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Bayou Classic and the Continuing Importance of HBCU’s

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Bayou Classic and the Continuing Importance of HBCU’s

Edwin Buggage ple of all ages in attendance . Editor On the significance on the Bayou Clas- sic, Anna Jones, a Southern alum says, “Bayou Classic is an important African- Battle of the Cats Return American tradition that spans 45 years . to It’s like coming home! It is the time of Since 1974 during the Thanksgiving year we come together to reconnect with Holiday weekend New Orleans have former students, members and friends experienced a rivalry that brings peo- and watch an exciting football game . It’s ple from all over the country to what is also a time to create new memories and known as the “Battle of the Cats .” The share in the values of these two great or- Jaguars and the ganizations .” battle it out not Echoing similar thoughts is Bill only on the gridiron but what is also a Tucker, who serves as a member of the must see, the much renowned the Battle Southern University System Foundation, of the Bands . Board of Directors, chairs its Investment Today, the Bayou Classic and New Or- Committee, is a member of the Univer- leans are synonymous . Over its four de- sity Club, a charter member of the 1880 cades it has grown to include empower- Society, and a life member of the South- ment seminars, a parade, fan festival and ern University Alumni Federation . He much more . Given this is New Orleans, playfully says he is a Jaguar through and of course, parties also take place all over through and bleeds Blue and Gold . the City, as people come together in the “The Bayou Classic is the most contin- spirit of friendly rivalry, but most impor- uously successful HBCU Classic in his- tant African-American unity . tory . Mainly because it is indeed a fam- This is the tradition and continuing ily affair, where generational differences spirit of HBCU’S (Historically Black Col- merge (parents/children who attended leges and Universities) as they have been SU or GSU; inter-college family relation- institutions that continue to be important ships are challenged, sisters & brothers in training African-Americans for future who attended one or the other of the greatness and being a beacon light for schools) and the pure gridiron rivalry the Black struggle and the quest for ex- of the Blue & Gold, Southern University cellence in many fields of endeavor . Jaguars vs the Black & Gold, Grambling State Tigers, make for a tumultuous and Bayou Classic: More exciting afternoon . Thousands of people than Just a Game travel from all over the country to be in The Bayou Classic has become more New Orleans for the Bayou Classic .” than just a football game, but a place Joseph Stewart, a Southern Alum where people come together every year from Maringouin, and his wife to restore old bonds and foster new ones . Clara Stewart, who attended Grambling Anna Jones, is a Southern alum who looks forward to the Classic each for 3 and a half years before graduat- year. She says that the Bayou Classic is a 45 year tradition she says It is a multi-generational event with peo- It’s like a homecoming. Time to reconnect with former students, former class members and friends and time to create new memories. Cover Story, Continued on page 4.

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85% of Black doctors, 50% of Black attorneys, 75% of Black military of- ficers, 40% of Black dentists, 50% of Black pharmacists, and 75% of Black veterinarians are graduates from HBCU’s .

