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In last weeks episode, we discussed education in school where we need better training for our teachers on how to properly handle our kids and deal with those who come from broken environments, dealing with children suffering from PTSD due to poor conditions or growing up with parents dealing with generational curses, and zero tolerance mostly affecting brown children. If you haven’t please go back and check out the first episode “Tackling the School to Prison Pipeline” it’s a great discussion and very informative.

As we continue this discussion the Road to Black Economic Development let’s look at another avenue and that is money. When it comes to finances it is something that affects us all. That has become clearer doing this time with the pandemic because it has exposed our most vulnerable point and that is having a reliable steady income. With over 30 million-plus still collecting unemployment, the one thing we have to discuss is the path forward and what could have been some of our best practices to prepare us for this storm. We’re told by leadership we should have over 2 years' worth of income saved but most companies don’t even pay the cost of living so Americans are having to seek out other means to bring more into the house. The problem with that is time costs money and money can mean a lot of things in the household such as time with kids, investing time with your spouse or private life, working on projects that you love doing, etc. So joining me again is Tamika Day as we dive deep into this topic and work towards understanding a Road to Black Economic Development.

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Throughout history, we can see how Black Americans in the Great United States of America have been treated. We can unequivocally determine that through policies created we were disproportionately affected from lack of wealth, as others ran forward, we had ropes pulling us back the harder we tried to catch up. Our communities thus became our only safe haven until it wasn’t anymore due to outside interferences that don’t like the fact that we even exist as a people. I know that statement in itself is harsh, but it can be said through the actions of all those in charge since the “Emancipation Proclamation” in 1862 which went into effect in 1863. Black Americans had Jim Crow laws created against them as a deterrent to prevent them from getting ahead.

There were a select few who built wealth through the Jim Crow era such as Bernard Garret, an African American born and raised in the South who understood the surest path to improving conditions for black Americans was by achieving economic freedom (Clark, 2020). We should understand that it did not come easy, and it’s known that starting a business is not easy but when you have racial discrimination working against you it makes the path that much harder, know that before you preach “Make America Great Again”. Let’s discuss the reality where a lot of this began and that is in education or the lack thereof.

Sir Francis Bacon once said that “Knowledge is Power” (Bacon, 1996). Discouraging Blacks to learn dates back to the 1800s with North Carolina passing a law that forbade teaching slaves to read and write, stating that literacy has a “tendency to excite dissatisfaction in their minds and to produce insurrection and rebellion to the manifest injury of the citizens of this state” (Sneed, 2014). The lack of knowledge will lead you down a path of destruction because a person can’t see an outlet and acts in a way representing what they’ve been exposed to. Without true knowledge you act to the knowledge that you witness on a daily basis and in some Black communities, it’s that of violence and civil unrest. In most cases that can come with great progress if there is an understanding of what happens afterward. In the circumstances where there are no plans, the only outcome is that of leftover destructions and us left to rebuild until the next time. In this episode, I will talk with Tamika Day as we discuss “The Road to Black Economic Development: Tackling the School to Prison Pipeline”.

Tamika Day is a successful entrepreneur and educator. She has dedicated her career to promoting excellence in business and mentoring stylists/barbers to succeed in the beauty industry.  Her business takes pride in motivating and inspiring others to excel beyond the chair. Tamika's passion for education has guided her career in the industry as a highly sought-after industry expert in the world of beauty and business consultant.  Tamika's goal is to enhance and empower professionals to excel in business, life skills, and career strengths.

She possesses a B.A in Mass Communications/Marketing from the State University of West Georgia and a Master’s in Education with a concentration in Instructional Technology from Cambridge College in Boston, MA.  Her knowledge gained has helped her to build upon her strengths as a successful entrepreneur, mom, and wife.

She is an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and I welcome her to the show to discuss the path forward.

Bacon, F. (1996). Meditationes Sacrae and Human Philosophy. Kessinger Publishing.

Clark, A. (2020, March 20). The Black Businessman Who Built an Empire Despite Jim Crow Oppression. Retrieved from History.com: https://www.history.com/news/bernard-garrett-banker-jim-crow

Sneed, L. (2014, 08 21). Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's "Learning to Read".

In this episode Tamika Day with cohost as we discuss “The Road to Black Economic Development: Tackling the School to Prison Pipeline”.

Tamika Day is a successful entrepreneur and educator. She has dedicated her career to promoting excellence in business and mentoring stylist/barbers to succeed in the beauty industry.  Her business takes pride in motivating and inspiring others to excel beyond the chair. Tamika's passion for education has guided her career in the industry as a highly sought-after industry expert in the world of beauty and business consultant.  Tamika's goal is to enhance and empower professionals to excel in business, life skills, and career strengths.

