in a class that i took 2 years back, i read an article about blacks and philanthropy. basically it discussed how the average person has enough to give to some philanthropic arm. the avg. man represents more wealth than the small percentage of folks who are millionaires/billionaires.
there are ways to do this. you can bequeath it in your will, set aside money every month; budgeting a certain percent of your monthly income to a favorite charity, giving through your job.
there are so many of us who are illiterate when it comes to handling money. we are more powerful than we realize.
i cant speak on your org. or your frustrations with the direction. but i am a firm believer that you can make a difference no matter how small.
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Originally posted by BusinessApe1906
Brothers, friends, guests, whoever...
I have to ask the question I KNOW is being asked on every college campus in America. The question I was hearing when I came through in 1997; "what good do your organizations do, today?"
I towed the company line, folks. Spit the Alpha initiatives like I was reciting history. Involved myself in student government, social change, and economic reform(ish) activities. I attended Alpha U. in Baltimore to become the best Alpha I could possibly be; and learned how from the "experts" in Alphadom.
Oprah is the only bon-a-fide net worth billionaire in Black America. Blacks make up 12% of the richest nation on earth (that's 36 million people), but can only boast to have one of the world's billionaires?
Not one Alpha on that list. Closest we came was Bro. Johnson and I don't know if he gave back to Theta or not. But I don't see a gang of businesses springing up in Alpha part of Chicago. First of all, servants of all, we shall transcend all? What the hell are we transcending?
I understand that external variables play a part. The slave mind, disproportionate funding for public education, disproportionate funding for economic growth, social injustice and mistreatment, etc. etc. and how those variables have the African American equation slanted sharply toward STUCK; but Alpha is supposed to understand better. Where are the Skull and Bones type of endowments from successful brothers to the next generation of success in Alpha? Are there any TRULY successful brothers anymore?
When do we start financing one another's business ideas so we can create the millionaire to billionaire cycle instead of the Apes vs. Sphinxmen stepshow champion cycle? We seem to live off the laurels of the past and not focus on the building of our future.
Let me know what y'all think!
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