Dr. Joe L. Dudley, Sr. and Dr. George C. Fraser

Dr. Lafayette G. Jones, Publisher of the Urban Call and speaker at the celebration of the life of Dr. Joe L. Dudley, Sr.

Memoriam and Scholarship Fund

Dr. Joe L. Dudley, Sr.

May 9, 1937 — February 8, 2024

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GOLER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: CONNECTING TO THE FUTURE The Goler Community Development Corporation was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) organization in 1998 as the development arm of the Goler Memorial AME Zion church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The vision was to revitalize the area around the church into a multicultural, mixed-income neighborhood that offers a safe, diverse, affordable community for those seeking the benefits of a downtown urban atmosphere.

To date, the organization has developed over 300 units of housing, commercial properties, and urban farming initiatives to address food insecurity, but there is still more to do.

Michael Harris

Goler CDC Headquarters Wake Forest Innovation Quarter Winston-Salem, NC

In order to build a strong and sustainable community, it’s equally important to nurture the individual people so that they have the economic and health-oriented initiatives that allow them to prosper and enjoy their community. To address these issues, we have developed our workforce development program (Techcareers), healthcare (Affordable Care Act), and internet access (Affordable Connectivity Program). Community development is not just one thing but taking on multiple challenges that negatively impact our community.

Underserved Populations Barriers A 2017 Poverty Study by Forsyth Futures revealed that Forsyth County faced higher unemployment rates in 2014 compared to peer communities.

Demographic disparities were evident, with African American residents experiencing almost double the unemployment rates of Hispanic/Latino residents and three times that of White, non-Hispanic residents. Younger residents, especially between 16 to 24, had higher unemployment rates. The study proposed recommendations for local organizations to address job and workforce disparities. Despite economic challenges, the Information & Technology Industry, particularly in Winston Salem, showed significant growth. The North Carolina Department of Commerce projected a 14% increase in IT industry employment by 2026.

However, participants in workforce programs faced barriers like financial hardship, childcare, transportation, housing, and mental health. Affording essential items for education, such as course materials and computers, was a challenge.

The cost of attending North Carolina universities in 2019 was $10,925 annually, with Forsyth Technical Community College’s in-state tuition at $2,199. The region known as “The Carolina Core” boasts economic opportunities, with companies like Hanesbrands and Honda Aircraft calling it home. The Wake Forest Innovation Quarter in Downtown Winston Salem, a rapidly growing hub for innovation, aims to create a diverse environment, offering opportunities for newcomers in the IT industry to contribute to the area’s exponential growth.

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Joe Louis Dudley, Pioneering Hair Care Entrepreneur, Dies at 86

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By Penelope Green turned out to be S.B. Fuller, and beFebruary 16, 2024 - Joe Louis Dudley, gan selling himself. who expanded a kitchen-table busiIt was challenging at first because ness that he started with his wife at Mr. Dudley still stuttered. Sympathe time into one of the largest Blackthetic housewives taught him how to They also bought a radio station, a hair straightener. He was aghast at the pronounce the product names, and he owned hair care companies in the Southeast, and who founded schools hotel and a travel agency, and built an economics: a 7,000 pound vat of relax- practiced at night in front of a mirror event center. Like his mentor, Mr. Full- er, he was told, was worth $18,000. that trained tens of thousands of until he overcame his impediment.

“If you make enough Black women cosmetologists, died on Feb. 8 at his er, Mr. Dudley was a sales evangelist He met Eunice Mosley, a fellow Fuller happy,” Mr. Rock declared in the film, home in Kernersville, N.C., a suburb and a man of staunch Christian faith. salesperson, and they married in He recruited local college students to as the camera panned to the Dudley of Winston-Salem, He was 86.

1961. mansion, “you can live like a king.”

The cause was complications of Par- work for him as well as people down Lafayette Jones, chairman emeritus kinson’s disease, his daughter Ursula on their luck — those who had been of the American Health and Beauty incarcerated or who had problems with “Lafayette Jones, chairman Aids Institute, an association of Black Dudley Oglesby said.

