South Carolina Cultural Heritage Society
LEADERSHIP ACADEMY SEMINARs
The South Carolina Cultural Heritage Society and A Call to Action will host a Leadership Academy Seminar on April 17, 2018 at Campbell Chapel 25 Boundary Street Bluffton, SC 29910.
The Leadership Academy is an integral part of the Pan African Cultural Heritage Institute, Inc. The goal of this program is to reinforce the Institute’s mission of creating cultural ambassadors for the world, develop leaders with character and leadership skills, and to increase cultural awareness and the importance of diversity to insure fairness and respect. The focus will be teaching that next generation of leaders from a cultural perspective and to use proven historical experiences as a teaching foundation and as inspiration to prepare the attendees to appreciate their responsibilities and seek out opportunities that will make their community and the world a better place. The ultimate vision of the Pan African Cultural Heritage Leadership Academy is to make clear that the power of leadership comes with the responsibility of a deep appreciation for other cultures and to assist each attendee in discovering and developing their unique leadership skill and vision of the world.
LEADERSHIP ACADEMY SEMINAR
Part II
CULTURAL ECONOMICS: ACCESS TO CAPITAL & MARKETING
Access to capital and marketing are the weakness of all Micro-Enterprise and Cultural Businesses. We are here to help fix the problem!
Part II
CULTURAL ECONOMICS: ACCESS TO CAPITAL & MARKETING
Access to capital and marketing are the weakness of all Micro-Enterprise and Cultural Businesses. We are here to help fix the problem!
Date:
April 17, 2018
Time:
11:30 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.
Location:
Campbell Chapel
25 Boundary Street
Rev. I. W. Wilborn Fellowship Hall
Bluffton SC 29910
Cost: Free
Lunch will be provided
Space is Limited
R.S.V.P. by April 15, 2018
Reserve@ actabluffton@gmail.com
Cultural economics is the application of economic analysis to the creative and performing arts, the heritage and cultural industries, in both the public and private sectors. It is concerned with the economic organization of the cultural sector and with the behavior of producers, consumers and governments in that sector. The subject includes a range of approaches, mainstream and radical, neoclassical, welfare economics, public policy and institutional economics and it also espouses interdisciplinary analysis connected to these topics. Cultural economics is the branch of economics that studies the relation of culture to economic outcomes.
Does Culture Produce Wealth Or Does Wealth Produce Culture?
The Answer: ‘Culture creates Wealth’! Every immigrant who came to America brought their culture, heritage and traditions; and integrated them into their communities, and developed the assets to create generational wealth for their people and themselves. The English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Irish, Italian, Chinese and others brought their cultures, traditions, and heritage to America, and today each is an integral part of the culture, we classify as “American”. Our American Culture is made of various cultures and is constantly evolving, which makes us attractive to the rest of the world. A melting pot, ‘No’ - America is a GUMBO!!!!
The African American Culture is no different. Enslaved people and immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean, brought to America their cultures, traditions, and heritage. Openly and in secret, they continued to practice them, and many have survived for over four hundred years. Our music, art, dance, foods, traditions, trades, skills and creative intelligence are integrated in the mainstream culture and society. Unfortunately, seldom is any thought or recognition given to their origin, or their economic value.
Does Culture Produce Wealth Or Does Wealth Produce Culture?
The Answer: ‘Culture creates Wealth’! Every immigrant who came to America brought their culture, heritage and traditions; and integrated them into their communities, and developed the assets to create generational wealth for their people and themselves. The English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Irish, Italian, Chinese and others brought their cultures, traditions, and heritage to America, and today each is an integral part of the culture, we classify as “American”. Our American Culture is made of various cultures and is constantly evolving, which makes us attractive to the rest of the world. A melting pot, ‘No’ - America is a GUMBO!!!!
The African American Culture is no different. Enslaved people and immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean, brought to America their cultures, traditions, and heritage. Openly and in secret, they continued to practice them, and many have survived for over four hundred years. Our music, art, dance, foods, traditions, trades, skills and creative intelligence are integrated in the mainstream culture and society. Unfortunately, seldom is any thought or recognition given to their origin, or their economic value.
Marketing
with
Eugene Franklin
We have partnered with tourism and travel partners to promote and position key cultural heritage tourism destinations through a broad program of advertising, public relations, social media, Internet marketing, promotions, research, and other marketing strategies.
These strategies are designed to maintain and improve the awareness of national and international cultural and historical attractions and to project their image as a must visit destination to cultural and business travelers. The ultimate goal being, to attract increased numbers of travelers, and to increase tourist spending, create jobs, and hospitality related businesses.
with
Eugene Franklin
We have partnered with tourism and travel partners to promote and position key cultural heritage tourism destinations through a broad program of advertising, public relations, social media, Internet marketing, promotions, research, and other marketing strategies.
