1 00:00:17,340 --> 00:00:20,763 Economic justice is actually having the opportunity, 2 00:00:21,750 --> 00:00:22,713 a real opportunity. 3 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:29,980 How do you create generational wealth? 4 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:34,020 How do you teach others to create generational wealth? 5 00:00:38,670 --> 00:00:41,850 The racial wealth gap, it's not a million-dollar problem. 6 00:00:41,850 --> 00:00:43,710 It's not a billion-dollar problem. 7 00:00:43,710 --> 00:00:45,260 It's a trillion-dollar problem. 8 00:00:47,580 --> 00:00:49,130 It's been a never-ending story. 9 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:06,450 It is a challenge when you can't put gas in your car, 10 00:01:06,450 --> 00:01:09,240 when you can't buy food, you can't pay your light bill, 11 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:10,683 or you can't pay your rent. 12 00:01:13,110 --> 00:01:15,990 Life is going on, life is happening, you know, 13 00:01:15,990 --> 00:01:18,270 and you're trying to put a bandaid and stop the bleeding 14 00:01:18,270 --> 00:01:20,343 on the effects of generational poverty. 15 00:01:23,190 --> 00:01:26,220 Investments and resources that are meant 16 00:01:26,220 --> 00:01:29,103 to get to these communities haven't gotten to them. 17 00:01:32,550 --> 00:01:36,600 There has to be economic warriors in the community 18 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:38,073 to create economic justice. 19 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:41,170 Hey, what's going on man? Everybody good? 20 00:01:42,420 --> 00:01:43,830 My name is Arlo Washington, 21 00:01:43,830 --> 00:01:47,850 and my purpose in life is to advance equity 22 00:01:47,850 --> 00:01:52,286 and create opportunities and build the community. 23 00:02:02,970 --> 00:02:05,070 Just for the sake of teaching you to parting, 24 00:02:05,070 --> 00:02:06,540 I want you to do this right here. 25 00:02:06,540 --> 00:02:08,520 Now watch this. Watch this right here. 26 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:10,520 So we'll go a fourth of a inch in. 27 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:12,450 Go a fourth of a inch into the eyebrow. 28 00:02:12,450 --> 00:02:16,050 Take the point of your comb. You put it on the scalp. 29 00:02:16,050 --> 00:02:18,000 We'll take the other hand right here, 30 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:19,500 and we'll put it back here in the nape area. 31 00:02:19,500 --> 00:02:21,030 And then we'll just take that point of that comb 32 00:02:21,030 --> 00:02:23,010 and just keep it on the scalp all the way 33 00:02:23,010 --> 00:02:25,408 'til you feel that point with your index finger. 34 00:02:25,408 --> 00:02:26,250 When you feel that point with your index finger, 35 00:02:26,250 --> 00:02:28,200 just slide your finger up the comb that way 36 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:29,820 and pull it out to the side. 37 00:02:29,820 --> 00:02:31,380 That's one side, all right? 38 00:02:31,380 --> 00:02:33,060 So, but you really want a good, straight line, 39 00:02:33,060 --> 00:02:34,650 so you can always go back and do it again. 40 00:02:34,650 --> 00:02:36,060 You just need to put a little bit more pressure 41 00:02:36,060 --> 00:02:37,830 on the scalp when you're going through. 42 00:02:37,830 --> 00:02:38,880 So I'm gonna take that and clamp that up. 43 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:40,680 Yeah, there we go, appreciate that. 44 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,770 So for the first couple of weeks, this is all y'all doing. 45 00:02:43,770 --> 00:02:47,850 Six sections, on, two, three, four, five, six. 46 00:02:47,850 --> 00:02:48,900 How long did it take? 47 00:02:49,830 --> 00:02:50,670 Five minutes. 48 00:02:50,670 --> 00:02:52,770 Now you ready to move on to something else, 49 00:02:52,770 --> 00:02:54,670 but let me let you try it. 50 00:02:58,590 --> 00:03:00,213 Good job, good job, Mr. LeBron. 51 00:03:01,623 --> 00:03:03,420 Good job, Hughes. 52 00:03:03,420 --> 00:03:04,800 Use some of the techniques. 53 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:06,700 Yeah, but you got that looking smooth. 54 00:03:07,710 --> 00:03:09,197 What we gonna talk about, JB? 55 00:03:09,197 --> 00:03:10,532 Getting our foot in the game. 56 00:03:10,532 --> 00:03:13,740 How to get your foot in the game, build your clientele up, 57 00:03:13,740 --> 00:03:17,460 learn the business, get a name for yourself out here, 58 00:03:17,460 --> 00:03:19,710 and then open your barbershop up. 59 00:03:19,710 --> 00:03:22,200 When I was 20, I opened my first barbershop. 60 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:24,420 I worked in my partner's shop for two years first 61 00:03:24,420 --> 00:03:26,040 and built the clientele up, right? 62 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:28,140 So I had about maybe 80, 90, 100 people 63 00:03:28,140 --> 00:03:29,580 coming to me every week. 64 00:03:29,580 --> 00:03:31,080 Then I open up the barbershop. 65 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:34,680 But right now, while you in school, be patient, 66 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:36,840 practice, cut as many heads as you can. 67 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:39,540 When you leave and go home, if you got little cousins, 68 00:03:39,540 --> 00:03:40,950 you got people in the neighborhood, 69 00:03:40,950 --> 00:03:43,620 cut, cut, cut as much as you can, 70 00:03:43,620 --> 00:03:46,263 'cause the more you cut, the better you get. 71 00:03:57,750 --> 00:04:00,012 Hey, hey, what's up, Bronson? What's going on with you? 72 00:04:00,012 --> 00:04:01,576 I just been busy. 73 00:04:01,576 --> 00:04:03,413 You got, are you getting through that application? 74 00:04:17,670 --> 00:04:18,503 Good afternoon, 75 00:04:18,503 --> 00:04:19,530 thank you for calling People Trust. 