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Community Uplift: They bridge the technology skills gap for 9-12th grade students with creative aspirations. · The Steve Harvey Morning Show

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  Speaker 2: an accomplished and experienced executive passions lie and incorporating diversity,
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  Speaker 2: equity and inclusion as an integral component of business strategy.
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  Speaker 2: She currently serves on the board of Directors of the
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  Speaker 2: ant Siphas Family Fund Corporation, whose mission is to embrace, inspire,
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  Speaker 2: and motivate young creatives to propel them into successful careers.
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  Speaker 2: Please welcome to the Money Making Conversations Masterclass, Doctor Glennis Lee.
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  Speaker 2: How are you doing, Doctor Lee?
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  Speaker 3: I'm great, Thank you, Thank you so much for having
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  Speaker 3: me today.
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  Speaker 1: I got a chance to meet you.
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  Speaker 2: I was a named Man of the Year at the
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  Speaker 2: by the Stemalanta Women Program and I was.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, you get these honors and you don't.
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  Speaker 1: Work for that.
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  Speaker 2: You work to change the community, change individuals, moving people
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  Speaker 2: forward and forward. And I look at your background, that
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  Speaker 2: is you, doctor Lee. Why are you so engaged in
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  Speaker 2: community uplift?
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  Speaker 3: I just honestly believe in giving back. I think one
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  Speaker 3: of the biggest lessons I've learned in my corporate career
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  Speaker 3: that it's not just what you know and what you
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  Speaker 3: can do, but it's who you know and who you
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  Speaker 3: can network and how you learn from others. And so
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  Speaker 3: that's just been one of my personal passions throughout my career.
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  Speaker 3: How can I help others. I do a lot of
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  Speaker 3: work in mentoring young people and mentoring and just supporting
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  Speaker 3: through various foundations and most recently through the Antsifhast Family Fund,
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  Speaker 3: which is as a musician, I grew up playing the
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  Speaker 3: piano in church and singing and then got into the
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  Speaker 3: field of technology, and all of these things are interrelated
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  Speaker 3: and connect and help to build not only individuals, but
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  Speaker 3: have a tremendous impact on our society and in our
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  Speaker 3: industries and just in being successful in individuals. So it's
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  Speaker 3: just something that's always been a part of me.
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  Speaker 2: And so when you talk about the reason I got
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  Speaker 2: you on the show, because you're on the board of
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  Speaker 2: directors of the Anne Seifa's Family Fund Corporation, give us
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  Speaker 2: a little background in history under Anne Sifha's Family Fund Corporation,
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  Speaker 2: which is based in Atlanta, Georgia, and serves the Greater
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  Speaker 2: Gwyne Gwinett County.
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  Speaker 3: Yeset County students.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, yes, ninth to the twelfth grade.
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  Speaker 3: Correct, yes, yes, you're high school age students. So the
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  Speaker 3: organization was founded back in twenty twenty three. It was
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  Speaker 3: founded by Miss Latavio Woodward, who was also one of
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  Speaker 3: the stem Atlanta Whim honorees and her family, her husband
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  Speaker 3: and her five children, and the organization was founded in
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  Speaker 3: memory and in honor of her mother, An Cephas, for
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  Speaker 3: whom the organization is named. Miss Cephus's journey, as many
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  Speaker 3: in that generation, was her dreams and aspirations were interrupt
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  Speaker 3: it just by life's challenges, and she found herself having
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  Speaker 3: to stop her education at age sixteen. But she had
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  Speaker 3: a tremendous passion for technology. She wanted to work with computers,
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  Speaker 3: and she did not get that opportunity at that time,
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  Speaker 3: but she never lost that passion and that understanding for
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  Speaker 3: how important education and having an education was. And you
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  Speaker 3: couple that with her watching her grandson, one of Miss
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  Speaker 3: Woodward's children we know as Offset, who's an accomplished artist today,
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  Speaker 3: watching his journey and the challenges and the opportunities that
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  Speaker 3: he faced as he began to build his musical career.
