labor force. point. The minimal change in prices may have been caused by the increase in the Today, many African Americans are volume of new homes out on the market. The enticed to purchase real estate and to build volume of new homes increased by 14.1% their own homes in Baltimore. In fact, 10.1% over December 2013, at the same time that of the African American-owned structures the volume of new listings likewise increased were built in 2000 or later. by 28%.

Home Sales Volumes

Sources at the Zillow Home Value Index reveal that the median home values have With 2014 drawing to a close, the volume increased by 6.6% over the past year. Over of completed home sales in Baltimore City the course of another year, it is predicted to and Baltimore country increased double- increase even further by 1.7%. digits. In December 2014, the volume of completed home sales increased by 26.7%, In other news, the average rent rate in marking the highest year-over-year increase Baltimore is $1,073. For African Americans, in over a year. however, the average gross rent in Baltimore is only at $979. Although the difference is According to a Real Estate Business not too large, this lower rent rate is still good Intelligence report released in January news for African Americans who wish to rent 2015, the increase in home sales volumes first before purchasing a home in Baltimore. gave Baltimore’s local housing market its

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Foreclosure Rate In Baltimore, 14.9 in every 10,000 residences are foreclosed. Compared to the rates for both the Baltimore Metro and the entire United States, this figure is quite high. The foreclosure rate for homes in the Baltimore Metro is 9.3, while the rate in the U.S. is only 4.2. Considering these facts, foreclosure may be considered an important factor that will eventually be affecting the home values in the area for the coming years.

household income for mortgage payments.

Nevertheless, the majority is still able to spend less than 30% on the mortgage.

In Baltimore, the percentage of delinquent mortgages is 10.5%. This figure is much higher than the average percentage in the entire U.S., which is only 6.4%.The first step in the foreclosure process of residences is References: mortgage delinquency, which takes place if the homeowner fails to make a mortgage http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/ states/24/24510.html payment.

Unfortunately, a significant portion of the African American population may be struggling with their mortgage. In the 2011 census, 44.9% of African American homeowners spend over 30% of their

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TECHNOLOGY

SOCIAL MEDIA TIPS to Help African Americans Grow in 2015

by Marki Lemons-Ryhal

At the tender age of 10, I started my first business – that was in 1980. Life was simple and I didn’t have a computer, pager, cell phone, or tablet. Business start-up was uncomplicated and often you operated your business with a notepad and a calculator. Business was also hyper-local.

Today with the use of a mobile device, you can be an efficacious social, mobile, and local business enterprise right at your fingertips. As of January 1, 2014, there are more mobile devices on planet Earth than there are people or toothbrushes. How often do you leave home without your mobile device? I’m going to assume NEVER and if you do, you turn right around and go back and get it whether you will be late for work or an appointment. There are some of us who can’t survive a day without our mobile devices because we haven’t committed a phone number to memory in the past five years.

or life.

• Twitter continues to appeal to Black Americans (42%) more than Whites (29%) and Hispanics (26%) • LinkedIn is less popular among Hispanics (18%) than among Whites (28%) and Black Americans (28%) • Instagram proves more attractive to Black Americans (19%) and Hispanics (15%) than to Whites (11%) and • Google+ similarly sees higher reported penetration among Black Americans (35%) and Hispanics (34%) than among Whites (27%).

Today, mobile devices come equipped with mobile applications for social media sites we might engage with on our desktop or laptop. Social media can be overwhelming for some, therefore, we are going to break each subject down into small manageable pieces. We will demonstrate to you how a successful business in the African American community has succeeded in growing their business and brand by consistently using social media. In 2015, ask yourself: Do you want to expand your business to the frequent shopper, brand loyal, African American consumer? The African American population has the buying power of $1.1 trillion dollars. The tools we will discuss are free and global in reach, therefore, you will just need to apply our tips to your business

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There are 345,006 photos on Instagram that are tagged with the words “Black History Month”.

