APRIL 13 - 19. 1986 Tft£ CITIZEN
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o EYTALKS:
Organize a
By Jam .than
ealth-building club is
simply an organization of people
who have joined together to
pool resource , knowledge and
frequently funds in an attempt
to produce greater wealth for
eror
Lut . Ev
The matrimonial music filled
the church as I quietly antici
pated the entrance proce tonal
of th edding party. I h d no
doubt in my mind or heart
bout whether thi marriage
would wor out. I knew it was
b sed on trong belief in God
and soundloving skill .
A I continued to wait, my
thoughts turned to the count
Ie number of mania es that
auld occur this year. I lament
ed bout the nearly 25 percent
of tho muriag th t would
not continu until "death do us
part." I lamented bout tho
m n and omen ho continue
to ar h for a life ornpanion
ithout ucce. In my mind
nd h art I w certain that
something wa different about
their Iif ori nt tion and that
of th coupl who ould
ppro h the It r together
tod .
Perhap
th
r ur en ir nment.
ther re many who
r hing for fulfilment.
sure the bride and groom
comfort bl with them-
selv and th ir environment.
I cert in that they recogniz-
ed there was an Universal
Foree that had its 0 n rhythm
and beat. It a obvious that
the life companions worked
h rd tying in tep with the
rhythm and be t of the U niver-
I Force.
Iter the wedding proces
. onal h d culmin ted at the
Iter, I could feel that all in the
congregation felt a very special
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all club members. Such clubs
are relatively easy to organize
but a bit more difficult to
maintain over an extended
period of time. De pite this'
latter drawback such clubs are
springing up throughout the
for
or e
feeling. Although it would
have been impossible, I wished
that I could I h ve witnessed
o this marriage of life companions
the first time, 40 years ago.
The fact Mr. and Mrs. White
were standing together before
their community and the Uni
versal Force was irrefutable
proof that they had kept their
promises to one another the
last time. Forty years ago they
promised "to have and hold
one another for better or four
orse until death do us part."
In the beauty of it alII began
to thin about whether there
was any relationship between
rong marriage and a strong
community. If dancing to the
rhythm and beat of the Uni
versal Force allow one t feel
comfortable with oneself and
ones life omp nion perhaps
the same principles and te hni
wor in creatin a trong
mmunity. Perh p ,
ommunity member ould
fulfilm nt urtin 3J'I
mmunity. If
'U
to feel th
me hen one orne t grip
ith own rship in the BI k
ommunity. From th realiza
tion of that ownership on
mu t c nfront our innate feel
ing th t we re lly don't want
to catch the first thing okin
out of th Bla community.
o matt r where one buy a
hou ,the Black mmunity is
HO if he s Black.
Through re 0 rnzing our
ownership we are f ed with
the fact that our community
is ours for better or for wor
from thi day forward until
death do us part. Those who
have already courted and mar
ried the African Arneric n com
munity realiz that our com
munity currentl is going
through the "for worse" part
of the "for better or wor '
part of the vow. But the inter-
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nation because they can serve
a very valuable purpose.
The immediate purpo of a
wealth-building club is to intro
duce ucce -oriented people to
one another.
Secondly, uch people are
then able to u the club to
accomplish a variety of financial
goals. The chief goal should
be to eventually get to the
point of sponsoring money
making events: from a Frid y
night party to a Sunday morn
ing financial minar.
If one is interesting in start
ing a wealth-building club, I
would suggest the following
steps:
I-Take the responsibility of
identifying at least two and
not more than five other
individuals who would be both
interested in starting uch a club
and prepared to work to m e
it successful.
2- 0 later than the second
or third meeting decide upon
the type of event you would
like to sponsor.
3- Gather information:
ranging from the cost of en
gaging in cert in types of
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money-making activities to any
laws or city ordinances which
must be obeyed.
4- Set - in writing - club
rules and regulation. Include
statements on membership due ,
voting rights, type of money
making ctivitie in which the
club plan to engage and how
all profits are to be distributed.
Once your wealth-building
club i organized there i
wide variety of money-m ing
opportunitie open to you. One
club I know of did nothing
more than sell home-m de din
ners every weekend. The club
identified a great t highly traveled
location and simply p ed out
flyers in the surrounding neigh
borhood. But mo t important-
1y they did well financially.
However, the above case is
the exception. ost money
making activities will need a lot
more publicity in order to be
uccessful. Remember: pro-
motions or advertising is the key
to getting a fledgling money
making idea known to the
public. It used to be id th t
if you build a better mou -
trap the world would beat a
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path to your door. But that s
not true. The orld mu t
first kno ab ut the mouse-
trap. Today. it is much more
accur te to say: get yourself
good product and publicize
the hell out of it.
Your "product tt could be a
financial seminar. In fact
such minars are among the
first recommendation I make
to clubs looking for their fir t
money-producing project.
Such min rs must be well
publicized. In fact, if you
can't get good publicity it would
be better not to try until you
can. In ddition, such seminars
mu t be held in nice comfor
table places. Lo al real estate
agent, bank loan officers or
even city official can be invited
to di u s local economic oppor
tunities. All those attending
would be harged a mall fee
( 10 to 25. This i how y ur
club ould make it money.
For additional information
on organizing a wealth-building
club write Law-Tay om uni
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