Tamika was named Ford Top Ten Stylist in the country 2013 by Bronner Brothers, Ford Motor Company and Upscale Magazine.  As well as, she is State Captain of Georgia for the Professional Beauty Association.  Tamika participated with the Professional Beauty Federation on Capitol Hill to address key issues in the beauty industry. She is a proud participant of the Look, Good, Feel Better campaign sponsored by the American Cancer Society.  She completed the Ron Clark Educator Training to increase her knowledge and to gain professional development.

Tamika Day is a former educator with Atlanta Public and Fulton County Schools.  She successfully launched a Teenpreneur Showcase teaching students’ confidence, public speaking and business communication. Tamika Day is the founder of Cosmetology S.T.E.M. Camp and presented at the GA Department of Education STEM Forum about Cosmetology STEM Careers. She launched TCD Consulting Group in 2018 to help others achieve personal and business success.  She is a motivational speaker that has served on various committees, nonprofit boards and expert panels.

She possesses a B.A in Mass Communications/Marketing from the State University of West Georgia and a Master’s in Education with a concentration in Instructional Technology from Cambridge College in Boston, MA.  Her knowledge gained has helped her to build upon her strengths as a successful entrepreneur, mom and wife.

She is an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and I welcome her to the show to discuss the path forward.

Google School to prison to pipeline to see the problem we're facing in this country as we talk towards potential solutions.

The Road to Black Economic Development

Tackling the School to Prison Pipeline

Throughout history, we can see how Black Americans in the Great United States of America have been treated. We can unequivocally determine that through policies created we were disproportionately affected from lack of wealth, as others ran forward, we had ropes pulling us back the harder we tried to catch up. Our communities thus became our only safe haven until it wasn’t anymore due to outside interferences that don’t like the fact that we even exist as a people. I know that statement in itself is harsh, but it can be said through the actions of all those in charge since the “Emancipation Proclamation” in 1862 which went into effect in 1863. Black Americans had Jim Crow laws created against them as a deterrent to prevent them from getting ahead.

There were a select few who built wealth through the Jim Crow era such as Bernard Garret, an African American born and raised in the South who understood the surest path to improving conditions for black Americans was by achieving economic freedom (Clark, 2020). We should understand that it did not come easy, and it’s known that starting a business is not easy but when you have racial discrimination working against you it makes the path that much harder, know that before you preach “Make America Great Again”. Let’s discuss the reality where a lot of this began and that is in education or the lack thereof.

Sir Francis Bacon once said that “Knowledge is Power” (Bacon, 1996). Discouraging Blacks to learn dates back to the 1800s with North Carolina passing a law that forbade teaching slaves to read and write, stating that literacy has a “tendency to excite dissatisfaction in their minds and to produce insurrection and rebellion to the manifest injury of the citizens of this state” (Sneed, 2014). The lack of knowledge will lead you down a path of destruction because a person can’t see an outlet and acts in a way representing what they’ve been exposed to. Without true knowledge, you act to the knowledge that you witness on a daily basis, and in some Black communities, it’s that of violence and civil unrest. In most cases that can come with great progress if there is an understanding of what happens afterward. In the circumstances where there are no plans, the only outcome is that of leftover destructions and us left to rebuild until the next time. In this episode, I will talk with Tamika Day as we discuss “The Road to Black Economic Development: Tackling the School to Prison Pipeline”.

Tamika Day is a successful entrepreneur and educator. She has dedicated her career to promoting excellence in business and mentoring stylists/barbers to succeed in the beauty industry.  Her business takes pride in motivating and inspiring others to excel beyond the chair. Tamika's passion for education has guided her career in the industry as a highly sought-after industry expert in the world of beauty and business consultant.  Tamika's goal is to enhance and empower professionals to excel in business, life skills, and career strengths.

She possesses a B.A in Mass Communications/Marketing from the State University of West Georgia and a Master’s in Education with a concentration in Instructional Technology from Cambridge College in Boston, MA.  Her knowledge gained has helped her to build upon her strengths as a successful entrepreneur, mom, and wife.  She is an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and I welcome her to the show to discuss the path forward.

Welcome to PTG.tv this is your Host Antonio Hicks aka “EscapingTheMatrix” on this week's episode of “Real Talk and Conversation with Today’s Candidates” I’m here to introduce Candidate Toni Gordon Roberts. Toni Gordon Roberts is a Life Member 1471 of Sigma Gamma Rho and a candidate for Southeastern Region Undergraduate Chapter Coordinator, 2020-2022.

She was inducted into Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Incorporated at Lane College, Alpha Gamma Chapter, on March 26, 1995. Currently, Toni serves as the Georgia Area Coordinator, a QPR Trainer, a TORCH trainer, a member of the Disciplinary Action Committee, and the Southeastern Region Chaplain Committee. Toni is a member of the Iota Zeta Sigma Alumnae Chapter, where she’s served as the local Basileus, Anti-Basileus, Grammateus, and Anti-Grammateus.

She earned a Bachelor of Science Degree, cum laude from Lane College, and a Paralegal Certification from Georgia State University. Stay tuned for the interview coming up.

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