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  Speaker 3: And so the family got together and they thought, in
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  Speaker 3: honoring her, they would establish an organization that brought together
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  Speaker 3: the desire for education and making sure that creatives got educations,
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  Speaker 3: but embracing those creatives, helping them embrace their passion, but
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  Speaker 3: to do so in a way that help them really graduate,
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  Speaker 3: first of all from high school, to train them and
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  Speaker 3: help them build those skills, not only from a creative perspective,
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  Speaker 3: but to build those supportive skills that they needed to
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  Speaker 3: be successful in industry, whether they selected music as their
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  Speaker 3: final goal or even in other industries. To build those
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  Speaker 3: supportive skills, those soft skills as well as our skills,
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  Speaker 3: and help them to establish sustainable creative careers.
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  Speaker 2: Cool, and we're talking about the ant Sefhast Family Fund Corporation.
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  Speaker 2: My degree is in mathematics, which is directly aligned with STEM,
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  Speaker 2: and this is what we're talking about STEM. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we're talking about AI. We're talking about the next level
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  Speaker 2: of opportunities that are being made available where you start
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  Speaker 2: seeing electric cars, you start seeing these commercials, people are
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  Speaker 2: actually having conversations with their cell.
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  Speaker 1: Phones and general conversations. You going to see.
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  Speaker 2: You go in stores and you see robots making pies
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  Speaker 2: and service. I made this restaurant our pastors and the
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  Speaker 2: server was not a human being. My food was brought
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  Speaker 2: out on the cart by a robot. And so that's
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  Speaker 2: the part of this conversation that we're talking about. And
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  Speaker 2: that's why I was excited about bringing you on the show,
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  Speaker 2: because you are looking at from a visionary perspective. You're
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  Speaker 2: not looking at what has happened, but what will happen.
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  Speaker 2: Continue the conversation, doctor Lee.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, absolutely, we find that this is the digital age
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  Speaker 3: and technology is disrupting every aspect of our lives. I remember,
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  Speaker 3: and I'm up dating myself, but when I went to college,
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  Speaker 3: debit cards were just being introduced, and now people really
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  Speaker 3: carry cash. Not only did they not carry cash, they're
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  Speaker 3: using their phones to pay for things. So we see
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  Speaker 3: where technology is really disrupting and taking over every aspect
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  Speaker 3: of our society. And it's the same within the music industry.
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  Speaker 3: Musicians can use AI to help with their songwriting process,
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  Speaker 3: to expedite it, to provide more opportunities, more insights, more perspectives.
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  Speaker 3: We use project management tools and you'll find this in
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  Speaker 3: our programs where we actually go back we use We
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  Speaker 3: introduce our students to Trello to help manage their projects.
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  Speaker 3: So they're managing the creative process, their production processes, their
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  Speaker 3: marketing processes, all using technologies. They use chat, GPT, they
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  Speaker 3: use mid Journey, we're using Adobe. We're using all of
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  Speaker 3: these emerging tools to teach them how to apply them
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  Speaker 3: in their creative journeys. And I think that's so important
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  Speaker 3: when we think about technology and our youth, we think
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  Speaker 3: of just social media, but that's only one small portion
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  Speaker 3: of what technology is and what technology can be used for.
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  Speaker 3: So we want to make sure that they're exposed to
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  Speaker 3: these tools so that they can go into a production
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  Speaker 3: studio so that they can apply these in order to
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  Speaker 3: produce their music and to help refine and expand and
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  Speaker 3: grow in their creative side as well as as well
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  Speaker 3: as embracing and cultivating the natural talent that they have.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, cool, now, it's great to hear this because of
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  Speaker 2: the fact that as a minority, as I am and
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  Speaker 2: as you are, you know, we all all the last
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  Speaker 2: to the table because no one wants to give us
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  Speaker 2: the information and then all of a sudden, when they
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  Speaker 2: provide us with the information, is like a handout, like
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  Speaker 2: you know, you really don't deserve it. Here's something and
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  Speaker 2: you get half of the information. That is why I
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  Speaker 2: feel that diversity equit inclusion, which is about diversify and
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  Speaker 2: sharing opportunities, has been beat up because it's been changed
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  Speaker 2: in the way it's being presented.
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  Speaker 1: It makes a handout and it's never been a handout.