“When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through.” - Jesse Jackson • Before you decide on a business name, there are several websites to initially visit to ensure you have the rights to use the name. Once you select a business, you need to secure your name at the federal, state, and local levels. This can be done by checking to see if the name is incorporated and/or trademarked. In addition, you want to purchase the URL at www.Godaddy.com or a similar site and verify if your business or brand name is available across all the social media platforms you will use in your day-to-day business.

This can be done by doing a simple search at NameChk. I recommend you secure your name and do the initial sign up for the list below.

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Is my name available for incorporation?

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Can I trademark the name as a service mark?

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Is the url available? https://www.godaddy.com/

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Can I secure my name on Twitter? https://twitter.com/

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Can I secure my name on Facebook? https://www.facebook.com/

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Can I secure my name for a Facebook Business Page? (must have 25 fans)

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Can I secure my name on LinkedIn? https://linkedin.com

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Can I secure my name on Pinterest? http://pinterest.com/

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Can I secure my name on Tumblr? https://www.tumblr.com/

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Can I secure my name on Yelp? http://www.yelp.com

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Can I secure my name on Foursquare? https://foursquare.com/

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Can I secure my name on Flickr? http://www.flickr.com/

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Check all names at one time at http://www.namechk.com

Our African American business example is Essence Magazine. Essence magazine has successfully secured their URL, Facebook Business Page, Twitter Username, Instagram, Pinterest, and Google+ all branded to Essence or EssenceMag.

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URL: http://www.essence.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/essence Twitter: https://twitter.com/essencemag Instagram: http://instagram.com/essencemag Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/essencemag/ Google+: https://plus.google.com/+essencemag/posts

Likes=1,837,310 Followers=138,000 Followers=162,000 Followers=10,416 Followers=79,806

People professionally using inbound marketing and social media in a strategic manner have an advantage over those who only use it to look at photos and check out the latest gossip.

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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Diversity,

The Spice of Life

I

always find it fascinating to learn about different cultures, customs, foods and lifestyles.

It adds such an enriching component to my life. More times than not, I get a kick out of finding out that there are common threads in how we do things and that we are not as different as we’d like to think.

By Lilyvette Rodriguez

the great accomplishments made by men and women throughout time. What are the origins of the black race?

Interestingly enough, we can trace back our genealogy to Noah’s three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Through them, we can identify the origin of nations and narrow it down to the 70 families after the flood. Now, This gets me to thinking about what is the even if you don’t believe that the flood common thread? While not being too much occurred, which is entirely a subject for a into genealogy, I do love finding the origins different type of write-up, the genealogy across our globe. How it shapes us, influences is undeniable. Of the 70 families after the our thinking and provides the spice of life flood, Ham is progenitor of 30 of the 70 through diversity. With February being Black families, being of Afro-Asiatic speech known History month, my curiosity went far beyond as Hamitic Branch.

These are the 30* families: CUSH PHILISTINES SEBA CAPHTORIM HAVILAH PUT SABTAH CANAAN RAAMAH SIDON SHEBA HETH DEDAN JEBUSITE SABTECA AMORITE

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Ethiopians in E Africa and Arabia Coastal Plain of Palestine In E Africa Cretans In SW Arabia In N Africa In S Arabia W of Jordan River In SW Arabia Sidonians (Phoenicians) In SW Arabia Hittites …..

In Arabia Around early Jerusalem In S Arabia or Ethiopia In Palestine

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MIZRAIM

GIRGASHITE LUDIM HIVITE ANAMIM ARKITE LEHABIM SINITE NAPHTUHIM ARVADITE PATHRUSIM ZEMARITE CASLUHIM HAMATHITE

Egyptians W of Jordan River In N Africa Central Palestine In Egypt W of the Lebanon Mountains Libyans In N Egypt Island off Syrian Coast In Upper Egypt N Phoenician Coast N of Palestine

*Information on the 30 families derived from Insight on the Scriptures; Vol. 1, pg. 329, Publishers Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. International Bible Students Association; Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.