In the 1960s, Joe and Eunice Dudley drugs. manufacturers, said by phone that Mr. emeritus of the American Employees were required to open were newly married and selling S.B. Dudley had been “a leader among savings accounts, and sales meetings Health and Beauty Aids Fuller beauty products door to door Black hair care royalty.” often began with a song. It was Mr. in New York City. Mr. Fuller — no Institute, an association of In addition to his daughter Ms. relation to the venerable Fuller Brush Dudley’s practice to recast pop tunes Black manufacturers, said Oglesby, Mr. Dudley is survived by Company door-to-door enterprise — into Dudley cheers, as he did with the his son, Joe Louis Dudley Jr.; another Donna Summer disco hit “Bad Girls”: by phone that Mr. Dudley was a Chicago-based Black busidaughter, Genea Dudley Gidey; his Now Dudley folk know how to build nessman who preached a gospel of had been “a leader among siblings, Elsie Little and William, advancement through hard work and Know how to build Cornelius, Mardecia, MacArthur and And they get it done with the strength Black hair care royalty.” who made millions in the days when George Dudley; and three grandchilo women were eager to buy cosmetics of will dren. He and his wife divorced amiWith the strength of will Joe Louis Dudley, named for the box- cably in 2000 and remained business in their homes.

We didn’t come to Kernersville to be ing legend, was born on May 9, 1937, partners.

Imbibing his training and message, sitting down in coastal Aurora, N.C., the fifth of 11 the Dudleys took their door-to-door Mr. Dudley won the Horatio Alger To be sitting down children. His parents, Clara (Yeates) Fuller venture to North Carolina.

Award in 1995, an annual honor given We came to be the talk of the town and Gilmer Dudley, were farmers who in Washington to, as the organization And when the Fuller company had raised tobacco and sweet potatoes. manufacturing problems, they began We’re bad Dudley notes, “leaders who have triumphed Bad Dudley Their family of 14, which included Joe’s over adversity.” Quincy Jones, the making their own products: scalp grandfather Ballam Dudley, who had creams, oil shampoos and pomades We are big bad Dudley music producer, and Don Shula, the Beep, Beep been born into slavery, lived together in longtime coach of the Miami Dolphins, that they mixed at home and poured Uh hum a crowded three-room farmhouse. Joe, were also given the award that year. into old mayonnaise jars.

Toot, Toot who stuttered, was held back in first Mr. Dudley stirred the formulas in In 2007, a section of the Kernersville Mr. Dudley had set himself a goal grade at school after his teachers had factory, where the Dudley compasteel drums with a spatula the size labeled him, using the cruel jargon of of a canoe paddle. Ms. Dudley typed of being a millionaire at 40, which he ny manufactured 90 percent of its the times, “mentally retarded.” the labels, and their children screwed achieved. Over decades, the compaproducts, was damaged in a fire, and “Prove them wrong, Joe,” his mother then the recession hit. With the help on the jar tops after the products had ny’s annual sales reached $40 million.

The comedian Chris Rock once made encouraged him, as he often recalled. of Ms. Oglesby, a Harvard-trained cooled and set overnight.

“Prove them wrong.”

The Dudley kitchen, Ms. Dudley said a pilgrimage to the Dudley factory in lawyer, the Dudleys restructured and He studied business administration at downsized, and Ms. Oglesby became by phone, was not for cooking meals. Kernersville while making “Good Hair,” the Agricultural and Technical College president and chief executive of the But they soon moved their operations a 2009 documentary. He had set out in the film to investigate the mysteries of North Carolina (now North Carolina newly-formed Dudley Beauty Corp. out of the kitchen. And after a stint and rituals of Black hair care — and the A&T State University), a historically in Chicago, where the Dudleys took At his death, Mr. Dudley was still onerous standards of beauty and race Black college. It took him six years to over the Fuller business, which was working. Ms. Dudley has no plans to — to answer one of his young daugh- graduate because he was also working retire. floundering, they returned to North ter’s questions, “Why don’t I have good for a time in a poultry factory.

Carolina and built their first plant, in Penelope Green is a reporter on the Later, living in Brooklyn with an aunt, Obituaries desk and a feature writer.

Greensboro, adding Fuller products to hair?”

The Dudley Company headquarters he saw a smart-looking young man their own line. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/16/ selling beauty products in the neighbor- business/joe-louis-dudley-dead.

They went on to open Dudley beauty was a hub for Black beauty products, and Mr. Rock went there to learn in hood one day. Intrigued, he bought a schools in North Carolina, Chicago, html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referparticular about relaxer, the powerful $10 kit from the man’s company, which ringSource=highlightShare and Washington, D.C.