76 00:04:19,530 --> 00:04:20,695 How can I help you? 77 00:04:20,695 --> 00:04:21,820 Well, it's my credit score. 78 00:04:21,820 --> 00:04:23,130 It's gonna mess me up, ain't it? 79 00:04:23,130 --> 00:04:25,610 No, ma'am, we don't base it off your credit score. 80 00:04:44,490 --> 00:04:46,080 Trucking Logistics, LLC. 81 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:48,660 Yes, sir. This your plan right here. 82 00:04:48,660 --> 00:04:49,770 Have you got any business funding? 83 00:04:49,770 --> 00:04:51,240 Or you've been doing this all out your pocket? 84 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,010 It's just all out of my pocket so far. 85 00:04:53,010 --> 00:04:54,750 As far as just driving, yeah, 86 00:04:54,750 --> 00:04:56,280 I've been in the business for 10 years, 87 00:04:56,280 --> 00:04:58,620 and my dad is a driver as well. 88 00:04:58,620 --> 00:05:02,010 I've covered every corner of transportation in the industry, 89 00:05:02,010 --> 00:05:05,463 so I would wanna create those jobs for other people. 90 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:08,370 Tell me what it is that you wanna do. 91 00:05:08,370 --> 00:05:11,520 Long term, I would ultimately like to have my own salon 92 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:12,960 or become an instructor. 93 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,351 Okay, okay, okay. 94 00:05:15,351 --> 00:05:16,740 And you've been traveling to your customers? 95 00:05:16,740 --> 00:05:18,090 Yes. Like their homes, 96 00:05:18,090 --> 00:05:18,990 their- Yes, yes. 97 00:05:18,990 --> 00:05:20,370 Oh, okay, yeah, that ain't. 98 00:05:20,370 --> 00:05:21,203 Yeah. Yeah. 99 00:05:21,203 --> 00:05:23,910 Do you have any operating capital right now? 100 00:05:23,910 --> 00:05:25,770 Unfortunately, I do not at this time. 101 00:05:25,770 --> 00:05:27,210 Okay, okay, so you need- I won't- 102 00:05:27,210 --> 00:05:29,010 So you need gas money. 103 00:05:29,010 --> 00:05:31,410 Correct. You need food money. 104 00:05:31,410 --> 00:05:33,750 Product. Products and supplies. 105 00:05:33,750 --> 00:05:35,670 And I have a business name. 106 00:05:35,670 --> 00:05:38,760 I made my own logo. I've been working. 107 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:39,750 So we spoke on the phone. 108 00:05:39,750 --> 00:05:41,220 You were saying you are interested in a loan? 109 00:05:41,220 --> 00:05:42,053 Yes, ma'am. 110 00:05:42,053 --> 00:05:43,530 Okay, I'm just gonna get this out. 111 00:05:43,530 --> 00:05:46,560 So tell me about what you're doing with your businesses. 112 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:49,830 I'm Barbara Salas. I do credit restoration. 113 00:05:49,830 --> 00:05:52,890 I also have a T-shirt and decal line. 114 00:05:52,890 --> 00:05:53,820 Okay. 115 00:05:53,820 --> 00:05:56,040 Due to the things that I deal with in life, 116 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,010 such as sickle cell, having a pacemaker, 117 00:05:59,010 --> 00:06:01,740 having 80% mass in my right breast, 118 00:06:01,740 --> 00:06:03,717 going to treatment once a week- 119 00:06:03,717 --> 00:06:05,580 And then you still run three businesses? 120 00:06:05,580 --> 00:06:06,413 Yes, ma'am. 121 00:06:06,413 --> 00:06:07,911 I heard that now. 122 00:06:11,730 --> 00:06:14,100 You know, capital is a lifeblood of a community. 123 00:06:14,100 --> 00:06:15,783 If the blood ain't circulating, 124 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:19,830 then you gonna have some issues. 125 00:06:19,830 --> 00:06:23,013 So the blood has not been circulating for a long time. 126 00:06:24,750 --> 00:06:26,580 Why is it that we overlook 127 00:06:26,580 --> 00:06:30,480 this economically segregated community? 128 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:34,841 Why is the issue swept under the rug and not talked about? 129 00:06:57,810 --> 00:06:59,040 What do you think and feel 130 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:01,023 when you hear the word ownership? 131 00:07:02,430 --> 00:07:04,260 For me, when I think about ownership, 132 00:07:04,260 --> 00:07:07,140 it's owning my own home 133 00:07:07,140 --> 00:07:10,470 so that I'll have something to pass down to my children. 134 00:07:10,470 --> 00:07:12,840 Nobody in my family own anything. 135 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:15,390 So ownership is important to me 136 00:07:15,390 --> 00:07:18,730 because I wanna create jobs and opportunities 137 00:07:19,860 --> 00:07:23,520 for my boys and my little cousins and my nephews. 138 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,070 My oldest is 27, and my youngest is seven, 139 00:07:26,070 --> 00:07:27,840 and I think about it a lot. 140 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:30,630 Of course, nothing was passed down to me, 141 00:07:30,630 --> 00:07:33,060 and I don't have anything to pass down to them. 142 00:07:33,060 --> 00:07:35,310 It just feel good to know that you have something 143 00:07:35,310 --> 00:07:37,740 that is yours that nobody can take away. 144 00:07:37,740 --> 00:07:41,280 For so long, we haven't had anything that was ours. 145 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:44,730 Yeah, we damn proud of, you know, when we do own something, 146 00:07:44,730 --> 00:07:49,140 whether it's a Cadillac or a house or a boat. 147 00:07:49,140 --> 00:07:52,950 It's the idea of it belonging to you 148 00:07:52,950 --> 00:07:57,330 and that you can self-determine what will happen to it 149 00:07:57,330 --> 00:07:59,670 without having to ask anyone. 150 00:07:59,670 --> 00:08:01,470 You don't have to ask for permission 151 00:08:02,370 --> 00:08:03,203 Come in. 152 00:08:03,203 --> 00:08:04,785 All right, thank you. How you doing, Mr. Williams? 153 00:08:04,785 --> 00:08:05,707 Glad to see you back today. Hello, Sandra. 154 00:08:05,707 --> 00:08:07,980 I've been making Philly cheesesteaks and hoagies 155 00:08:07,980 --> 00:08:09,750 since I was 16 years old. 156 00:08:09,750 --> 00:08:12,360 I've been in restaurant business for 26 years. 