The Continued Significance and the Need to Support HBCU’s The Bayou Classic is more than just a great weekend of football and fun . Some of the proceeds go to help students pay for the cost of college . May students attending HBCU’s are often first-generation college students or non-traditional students that are working adults . So, it is important that in the age where there have been public fund- ing cuts to higher education nation- wide that we as African-Americans consider supporting our HBCU’S to continue in their quest to nurture Black excellence . Bill Tucker, serves as a member of the Southern University Joseph Stewart, is a Southern Alum and his wife Clara Stewart, attended Gram- As a man of great success and System Foundation, Board of Directors where he chairs its In- bling for 3.5 years graduating from Tennessee State pictured here with President overcoming the odds, Bill Tucker vestment Committee. He is a member of the University Club, and Secretary Clinton. The pair are regular attendees of the Bayou Classic. He reflects on his life and what it might a charter member of the 1880 Society, and a life member of says the most important function of the Classic is fundraising, as the event pro- the Southern University Alumni Federation. Tucker is an entre- duces critically needed financial resources for both schools. not have become if it were not preneur, venture capitalist, and active investor who believes for HBCU’S, “Take a look at Bill he would not have realized his potential if not for Southern Tucker; grew up in a single par- University. ent household, where my mother ing from Tennessee State, another formed after the Civil War and Seg- “Traditionally HBCU’s were petent to empower these student raised me after the untimely death HBCU . They are regular attendees regation were providing a place for established to provide a space populations .” of my father, before my third birth- of the Bayou Classic . Chiming in African-Americans to get education for academia when Black stu- day . I never knew we were poor, on the significance of the Classic in a supportive environment with dents weren’t welcomed in other HBCU’s and Holding the but when I arrived at Southern he says, “It is about Black Pride; the goal to bring, not only to uplift schools . They continue to provide Keys to Black Excellence University, Baton Rouge, in 1969, it’s about “Yes, We Can; it’s about yourself and your family, but to rep- a diverse learning environment by It is without a doubt that HBCU’s I had never heard of LSU . Yes, Top Shelf Entertainment and most resent the best of the Black race . promoting and preserving Black across the country are centers of Bill Tucker, entrepreneur, ven- importantly it’s about Fundrais- To inspire and encourage others to education and Black excellence . excellence producing some of the ture capitalist, and active investor ing . This event produces critically aspire to reach higher . Post-graduation, HBCU alumni are countries most talented and suc- would not have realized his po- needed financial resources for both These schools provided oppor- uniquely equipped to make signifi- cessful African-Americans . It is in tential if not for Southern Univer- Southern and Grambling .” tunities to pursue excellence . To- cant impact as leaders, innovators, these schools many students get sity . Now, of course, times have day, while students can attend PWI creators, and educators in their their undergraduate, graduate and changed . Many people of color The Importance of HBCU’s (Predominately White Institutions), communities . Continued support terminal degrees armed with the have educational opportunities HBCU’s have a special place HBCU’s still are the places where of these institutions is critical to the tools to make a difference and defy that I could not have dreamed of at in the African-American Commu- the seeds of greatness are planted, success of generations to follow,” the myths of African-Americans not the time . But I believe that there are nity . These schools, many of them fertilized and harvested . says Anna Jones . being able to achieve at a high level . still kids out there like Bill Tucker .” Bill Tucker is an example of a “Any objective review of U .S . His- Today education is still key and person who embodies the spirit of tory will judge HBCU’s to be Na- is important as African-Americans HBCU’s and what they can do as tional Treasures . These institutions continue to fight for equity, fair- a bridge to unlimited possibilities . have and continue to uplift more of ness and justice . And HBCU’s have “I believe that there are still kids this nation’s disenfranchised than a proven track record of providing like Bill Tucker out there . Kids any other element of our society!” the bridge to a better life for Afri- that come from challenged home says Joseph Stewart . can- Americans . It is important to environments . Half of the fresh- While HBCU’S comprise only 3% note that all our historical institu- men class at many HBCUs are from of colleges and universities in the tions need support including our low income backgrounds . Kids that United States according to UNCF; schools and businesses . It is up to are gifted and talented; but do not it produces 20% of African-Ameri- us to continue to uplift each other get the opportunity to truly realize can college graduates . This great and support with not only our rhet- their potential . They don’t realize work these universities do as well oric, but with resources that will their potential because they get lost is evidenced by the fact that 75% of assist in preserving our historical in a large university student popula- all Black PhD’s, 46% of Black busi- institutions . Forging ahead in our tion, and ultimately, they get lost in ness executives, 50% of Black engi- strides towards improving and en- society . HBCUs are uniquely com- neers, 80% of Black federal judges, hancing our community . ladatanews.com www.ladatanews.com Newsmaker November 24 - November 30 2018 Page 5 Mayor Updates NOLA Residents on Administration’s First Six Months