About Dr. Joe L Dudley, Sr. The Dr. Joe L. Dudley Sr. Legacy Project is currently underway to document the legacy and lifetime impact of legendary businessman, hair-care entrepreneur and humanitarian Joe Louis Dudley, Sr., Co-Founder of the DudleyQ+ brand along with his wife, Dr. Eunice Dudley. He was labeled mentally retarded, and suffered a speech impediment but his mother, never stopped believing in him. In 1957 he invested $10.00 in a Fuller Products sales kit and began selling beauty products. From that humble beginning, he and his wife created a company bringing in over $35 million a year. Over the years he has trained, mentored and impacted the lives of thousands of successful men and women.

All in the Family

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From 1967 through 2008, Joe L. Dudley, Sr. & Eunice Dudley led Dudley Products Company to be listed in the top 50 in Black Enterprise Magazine’s Top 100 Black Owned Businesses. During this time, Dudley Cosmetology University in Kernersville, NC and 4 strategically located schools in the Dudley Beauty School System (DBSS) were created. Through dedication, hard work and persistence, they helped take the DudleyQ+ Brand to a respected and world renowned position in the Beauty Industry.

In June 2008, Joe & Eunice restructured the company and turned it over to their daughter, Ursula Dudley Oglesby who began Dudley Beauty Corp, LLC. Their son, Joe Dudley Jr., is President of Dudley Direct, LLC and is an author, speaker and entrepreneurship coach. Daughter Genea Pictured above from left to right: Joe Dudley, Jr., Ursula Dudley Gidey, is President of Balance Dudley-Oglesby, Mark Oglesby, Jr., Elena Oglesby, Day Spas offering massages, facials, Eunice Dudley, Mark Olgesby, Sr., Genea Dudley Gidey Pictured above from left to right: Joe L. Dudley, Sr., Ursula

nail care and waxing.

Dudley-Oglesby and Eunice Dudley and Joe L. Dudley, Sr.

Dudley Legacy Leaves Footprints - Joe L. Dudley, Sr. had a major impact on the success of the individuals listed below.

Betty Clawson

School Director at Dudley Beauty College Chicago, Il

Tim Johnson

Founder and CEO of Tim Johnson International Raleigh NC

Miki Wright

Host of the Beauty SuperStars Talk Podcast & Salon Business Coach Raleigh NC

Dr. Debbie Bartlett

Journalist, Author, Media Mogul and Former Dudley Beauty College Educator Nassau, Bahamas

Dr. Jimmy Davies

Founder, Every.Black LLC and the Dr. Joe L. Dudley, Sr. Legacy Project Durham, NC

Additional Interviewees for the Dr. Joe L. Dudley Legcay Podcast include the following: Ben Adams Bertha Adams Marcus Alexande Ollie Alexander Annyck Alexandre Roxana M. Alston David Anderson Horace Anderson Rudy Artis Dr. Willie Bailey Charmon Baker Anthony Barber Micheline Barber Mrya Bean Bernard Bell R. M. Bell Valerie Benton Smith Ebony Blount Malcolm Boney Matthew Boney Sabrina Boykin Donald Bradley Patric Bradley Andrew Suber Brown Busta Brown Dwight Brown

John Brown Patricia Brown Terri Brown Trina Brown Cardes H. Brown Jr. Nanette Buchanan Deanna Bailey Burton Rudolph Byars Chuck Byrd Damian Caldwell Dorian Carter Martin Casey Tami Charles Donevan Cherry Richard Chong Larry Clark Sheri Clawson Terrie Clawson Deirdre Clay Kevan Cooper Margaret J. Cortez Sharon Chaquan Cox Gwendolyn Coxum Liteta Croom Dana Crosby Randy Currance

Della Grady Tameran Davenport Denise Granberry Preston Davis Denise Green Marvin Dawson Tyrone Green James Dean Kim Gregory Alfred Dudley Cornelius(CC) Dudley Lorenzo Griffin San Griffin Dr. Eunice Dudley Ashani M. Hamilton William Dudley Genea Dudley-Gidey Takeisha Hannor Andrel Harris Joe Dudley Jr. Dr. Quincey Hawley Joe L. Dudley, Sr. Ursula Dudley-Oglesby Anna H. Harris Martin P. Dunkerton Joanie Hayes Marcus Eldridge Scottie Hayes Acquilla Faye McCoy Sheila Hayes Denzel Fleming Willie Haynes Machon Fogle Eugene Haynesworth Louvina R. Ford Dr. Mildred Henry Chip Foust Tammy Herod Michelle Foust Annie Higgins Linda French Carnela Renée Hill Abay Gidey Dr. JB Hill Sabrina Gilleylen Rev. Jim Holley Tyler Gilleylen Monique Holmes Donovan Gordon William Hubbard Patti Gordon James Yancey Hunter

