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3828595385?profile=originalFor a basic introduction to a proactive approach to personal finance, I highly recommend 10 Things College Students Need to Know About Money by Shay Olivarria.

LeShelle A.Smith | I have been sitting on this book, waiting for the right time to post my book review and after seeing the extravagance my people exercise during prom season, this seemed like the perfect opportunity to reign some folks back into reality. 

Stuntin’ on social media is not what’s hot. Real rap. My vernacular may be dated, so

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Financial Revolution???

Democratic Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders is calling for a political revolution. Part of his proposed revolution is breaking up the big financial institutions on Wall Street.  His call has touched the hearts and minds of many progressive Democrats between the ages of 18 – 35. Let’s delve a little deeper into this proposal.

            First of all, we understand (somewhat) how this change would affect Wall Street, but what about us on Main Street?  Not much.  We who live on Main Street are

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gI_59664_B1ZQFHCNrqS._SX800_.png?width=550Dr. Florita Bell Griffin has been awarded the 2016 Zora Neale Hurston Award, an annual achievement award administered by RUSA, a division of the American Library Association and sponsored by HarperCollins Publishers.

Dr. Florita Bell Griffin, Creative Director of ARC Communications, LLC, a Texas-based Visual Art Communications and Publishing Company is named as the 2016 recipient of the Zora Neale Hurston Award, an annual achievement award administered by the Reference and User Services Associat

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