Data Staff Edited Report for the Sewerage & Water Board Neighborhood Engagement Mayor LaToya Cantrell – one The Civic Leadership Academy week after submitting the 2019 bud- get to the City Council – updated Public Safety residents on the progress of her ad- Launch of CleanUpNOLA ministration at the six-month mark . Opened the new Low Barrier Shelter The Mayor’s “check-ins,” pre- Launch of the “Ready for Rain” pared in coordination with the campaign across multiple agencies Chief Administrative Office and Conducted a review of the existing City department heads, build on re- City-Assisted Evacuation (CAE) Plan ports prepared at the 90-day mark of the Cantrell administration and Public Works serve several purposes: Leadership To provide context for the City’s Employment ongoing oversight of the executive, Technology administrative and infrastructure Launched the Digital Equity Challenge work that impacts the lives of resi- dents Establishes a through line of For a full overview and to work on multiple projects and initia- watch video of the address tives – starting with the status quo by Mayor Cantrell, visit Mayor LaToya Cantrell says she is proud of all that her administration has accomplished in its first six www.nola.gov. or current situation, explaining the months, and says she is confident in the leadership team she has put into place during her address outlin- scope of the work, and illustrating ing her first 6 months in office. outcomes and their impact . And, it offers a foundation for the 2019 it’s an appropriate time to check in budget to inform how the City will with our residents and update ev- address challenges moving for- eryone on the significant progress ward . that’s being made .” “I am proud of all that we’ve ac- Points of progress in several dif- complished in our first six months, ferent areas included: and I am confident in the leader- ship team we’ve put into place,” City Operations said Mayor Cantrell . “As we work Housing through this year’s budget process Infrastructure and identify our priorities for 2019, Welcomed a new Executive Director

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Bayou Classic Event Line-Up

The Bayou Classic is more than a football game . The annual event is one of the nation’s greatest college sports rivalries, bringing the fans and alumni of Grambling State Uni- versity and Southern University to New Or- leans each November . The week-long events featuring the Parade, Greek Show & Battle of the Bands and Fan Festival culminates with Saturday’s Bayou Clas- sic football match-up . Listed below are our of- ficial events:

FRIDAY Bayou Classic Parade Presented by Cricket Wireless in P&G Corporate Recruitment Partnership with French Market Friday, November 23, 2018 District Hyatt Regency Hotel, 601 Loyola Saturday, November 24, 2018 Ave, NOLA 70113 Parade starts on Elysian Fields Doors Open at 11:00AM Ave. at N. Peters St. and finishes on Loyola Ave. at Perdido St. Bayou Classic BizTech 9:30A Challenge Presented by GE in Partnership Fan Festival Presented by Cox with NexusLA Saturday, November 24, 2018 Friday, November 23, 2018 Champions Square LaSalle St, Hyatt Regency Hotel, 601 Loyola NOLA 70112 Ave, NOLA 70113 11:30A – 3:30P Doors Open at 1:00PM The 45th Annual Bayou Classic Greek Show Presented by Grambling State University vs. Jaguars and Tigers bust a move. Be The Match Southern University Battle of the Bands Presented by Saturday, November 24, 2018 United State Marine Corps Mercedes Benz-Superdome, 1500 Every Saturday after Thanksgiving, Jaguars and sidelines as the marching bands duke it out Friday, November 23, 2018 Sugarbowl Drive NOLA 70112 Tigers take the field. While most of America is and the football teams kick, punt and hook. The Mercedes Benz-Superdome 1500 KICK-OFF at 4:00P still carving up turkey, the Crescent City dives score, for some, might be besides the point. The Sugarbowl Drive NOLA 70112

– Each November – Each headlong into three days of combat. Two hundred Bayou Classic is about more than the victory. It’s Doors Open at 6:00P | Show starts The Bayou Classic Halftime thousand fans and alumni come to stand on the about coming home. at 7:00P Show Presented by P&G Crest Saturday, November 24, 2018 Visit New Orleans and start your story with Mercedes Benz-Superdome, 1500 #OneTimeInNOLA. SATURDAY Sugarbowl Drive NOLA 70112 OneTimeInNOLA.com Doc Griggs 2X Around the Dome of the 45th Annual Saturday, November 24, 2018 Bayou Classic Football Game Mercedes Benz-Superdome 1500 Sugarbowl Drive NOLA 70112 8:00AM www.ladatanews.com Data Zone November 24 - November 30 2018 Page 7