157 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:13,590 You have a food truck or- 158 00:08:13,590 --> 00:08:14,538 Have a food truck, 159 00:08:14,538 --> 00:08:15,371 a food truck. Got a food truck. 160 00:08:15,371 --> 00:08:17,100 But my ambition within 12 months 161 00:08:17,100 --> 00:08:18,600 is to have a brick and mortar. 162 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:20,280 So who you bank with right now? 163 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:22,500 Well, I- And did you consider them 164 00:08:22,500 --> 00:08:24,330 for getting the loan? 165 00:08:24,330 --> 00:08:25,230 They gave me an understanding 166 00:08:25,230 --> 00:08:26,370 that they wouldn't loan me any money. 167 00:08:26,370 --> 00:08:27,203 Really? 168 00:08:27,203 --> 00:08:28,440 They still want my business. 169 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:31,560 They still want me to process my credit card payment. 170 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:34,560 Your business is still making deposits in this bank. 171 00:08:34,560 --> 00:08:35,393 Yes, yes. 172 00:08:35,393 --> 00:08:37,740 And in turn, will not make you a loan. 173 00:08:37,740 --> 00:08:38,573 Yes. 174 00:08:39,540 --> 00:08:42,233 The wealth gap has grown tremendously. 175 00:08:42,233 --> 00:08:46,380 The CDFI is a community development financial institution. 176 00:08:46,380 --> 00:08:49,950 All people matter, regardless of their credit history. 177 00:08:49,950 --> 00:08:51,180 We're not restricted, so- 178 00:08:51,180 --> 00:08:54,630 I was at a traditional bank for nine years. 179 00:08:54,630 --> 00:08:59,190 Sadly, banking while Black is a real thing. 180 00:08:59,190 --> 00:09:02,670 They don't necessarily train you to know that, 181 00:09:02,670 --> 00:09:04,230 but once you get in there 182 00:09:04,230 --> 00:09:08,070 and you actually see that the person coming in, 183 00:09:08,070 --> 00:09:11,010 if they're white, they're gonna offer them credit cards. 184 00:09:11,010 --> 00:09:14,100 They're gonna offer them loans, financing, 185 00:09:14,100 --> 00:09:16,140 you know, all of those. 186 00:09:16,140 --> 00:09:20,103 But you come in and you're Black, it's no services offered. 187 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:24,212 Sometimes the interaction with the teller is, 188 00:09:24,212 --> 00:09:26,910 you know, you can see the difference in how they treat you. 189 00:09:26,910 --> 00:09:29,070 So I just don't, I just don't use banks. 190 00:09:29,070 --> 00:09:31,980 Banking while Black does exist. 191 00:09:31,980 --> 00:09:34,980 Banking while Black, driving while Black, 192 00:09:34,980 --> 00:09:37,980 eating while Black, your waiter or your waitress 193 00:09:37,980 --> 00:09:38,940 can treat you differently. 194 00:09:38,940 --> 00:09:41,700 I mean, there is just so many things. 195 00:09:41,700 --> 00:09:44,820 It's crazy the things that Black people have to deal with. 196 00:09:44,820 --> 00:09:47,340 It becomes an experience that you just, 197 00:09:47,340 --> 00:09:51,480 you try to avoid the disappointment of it, 198 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:54,123 and rather than go through the frustration, 199 00:09:57,360 --> 00:09:58,530 you work around it. 200 00:09:58,530 --> 00:10:00,411 It's a workaround. 201 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:05,870 Big banks, they don't know the community. 202 00:10:05,870 --> 00:10:09,617 They don't know 'em. They don't have a relationship. 203 00:10:09,617 --> 00:10:10,863 And you wanna be able to be sustainable, 204 00:10:10,863 --> 00:10:13,860 and you wanna be profitable, and you wanna be scalable. 205 00:10:13,860 --> 00:10:16,626 But we just want you to think about every aspect. 206 00:10:16,626 --> 00:10:18,930 Yeah, okay. And best position yourself. 207 00:10:18,930 --> 00:10:21,960 This helps you to really build your credit profile. 208 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:24,930 So we can provide you with some ongoing technical assistance 209 00:10:24,930 --> 00:10:27,120 to kind of help you along the way. 210 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:28,410 We got the name People Trust 211 00:10:28,410 --> 00:10:32,580 because trust in the financial system is just not there. 212 00:10:32,580 --> 00:10:36,720 My goal is to restore the trust in a system 213 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:39,093 that may have not been built for you. 214 00:10:40,230 --> 00:10:44,460 So we try to see what's the problem, how can we help. 215 00:10:44,460 --> 00:10:45,690 We find a way. 216 00:10:45,690 --> 00:10:48,810 I've always wanted to own my own business. 217 00:10:48,810 --> 00:10:51,840 I hear so much, "If you could just gimme a chance, 218 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:56,840 just gimme a chance to prove that I'm trustworthy, 219 00:10:58,620 --> 00:11:02,610 that I'm creditworthy, that I can run, 220 00:11:02,610 --> 00:11:05,370 I can run this business successfully." 221 00:11:07,140 --> 00:11:10,323 Y'all ready? All right, one, 222 00:11:13,590 --> 00:11:14,423 two, 223 00:11:17,220 --> 00:11:18,053 three, 224 00:11:21,845 --> 00:11:22,678 four, 225 00:11:25,574 --> 00:11:26,407 five, 226 00:11:28,795 --> 00:11:29,628 six, 227 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:34,874 seven, uh-uh, that should be a backhand. 228 00:11:34,874 --> 00:11:36,150 She knew. She knew. 229 00:11:36,150 --> 00:11:37,400 Come on, let's go to one. 230 00:11:40,230 --> 00:11:42,000 Historically, barbers have been the go-to 231 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,010 in the community, one of the oldest 232 00:11:44,010 --> 00:11:46,170 and most prestigious professions. 233 00:11:46,170 --> 00:11:48,720 They were the doctors. They did the blood letting. 234 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:49,560 They did the tooth pulling. 235 00:11:49,560 --> 00:11:51,360 They did the, they were the priests. 