Ham was the father of four sons, Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. The Ethiopians, Egyptians, some Arabian and African tribes, and the Canaanites descended from these sons. The black race descended from Cush and possibly from Put+. We can see how the identified regions became populated. +Information derived from Insight on the Scriptures; Vol. 1 pg. 1022, Publishers: Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. International Bible Students Association; Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.

Fast forward a few thousand years to our era. My ancestry is Puerto Rican, a combination of Taino Indian, Spanish and Black. My paternal grandfather was brought to Puerto Rico from Africa, not by choice.

My family’s history is similar to many whose families are from the Caribbean and the eastern coast of the United States. So in my case, I also get a portion of one of Ham’s other brother Japheth (Indo-European).

My life is rich with culture and diversity. It is enveloped in the rich sounds and beats of the African drums, a part of the music I love, scents and taste of spices, use of vibrant color and the list goes on. My diversity has

definitely added to the spice of my life. Take the time to meditate on how your life has been enriched through diversity and added spice to your life.

Lilyvette Rodriguez is a real estate broker servicing the Inland Empire of Southern California for over 24 years. She specializes in equity sale, short sale, foreclosure, probate and corporate relocation. She is a NAR instructor of the Employee Assisted Housing Program.Lilyvette serves on a number of boards, holds multiple certifications and designations and is a consumer advocate.

She believes that an informed community is an enlightened community.

Lilyvette Rodriguez CEO/Broker BRE License #01061272 Excel Realty (909) 333-6008 www.ExcelRealty-IE.com www.Facebook.com/ExcelRealtyIE

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Fail to Plan…

Plan to Fail

By Lilyvette Rodriguez

The first quarter of 2015, a new year.

Quarterly review of the business plan, yearly projections and strategic planning are in high gear. You may even start to look like this…but better to look this way during planning and not because of lack of planning.

To ensure a high success rate, here are some smart tips:

jotting down, in bullet point format, five things you want to get accomplished during the coming year.

• Remember to include start

and end dates for your plan.

• Create a master calendar.

• Work on your contact list of past and present clients.

Place them into a customer relationship management (CRM) system.

• Keep it simple and uncomplicated. This There is a direct correlation between the will increase your odds of staying on task. number of client contact and sales results.

• Start off with a one page business plan.

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Cornell Williams Brooks Cornell Williams Brooks, the current President and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, was born in 1961 in El Paso, Texas. He currently lives in Woodbridge, Virginia with his wife, Janice, and two sons. The American lawyer and activist received his appointment as the president of the NAACP in May 2014 making him the 18th individual to serve as the CEO of the Association since he replaced Lorraine Miller. Miller was in charge of NAACP since Benjamin Jealous stepped down.

Jersey Institute for Social Justice in Newark.

His tenure was a huge success as his hard work transformed the institution. Courtesy of his leadership, he witnessed the passage of three entry bills which earned him the title “a model for the rest of the nation” by the New York Times. With the legislation in place, it created form of level playing ground whereby inmates returning home from incarceration would be allowed to rebuild their lives and become better, responsible and productive members of a society. As the CEO, Brooks went ahead to oversee NAACP operates as the largest, oldest and the young offender reform, courtesy of the widely respected civil rights organization. efforts by the Institute. Brooks’ efforts and The nonpartisan Association was founded in leadership skills produced successful results 1909 and currently boasts of having members and saw the reduction of youth arrest rates throughout the United State and across the in New Jersey. It also led to the creation of world. NAACP is the venue for civil rights the first community court in New Jersey. advocates in their communities. Brooks’ appointment came after a rough period in Under his leadership, the Institute created NAACP’s history which was characterized by a workforce that led to the development a lot of turmoil. NAACP was operating on a of training programs. There were over 700 severe budget shortfall which saw them lay low-income earners and hard-to-employ off workers a month before his appointment residents who reaped the benefits of these as the CEO. His qualifications and exemplary programs. The training program also led to experience as a civil rights attorney, social the placement of more than 500 program justice advocate, a coalition builder and a graduates in jobs that generated higher fourth - generation acclaimed administrator wages. In a nutshell, his dedication and are what made him the perfect candidate zeal led to a transformation of the entire for the CEO position at NAACP. workforce as it created market sensitive individuals and led to the development of Before this nomination, Cornell Williams community-responsive interventions.