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  Speaker 2: It's just cutting up the pie because you still got
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  Speaker 2: to qualify, you still got to pull out the PaperWorks.
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  Speaker 2: If you're not qualified, you don't get to participate. But
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  Speaker 2: politically it has been politicized. And so how do you
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  Speaker 2: avoid a program like this The an Cephuss Family Fund Corporation,
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  Speaker 2: which is the Dynamics of Educating ninth through twelfth, a
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  Speaker 2: pilot program that runs simultaneously with the school period, from
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  Speaker 2: becoming politicized The lead, You.
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  Speaker 3: Know, that's an excellent and excellent question. I think that
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  Speaker 3: no one can dispute the fact that technology is disrupting
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  Speaker 3: our society, and therefore, in order to succeed in society,
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  Speaker 3: you have to understand technology, and especially technology and how
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  Speaker 3: it's used in whatever industry you plan to pursue. So
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  Speaker 3: what we aim to do is we're going to give
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  Speaker 3: our kids what they need and as well as make
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  Speaker 3: sure that they also follow through with those fundamental aspects.
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  Speaker 3: We're not saying you don't have to go to high school.
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  Speaker 3: You have to go to school. We want you to
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  Speaker 3: go to school. This is an important piece of your
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  Speaker 3: of your training, and of your development. So we are
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  Speaker 3: really looking to help incorporate those things and as a
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  Speaker 3: as an organization, we're providing what they may not get
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  Speaker 3: in a mainstream environment. Many of our schools don't have
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  Speaker 3: these types of programs, but there are many of our
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  Speaker 3: high schools that do. I know Atlanta Public Schools they
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  Speaker 3: have a full blown music production studio in one of
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  Speaker 3: their high schools. So, but again, all of our students
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  Speaker 3: may not get the opportunity to participate in those programs
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  Speaker 3: because they have to have the grades. Yes, it's all
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  Speaker 3: about inclusion. It's all about providing them that opportunity, but
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  Speaker 3: we also have to make sure that our youth understand
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  Speaker 3: the importance of those opportunities.
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  Speaker 1: Before we go any further ins interview, how do they
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  Speaker 1: get in touch with you? How is their website?
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  Speaker 2: Because I want people to start, we're doing their research,
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  Speaker 2: start in this process of writing down the right contact information,
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  Speaker 2: because that's what happens as well. It's so many great
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  Speaker 2: programs of our programs out there, but nobody knows how
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  Speaker 2: to participate because guess what, they don't have the right
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  Speaker 2: contact information. How does one if they're listening to this interview,
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  Speaker 2: how does one participate or get their child involved?
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  Speaker 3: They can go directly to the ANCIPHAST website. It's an
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  Speaker 3: a n n ceph us ff dot org.
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  Speaker 1: Cool. Now that's great.
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  Speaker 2: Now, what are the goals for twenty twenty five with
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  Speaker 2: the foundation and the kids nine through twelve, ninth through
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  Speaker 2: twelfth grade.
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  Speaker 3: So we ran a pilot program last school year where
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  Speaker 3: we service nine students in Gwinnett High School in the
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  Speaker 3: Gwenette County High School System, and we've refined the program
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  Speaker 3: a bit so students can go on right now register
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  Speaker 3: and even for the remainder of the remaining months of
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  Speaker 3: the school year, we provide them with the exposure, with
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  Speaker 3: the instruction to participate in the program. So let me
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  Speaker 3: step back and explain our flagship program. It's called the
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  Speaker 3: three R nine in program. It stands for three roles
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  Speaker 3: in nine months. So typically we expose our students to
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  Speaker 3: the creative side songwriting, composing, recording, then the business side,
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  Speaker 3: the marketing, the management, the operations, and then the technology
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  Speaker 3: side how insect the intersection of music and technology, so
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  Speaker 3: they get they get an opportunity to experience all of
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  Speaker 3: the aspects. So if you're an artist, and yes you're creative,
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  Speaker 3: you're going to focus on your craft, but you need
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  Speaker 3: to know all of the pieces behind the scenes that
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  Speaker 3: help you to become that artist, that help you in
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  Speaker 3: a performance. One of our students last year got an
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  Speaker 3: opportunity to attend the Drake Concert and to see the
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  Speaker 3: set production that has to go on, how that has
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  Speaker 3: to online, the music. So this program exposes our students
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  Speaker 3: to all of that. So it's not that we're teaching
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  Speaker 3: them their craft. They are incredibly talented, incredibly talented youth.