45th Annual Bayou Classic Kicks Off

Photos by Terry B. Jones Data News Contributor

Monday marked the official kick off for the 45th Annual Bayou Clas- sic . As the city readies for the tens of thousands set to take part in the ultimate homecoming game of the year, Grambling President Richard Gallot, Jr . and Southern University President- Chancellor Ray Belton were joined by Mayor LaToya Cantrell and Gov . John Bel Ed- wards, as well as Grambling Coach Broderick Fobbs and Southern Coach Dawson Odums . Everyone is looking forward to the biggest year yet, as ticket sales by Monday, had already surpassed last year’s sales . If you haven’t gotten your tickets yet, get them today, and come sup- port the game . Show your support for these two important HBCU’s . Of course, Data will be there!!! Project4:Layout 1 11/20/18 1:41 PM Page 1

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To the Jaguar Nation, Thank you for your continued support of the students, faculty, staff, and campuses of the Southern University System. Enjoy the City of New Orleans and the 45th Annual Bayou Classic.

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To Be Equal: Does Democratic Takeover of the House Mean the ACA is Safe? try, we shape our own destiny . action, the Democratic takeover of der issued by the current Admin- Congress . The individual mandate, That is what we do . That is who the House at least will put an end to istration was a vague directive to which is a key factor in keeping we are . That is what makes us the attempts at full repeal . “to waive, defer, grant exemptions premiums affordable, must be re- United States of America .” Presi- The 2018 midterm campaign from, or delay the implementation stored . Prescription drug prices dent Barack Obama, March 23, season saw candidates across the of any provision or requirement remain too high . 2010, on signing the Affordable political spectrum campaigning on of the Affordable Care Act” that One of the Urban League Move- Care Act promises to retain the ACA’s provi- imposes a cost, fee or “regulatory ment’s core goals is that every The Affordable Care Act of 2010, sions barring insurers from deny- burden .” American has access to quality and Marc Morial also known as “Obamacare,” is ing coverage to people with preex- Since then, the Administration affordable health care solutions . President and CEO one of the most consequential acts isting conditions or charging sick and the Congress have taken doz- It’s why we fought so hard for the National Urban League of Congress in the 21st Century, people more . Even candidates who ens of steps to sabotage the law, passage of the Affordable Care Act, especially for African-Americans . previously voted to repeal the ACA the most significant being the re- and why we continue to fight so “I’m signing it for 11-year- The ACA slashed the Black unin- adopted the rhetoric . peal of the individual mandate re- hard to protect it . A majority of the old Marcelas Owens, who’s also sured rate by 40% . According to the Voters in Idaho, Nebraska and quiring most Americans to carry members of the 116th Congress, here . Marcelas lost his mom to National Urban League’s annual Utah even passed ballot initiatives health insurance . According to the which convenes in January, have an illness . And she didn’t have report on the social and economic that will expand Medicaid to more Congressional Budget Office, the vowed to protect it, too, and we will insurance and couldn’t afford the status of African-Americans, State than 330,000 low-income adults, an repeal is estimated to leave 13 mil- hold them to that promise . care that she needed . So in her of Black America, racial health dis- option made possible by the Afford- lion more Americans uninsured memory he has told her story parities began to narrow as a result able Care Act . by 2027, and to cause premiums across America so that no other of the law . Recent polling and the results of to spike 10% . A pending lawsuit by Marc H. Morial is President and children have to go through what The U .S . House of Representa- the election make it clear: the vast 20 states, with support from the CEO of the National Urban League and former Mayor of the his family has experienced … We tives has voted to repeal the ACA majority of Americans support the Administration, challenges provi- City of New Orleans. Connect with are a nation that faces its chal- more than 50 times since 2011, only ACA and rely on its protections . sions of the Affordable Care Act, the National Urban League, Face- book: https://www.facebook. lenges and accepts its responsi- to have the repeal blocked by the And the incoming Congress has including the protections for peo- com/National.Urban.League, bilities . We are a nation that does Senate . While the Administration vowed to strengthen it . ple with pre-existing conditions . Twitter: https://twitter.com/natur- Reversing this sabotage must banleague, Instagram: https:// what is hard . What is necessary . may have succeeded in chipping To be sure, there is work to be www.instagram.com/naturban- What is right . Here, in this coun- away at the law through executive done . The very first executive or- be a top priority for the incoming league or visit www.NUL.org.