These strategies are designed to maintain and improve the awareness of national and international cultural and historical attractions and to project their image as a must visit destination to cultural and business travelers. The ultimate goal being, to attract increased numbers of travelers, and to increase tourist spending, create jobs, and hospitality related businesses.
Eugene Franklin,
Chairman, National Black Business Support Corporation
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Eugene Franklin is the author of the Pan African American Cultural Heritage Initiative and the architect and organizer of the Pan African Cultural Heritage Alliance, whose membership includes the National Black Chamber of Commerce, Inc., National Cultural Heritage Tourism Center, Inc., National Black Business Support Corporation, National Black Tourism Marketing Corporation, and the Pan African Cultural Heritage Institute, Inc. Franklin also serves as the President of the Florida Black Chamber of Commerce, Inc. Gene is known internationally as a driving force behind the Pan African American cultural economic development movement. His efforts include the creation and development of cultural programs and infrastructure models that benefit disadvantaged and under served historic communities. His latest endeavor includes the development of “Pan Africa!”, an e’ magazine that will promote the culture, history and traditions of the People of African Descent in support of cultural heritage tourism and travel, and the arts and as a expositor on the cultural economics impact of the historic ‘Green Book’.
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Eugene was born August 19, 1948, in Ethel, Louisiana and moved to New Orleans in 1953. Gene attended grade school and high school in Metairie, Louisiana. To serve his country and further his educational dreams, Gene enlisted in the United States Navy in 1969, and served a total of 27 years on active duty. Gene retired 1996 in Pensacola, Florida after serving his command tour as Officer-in-Charge of Naval Air Training Management Support Activity at the Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. After the military, Gene founded Franklin Mortgage & Investment Company and worked in the industry for approximately ten years.
Gene Franklin currently serves on the Board of Directors for the National Black Chamber of Commerce, Inc. Washington, D.C., the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, and serves as Chairman of the Board for the National Black Business Support Corporation. He supports community by his service on the Finance Committee of the Pensacola Habitat for Humanity and as a board member for the Escambia County Health Facilities Authority and Every Child a Reader in Escambia. Gene previously served as a board member for the Pensacola Area Chamber of Commerce, the Gulf Coast African American Chamber of Commerce, the Small Business Administration - Northern Florida Region Advisory Board, and a host of local and state boards and committees. As the President of the Florida Black Chamber, he works closely with over twenty local chambers and in partnership with the Florida Chamber of Commerce and Visit Florida. His many awards include being named as one of Florida’s Most Influential People in 2004 by Florida Trend Magazine. His other awards are too many to mention. Gene Franklin is also an ordained minister and serves as an associate minister for a local church and as the lead evangelist of a local ministry. His thirst for knowledge and service continues!
Gene Franklin currently serves on the Board of Directors for the National Black Chamber of Commerce, Inc. Washington, D.C., the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, and serves as Chairman of the Board for the National Black Business Support Corporation. He supports community by his service on the Finance Committee of the Pensacola Habitat for Humanity and as a board member for the Escambia County Health Facilities Authority and Every Child a Reader in Escambia. Gene previously served as a board member for the Pensacola Area Chamber of Commerce, the Gulf Coast African American Chamber of Commerce, the Small Business Administration - Northern Florida Region Advisory Board, and a host of local and state boards and committees. As the President of the Florida Black Chamber, he works closely with over twenty local chambers and in partnership with the Florida Chamber of Commerce and Visit Florida. His many awards include being named as one of Florida’s Most Influential People in 2004 by Florida Trend Magazine. His other awards are too many to mention. Gene Franklin is also an ordained minister and serves as an associate minister for a local church and as the lead evangelist of a local ministry. His thirst for knowledge and service continues!
- Founding President/CEO Florida Black Chamber of Commerce. Serves as Director for Florida, National Black Chamber of Commerce -Washington, D.C. Supports 25 local chambers and network affiliates.
- Director for National Cultural Heritage Tourism Initiative, promoting cultural and historical destinations to the global cultural tourist and business traveler.
- Served 27 years on active duty in U.S. Navy. Seventeen years in Executive Level Positions. Responsible for the leadership and management of an average of 250 personnel. Well-versed in all aspects of management, to include specialty of Naval Aviation Maintenance and Engineering. Served in most demanding executive assignments and diverse commands. Ranked and graded as the number one Officer in each command he served on every officer fitness report from 1981 until retirement 1996. Served final tour as Officer-in-Charge of the Naval Air Training Management Support Activity Detachment in Pensacola, Florida. Retired with the rank of Lieutenant Commander.