236 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:55,260 One customer lost his job, 237 00:11:55,260 --> 00:11:57,990 and he had been a faithful customer, come in all the time, 238 00:11:57,990 --> 00:12:01,260 I mean, bring in his family, his kids, everybody, you know. 239 00:12:01,260 --> 00:12:02,400 He said, "Mr. Washington," 240 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:07,400 he said, "I'm down really bad, and I need to borrow $150." 241 00:12:09,690 --> 00:12:12,420 I've been a barber in the community for over 20 years, 242 00:12:12,420 --> 00:12:13,980 so when the community start hurting, 243 00:12:13,980 --> 00:12:14,813 who do you think they gonna come to? 244 00:12:14,813 --> 00:12:16,560 They came to the people that they can come to for help. 245 00:12:16,560 --> 00:12:18,420 He said, "I'm getting a job, 246 00:12:18,420 --> 00:12:21,630 and I can pay you back in 30 days." 247 00:12:21,630 --> 00:12:24,163 So I made him a loan, you know. 248 00:12:24,163 --> 00:12:25,350 I didn't think he was gonna pay it back 249 00:12:25,350 --> 00:12:27,240 when I gave him the loan at the time, 250 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:29,610 but he came back, and he paid it back. 251 00:12:29,610 --> 00:12:33,150 And a couple weeks later, he came back again. 252 00:12:33,150 --> 00:12:35,040 Guess what he did? He paid me back! 253 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:39,150 So I made him another loan, and he paid that loan back. 254 00:12:39,150 --> 00:12:40,297 So then we started thinking about, 255 00:12:40,297 --> 00:12:42,360 "Well, how can these small loans 256 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:45,210 at that size really have an impact?" 257 00:12:45,210 --> 00:12:47,130 If they don't have credit, 258 00:12:47,130 --> 00:12:49,590 then they can't get a loan from a bank. 259 00:12:49,590 --> 00:12:51,750 That means they have to go to a loan shark 260 00:12:51,750 --> 00:12:54,210 or they have to go to some payday lender 261 00:12:54,210 --> 00:12:56,940 that's going to never let them pay them off. 262 00:12:56,940 --> 00:12:59,190 And I thought about it, and I said, "Wait a minute. 263 00:12:59,190 --> 00:13:01,748 This is what's affecting my community." 264 00:13:06,330 --> 00:13:07,560 So you see how it built up? 265 00:13:07,560 --> 00:13:11,340 Now, man, we done service like, 2020, we serving 900 folks. 266 00:13:11,340 --> 00:13:14,220 And so what we did was we applied 267 00:13:14,220 --> 00:13:17,790 to become a community development financial institution, 268 00:13:17,790 --> 00:13:21,180 which was put in place to be able 269 00:13:21,180 --> 00:13:24,540 to help low- and moderate-income communities 270 00:13:24,540 --> 00:13:27,363 that wouldn't otherwise receive the opportunity. 271 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:30,920 Let him down and let him go. 272 00:13:38,190 --> 00:13:39,023 Come on in. 273 00:13:40,321 --> 00:13:43,650 In April this year, my house caught on fire. 274 00:13:43,650 --> 00:13:46,863 So you know, I was pushed out. 275 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,070 I was calling to inquire 276 00:13:50,070 --> 00:13:52,500 about your rental assistance. 277 00:13:52,500 --> 00:13:54,930 You're behind on rent now? 278 00:13:54,930 --> 00:13:56,580 I forgot your name. Give me your name again. 279 00:13:56,580 --> 00:13:57,420 Candace Ford. 280 00:13:57,420 --> 00:13:59,490 Okay, cancer survivor. 281 00:13:59,490 --> 00:14:00,330 Yeah. 282 00:14:00,330 --> 00:14:03,360 Unfortunately it's just a one-time deal. 283 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:05,760 I believe we're the only rapid rehousing 284 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:07,770 that is in Central Arkansas. 285 00:14:07,770 --> 00:14:11,010 How much does it cost you to live every month? 286 00:14:11,010 --> 00:14:12,690 I don't know, 'cause I ain't never been on my own. 287 00:14:12,690 --> 00:14:13,523 Okay. 288 00:14:13,523 --> 00:14:15,030 Have you been looking around? 289 00:14:15,030 --> 00:14:17,501 Yeah, every time I have a- I had a landlord in today, 290 00:14:17,501 --> 00:14:19,107 and I asked him, and he doesn't have anything. 291 00:14:19,107 --> 00:14:22,260 And when you move, we'll pay the security deposit 292 00:14:22,260 --> 00:14:23,960 and your first three months' rent. 293 00:14:34,170 --> 00:14:36,330 Let's talk about a budget. 294 00:14:36,330 --> 00:14:38,310 How's the job looking? Any- 295 00:14:38,310 --> 00:14:41,695 Well, just, it's really that I'm, 296 00:14:41,695 --> 00:14:44,520 it's hard because I don't have nowhere to shower and stuff. 297 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:47,280 Right, that is one thing about Little Rock. 298 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:51,690 There's just really not a lot of affordable housing. 299 00:14:51,690 --> 00:14:53,520 There's a huge housing need. 300 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:56,759 Correct, there's just too many people waiting for help. 301 00:14:58,740 --> 00:14:59,670 You're four months behind, 302 00:14:59,670 --> 00:15:01,830 but did she tell you the balance? 303 00:15:01,830 --> 00:15:03,467 This is a grant, just an emergency grant, 304 00:15:03,467 --> 00:15:05,430 'cause I heard you say you didn't have any clothes, 305 00:15:05,430 --> 00:15:06,900 you didn't have any transportation. 306 00:15:06,900 --> 00:15:08,970 You know, everything burnt up. 307 00:15:08,970 --> 00:15:12,783 For 17 days in a hotel, man. 308 00:15:14,370 --> 00:15:15,203 There you go. 309 00:15:16,290 --> 00:15:18,270 How much is the weekly rent? 310 00:15:18,270 --> 00:15:19,103 The weekly rent? 311 00:15:19,103 --> 00:15:20,010 Uh-huh. 312 00:15:20,010 --> 00:15:20,850 It's not weekly. 313 00:15:20,850 --> 00:15:24,360 She was just gonna charge me like 525 a month. 