I came to seriously question the concept of fatherhood altogether. Photographing 50 different types of fathers will make you realize that fatherhood has nothing to do with DNA.
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FINANCIAL LITERACY , INVESTMENTS , MENTORS
EMILY AVONYA JEFFERSON – BLACK ENTREPRENEUR WHO ALMOST DIED AS A TEEN SIGNS MAJOR GROCERY STORE DISTRIBUTION DEAL FOR HER LINE OF LOW-SODIUM SEASONINGS – A RAINBOW OF ROLE MODELS {WEDNESDAY SERIES}
The first year and a half of business consisted of Emily hand bottling all seasonings herself, but after securing a manufacturer in mid-2021 who was able to mass-produce her seasonings, she landed a deal with Lowes Foods grocery store. This southeastern grocery chain has stores throughout both North Carolina and South Carolina.
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MENTORS
NIGERIAN – AMERICAN FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR ACCEPTED INTO EIGHT IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS! THAT’S RIGHT – EIGHT! – A RAINBOW OF ROLE MODELS {WEDNESDAY SERIES}
“I just decided to shoot my shot at all of them and see if it would land. And I had no idea I would get accepted into all of them,” said the 17-year-old Miami Beach Senior High School graduate. “On Ivy Day, I remember crying a lot and just being extremely surprised.”
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FINANCIAL LITERACY , INVESTMENTS , MENTORS , SAVINGS
PEOPLE USING 4TH GRADE STRATEGY, {HINT- WARREN BUFFETT, ELON MUSK, ETC.} ARE MORE LIKLEY TO BECOME WEALTHY!
Results show that people who were more numerate had higher income, more education, and greater verbal intelligence. Numeracy was also related to greater income satisfaction and greater life satisfaction.
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With his courage to use his voice, Russell inspired other Black athletes to speak up for justice.
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MENTORS
THE ENTIRE CLASS AT ALL BLACK CATHOLIC SCHOOL WAS ACCEPTED INTO COLLEGE! – A RAINBOW OF ROLE MODELS {WEDNESDAY SERIES}
The world deserves to see this black boy joy. Congratulations to THE St. Augustine High School class of 2022,” She said. “100% college acceptance. $9.2M in scholarships. Straight out of the 7th ward of New Orleans. Let that make headlines! Dance!”
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MENTORS
MacKenzie Scott gives “Big Brothers Big Sisters of America” a $122.6 Million donation – A RAINBOW OF ROLE MODELS {WEDNESDAY SERIES}
We will use it to support the country's largest provider of workplace youth mentoring. And we're going to use it to help support kids to continue to find their career journeys, including scholarship internship job placements. When we connect young people to mentors who they can see and understand and have that connection with, it helps them go towards finding jobs, careers, and finding their like journey.
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FINANCIAL LITERACY , INVESTMENTS , SAVINGS
$1,000+ CAR PAYMENTS LOOK MORE LIKE RENT/MORTGAGE PAYMENTS!
What if instead you buy a used or less expensive car and keep your costs under $500.00/month. Next, deposit the saved $500 monthly in your ROTH IRA, investing in an S&P 500 ETF index. Let’s look at three good options:
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MENTORS
TO CHANGE THE WORLD, BILL GATES SAYS READ A LOT! – A RAINBOW OF ROLE MODELS {WEDNESDAY SERIES}
“You don’t really start getting old until you stop learning,” Gates said. “Every book teaches me something new or helps me see things differently. I was lucky to have parents who encouraged me to read. Reading fuels a sense of curiosity about the world, which I think helped drive me forward in my career and in the work that I do now with my foundation.”
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I believe that concepts like XHVS can change how we prepare our students to be self-reliant, to pursue meaningful careers, to be qualified for jobs that go unfilled because of a lack of qualified applicants, and to participate in the economic growth of our country without needing a costly and sometimes irrelevant college degree.
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