In Defense of a Smart Housing Mix similar requirements . These deci- A standard, unified package of rounding housing in New Orleans portation is crucial . That’s why sions have given the City of New incentives would be offered to de- and reconsider if these numbers HousingNOLA had the support of a Orleans the opportunity to enact velopers to accompany the Smart reflect a housing market that is on broad coalition of advocates, profes- a solution that would address the Housing Mix requirements, and the verge of “correcting itself” . sionals, developers and community city’s spiraling housing crisis . require 99-year terms of afford- For housing to be affordable leaders when working with city of- Out of the HousingNOLA plan- ability . and accessible, it is imperative ficials to craft the Smart Housing ning process, one of the most Opponents of the Smart Hous- that the Smart Housing Mix is Mix . In 2019, the New Orleans City significant recommendationsing Mix seem to believe the capi- used in central and transit-orient- Council will have the chance to eventually became what we now talistic market will readjust on its ed development neighborhoods . #FixtheMix by passing the Smart Andreanecia Morris Housing NOLA, call the Smart Housing Mix . That own . If you believe the market will As the neighborhoods of New Or- Housing Mix and enact a policy that Executive Director process, launched in 2014, led to “fix itself,” you believe this mar- leans grow and gentrify, the areas mandates affordable housing—we the 10 Year Strategy and Imple- ket will suddenly begin producing around job centers grow more ex- can longer simply offer incentives Opponents of progressive and mentation Plan and our annual units below market rate . If you pensive to live . These job centers and hope for the best . The council forward thinking affordable hous- report cards which document the think that this market, one that support New Orleans’ main indus- must act soon because Governor ing policy were left disappointed state of housing in New Orleans . rewards greed and encourages try: tourism . Usually, these tourist Edwards has made it clear that we after the United States Supreme The Smart Housing Mix, when unregulated growth, finally make hubs provide jobs in restaurants, will not get another chance because Court shot down a property rights enacted, would be a citywide pol- its way down to the base of the hotels, convenience shops, and the opponents have promised to case in October 2017 . The case icy plan to create more affordable wealth pyramid, then it is time to historical tours . Ideally, people bring forth more legislation in 2019 challenged a requirement in Cali- housing that is fair and feasible by wake up and face the reality: this want to live as close to their job to prevent New Orleans from utiliz- fornia that expects developers to requiring that new development, market needs policy intervention as possible; unfortunately, when ing this needed tool . If the housing subsidize the creation of afford- adaptive reuse projects, and re- to protect the more vulnerable these areas become expensive to crisis will “fix itself” and the market able housing by either pricing 20% habilitation projects to include at populations . Currently, the Me- live in, people with limited means will self-regulate, when will we start of their units below market rate, or least 10% affordable units in areas dian Income in New Orleans is are forced to move further from to see this shift? The answer is not pay a fee that subsidizes housing where its almost impossible to $36,999, while the Median Home their jobs . The ramificationssoon enough to save the citizens of for people with low or moderate find affordable housing . Develop- Value sits at $227,800 (Housing- of this are detrimental to all in- New Orleans who need affordable incomes . They were disappointed ers have the option to pay a fee, NOLA Report Card, 2018) . In volved; unstable living situations housing now . Our leaders must again when, earlier this year, Gov- build affordable units off site, pre- 2018, 50% of all households are create an unstable workforce . #PutHousingFirst and act in the ernor John Bel Edwards vetoed a serve a building or dedicate alter- cost burdened—paying more The need for affordable, mixed best interest of the people of New bill that would have prevented com- native land if they do not wish to than 30% of their gross income housing developments near job Orleans when this issue comes be- munities in Louisiana from enacting reserve units below market rate . on housing . Review the facts sur- centers with adequate public trans- fore them! www.ladatanews.com State & Local News November 24 - November 30 2018 Page 9 OneEgg Using Nutrition to Transform Education