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In 2010, Brooks was selected by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to serve in the Governor’s transition team that worked on Homeland Security and Corrections. He also served as the Second Vice Chair of the East Orange General Hospital Board of Trustees and the Vice Chair of the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority.

Cornell Williams Brooks worked as the Senior Counsel at the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) where he was directing the FCC’s Office of Communication Business Opportunities. He was also tasked with the duty of working on legal and policy issues that would promote small and medium business ownership diversity. His influence brought an increase of the finances that would be made available to the small, medium, minority-owned and womenowned businesses. He achieved all these through regulatory and industrial initiatives.

He further went on to serve as a trial attorney with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. While serving in this capacity, Brooks was very instrumental in securing the largest government settlement for victims of housing discrimination.

He also acted as the Executive Director of the Fair Housing Council of Greater Washington where he gained much of his civil rights experience. Here, Brooks was able to oversee a regional program of fair housing testing and public education. He served in Washington, DC, the metropolitan Maryland and in Northern Virginia.

when he ran as the Democratic Nominee for U.S Congress for the 10th District of Virginia.

His main objective for running was to be an advocate for public education, fiscal responsibility and affordable healthcare.

Brooks attended some of the best school where he received his education. Cornell Williams Brooks is a graduate of the Head Start and went to Jackson State University where he received his BA in Political Science.

Later on, he joined Boston University School of Theology and did his Masters of Divinity and specialized in Social Ethics and Systematic Theology. To further decorate himself, he added a law degree to his portfolio from Yale University. While attending Yale, Brooks was also the Senior Editor of Yale Law Journal and was appointed as a member of the Law and Policy Review. He considers himself as a ‘’grandson, heir and beneficiary’’ of the decision Brown v. Board of Education.

A prominent attribute of Brooks is that he is a man of great experience. He has been invited to speak before the United Nations Sub-Committee on Discrimination, labor unions, bar associations, civil rights groups and business organizations among others.

In October, 2014, Cornell Williams Brooks embarked on a justice tour. He started off the tour in his native El Paso in Texas. Dubbed as the Justice Tour, the main objective of the tour was to encourage people to vote and discuss social justice issues that affect their communities.

In 1998, Brooks launched his political career

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Chairman Dossman Appoints Marcellous “Mark” Reed as Interim Western District Representative of 100 Black Men of America, Inc. Upon the resignation of Brian L. Pauling as the Western District Representative for 100 Black Men of America, Inc. (the 100), Marcellous “Mark” Reed has been appointed by Chairman Curley M. Dossman, Jr. as the interim representative. Brian Pauling was named the new president and chief executive officer of the 100 and resigned his Western District post to assume the new position.

Marcellous “Mark” Reed is a member of 100 Black Men of Orange, County and was elected as Chapter President in 2015. Mark, as he prefers to be called, is no stranger to the 100. He has been an active member in the Orange County Chapter since 2000 where he served in numerous roles including Vice President and Chair of the Economic Empowerment Committee.

Mark has a wealth of experience in the financial industry and flourished in that sector.

His successful employment history included, but not limited to, All State, Prudential, American General, Aetna, and ING. Mark graduated from Tennessee State University with a Bachelor’s degree in business administration. While at Tennessee State, he briefly held the world ranking as #3 in the 110-meter high hurdles. Mark retired is 2005 and has devoted his time and talents to serve his Chapter and his community. He serves on the Advisory Board of PBS Southern California and is a member of Christ Our Redeemer AME Church where he teaches Bible study.