- Past owner of Founded Franklin Mortgage and Investment Company 1996. Merged company with a national mortgage company in 2004. Routinely recognized professionally for abilities in all areas of mortgage lending. Noted for assistance to first time home-buyers.
Access to Capital
with
Pam Tedesco
We believe the number one issue facing small business owners today is lack of access to traditional capital. Banks have tightened lending standards to the point where the average small business owner is ineligible, at any rate of interest. This problem is exaggerated in rural businesses. We use our capital funds to address this issue by opening the doors to cheap capital for rural small businesses to expand.
with
Pam Tedesco
We believe the number one issue facing small business owners today is lack of access to traditional capital. Banks have tightened lending standards to the point where the average small business owner is ineligible, at any rate of interest. This problem is exaggerated in rural businesses. We use our capital funds to address this issue by opening the doors to cheap capital for rural small businesses to expand.
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Pam Tedesco: President, National Black Business Support Corporation
More than twenty years in community, economic and workforce development. Current projects include facilitation services to FCR-STEM for the development and update of Florida's first STEM Strategic Plan. Recently served as the initial project manager for the STEMflorida initiative, designed to make Florida a leader in market-relevant STEM talent development and retention. Prior to this project, while employed with Florida's Great Northwest, oversaw the successful implementation the organization’s USDOL funded WIRED Northwest Florida Initiative, a project geared at developing systems to ensure adequate production of highly skilled workforce to move the region’s innovation economy forward. |
Critical to the project’s success was the establishment of a strong public/private partnership, which was recognized by the USDOL as the national model and it was featured at an international workforce symposium in Singapore in 2008. Prior to directly working in workforce initiatives, Pam worked for chambers of commerce at both the state and local level. While at the Florida Chamber,interacted with the business and legislative leaders across north Florida while coordinating with local chambers of commerce. As the president of the Walton County Chamber of Commerce, led the organization to receive the prestigious national Award for Excellence twice, an achievement done by only seven chambers of commerce in the country. Additionally, she more than doubled the membership roll while tripling the budget through quality program development and implementation. Additional responsibilities included strategic plan development and implementation program action; policy development; fiscal management.
Professional Certifications/Awards Certified Chamber Executive, 2004
Graduate, Institute for Organizational Management, 2000
National Chamber of the Year, 2001 and 2004
Professional Certifications/Awards Certified Chamber Executive, 2004
Graduate, Institute for Organizational Management, 2000
National Chamber of the Year, 2001 and 2004
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Leadership Academy Seminar Part I Cultural Diversity It is important to increase cultural awareness. The correct balance helps us to understand the importance of diversity initiatives, cultural diversity training and commitment to fairness and respect. Date: June 1, 2016 Time: 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. Location: Heritage Library 852 William Hilton Parkway | 2nd Floor Suite A-2 Hilton Head Island, South Carolina 29928 Lunch will be provided Space is Limited R.S.V.P. by May 28, 2016 @ contact us |
From Imagining to Understanding the African American Experience
with
Dr. Phyllis A. Gray-Ray
Without a doubt, from the very beginning and right up to the present, Blacks have suffered from a culturally and legally enforced oppression in the USA. Today, Blacks remain one of the most disadvantaged minority groups in the country. Thus, the main purpose of this seminar is to broaden your understanding of the “Black Experience,” particularly in the United States’ multicultural society. Although one seminar cannot provide the total experience of the Black Diaspora, this seminar will provide a social psychological explanation of this very unique racial group. The seminar will venture through the various phases of the “Black Experience” in America; addressing the “Black Experience” by exploring social institutions, social conditions, and social problems that impact African Americans in society. Participants will develop their sociological imaginations; becoming aware of the differences between "knowing" and "understanding." It is one thing to "know" but a different thing to "understand" social phenomena.