By Piper Thurman ters located in Mozambique, stu- Data News Weekly dents went from receiving one egg Contributor three times a week, to more than 750 eggs being given a day . One egg is all it took to change Even more recently, the ministry the lives of many children in vari- was given a $341,490 grant from Ty- ous countries, like Rwanda, Hondu- son Foods, and according to Ord- ras, Nepal, Haiti, Nigeria, and more . way, this grant will work towards an That is the gospel Chris Ordway, economically sustainable egg farm the Executive Director of OneEgg, in Haiti, which will not only provide hopes to spread so that ordinary eggs for school kids, but orphan- Americans can see how one simple ages and clinics as well . act of giving can have immense im- Ordway wanted students to take pact . away one important thing from “Once I had a chance to visit OneEgg: that no matter who they Rwanda and see how many kids are or where they come from, they were without proper nutrition, I can come together to make a differ- knew something needed to be done ence in this world . and I was ready to be a part of it,” “Through OneEgg, I want to Ordway said to Xavier University work to make this crazy, cruel world of Louisiana students on Nov . 15, a better place by giving back,” Ord- 2018 . The organization partners way began . “And we started doing with Xavier’s campus ministry to Chris Ordway with OneEgg shares on the organization’s collaboration with Xavier campus ministry students that with something as simple as an support mission trips to locations during a presentation on Nov. 14, 2018 in New Orleans, La. (Photo by Piper Thurman) egg,” Ordway said . that OneEgg serves . OneEgg started off with three main goal was to provide them with ordinary people who had one goal: more to their diet, and the effects to provide kids with protein-filled it had were tremendous,” Ordway Did you sign up for your food, while also giving them a rea- said . son to attend Sunday school . In With all of its 11 chapters, Xavier 2008, these three people, a Mem- campus ministry students had the quarterlyphis businessman, Over-the-Counter a Rwandan opportunity allowance. to visit a OneEgg Chap- church leader, and young woman ter located in Honduras in 2017 and Get $400working worth for ofTyson health-related Foods Inc . itemsin working per so year closely for with $0. the or- turned what started off as an idea ganization, the experience helped $ to reality . In 2010, construction be- them to realize what missionary gan on chicken houses located in work they wanted to do in the fu- Rwanda, and then that turned into ture . 37,000 eggs being produced each “To see these less fortunate kids week . Tyson Foods, an American so excited to come to school, and so multinational corporation based in attentive to what was being taught 348 Arkansas and the world’s second made me so grateful for my own Medicare Part B Premium largest processor and marketer of university and I definitely want to meat, partnered up with OneEgg come back and do more,” said De- Give Back? and today, the organization sits in nise Ssettimba, who had the chance numerous countries, and provides to visit a OneEgg Chapter in Hon- snacks to children while they at- duras . New from Peoples Health: we’ll pay $29 per month of your Medicare Part B tend Sunday school . Father Etido Jerome, who heads premium. And you can use that Give Back money on whatever you want! Among all the students in Rwan- up Xavier’s campus ministry, also It’s just one of many reasons to join Peoples Health – rated by Medicare as da’s villages, only four students went with students and spoke about the highest quality in Louisiana. 4.5 out of 5 Stars for 2019! were showing up to attend classes, the many changes happening be- but once OneEgg preschools be- cause of OneEgg . Rarely has there been so much difference among Medicare Advantage plans gan to open and eggs started being “In Nigeria, 250 kids were get- in Louisiana. Make sure you choose the plan that’s right for you. passed out, the number of students ting zero eggs, now there are 250 attending began to increase . The kids getting an egg a day and to see Act now! Medicare’s Annual Enrollment Period ends Friday, December 7. organization also supports local the changes being made makes all farmers, who also serve as a source of this seem worth it,” Jerome said . Visit peopleshealth.com/challenge for eggs provided to schools . Today because of OneEgg in “These school kids were with Rwanda, Uganda and Haiti, there or call toll-free for more information: very little energy, living off beans are over 4,000 kids receiving eggs 1-855-806-6317 (TTY: 711) and rice, and no kind of animal pro- and over half of these kids are get- tein in their diet,” he began . “So, the ting an education . In newer chap- 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week Peoples Health is a Medicare Advantage organization with a Medicare contract to offer HMO plans. Enrollment depends on annual Medicare contract renewal. Every year Medciare evaluates plans based on a 5-star rating system. Benefits listed are for Peoples Health Choices 65 #14 (HMO), H1961-014-1 H1961_19AEPDNWPA_M Page 10 November 24 - November 30 2018 State & Local News www.ladatanews.com Pinkett Aims to Inspire Next Wave of Black Entrepreneur