Pursuant to the new governance structure, a special election will be held for a Western District Representative to fulfill the remaining term through 2017. The special election for Western District Chapters only will be held in June 2015 during the 29th Annual Conference of 100 Black Men of America, Inc. in Houston, Texas. More information is forthcoming from the Nominating Committee regarding the timeframe and process for nominations of a slate of candidates from Chapters within the Western District.

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BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION

Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs.

Dr. King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, serving as its first president. With the SCLC, King led an unsuccessful 1962 struggle against segregation in Albany, Georgia (the Albany Movement), and helped organize the 1963 nonviolent protests in Birmingham, Alabama that attracted national attention following television news coverage of the brutal police response. King also helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. There, he established his reputation as one of the greatest orators in American history.

speak against the Vietnam War, alienating many of his liberal allies with a 1967 speech titled “Beyond Vietnam”.

In 1968, King was planning a national occupation of Washington, D.C., to be called the Poor People’s Campaign, when he was assassinated on April 4 in Memphis, Tennessee. His death was followed by riots in many U.S. cities. Allegations that James Earl Ray, the man convicted of killing King, had been framed or acted in concert with government agents persisted for decades after the shooting.

King was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a holiday in numerous cities and states beginning in 1971, and as a U.S. federal holiday in 1986. Hundreds of streets in the U.S. have been renamed in his honor, and a county in Washington State was also renamed for him. The Martin Luther King Memorial On October 14, 1964, King received statue on the National Mall in Washington, the Nobel Peace Prize for combating D.C. was dedicated in 2011. racial inequality through nonviolence. In 1965, he helped to organize the Selma to Montgomery marches, and the following For full biography on WIkipedia click here. year he and SCLC took the movement north to Chicago to work on segregated housing. In the final years of his life, King expanded his focus to include poverty and

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Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali , born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.; January 17, 1942) is an American former professional boxer, generally considered among the greatest heavyweights in the sport’s history. A controversial and polarizing figure during his early career, Ali is today widely regarded for the skills he displayed in the ring plus the values he exemplified outside of it: religious freedom, racial justice and the triumph of principle over expedience. He is one of the most recognized sports figures of the past 100 years, crowned “Sportsman of the Century” by Sports Illustrated and “Sports Personality of the Century” by the BBC. Born Cassius Clay, he began training at 12 years old and at the age of 22 won the world heavyweight championship in 1964 from Sonny Liston in a stunning upset. Shortly after that bout, Ali joined the Nation of Islam and changed his name. He converted to Sunni Islam in 1975.

In 1967, three years after winning the heavyweight title, Ali refused to be conscripted into the U.S. military, citing his religious beliefs and opposition to American involvement in the Vietnam War. The U.S. government declined to recognize him as a conscientious

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objector, however, because Ali declared that he would fight in a war if directed to do so by Allah or his messenger (Elijah Muhammad). He was eventually arrested and found guilty on draft evasion charges and stripped of his boxing title. He did not fight again for nearly four years—losing a time of peak performance in an athlete’s career.

Ali’s appeal worked its way up to the U.S. Supreme Court, where in 1971 his conviction was overturned. The Supreme Court held that, since the appeals board gave no reason for the denial of a conscientious objector exemption to petitioner, it was impossible to determine on which of the three grounds offered in the Justice Department’s letter that board had relied. Ali’s actions as a conscientious objector to the war made him an icon for the larger counterculture generation.

Ali remains the only three-time lineal World Heavyweight Champion; he won the title in 1964, 1974, and 1978. Between February 25, 1964 and September 19, 1964 Muhammad Ali reigned as the Undisputed Heavyweight Boxing Champion.