Kim Hunter Maurice Irving Charity Jackson Audrey Jean Williams Maria Jenkins Charisma Jewels Larry Johnson Dr. Willie Jolly Crystal Jones Dorothea Jones Gary Jones Lance Jones Laska Jones Lella Jones Mark Jones Dr. Robyn Joppy Deborah King Joe Knight Alfred Kowo Adrian Lacey Ishmael Lateef Nellie Lee John Lennon Jarad Lewis Rainer Lind Arthur Lockhart

Toni Love Bridgette Mack James Mahone Dr. DaBeth Manns Patricia Mathis Dawn Mauney Teon Mauney Andread Mayers Melanie McClain Shelly McClain Samuel McCrea Bertha McCrimmon Dr. Rita McGuire Maurice McIntosh Tamara McIntosh Jackie Nettles Mclean Mary McNeill Betty MeKonnen Robert Melvin Stephen Middleton Tammy &Tamia Mills Lynda Monroe James Montague David Moore Harvey Moore Janice Moore

Gerard Morrison Doris Mosley Audrey Muhammad Keya Neal Quinton Nettles Rhonda Newton Mark Oglesby, Sr. Mary Overton Rev. Elliottt Parker Carlos Parks Rev. Dr. Joseph Parks Cassandra Pickett Dina Piersawl Felicia Pollard Tom Pope Zsajuan Powe Tasha Powell Dr. Dre A. Ramseur Rogers Ray John and Rosie Raye Asim Razzak, Jr. Asim Razzak, Sr. Randolph Reid Cheryl Robinson Johnny Robinson Recardo Robinson

LaFania Rolling Marjorie Rorie Shiron Sanders Charlie Scott John Scroggins Karen Shabazz Monte Sharrod Patricia Shields Wanda Short Bradford Simmons Tanya Simmons-Reid Darrell Slade Randall K. Smith Rev. Wayne Smith Charles Stewart George Stringer Mildred Summerville Gloria Talbert Sam Tate Chris Taylor Phil Taylor Sherry Taylor Camille Terrell Raymond Terry Jacquelyn Thomas Zander Thomas

Ann Turner Pamela Turner Natalie Vaughn James Walker Terrence Walker Angela Wall Edward Wallace Shammah Waller Diane Washington Elliott Washington Charles Welch Dr. Joe White Maxine White April Toliver Wilkins Deborah Williams Kenneth Williams Lartisa Williams Roy Williams Tawana Williams Willie Jean Williams James Willis Shaletta Wilson Sharon Hill Withers Michael Woods

Top row, left to right: Dr. Willie Bailey, Dr. Lafayette G. Jones, Martin Fuller Casey, Rev. George Brooks, J.B. Hill, Lance Jones, Dorian Carter Bottom row, left to right: Dr. Jackie Mayfield, Antonio Rivera, Dr. Joe L. Dudley, Sr., Michael V. Roberts, Rev. Cardes Brown, Rev. John Mendez, Dr. George C. Fraser, Dr. John Raye, Dr. Jimmy J. Davies

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The Dr. Joe L. Dudley, Sr. Advocates and or Legacy Project Interviewees

Subscribe to the podcast at www.JoeLDudleySr.com to hear his speeches and see how he has interacted with the people listed below.

Nelson Mandela First President of South Africa

George H. W. Bush 41st President of the United States of America

William Jefferson Clinton 42st President of the United States of America

Oprah Winfrey American Host and Television Producer

Robert Mugabe Second President of Zimbabwe

Rev. Jesse Jackson Political Activist Baptist Minister, and Politician

Carol Moseley Braun U.S. Senator, U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa

Robert H. Schuller Christian Televangelist, Pastor, Motivational Speaker, and Author