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  Speaker 3: We had one student that actually played nine different instruments
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  Speaker 3: and wrote songs. So you have these children that have
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  Speaker 3: this natural talent that we want to cultivate, that we
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  Speaker 3: want to expose. So this program gives them an opportunity
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  Speaker 3: to have hands on experience doing that. So we have
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  Speaker 3: virtual classes, we introduce them to experts in the industry,
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  Speaker 3: they are able to ask questions, they were able to learn,
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  Speaker 3: and then we have these networking opportunities that they have.
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  Speaker 3: But we also visit studios so they can get some
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  Speaker 3: of that hands on experience and then they are able
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  Speaker 3: to collaborate not only with their peers that may have
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  Speaker 3: different skill sets, they can showcase their skills with one another.
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  Speaker 3: They are able to showcase at the end of the
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  Speaker 3: school year those skills and just getting them an opportunity
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  Speaker 3: unity to build their technology skills, to refine to accelerate
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  Speaker 3: and just and to just improve how they can deliver
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  Speaker 3: their talent.
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  Speaker 1: Please don't go anywhere.
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  Speaker 1: I'm talking to doctor Glennis Lee.
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  Speaker 2: She is on the board of the Ann Sifas Family
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  Speaker 2: Fund Corporation. We mentioned Offset earlier, you know, just letting
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  Speaker 2: everybody know it's not about meeting Offset. She said three things.
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  Speaker 2: There are three things you have to do. Not meet
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  Speaker 2: him and get the linograph for herself. You know you
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  Speaker 2: might you might not show up to graduation. So just
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  Speaker 2: know this is a nine month program, so you got
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  Speaker 2: a period of time. You have to accomplish some tasks
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  Speaker 2: before you even meet him. There's no guarantee. The guarantee
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  Speaker 2: is this is a STEM based organization. There's about creative,
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  Speaker 2: technology and business those three levels. Now, being my background,
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  Speaker 2: you know I want in the stand up comic I
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  Speaker 2: managed a superstar talent like Steve Harvey, currently manages Steven
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  Speaker 2: A Smith Sherry Shepard.
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  Speaker 1: Talk show host. So I know I met a lot
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  Speaker 1: of Beyonce.
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  Speaker 2: I introduced her on stage back in Houston a law
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  Speaker 2: Whence she was a member of the Destiny's Child alow
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  Speaker 2: with Kelly Rowland Michelle Weavers. So I can speak of
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  Speaker 2: a lot of famous people that I've been involved with.
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  Speaker 2: But in the process, that's the creative side I'm introducing you.
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  Speaker 2: You've seen them do stand up, You've seen them sing,
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  Speaker 2: You've seen these people act, you see them on TV.
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  Speaker 2: But it's the business side that creates the longevity of it.
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  Speaker 2: Having the right lawyer, making sure that your music is copyrting,
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  Speaker 2: making sure that you're not playing using music that needs
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  Speaker 2: to be licensed, and they come back and say you
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  Speaker 2: owe it? Is this amount of money that's the business now?
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  Speaker 2: Because you know in this business, doctor Lee, is that
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  Speaker 2: so many of these kids probably showed up with tapes.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I got my mill, They ready to go.
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  Speaker 2: They just want you to here's my tape. Where can
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  Speaker 2: I get it played? Can I get it in the radio?
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  Speaker 1: And all that stuff?
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  Speaker 2: How do you slow down those individuals but still keep
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  Speaker 2: them focused on doing it right.
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  Speaker 3: It's funny you asked that question, But I think a
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  Speaker 3: lot of the incentive is the money that they can
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  Speaker 3: make and understanding, understanding that. If you don't understand these things,
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  Speaker 3: you sign away your rights to your own creative license.
