Community Education
Community Education Services share information, knowledge and wisdom to the community at no cost.
2026 Wealth Empowerment Webinar Series
The Wealth Empowerment Webinar Series is taught online every year to share common sense information (through discussion and practical exercises) regarding how to build and maintain wealth in your household. This Webinar is facilitated by one of our founding members (Finis Cook). Enrollment in the webinar series is managed through finiscook.com. Specifically, the four sessions of the series cover:
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1Q: Investing (Starting Your Journey)
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2Q: Manage Your Money (To Fund your Journey to Wealth)
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3Q: The Next Step (To Progress Your Journey - Net Worth, Diversification, etal)
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4Q: Retirement Strategies (For the Next Stage)
2026 Black Business Challenge
This event is a personal challenge to like-minded individuals who seek to support and patronize businesses in our community.
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Patronize 52 black-owned businesses in the 2026 calendar year, equivalent to 1 per week
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An individual business counts up to THREE times in your total for the year
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Keep track any way you choose! Have fun with it. We have a number of high-quality, black-owned businesses, categorized by state or online presence, available here to get you started.
Improve your personal journey...
Mission: To expand economic opportunity, making free enterprise work for everyone.
Improving the Financial Lives of Millions. Since its inception in 1992, Operation HOPE has:
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Empowered millions of adults and children through financial literacy
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Influenced the creation of pivotal legislation to enhance financial equity
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Provided knowledge and coaching to thousands of new business owners
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Assisted tens of thousands to become new homeowners
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Guided victims of natural disasters toward financial recovery
Personal Assets Education