Shirley Caesar American Gospel Singer

Dr. Michael V. Roberts Chairman of The Roberts Companies

Minister Louis Farrakhan Leader of The Nation of Islam

Bishop T. D. Jakes Founder and Senior Pastor of the Potter’s House Church

Maya Angelou American Memoirist, Poet, and Civil Rights Activist

Dr. Robert J. Brown Chairman and CEO of B&C Associates, Inc

John H. Johnson Founder of Johnson Publishing Company

Mark Vincent Hansen Author of Chicken Soup for the Soul, Motivational Speaker

Lisa Nichols Author, Motivational Speaker

Tony Brown American Journalist, Academic and Businessman

Dr. Bobby Jones Gospel Television Show Host on BET

Don Green Executive Director, The Napoleon Hill Foundation

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The Dr. Joe L. Dudley, Sr. Advocates and or Legacy Project Interviewees

Subscribe to the podcast at www.JoeLDudleySr.com to hear his speeches and see how he has interacted with the people listed below.

SB Fuller Founder of the Fuller Products Co. and Mentor to Joe L. Dudley, Sr

Dr. John and Rosie Raye Newscaster, Entrepreneur and Forever Living Products

Dr. George C. Fraser Author, Motivational Speaker, Chairman and CEO of FraserNet, Inc.

Shirley and Henry Frye NC Order of the Long Leaf Pine Award/ NC Supreme Court Justice

Freddie Luster Sr. Founder of Luster Products Inc.

Dr. Deborah Bartlett Founder of CEO Network and TV Presenter

Alfred DeGreat Dudley President of Dudley Beauty College Washington, D.C.

George E. Johnson, Sr. Founder of Johnson Products Company

Charles Scott Chief Executive Officer of Solei Systems inc.

Dr. Katie B. Catalon International President, National Beauty Culturists’ League, Inc.

Jackie Mayfield Founder of ComproTax Tax Preparation Services

Sandra Miller Jones Founding Chair, CEO, SMSi Healthy Living Solutions Inc.

Lafayette G. Jones Founder, American Health & Beauty Aids Institute (AHBAI)

Dr. Robyn S. Joppy Author and CEO of The International Shades of Beauty

Leon Isaac Kennedy Actor, Film Producer and Playwright

Tim Johnson CEO of Tim Johnson International Salon and Tim Johnson Systems

Uchinda (Chin) Nwani Author, “The Millionnaire Ex-Convict”

Apostle Ollie Alexander Minister at New Life Christian Church

Dr. Herbert Harris President, The LifeSkill Institute, Inc., Author, Motivational Speaker

Gloria Talbert Founder, CEO and Managing Dir. of Renzina Investments, Renzina Security, and Renzina Trading

visit BlackBeautyLegacy.Org.

The Dr. Joe L. Dudley, Sr. Legacy Project

By Dr. Jimmy J. Davies, Founder of Every.Black

Dr. Joe L. Dudley, Sr. (5/9/37 — 2/8/24) One of largest undertakings of my 35 year professional career as a technology educator began on a seemingly normal Sunday afternoon at the North Carolina home of humanitarian, legendary businessman, hair-care entrepreneur and Horatio Alger award winner Dr. Joe L. Dudley, Sr. He and his wife Eunice Dudley founded the renowned DudleyQ+ brand. I had been to his home a hundred times before but on this particular day, I realized something that had never dawned on me before.

For over 60 years, Dudley accumulated recordings of his business meetings, speeches, conferences, award ceremonies, graduations and recordings of his mentor SB Fuller, founder of the Fuller Products Company. The recordings are on cassette tapes, VHS, Beta and 3/4 inch video, DVDs and even reel to reel film. The items needed to be converted to a digital format to preserve them over time. I asked Dr. Dudley if I could undertake the project and

he agreed. That was the birth of The Dr. Joe L. Dudley, Sr. Legacy Project.

With the help of dozens of volunteers, we began cataloging over 3,000 historical recordings, awards and photographs. To date, we have interviewed over 250 men, women and children that had worked with or have been impacted by having an association with Dr. Dudley. Without exception, every person interviewed shared a story about an exceptional man making a difference in their lives and more often than not, that difference was life changing.

On February 8, 2024, Dr. Joe L. Dudley, Sr. passed away. Looking back over the years of working on his legacy project, the impact of it has truly hit me with a somber but grateful heart. Saddened by his loss but grateful for the gains of knowing and learning about him and the so many lives he’s touched along his way.