314 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:26,280 My mother, she passed away with cancer, 315 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:29,610 and so I'm just thinking if, since you, you know, 316 00:15:29,610 --> 00:15:32,340 in that situation, maybe if we was able to do, 317 00:15:32,340 --> 00:15:34,980 you know, maybe a grant for a month, 318 00:15:34,980 --> 00:15:37,350 that'd give you time to find a place. 319 00:15:37,350 --> 00:15:38,874 How do you think that works? 320 00:15:38,874 --> 00:15:41,308 It'll help me a lot. I think that'll help. 321 00:15:41,308 --> 00:15:42,199 What you think? 322 00:15:42,199 --> 00:15:44,136 It'll help me a lot. 323 00:15:47,670 --> 00:15:50,407 Most of the time it's state of emergency. 324 00:15:50,407 --> 00:15:52,257 "Well, I needed help like yesterday." 325 00:15:55,770 --> 00:15:58,470 We never got the 40 acres and the mule that was promised. 326 00:15:58,470 --> 00:16:00,520 That's like the big elephant in the room. 327 00:16:01,650 --> 00:16:05,850 This was promised to you. You never got it. 328 00:16:05,850 --> 00:16:07,980 Nobody never talked about it. 329 00:16:07,980 --> 00:16:09,660 It didn't come up in any type 330 00:16:09,660 --> 00:16:12,483 of other political discussions. 331 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:15,780 And the fallout is what we see, 332 00:16:15,780 --> 00:16:20,780 a huge racial wealth gap, economic injustices, 333 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:28,630 and no, not really an end to it in sight. 334 00:16:32,670 --> 00:16:35,943 Here in Little Rock, there is a physical divide, 335 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:40,233 have on one side, have not on the other. 336 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:45,755 It's not a wealth gap. It is a wealth chasm. 337 00:16:49,350 --> 00:16:52,059 I-630, the great divide. 338 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:01,413 How's it going, man? You ready to ride? 339 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:06,570 You know, when we cross I-630, 340 00:17:06,570 --> 00:17:08,163 you can tell a big difference. 341 00:17:09,330 --> 00:17:12,753 This neighborhood is the heart of the Black community. 342 00:17:13,590 --> 00:17:14,670 There are no banks over here, 343 00:17:14,670 --> 00:17:17,250 and you got about 30,000 community members over here. 344 00:17:17,250 --> 00:17:19,750 You'd be hard-pressed to find a ATM. 345 00:17:20,970 --> 00:17:25,683 That community has been economically segregated. 346 00:17:27,690 --> 00:17:31,590 Look at this, we got four, five boarded-up houses 347 00:17:31,590 --> 00:17:33,003 on this little half a block. 348 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:39,153 So we crossed I-630, 349 00:17:40,530 --> 00:17:43,443 and now we're going into The Heights, 350 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:50,400 and in The Heights are maybe 8,000 in population, 351 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:52,023 but you got 14 banks, 352 00:17:53,970 --> 00:17:57,513 and you don't see a boarded-up house, not one. 353 00:17:58,980 --> 00:18:00,180 Well, you have commerce here. 354 00:18:00,180 --> 00:18:03,390 You have places where business can exist. 355 00:18:03,390 --> 00:18:05,883 You don't see that on the other side of town. 356 00:18:07,242 --> 00:18:09,690 You know, then of course you had redlining 357 00:18:09,690 --> 00:18:12,240 where banks would not make money accessible 358 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:14,640 to people who lived in certain areas, 359 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:16,410 and oftentimes those certain areas 360 00:18:16,410 --> 00:18:18,453 were areas where Black folks lived. 361 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:23,340 This phenomenon of building interstates 362 00:18:23,340 --> 00:18:28,340 through Black communities, and they bring about destruction. 363 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:35,580 I'm gonna take you and show you 364 00:18:35,580 --> 00:18:37,260 our new location where we opening it up. 365 00:18:37,260 --> 00:18:38,943 All right. That's redlined. 366 00:18:42,420 --> 00:18:45,120 This is the first financial institution ever 367 00:18:45,120 --> 00:18:46,420 in this community, and so- 368 00:18:47,832 --> 00:18:48,840 And it looks good, too. 369 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:49,710 Thank you. 370 00:18:49,710 --> 00:18:52,347 We've been working hard. 371 00:18:54,690 --> 00:18:56,250 Do you believe in the American dream? 372 00:18:56,250 --> 00:18:57,900 What is the American dream? 373 00:18:57,900 --> 00:19:01,410 You tell me, and we'll both know. 374 00:19:01,410 --> 00:19:02,827 I was told this growing up. 375 00:19:02,827 --> 00:19:05,280 "You work hard, you do what you're supposed to do, 376 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:08,190 and you'll achieve your goal," right? 377 00:19:08,190 --> 00:19:12,993 And in essence you, that's supposed to be true. 378 00:19:15,630 --> 00:19:19,320 But I have to say that I've sat at the table 379 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:20,707 in front of my children and said, 380 00:19:20,707 --> 00:19:23,640 "As much as this is supposed to be true, 381 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:27,777 it is still possible that that may not happen for you." 382 00:19:29,700 --> 00:19:34,700 Nice house, cars, family tooken care of, bill free. 383 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:40,533 Well, no, no, I'm just out here surviving. 384 00:19:40,533 --> 00:19:41,789 I'm just trying to make a way. 385 00:19:41,789 --> 00:19:45,180 So I couldn't just elaborate 386 00:19:45,180 --> 00:19:46,530 with the American dream is. 387 00:19:46,530 --> 00:19:48,099 I wouldn't know. 388 00:19:56,622 --> 00:19:59,400 There was a time in my life early on 389 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:04,140 when I wanted to fix what my mother was going through 390 00:20:04,140 --> 00:20:05,973 trying to take care of me. 391 00:20:07,020 --> 00:20:09,510 She had me when she was 16 years old, 392 00:20:09,510 --> 00:20:11,523 had to drop outta school, get a GED. 393 00:20:14,550 --> 00:20:18,243 So when I was born, I was brought home to this house, 394 00:20:19,260 --> 00:20:22,170 and my grandmother was a single parent 395 00:20:22,170 --> 00:20:24,780 with 16 kids in the house, 396 00:20:24,780 --> 00:20:28,710 and now my mother at 16 was bringing home 397 00:20:28,710 --> 00:20:30,483 another addition to the family. 