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  Speaker 3: So you're signing your name away, you're signing your ability
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  Speaker 3: to have sustainable, recurring passive income because you don't understand
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  Speaker 3: how royalties work in the end history. You don't understand
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  Speaker 3: that if you sign and that line says you do
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  Speaker 3: X y Z. You mentioned having a great lawyer, that
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  Speaker 3: this line says I have this this recording company or
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  Speaker 3: this agency now owns your music. That means that you
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  Speaker 3: don't own it anymore. So how do you protect your
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  Speaker 3: your your your intellectual property? Yes, you are your asset
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  Speaker 3: and how do you protect that? And I think when
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  Speaker 3: you when you really get them, when they really understand
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  Speaker 3: that piece, they become more open to Yes, let me
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  Speaker 3: understand how this business is operating. And you will hear
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  Speaker 3: many say I just want to write the music. Well,
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  Speaker 3: you also want to live. You also want to make
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  Speaker 3: the money. You also want to have income. You don't
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  Speaker 3: you want you don't want to have to file bankruptcy
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  Speaker 3: three years after you get your first big contract. You
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  Speaker 3: want to be able. You want to learn how to
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  Speaker 3: live and how to manage that money, even from a
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  Speaker 3: personal aspect, as you, as you, as you progress in
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  Speaker 3: the industry, as you grow, and.
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  Speaker 1: Doctor Lee, I want to share this story. I want
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  Speaker 1: to share the story what you're about.
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  Speaker 2: Why is important to have the business side straight. I
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  Speaker 2: was interviewing Jermaine Dupree and it was right around the
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  Speaker 2: whole COVID side when the world was shut down, and
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  Speaker 2: that's when he realized the business side that he locked down.
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  Speaker 2: We call it mailbox money. It means that he didn't
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  Speaker 2: do anything. He didn't write a song, he didn't perform,
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  Speaker 2: and checks were coming in because he did the business right.
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  Speaker 2: That means songs were still being played, songs will still
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  Speaker 2: being streaming, and he was getting paid for that. And
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  Speaker 2: that's what they need to understand. And that's what you're
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  Speaker 2: telling these jungk people.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, yes, if you do it.
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  Speaker 2: Right, when you think the whole world is you retired,
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  Speaker 2: you still get these checks.
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  Speaker 1: You can get these checks to you.
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  Speaker 2: You can actually pass these checks to your children if
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  Speaker 2: you do it right business wise, correct.
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  Speaker 3: Correct, correct, absolutely, and then that big hit becomes a
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  Speaker 3: hit for the rest of your life. Even you know,
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  Speaker 3: you know, I often you know, we often laugh about
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  Speaker 3: Frankly Frankie Beverly amazed that they had that one or
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  Speaker 3: two good albums and they.
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  Speaker 1: Would before I let go come on, like they.
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  Speaker 3: Never let go, They never let go down.
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  Speaker 5: So them boys is seventy seven girl nineteen seventy seven,
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  Speaker 5: since that doesn't happen music and maybe millions of dollars,
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  Speaker 5: you know, and these songs have been read song and
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  Speaker 5: they owned the rights to them. Every time somebody play
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  Speaker 5: that song, or somebody redoes that song or puts a
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  Speaker 5: rap on the bites, the.
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  Speaker 3: Covers, the beats, everything.
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  Speaker 1: We were talking that it's a legacy. That's what it's
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  Speaker 1: really about.
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  Speaker 2: It because what we discovered was that, you know, especially
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  Speaker 2: a lot of songs and artists who were just singers,
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  Speaker 2: you know, from the sounds of music, the Philadelphia sound,
• 20:01
  Speaker 2: the Motown sounds, a lot of sounds out of Memphis.
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  Speaker 2: They were just artists. And so when the songs were played,
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  Speaker 2: even though their voce was on.
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  Speaker 1: It, they didn't get a check. They didn't get a check.
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  Speaker 2: They were just performing. They got paid and guess what
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: got paid for their services. But the longevity of being
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: able to own the rights to that music they didn't
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: get to participate in and that as a publisher. And
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: that is what we're talking about. We're talking about what
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: the ant Sipho's Family Fund Corporation does. They're engaging kids
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: ninth through twelfth grade with a program.