I am sure that his impact on the world will continue just like the ripples that are continuously made when a pebble is thrown into a pond. To give you a better perspective, Dr. Joe L. Dudley, Sr. Dr. Joe L. Dudley, Sr. and was a mountain cast into an ocean Dr. Jimmy J. Davies and caused a tsunami. Now, it is up to each of us to pay it forward by continuing to make ripples, waves and even tsunamis of our own. Thank you Dr. Joe L. Dudley, Sr. and may the LORD bless you, smile upon you and give you his peace.

The Dr. Joe L. Dudley, Sr. project is available to the public on a podcast at www.JoeLDudleySr.com allowing anyone to see the photographs, learn from his fiery speeches and view the inspirational interviews.

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Resolution

Dr. Katie B. Catalon National President, NBCL, Inc.

faithfully matriculated to establish himself to a higher level of spiritual growth.

Be it known that I am thankful, and o grateful to Almighty God for his dedicaWHEREAS, Dr. Joe L. Dudley, Sr. was a very caring friend of the National tion to individuals in the beauty Beauty Culturists’ League lncorporated, industry.

BE it resolved that I now extended to and faithfully inspired, and gave of his this family, loved ones, and friends of time, energy, and financial support with words of encouratement and wisdom for Dr. Joe L. Dudley Sr., for his dedication, this Resolution, and that they will retain many years. their faith in Jesus Christ for all WHEREAS, the passing of Dr. Joe L. believers.

Dudley, Sr., leaves a void that can’t be Resolved that his soul repose in peace filled. for his resurrection with Jesus christ WHEREAS, as the President of the given to him this day in February 2O24, National Beauty Culturists’ League lncorporated, I will always remember the in the year of our lord and Savior. friendship established with him.

THEREFORE, be it resolved that the National Beauty Culturists’ League lncorporated hereby proclaim our friend as one who gave of his time and energies in performing the good deeds, and

Black Beauty Legacy Visit Save25LoganCircle.Com Founded in 1919, with the inspiration gained from the remarkable history of Madam C.J. Walker, the organizers of NBCL, began to focus on the future by establishing the institute of Cosmetology Visit BlackBeautyLegacy.Org providing training and opportunity for the Join the movement to celebrate the next generation of Beauty Professioncontributions of many in the Black beauty als. Including Barbers, Cosmetologists, Trichologists, Nail Techs, Make-up Artists industry. The mission of the Black Beauty and more. In 1947, NBCL purchased its Legacy organization is committed to illuheadquarters mansion at 25 Logan Circle minating the rich heritage and profound NW, in prime Washington DC real estate, impact of its founding in 1981 and guided by the legacy of its iconic AHBAI Health for $27,000 and is now valued at $3.5 & Beauty Institute’s Proud Lady symbol. million.

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Dr. George C. Fraser

Founder of FraserNet, Author, Entrepreneur, Speaker Dr. George C. Fraser is a Cleveland-based author, entrepreneur, and speaker focusing on improving networking skills, building wealth, and improving diversity and inclusion. In 2011 Fraser was inducted into the Minority Business Hall of Fame and Museum. He has been awarded over 350 awards and citations from around the world including 3 Honorary Doctorates, a Chaplaincy, and an Ambassadorship.

He has put on the popular Dr. George C. Fraser PowerNetworking Conference for over 23 years…selected by Forbes Magazine as one of “The Top 5 Conferences Not to be Missed by Entrepreneurs”.

FraserNet, Inc. is an “award-winning” 32-yearold global leadership network of 91,000 Black professionals, business owners, and community leaders. The goals of FraserNet are to; • Help Black people build wealth that can be transferred inter-generationally.

• Help Black people become the #1 employer of Black people in the 21st century.

• To facilitate building a global network of Africans throughout the diaspora whose focus is personal and business excellence and using it to build partnerships, joint ventures, and strategic alliances.

FraserNet Vision To lead a global networking movement that brings together diverse human resources, to increase opportunities for people of African descent.

Mission: To produce products and services that teach and promote excellence and effective networking to facilitate business-to-business, business-to-consumer, mentoring, and role modeling for people of African descent.

In 2016 created/developed and then launched in 2019 WINDS; Wealth Building Centers and Curriculum, a faith-based and organizational initiative to provide Black people with financial education.

After 2019 he launched FraserNation, visit www. onefrasernation.com Specialties: keynote speaking on effective networking, diversity and inclusion, and economic and business development specifically in the Black Community.