By Tylan Nash his journey to success . England . He even became the first Data News Weekly Pinkett grew up in a single-par- Black man to win The Apprentice, Contributor ent household in Philadelphia, Pa ., a reality show that was hosted by after his father passed away at a President Donald Trump that mea- With over 2 .6 million Black- young age . Pinkett would grow up sured a person’s business skills owned businesses in the U .S ., many with an entrepreneurial mindset through certain tasks . He went on entrepreneurs launch into their from selling things like lemonade to work in Trump’s business opera- work never even knowing the first and cookies, and even his toys . tions in Atlantic City, N .J ., and later thing about running a business . However, he did not have someone became the Chairman and CEO of They learn through the mistakes to look up to while accomplishing his own company, BCT Partners, they make, and through the suc- these things . It was not until he saw a multi-million-dollar consulting, cesses they create, and this is what a fellow classmate at Rutgers Uni- research and technology operation Randal Pinkett figured out early on versity selling t-shirts that he felt in- headquartered in Newark, N .J . He when he decided to launch his own spired to pursue entrepreneurship . told students that it wasn’t easy bal- business . Pinkett earned five academic de- ancing his personal life and starting “But that’s okay,” Pinkett said, grees in areas like engineering to his own business . “neither did I when I first started . business, and he holds a doctorate “I had to prioritize, and work, I just knew I wanted to accomplish from the Massachusetts Institute and pray . It wasn’t easy, but I got something great .” of Technology . He became the first it done . I started it while I was in “I’ve always been doing things Black man to become a Rhodes school, just like all of you,” Pinkett entrepreneurial, I just didn’t know Scholar in 1994, an international said . it was entrepreneurship,” Pinkett scholarship given to postgraduate With a story like this one, Mark told Xavier University of Louisiana students who would like to study at Quinn, Professor of Business at college students on Nov . 13th about the University of Oxford in Oxford, Xavier hoped Pinkett would serve

Dr. Randal Pinkett is an entrepreneur, speaker, author, scholar and community servant, and one of the leading voices for his generation in business and technology. He is the co-founder, chairman and CEO of BCT Partners, a multimillion-dollar research, consulting, training, technology and analytics firm based in Newark, New Jersey.