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: This is the second year of the program. They're the
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: pilot program with nine young students. And these nine young
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: students are now aware of the creative process.
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: That's what introduced them into the program, the ant Siphas's
• 20:46
  Speaker 2: Family Fund Corporation program. But what they realized and what
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: doctor Lee realizes that if we don't teach these kids
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  Speaker 2: about business, then they will not be aware of all
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: their technology advantages that are out there, like you said,
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  Speaker 2: Chad Ai using music, to using AI to write music,
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  Speaker 2: to be created with lyrics and all these different things.
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: Because that's where we are headed. As we close this
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  Speaker 2: interview out and now I want to thank you for
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  Speaker 2: taking time to do this. Let's make sure people know
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  Speaker 2: how to get in touch with you and the organization again,
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: the organization is and Cphless Family Find Corporation.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, you can go to our website. It's and cphis
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  Speaker 3: FF dot org. It's spelled A n n ce p
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  Speaker 3: h U s f F dot org. And of course
• 21:36
  Speaker 3: our call to action, we definitely need your support. We
• 21:39
  Speaker 3: are a nonprofit organization, so there is a big pink
• 21:43
  Speaker 3: donate button right there on the website, so please feel free.
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: Yes pink ka pink is it aka pink?
• 21:53
  Speaker 3: Well, our founder is a Delta, so it's just sisterhood
• 21:55
  Speaker 3: it at this point.
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: Your father being the o't they got a pink button? Ache? Kids?
• 22:02
  Speaker 3: See that's okay, We just that's that's all right because
• 22:04
  Speaker 3: she knows, she knows, freaking the buddy.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, you know that's beautiful because you know, like I said,
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  Speaker 2: I just want to let you know that it was
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: the first time I heard of this program and that's
• 22:15
  Speaker 2: not a bad thing.
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: It's that. But you need volunteers.
• 22:18
  Speaker 2: You need people like me who are willing to come
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  Speaker 2: in and speak, who have a resume that will get
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: these kids attention.
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: They'll make sure they understand. But I guess I also
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: want to.
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  Speaker 2: Know is the type of students that you are are
• 22:32
  Speaker 2: you that benefits of this type of program? Are they
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: at risk students? Are they students celebrated students? How do
• 22:38
  Speaker 2: these students find out about the program and who are
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: you targeting, doctor Lee.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, we are really targeting those at risk creatives. Many times,
• 22:47
  Speaker 3: are you feel that if they want to pursue, particularly
• 22:50
  Speaker 3: your music career, and we often see this in the
• 22:52
  Speaker 3: sports arena too, that they let their academics slide. So
• 22:57
  Speaker 3: one of our first goals is to help contribute to
• 23:00
  Speaker 3: increasing our graduation rate in Gwinnett County among our young
• 23:04
  Speaker 3: among our at risk uths. So we want to help
• 23:08
  Speaker 3: motivate and inspire them to continue their high school education.
• 23:12
  Speaker 3: But in doing so in parallel and in conjunction with
• 23:16
  Speaker 3: also helping to refine and build and cultivate their creative aspirations.
• 23:21
  Speaker 3: So helping them see that it's it's not it's not
• 23:24
  Speaker 3: a zerosome game. It's not that you either do this
• 23:27
  Speaker 3: or do that. You do them together and if you
• 23:29
  Speaker 3: do it together well, you can propel your success even further.
• 23:33
  Speaker 3: So that's really that's really what we aim for. So
• 23:37
  Speaker 3: most of our students are average students, they're students that
• 23:41
  Speaker 3: have lost interest in school, So we really want to
• 23:43
  Speaker 3: help inspire them and motivate them to regain that understanding. Like, hey,
• 23:49
  Speaker 3: if you want to make money and if you want
• 23:51
  Speaker 3: to have money, you need to know your math.
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: You know, you have to know math.
• 23:55
  Speaker 3: So it kind of inspires them and gives them a
• 23:58
  Speaker 3: different perspective on how they view their high school education.