398 00:20:32,910 --> 00:20:36,010 You know, watching my mother early in my life 399 00:20:37,050 --> 00:20:39,270 and watching the sacrifices that she made 400 00:20:39,270 --> 00:20:42,150 for, you know, folks in the neighborhood, 401 00:20:42,150 --> 00:20:44,670 she wanted to be an inspiration to the folks 402 00:20:44,670 --> 00:20:47,070 that lived in the housing projects to let them know 403 00:20:47,070 --> 00:20:48,863 that they didn't have to stay there. 404 00:20:51,780 --> 00:20:53,680 This is where my mother was eulogized. 405 00:20:55,020 --> 00:20:56,283 She had cervical cancer. 406 00:20:57,720 --> 00:20:59,280 Two weeks before I graduated high school, 407 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:00,450 my mother passed away. 408 00:21:00,450 --> 00:21:01,600 She didn't see me walk. 409 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:08,130 That was tough. I felt lost. 410 00:21:08,130 --> 00:21:10,113 That left me lost, feeling lost. 411 00:21:11,250 --> 00:21:12,423 Okay, what do I do now? 412 00:21:13,387 --> 00:21:15,930 You know, I have two younger sisters. 413 00:21:15,930 --> 00:21:17,133 Where do I go from here? 414 00:21:21,377 --> 00:21:22,620 Hello. Hello. 415 00:21:22,620 --> 00:21:23,453 How are you? How you doing? 416 00:21:23,453 --> 00:21:24,286 I'm good. How are you? 417 00:21:24,286 --> 00:21:25,277 I have a eight-month-old. 418 00:21:25,277 --> 00:21:27,810 Like, you can't be without no lights. 419 00:21:27,810 --> 00:21:30,270 I think the first thing is to get you off the streets. 420 00:21:30,270 --> 00:21:32,400 We're gonna do you an emergency grant. 421 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:34,530 Let's do a $1,500 grant. 422 00:21:34,530 --> 00:21:37,020 This is a new beginning, you know what I'm saying? 423 00:21:37,020 --> 00:21:40,230 I kind of adopted some of the mission that she had 424 00:21:40,230 --> 00:21:42,930 that she didn't get a chance to live out. 425 00:21:42,930 --> 00:21:43,763 Thank you. You understand? 426 00:21:43,763 --> 00:21:45,072 Yeah, absolutely. Thank you very much. 427 00:21:45,072 --> 00:21:47,610 I appreciate you. Absolutely. 428 00:21:47,610 --> 00:21:50,079 It fell on me to carry the torch. 429 00:21:56,550 --> 00:22:00,930 My mother provided such a great example of being a, 430 00:22:00,930 --> 00:22:03,587 of humanity and having compassion 431 00:22:03,587 --> 00:22:07,860 and understanding that life circumstances happen 432 00:22:07,860 --> 00:22:11,760 and when they happen that people need compassion. 433 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:15,270 People need restoration. People need rehabilitation. 434 00:22:15,270 --> 00:22:16,353 People need love. 435 00:22:24,690 --> 00:22:29,690 I want you and I want you to stand up for a second. 436 00:22:31,710 --> 00:22:33,390 I'm gonna show you something right now 437 00:22:33,390 --> 00:22:35,400 that we don't hardly ever do. 438 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:39,210 But I want you to, for two minutes, I want you 439 00:22:39,210 --> 00:22:43,290 to look at him in his eyes, and I want you to be with him, 440 00:22:43,290 --> 00:22:46,830 and I want you to be with him for two minutes. 441 00:22:46,830 --> 00:22:48,540 All right, come closer, right here. 442 00:22:48,540 --> 00:22:49,833 Now, don't look off. 443 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:59,240 When you look in those eyes, think about your kids. 444 00:23:02,340 --> 00:23:04,023 Think about your loved ones. 445 00:23:05,670 --> 00:23:10,143 Think about the setbacks and the wins, 446 00:23:11,220 --> 00:23:14,883 all the hard lessons, and just see all the hurt. 447 00:23:15,810 --> 00:23:19,863 See all the pain. Be with him right now. 448 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:24,593 Time. 449 00:23:27,261 --> 00:23:29,583 It's all right, it's all right. 450 00:23:29,583 --> 00:23:31,133 It's all right. It's all right. 451 00:23:38,220 --> 00:23:39,053 It's all right. 452 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:44,490 I seen my big brother, 453 00:23:44,490 --> 00:23:46,725 who I ain't seen since I was 12 years old. 454 00:23:46,725 --> 00:23:51,725 Mm, that say a lot, tell a whole story, you know? 455 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:54,180 And that was uncomfortable for them. 456 00:23:54,180 --> 00:23:56,820 I know it was, 'cause I've done it before. 457 00:23:56,820 --> 00:23:58,500 But that's a exercise that will help you, 458 00:23:58,500 --> 00:23:59,975 if you're somebody that's introverted 459 00:23:59,975 --> 00:24:02,490 and you're somebody that's kind of in a shell 460 00:24:02,490 --> 00:24:03,690 and help you be more assertive 461 00:24:03,690 --> 00:24:05,490 and help you to be more, you know, 462 00:24:05,490 --> 00:24:08,163 understanding to what other people are going through. 463 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:14,283 You went to prison, and when you went to prison, 464 00:24:15,150 --> 00:24:16,100 what did that mean? 465 00:24:17,190 --> 00:24:19,050 10 years of my life, I mean- 466 00:24:19,050 --> 00:24:20,273 And where'd that leave you? 467 00:24:21,108 --> 00:24:22,275 Right. Lost. 468 00:24:27,796 --> 00:24:30,690 So you know, when you are secluded from the world 469 00:24:30,690 --> 00:24:33,543 for that amount of time, man, you become behind. 