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Nicknamed “The Greatest”, Ali was involved in several historic boxing matches. Notable among these were the first Liston fight, three with rival Joe Frazier, and one with George Foreman, where he regained titles he had been stripped of seven years earlier.

almost always entertaining. He controlled most press conferences and interviews, and spoke freely about issues unrelated to boxing.He transformed the role and image of the African American athlete in America by his embrace of racial pride and his willingness to antagonize the white establishment in doing so. In the words of At a time when most fighters let their writer Joyce Carol Oates, he was one of managers do the talking, Ali, inspired by the few athletes in any sport to “define professional wrestler “Gorgeous” George the terms of his public reputation.”

Wagner, thrived in — and indeed craved — the spotlight, where he was sometimes For full biography on Wikipedia click here. provocative, frequently outlandish and

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Malcolm X

Malcolm X (May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965), born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz [...], was an African-American Muslim minister and a human rights activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans; detractors accused him of preaching racism and violence. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history.

Malcolm X was effectively orphaned early in life. His father was killed when he was six and his mother was placed in a mental hospital when he was thirteen, after which he lived in a series of foster homes. In 1946, at age 20, he went to prison for larceny and breaking and entering. While in prison he became a member of the Nation of Islam, and after his parole in 1952 quickly rose to become one of its most influential leaders. For a dozen years he was the public face of the controversial group; in keeping with the Nation’s teachings he espoused black supremacy, advocated the separation of black and white Americans and scoffed at the civil rights movement’s emphasis on integration.

disillusioned with the Nation of Islam and its leader Elijah Muhammad. He ultimately repudiated the Nation and its teachings and embraced Sunni Islam. After a period of travel in Africa and the Middle East, including completing the Hajj, he returned to the United States to found Muslim Mosque, Inc. and the Organization of Afro-American Unity. While continuing to emphasize Pan-Africanism, black selfdetermination, and black self-defense, he disavowed racism.

In February 1965, shortly after repudiating the Nation of Islam, he was assassinated by three of its members. The Autobiography of Malcolm X, published shortly after his death, is considered one of the most influential nonfiction books of the 20th century.

For full biography on Wikipedia click here.

By March 1964, Malcolm X had grown

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BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION

ROSA PARKS Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an AfricanAmerican Civil Rights activist, whom the United States Congress called “the first lady of civil rights” and “the mother of the freedom movement”.[1] Her birthday, February 4, and the day she was arrested, December 1, have both become Rosa Parks Day, commemorated in both California and Ohio.

chapter of the NAACP; and Martin Luther King, Jr., a new minister in town who gained national prominence in the civil rights movement.

At the time, Parks was secretary of the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP. She had recently attended the Highlander Folk School, a Tennessee center for training activists for workers’ rights and racial equality. She acted as a private citizen On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, “tired of giving in”. Although widely honored Alabama, Parks refused to obey bus driver in later years, she also suffered for her act; James F. Blake’s order to give up her seat she was fired from her job as a seamstress in the colored section to a white passenger, in a local department store, and received after the white section was filled. Parks was death threats for years afterwards. not the first person to resist bus segregation.

Others had taken similar steps, including Shortly after the boycott, she moved to Bayard Rustin in 1942,[2] Irene Morgan in Detroit, where she briefly found similar work.