• 24:02
  Speaker 3: So that's who we're targeting now. We work directly with
• 24:06
  Speaker 3: our high school. So we go and we talk to counselors,
• 24:08
  Speaker 3: we talk to principles. Sometimes they identify students that say, hey,
• 24:12
  Speaker 3: this may be a great person for your program. But
• 24:15
  Speaker 3: we also communicated out to parents, We communicate it out
• 24:19
  Speaker 3: to the churches here in the great and then when
• 24:22
  Speaker 3: that county area. We want everyone to know about the program,
• 24:26
  Speaker 3: and to be honest, we haven't turned anyone away that
• 24:29
  Speaker 3: has expressed interest. We are willing as well as much
• 24:33
  Speaker 3: as our capacity allows us to to work with whomever
• 24:37
  Speaker 3: is interested because we are so committed to helping our
• 24:40
  Speaker 3: youth and helping our young creatives be successful and have
• 24:44
  Speaker 3: and establish sustainable creative careers.
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: Well, I'm gonna tell you that, doctor Lee, I'm a
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: fan of yours. Thank you for.
• 24:52
  Speaker 2: Coming over the show, you know, and spreading that denied
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: divine nine love.
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: But like I told you earlier, I'm gonna make a man.
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: So I've been good, I'd have been good. And now
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: come on, now, come on, now you ski we a can't.
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  Speaker 2: We're gonna have a lot of thought in this life
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  Speaker 2: AND's and this year is just the start of a
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  Speaker 2: long term relationship. Anything I can bring to the table
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  Speaker 2: Money Making Conversations master Class. We're using the tool of
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  Speaker 2: my voice and your interview of being able to promote
• 25:28
  Speaker 2: what you are doing in the community, because as we
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: go into this upcoming administration, their number one goal is
• 25:35
  Speaker 2: to stop, as they say, government participation.
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: And community oriented events.
• 25:41
  Speaker 2: And what we're talking about what she's what they're doing
• 25:44
  Speaker 2: over the Ant Siphast Family Fund Corporation is a community
• 25:47
  Speaker 2: oriented event. What we're saying public to everybody is that
• 25:52
  Speaker 2: if they're gonna stop helping us, that we need to
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: start helping ourselvesselves. And that is the number one takeaway
• 25:59
  Speaker 2: that you're getting this interview, and doctor Lee, thank you
• 26:02
  Speaker 2: for taking the time to allow me to have fun
• 26:04
  Speaker 2: with you, but also are powerful information that you guys
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: are doing in the community. And I love the fact
• 26:11
  Speaker 2: that when you see when I grew up, rappers was
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: just rapping.
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: They're just in the industry. Now you see rappers as
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: business people. You know clothing lines.
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: You know you saw Snoop Dogg. He sponsored a bull
• 26:26
  Speaker 2: game this last year or this year. And then you
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: see some of the richest people, they are billionaires. So
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: now the conversation of these wanted to be an entertainer,
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: Now you want to be a business person, Now you
• 26:40
  Speaker 2: want to own property. I feel with telling a better
• 26:43
  Speaker 2: story than when I was growing.
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: Up because it was just music.
• 26:47
  Speaker 2: Now twenty years later, you see the results of these
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: young people that I hope that you are building in
• 26:54
  Speaker 2: this organization will be twenty years from that. Their names
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: will be on Bowl games, their names will be on buildings,
• 27:02
  Speaker 2: their names will be changing lives of the next generation.
• 27:06
  Speaker 2: And I know the importance of what you guys are
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: trying to do. And again I want to thank you
• 27:10
  Speaker 2: and commend you for your efforts.
• 27:12
  Speaker 3: Thank you so much, Thank you for having us, and
• 27:14
  Speaker 3: thank you for giving us this opportunity to talk about
• 27:17
  Speaker 3: our organization and what we're doing. So again, go to
• 27:20
  Speaker 3: our website. We will be thrilled to have your support
• 27:24
  Speaker 3: both financially and if you know of a student in
• 27:27
  Speaker 3: the Gwenett County area that would love to participate, we
• 27:30
  Speaker 3: would love to have them.
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: I appreciate it.
• 27:33
  Speaker 2: Then, thank you for coming on money Making Conversation Masterclass.
• 27:35
  Speaker 1: You are wonderful.
• 27:37
  Speaker 3: Thank you, Thank you so much.
• 27:39
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• 27:42
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