470 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:39,780 Okay, you 28, 27 now. What you gonna do? 471 00:24:39,780 --> 00:24:42,480 As a Black man, you know, 472 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,840 we're not offered opportunities, 473 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:48,051 especially after times that, you know, 474 00:24:48,051 --> 00:24:50,603 we may have messed up or made a mistake in our life. 475 00:24:52,380 --> 00:24:55,167 So it's like now, "Okay, I gotta do something." 476 00:24:56,070 --> 00:24:59,167 I always could cut hair, you know, but I just never thought, 477 00:24:59,167 --> 00:25:01,680 "Man, maybe I should go to school." 478 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:04,320 I went in and enrolled at Washington Barber College. 479 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:08,580 I learned so much, just things that, you know, 480 00:25:08,580 --> 00:25:09,960 things that you need to know 481 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:12,303 to sharpen yourself up to be successful. 482 00:25:14,460 --> 00:25:16,230 I did seven years in prison, 483 00:25:16,230 --> 00:25:18,990 seven years, five months, six days to be exact, 484 00:25:18,990 --> 00:25:22,170 on a 30-year sentence, and I sit before you right now 485 00:25:22,170 --> 00:25:25,173 16 years later, and I'm still not free. 486 00:25:26,370 --> 00:25:30,030 I was homeless three times from when I got outta prison. 487 00:25:30,030 --> 00:25:31,590 I was homeless three times. 488 00:25:31,590 --> 00:25:33,810 I went on to the shelters. 489 00:25:33,810 --> 00:25:35,430 Yeah. Did what I needed to do. 490 00:25:35,430 --> 00:25:37,650 Saved my money up, got out. 491 00:25:37,650 --> 00:25:42,650 But my crime does not make me an eternal criminal. 492 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:46,590 Right, three of our barbers, 493 00:25:46,590 --> 00:25:48,420 they were formerly incarcerated, 494 00:25:48,420 --> 00:25:50,070 and they were just each sharing the trauma 495 00:25:50,070 --> 00:25:52,650 that they experienced while being there 496 00:25:52,650 --> 00:25:56,730 and how, you know, to be out, it's a huge adjustment. 497 00:25:56,730 --> 00:25:58,830 So on day one, if you have nothing, 498 00:25:58,830 --> 00:26:00,960 you ain't got a toothbrush, no toothpaste, 499 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:05,010 all of those essential things, you right back at stress one. 500 00:26:05,010 --> 00:26:09,090 Right after they get out, they call me within 72 hours. 501 00:26:09,090 --> 00:26:14,010 I'm able to send their name, their release dates, 502 00:26:14,010 --> 00:26:15,960 and how much time they did, 503 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:18,120 and then I just email everything over, 504 00:26:18,120 --> 00:26:20,880 and People Trust contacts them, 505 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:24,510 and they go pick up a $325 grant, 506 00:26:24,510 --> 00:26:25,800 which I think is so great 507 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:28,950 because coming out of any system, 508 00:26:28,950 --> 00:26:29,940 especially the jail system, 509 00:26:29,940 --> 00:26:31,350 you don't come out with any money. 510 00:26:31,350 --> 00:26:33,870 You, Arlo, have made it possible. 511 00:26:33,870 --> 00:26:36,720 You are looking at everything 512 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:40,030 from the perspective of inclusion. 513 00:26:40,030 --> 00:26:41,070 Absolutely, absolutely. 514 00:26:41,070 --> 00:26:43,623 See, where for so many years, 515 00:26:44,490 --> 00:26:49,257 I and so many have saw only exclusion. 516 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:53,070 It's truly community development, and that's developing. 517 00:26:53,070 --> 00:26:54,300 You can't develop a community 518 00:26:54,300 --> 00:26:55,560 if you don't develop the people. 519 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:56,393 Exactly. 520 00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:59,991 The reason that I do what I do 521 00:26:59,991 --> 00:27:02,250 and what gives me energy to keep going 522 00:27:02,250 --> 00:27:04,650 is equity, equity, equity, equity. 523 00:27:04,650 --> 00:27:07,910 So that means if the way it is over, you know, 524 00:27:07,910 --> 00:27:10,170 on this side of town is, on this side of the freeway 525 00:27:10,170 --> 00:27:11,673 is this way over here as well. 526 00:27:12,630 --> 00:27:16,080 The resources that's over here, the resources over there, 527 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:18,810 the banks that's over here, banks over here, 528 00:27:18,810 --> 00:27:20,610 money over here, money over there, 529 00:27:20,610 --> 00:27:22,410 credit over here, credit over there. 530 00:27:26,589 --> 00:27:27,559 How you doing? 531 00:27:27,559 --> 00:27:30,120 All right. 532 00:27:30,120 --> 00:27:32,220 You don't do any body work do you? 533 00:27:32,220 --> 00:27:33,053 Little bit. 534 00:27:33,053 --> 00:27:34,570 Little bit? Not a whole bunch. 535 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:37,768 How long you been wanting to do this? 536 00:27:37,768 --> 00:27:41,370 Been in an automotive business for 20, 25 years, 537 00:27:41,370 --> 00:27:43,890 running a Jiffy Lube for the last five. 538 00:27:43,890 --> 00:27:48,890 But the owner came and told me 539 00:27:49,350 --> 00:27:51,630 he was selling the business, and so. 540 00:27:51,630 --> 00:27:54,570 When they let you go, you know, 541 00:27:54,570 --> 00:27:56,227 you had to think quick on your feet, 542 00:27:56,227 --> 00:27:57,300 "What am I gonna do now?" 543 00:27:57,300 --> 00:28:00,690 Yeah, but I needed to open up new avenues, 544 00:28:00,690 --> 00:28:03,330 and the biggest one is being able 545 00:28:03,330 --> 00:28:05,160 to get this loan to get started. 546 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:08,312 Y'all give it up for Lyncola Franklin. 