as a role model for the business gone from chain links to cufflinks . students he trains in entrepreneur- From the slave house to the White 86 million ship . House .” “He brings a perspective from Pinkett aimed to inspire the next the real world, and it’s important wave of business leaders . He took for college students to hear his sto- his audience on a journey through ry, because these are possible role African-American entrepreneurial models for them,” Quinn said . history by showing them different One student, Marloes Booker, is entrepreneurial personalities of col- Americans already following in Pinkett’s foot- or: like Oprah Winfrey, who went steps . As a senior at Xavier, Booker from owning her own talk show is the founder of RedBeans Nola, to owning her own TV network to which sells bracelets and T-shirts, Michael Jordan, who sold over 10 Maybe even you, giving a large amount of the profit million of his self-named brands of to charities that feed the homeless . shoes . By doing this, Pinkett hoped He discussed how he felt motivated to provide young Black future en- by Pinkett’s story and how it really trepreneurs that they have role have prediabetes. gave him inspiration to work even models they can look up to . harder in his business . “I think it is very important to “Sometimes, I’m feeling down see this representation in entrepre- because of just the stress of school neurship, because there’s not a lot and my small business, and he just of Black people that we see in pow- person-ABOUT-TO- really motivated me to keep going erful positions, and seeing them, and to stay focused,” Booker said . will really pushed a student like me Pinkett told the young students to want to accomplish great things,” FACT-CHECK-THIS-FACT. that he believed that people of color said Ayanna Brown, a business ma- naturally embody unique, strong jor at Xavier, who attended Pinkett’s tendencies and talents, like the abil- talk . ity to endure no matter what the Visiting a Black university was issues are, which are important to part of Pinkett’s goal to inspire the establishing entrepreneurial mind- next generation of innovators . “I sets . didn’t have anyone who could be an “As African-Americans, we are example for me,” Pinkett said . “So, naturally creative,” Pinkett said . it’s important for me to get out to “We are naturally resilient, pas- HBCUs, because I want to inspire sionate, and courageous . We’ve young Black men and women .” www.ladatanews.com National News November 24 - November 30 2018 Page 11 DATA CLASSIFIED Call 504-821-7421 to Stacey Abrams Ends Historic place your classified ad. Gubernatorial Run Job Opportunity Freelance By Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D voter registration and participa- Writers NNPA Newswire Contributor tion process in Georgia . Wanted In her speech, she criticized The State of Georgia’s Demo- the voting process and the State of Data News Weekly, “The cratic Gubernatorial nominee has Georgia’s mismanagement of the People’s Paper, is looking for freelence writers to ended her historic run for gov- gubernatorial election, saying she join our team print and ernor in a controversial political will be filing a major lawsuit against digital team. We want race that has captured the atten- the State of Georgia for the “gross to hear from you if you tion of the country . In a press con- mismanagement of this election are a working journalist, or an aspiring journalist ference held today at 5 p .m . at her and to protect future elections from who has 2 years or more Kirkwood Headquarters, Abrams unconstitutional actions” in the of newspaper or PR acknowledged GOP candidate coming days . writing experience. We and former Secretary of State The voter protection crusader need writers who can Brian Kemp will be Georgia’s next says she will continue fighting for cover New Orleans news stories, ranging from governor but failed to concede the reform as a private citizen announc- local high school sports, race . “I will not concede because ing the launch of Fair Fight Geor- community events, City the erosion of our democracy is gia, an operation that will “pursue Hall and entertainment. not right,” she stated . accountability in Georgia’s elec- Experience in print is necessary, experience in Abrams announcement comes tions and integrity in the process of digital and social media days after post-election lawsuits de- maintaining voting rolls .” are encouraged. manding that all votes be counted Georgia’s GOP leadership has in the face of voter suppression been mocking Abrams’ quest Compensation is tactics used by the Secretary of for justice . Kemp’s Spokesman competitive and great State’s office . Kemp, who was the Ryan Mahoney stated, “Radical story ideas will be Republican candidate for governor, Stacey Abrams is beyond des- appreciated. failed to step down from the office perate with her latest publicity while running for office, which was stunt . Georgia voters made their If you are interested, please email your resume a clear conflict of interest . decision at the ballot box . It’s and 3 writing samples to: During the campaign, it was re- time for Stacey Abrams to end terrybjones@bellsouth. ported Kemp’s office had removed Abrams, the voter protection crusader, says she will continue fight- her ridiculous temper tantrum ing for reform as a private citizen announcing the launch of Fair Fight net and datanewseditor@ 300,000 registered voters from Georgia, an operation that will “pursue accountability in Georgia’s and concede .” bellsouth.net. the rolls in Georgia, 70 percent of elections and integrity in the process of maintaining voting rolls”. Paul Bennecke, Director of the which were voters of color . Republican Governors Association The Georgia legislature’s rein- to remove voters from the rolls or insisting all absentee and provi- has said Abrams antics “will come We can’t wait to statement of the exact match rule, to discount provisional or absen- sional votes should be counted, back to haunt her if she runs for hear from you! which had previously been ruled tee ballots . filing several lawsuits . The former something again,” and Clay Tippins unconstitutional in a previous law- Kemp declared victory on elec- Democratic leader of Georgia’s who ran for the GOP Gubernatorial suit, resulted in the removal of tion night, stepping down from of- House of Representatives needed nomination stated, “To call Abrams’ voters from the rolls for missing fice two days later to begin what he an additional 17,000 votes in or- move childish would be insulting to a hyphen or leaving out a middle called his transition to the Gover- der to force a run-off with Kemp children .” Kemp thanked Abrams initial . A recent lawsuit found that norship . but decided to end the election in for her “passion, hard work and those reasons could not be used Abrams refused to concede order to work on reforming the commitment to public service .” This space can be

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