1946, Sarah Louise Keys in 1955, and the From 1965 to 1988 she served as secretary members of the Browder v. Gayle lawsuit and receptionist to John Conyers, an African(Claudette Colvin, Aurelia Browder, Susie American U.S. Representative. She was also McDonald, and Mary Louise Smith) who active in the Black Power movement and were arrested in Montgomery months the support of political prisoners in the US. before Parks. NAACP organizers believed that Parks was the best candidate for seeing After retirement, Parks wrote her through a court challenge after her arrest autobiography and lived a largely private for civil disobedience in violating Alabama life in Detroit. In her final years, she suffered segregation laws, although eventually her from dementia. Parks received national case became bogged down in the state recognition, including the NAACP’s 1979 courts while the Browder v. Gayle case Spingarn Medal, the Presidential Medal of succeeded.[3][4] Freedom, the Congressional Gold Medal, and a posthumous statue in the United Parks’ act of defiance and the Montgomery States Capitol’s National Statuary Hall. Upon Bus Boycott became important symbols her death in 2005, she was the first woman of the modern Civil Rights Movement. She and second non-U.S. government official to became an international icon of resistance lie in honor at the Capitol Rotunda. to racial segregation. She organized and collaborated with civil rights leaders, For full biography on Wikipedia click here. including Edgar Nixon, president of the local The PIN MAGAZINE | 37

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Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, c. February 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an AfricanAmerican social reformer, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writing. He stood as a living counterexample to slaveholders’ arguments that slaves lacked the intellectual capacity to function as independent American citizens. Many Northerners also found it hard to believe that such a great orator had been a slave.

published in 1881 and revised in 1892, three years before his death, it covered events through and after the Civil War. Douglass also actively supported women’s suffrage, and held several public offices.

Without his approval, Douglass became the first African American nominated for Vice President of the United States as the running mate and Vice Presidential nominee of Victoria Woodhull on the impracticable, small, but far foreseeing Equal Rights Party ticket.

A firm believer in the equality of all people, whether black, female, Native American, or recent immigrant, Douglass Douglass wrote several autobiographies. famously said, “I would unite with anybody He described his experiences as a slave in to do right and with nobody to do wrong.” his 1845 autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American For full biography on Wikipedia click here.

Slave, which became a bestseller and influential in supporting abolition, as did the second, My Bondage and My Freedom (1855). After the Civil War, Douglass remained an active campaigner against slavery and wrote his last autobiography, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass. First

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W. E. B. Du Bois William Edward Burghardt “W. E. B.” Du Bois; February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author and editor.

Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community. After graduating from Harvard, where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate, he became a professor of history, sociology and economics at Atlanta University. Du Bois was one of the co-founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909.

Du Bois rose to national prominence as the leader of the Niagara Movement, a group of African-American activists who wanted equal rights for blacks. Du Bois and his supporters opposed the Atlanta compromise, an agreement crafted by Booker T. Washington which provided that Southern blacks would work and submit to white political rule, while Southern whites guaranteed that blacks would receive basic educational and economic opportunities.

Instead, Du Bois insisted on full civil rights and increased political representation, which he believed would be brought about by the African-American intellectual elite.

He referred to this group as the Talented Tenth and believed that African Americans needed the chances for advanced education to develop its leadership.

Racism was the main target of Du Bois’s polemics, and he strongly protested against lynching, Jim Crow laws, and discrimination

in education and employment. His cause included people of color everywhere, particularly Africans and Asians in colonies.

He was a proponent of Pan-Africanism and helped organize several Pan-African Congresses to fight for independence of African colonies from European powers.

Du Bois made several trips to Europe, Africa and Asia. After World War I, he surveyed the experiences of American black soldiers in France and documented widespread bigotry in the United States military.

Du Bois was a prolific author. His collection of essays, The Souls of Black Folk, was a seminal work in African-American literature; and his 1935 magnum opus Black Reconstruction in America challenged the prevailing orthodoxy that blacks were responsible for the failures of the Reconstruction Era. He wrote the first scientific treatise in the field of sociology; and he published three autobiographies, each of which contains insightful essays on sociology, politics and history. In his role as editor of the NAACP’s journal The Crisis, he published many influential pieces. Du Bois believed that capitalism was a primary cause of racism, and he was generally sympathetic to socialist causes throughout his life. He was an ardent peace activist and advocated nuclear disarmament. The United States’ Civil Rights Act, embodying many of the reforms for which Du Bois had campaigned his entire life, was enacted a year after his death.

For full biography on Wikipedia click here.

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