Dr. Phyllis A. Gray-Ray is a Professor of Sociology/Social Psychology, a Criminologist, and the Chairperson of the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Florida A&M University. She also serves as the Executive Director of the Virtual Pan African Cultural Heritage Institute, Inc. Previously, she was the Vice President for Research, and the Executive Director of the Juvenile Justice Research Institute. Other positions include being Chief Research Officer and Dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Research at Winston-Salem State University; Head of the Division of Social Sciences and Chair of the Sociology Department at Voorhees College; Professor and Research Director of the Institute for Disability Studies at the University of Southern Mississippi; The City of Jackson (Mississippi) Chief Strategic Planner; Executive Director of the Mississippi Urban Research Center at Jackson State University; Visiting Associate Professor in Criminal Justice at North Carolina Central University; Associate Professor and Assistant Professor of Sociology/Criminology, and Coordinator of the Mississippi Crime and Justice Research Unit of the Social Science Research Center at Mississippi State University, and an Instructor of Sociology at Iowa State University. She has produced approximately 20 professional research reports, 8 strategic plans, and presented 60 papers at national and international conferences. She has published numerous scholarly articles in national and international journals, and is the recipient of many honors and awards including induction into the prestigious Sigma Xi National Scientific Research Society. Dr. Gray-Ray is also the founding Executive Director of the National Black Graduate Student Association, Inc., and has generated close to 10 million dollars in external research funds. Her research has been funded by The National Science Foundation, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Mississippi Department of Mental Health, the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, the U. S. Department of Education, the Mississippi Department of Health, the Mississippi Department of Human Services, and the Kellogg Foundation. She is the author of two books; From Imagining to Understanding the African American Experience, and The Disparate Treatment of Black Youth in the Juvenile Justice System. She received her Bachelor’s Degree with a double major in Psychology and Sociology from South Carolina State University, and both her Master’s Degree in Sociology with emphasis on Race Relations, and her Doctoral Degree in Sociology with specialties in Social Psychology and Criminology from Iowa State University.
Diversity 101
with
Dr. Gloria Holmes
This interactive presentation will facilitate ‘courageous conversations’ about cultural difference with the goals of listening to, and validating, the multiple perspectives on experience which are influenced by culture, class, race, and other categories of difference. The presentation will explore the meaning of culture, how culture shapes how we perceive ourselves and others, and what we can learn from this. This is a multi-media presentation that will use brief film clips, and group activities to stimulate discussion. The main goals of the presentation are to challenge participants to use new filters to see themselves and the world around them and validate multiple perspectives.
Dr. Gloria Holmes is a professor emerita at the School of Education at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT where she served as both chair and director of the Master of Arts in Teaching Program. She has taught graduate courses in education and English, and was a middle school English teacher for many years before her work in higher education. Dr. Holmes has a doctorate in English, and her graduate research focused on American literature with a concentration on African American women writers. Her doctoral dissertation honored the work of Zora Neale Hurston, the Black Church, and the Blues.
In 2015, Dr. Holmes was awarded The Torch of Liberty Award from the Anti-Defamation League. She has received many other awards including a Community Leadership Fellowship by the William C. Graustein Foundation (2008), the Legendary Women award from a Perfect Blend (2009), the Multicultural Leadership Award from Quinnipiac University (2008), the James Marshall Service Award from the Quinnipiac University Faculty Senate (2006), the Multicultural Teacher of the Year Award in Higher Education from the National Association of Multicultural Education (2005). She has also received awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and teaching fellowships from various universities. Her work on service learning, and ageism in schools earned her a $200,000 grant which she used to create a partnership between several New Haven public schools, Quinnipiac University and a local nursing home. Committed to promoting cultural literacy in schools, she has also worked as a diversity trainer for the Anti-Defamation League and for the Connecticut State Department of Education, and conducts anti-bias workshops for public school teachers in CT. Dr. Holmes is a former board member of United Way of Greater New Haven, and the Friends Center for Children. She is presently a member of the board of directors of the New Haven Family Alliance, and the Connecticut Center for Arts and technology (ConnCAT), and is also affiliated with several other educational and community groups. Dr. Holmes has made presentations nationally and internationally, and has published work on cultural diversity and the achievement gap. She is presently writing a book on school leadership and social justice which is due to be published in 2016.
In 2015, Dr. Holmes was awarded The Torch of Liberty Award from the Anti-Defamation League. She has received many other awards including a Community Leadership Fellowship by the William C. Graustein Foundation (2008), the Legendary Women award from a Perfect Blend (2009), the Multicultural Leadership Award from Quinnipiac University (2008), the James Marshall Service Award from the Quinnipiac University Faculty Senate (2006), the Multicultural Teacher of the Year Award in Higher Education from the National Association of Multicultural Education (2005). She has also received awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and teaching fellowships from various universities. Her work on service learning, and ageism in schools earned her a $200,000 grant which she used to create a partnership between several New Haven public schools, Quinnipiac University and a local nursing home. Committed to promoting cultural literacy in schools, she has also worked as a diversity trainer for the Anti-Defamation League and for the Connecticut State Department of Education, and conducts anti-bias workshops for public school teachers in CT. Dr. Holmes is a former board member of United Way of Greater New Haven, and the Friends Center for Children. She is presently a member of the board of directors of the New Haven Family Alliance, and the Connecticut Center for Arts and technology (ConnCAT), and is also affiliated with several other educational and community groups. Dr. Holmes has made presentations nationally and internationally, and has published work on cultural diversity and the achievement gap. She is presently writing a book on school leadership and social justice which is due to be published in 2016.