A couple of seconds later, a white guy at the table offers the exact same idea, and everybody thinks it's brilliant. I've been in meetings where we'd go around the table. MOORE: You know, I tell these stories all the time. SIMON: Greg Moore, I don't want to put you on the spot in any personal way, but do you have stories of corporate life that young Black men ought to hear? You know, him being a man who, when he was getting into corporate life in America, was pretty much the only, you know, African American in, like, his branch, you know? And so he's kind of revealed to me the path of history of how we've progressed as a country but how there are still obstacles to face as an African American in corporate life and how he's overcome them. For my mentor, Jim Kaiser, he's given me a lot of wisdom. But I would say, you know, with age comes wisdom. RANDOLPH: Yes, there is a bit of an age difference. Are there any generational differences that sometimes need to be worked? Let me get your response, Mr. I understand that a lot of the mentors - well, they're much older. And that's completely changed my outlook and my future. I'm actually going to be able to graduate debt-free because of my increased ability to manage my money. And if your sources of income are less than your uses, that means you either need to get a job or get some scholarships or grants.Īfter that, I actually transferred back to CU because of the financial reasons - him teaching me how to do something as simple as making a budget. And it is, let's make a simple Excel budget having the sources of income and the uses of income, so you know exactly how much money you need and when you need it by. And I'm going to tell you something that you need to do. He - you know, one of the first things he told me was, first of all, you need to relax. And I was running between the registrar's office and the scholarship office. SIMON: That's a big difference, isn't it? But instead, that $36,000 was to be divvied up over the four years. But when I got there, I actually found out it wasn't yearly. And so when I went to Florida International University, they had offered me a $36,000 scholarship. And I kind of had a lot of fear about the future that caused me to be caught off guard by the college experience. Unfortunately, both my parents didn't really have a traditional college experience, so I wasn't really sure how to do the research. And he actually found me in a time of need and desperation. Right now, he actually works for the Executive Leadership Council, which is among the top professionals in many industries in America. He was the senior vice president of Corning's Glassware Manufacturing. Randolph, could you tell us about your mentor and how he's helped? Those four legs are the keys to success and creating the next generation of Black leadership in this country. And then in addition to that, we provide internships. We have a mentorship program where each one of our scholars is linked up with one of our Boule members that works with them the entire four years of their college career and beyond. In addition to the Professional Development Institute, we've given more than 100 scholarships over the last 20 years. And they really know the skills and the talents that these young scholars really need to have on display so that they can be successful in climbing the career ladder. The instructors are all Boule members - CEOs, former CEOs, entrepreneurs who've been through the wars of corporate America. And the idea was to provide our scholars with training that would help them learn how to comport themselves in the workplace so that they would be on a path to success. MOORE: So we started the Leadership Training Institute about five years ago. Moore, tell us a bit about the leadership training program and what challenges you think it addresses. Thanks both for being with us.ĬALEB RANDOLPH: Of course. So does Caleb Randolph, senior at CU Boulder and who's in the leadership training program. Greg Moore is the chairman of this foundation. Du Bois, James Weldon Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., Eric Holder and Kenneth Chenault have all been members of Sigma Pi Phi.ĭelta Eta Boule has a foundation that provides leadership training to Black males who are pursuing a higher education. and a professional one, meaning Black men must have reached the highest level of power and prestige in their field to be invited to join. That is the oldest Black fraternity in the U.S. Delta Eta Boule is the Denver chapter of Sigma Pi Phi fraternity. During this Black History Month, we'd like to take a look at a group that's helping to shape what Black history will become tomorrow.
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