547 00:28:11,490 --> 00:28:13,200 While you were in the program, 548 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:15,990 you accessed a 3,500 small business loan. 549 00:28:15,990 --> 00:28:18,840 So maybe if we could extend that. 550 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:19,673 Mm-hmm. 551 00:28:19,673 --> 00:28:21,350 So if we extend the 3,500 that we already gave you 552 00:28:21,350 --> 00:28:24,840 to up to 10,000 and we do it for two years, 553 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:27,540 your payments would be at like 452 a month. 554 00:28:27,540 --> 00:28:28,680 How soon would you need 555 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:30,480 before you start making payments? 556 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:32,460 I would say a couple months 557 00:28:32,460 --> 00:28:33,420 just to get me going. 558 00:28:33,420 --> 00:28:35,040 So maybe we deferred your payments 559 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,080 for 90 days, that'll help you to- 560 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:38,580 Definitely, I appreciate that. 561 00:28:38,580 --> 00:28:40,350 All right, cool. 562 00:28:40,350 --> 00:28:42,810 My clientele is building. 563 00:28:42,810 --> 00:28:46,590 Mr. Washington, he seen what my future may look like, 564 00:28:46,590 --> 00:28:49,590 and I'm, you know, forever grateful for him believing in me. 565 00:28:50,790 --> 00:28:54,840 As of today, you doing business as Incredible Auto 566 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:56,887 earned $50,000. 567 00:28:58,230 --> 00:29:00,210 So you got a lease going already? 568 00:29:00,210 --> 00:29:01,043 Yes, ma'am. You talk to- 569 00:29:01,043 --> 00:29:02,460 This is the outside. 570 00:29:03,304 --> 00:29:04,469 About how many square foot is that? 571 00:29:04,469 --> 00:29:05,970 5,000. 572 00:29:05,970 --> 00:29:07,470 [whistles] It's nice. 573 00:29:09,390 --> 00:29:12,300 It's like my dream finally becoming a business owner 574 00:29:12,300 --> 00:29:16,830 and not having to work for anybody else again. 575 00:29:16,830 --> 00:29:18,543 I work for myself now. 576 00:29:20,550 --> 00:29:23,071 Thank y'all. I really wanna shed some tears, man. 577 00:29:23,071 --> 00:29:23,904 You're your own boss. And I don't have to worry 578 00:29:23,904 --> 00:29:25,590 about somebody selling the business 579 00:29:25,590 --> 00:29:27,337 and somebody coming in and telling me, 580 00:29:27,337 --> 00:29:30,057 "Hey, we don't wanna continue with you anymore." 581 00:29:31,290 --> 00:29:32,913 Here I am, three months later. 582 00:29:34,890 --> 00:29:37,980 When you investing in something that you love to do, 583 00:29:37,980 --> 00:29:39,630 it makes everything a lot easier. 584 00:29:59,190 --> 00:30:01,620 We felt like that if we could redevelop 585 00:30:01,620 --> 00:30:03,960 and change this corner, 586 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:07,230 that it would help turn the neighborhood. 587 00:30:07,230 --> 00:30:12,210 Once they can put funds here and deposits, 588 00:30:12,210 --> 00:30:15,270 then we're not going to allow the money 589 00:30:15,270 --> 00:30:17,010 to go outside of this community. 590 00:30:17,010 --> 00:30:19,660 We're going to put the money back into the community. 591 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:23,130 And it's gonna scare some people. 592 00:30:23,130 --> 00:30:25,083 It's gonna scare the hell out of 'em, 593 00:30:26,220 --> 00:30:31,220 because now you can see that it can be done, 594 00:30:31,220 --> 00:30:32,793 so you have no more excuses. 595 00:30:34,140 --> 00:30:38,160 Those institutions that are in place right now 596 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:40,260 are not gonna idly sit back. 597 00:30:40,260 --> 00:30:42,450 You don't think? They don't care about this. 598 00:30:42,450 --> 00:30:46,473 Yes, they do, because if this catches on, 599 00:30:48,690 --> 00:30:50,520 it becomes a threat. 600 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:51,540 You really believe that. 601 00:30:51,540 --> 00:30:52,890 Mark my word, 602 00:30:52,890 --> 00:30:54,482 because it will- What kind of threat? 603 00:30:54,482 --> 00:30:55,980 Because it can inspire others 604 00:30:55,980 --> 00:30:58,743 to think that they can be free. 605 00:31:00,180 --> 00:31:01,773 This is about being free. 606 00:31:08,670 --> 00:31:13,670 Economic justice is right and wrongs, fixing the system, 607 00:31:15,540 --> 00:31:18,183 you know, some type of repayment for injustice. 608 00:31:21,780 --> 00:31:24,210 A tree is known by the fruit that it bears. 609 00:31:24,210 --> 00:31:29,160 So if I don't see any fruit, then I don't see any impact. 610 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:31,680 So if you have money and you have wealth 611 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,923 and you can't create impact, what's the point? 612 00:31:36,090 --> 00:31:40,500 What is justice? What does it mean for me? 613 00:31:40,500 --> 00:31:43,320 What does it mean for people of color? 614 00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:48,270 Justice is just not quite yet available for everybody. 615 00:31:48,270 --> 00:31:51,570 Justice, justice. 616 00:31:51,570 --> 00:31:53,670 It's just being a Black man in this world, 617 00:31:56,070 --> 00:31:56,903 man, good luck. 618 00:31:57,900 --> 00:31:59,520 Justice is something that we need, 619 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:01,590 but that's what we're fighting for. 620 00:32:01,590 --> 00:32:06,510 Right now, today I can look at justice as empowerment. 621 00:32:06,510 --> 00:32:10,348 Just doing what's right and being fair. 622 00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:16,860 You ever heard that phrase, "Get your money right"? 623 00:32:16,860 --> 00:32:19,230 I gotta help the community get their money right. 624 00:32:19,230 --> 00:32:20,520 The community has to get their money right, 625 00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:23,133 and this is an opportunity to get the money right. 626 00:32:24,930 --> 00:32:28,353 So I'm on a mission, and it ain't over. 627 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:34,403 It's just begun.