How does one become a consultant to Republics in other countries? What is an economist or systems engineering? How about financial cooperative opportunities? What? The What? What an how? So many questions, so little time. This week at Urban Academics, we are hosting a Reservation for the HOT-Seat as usual, but I’m sure we’ve never had this kind of conversation to date? This reservation is for someone who understands money! How it moves, operates, and works in the real world.

Read HOT-Seat #28 Press Release on Malcolm O. Ashley

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This topic is timely due to covid wiping out the bank on almost everyone. Most of us, primarily black, brown, and poor folks, only know two things: (1) Work and have money in your pockets; and (2) Buy what you want with what’s left after your bills – In that order. I wouldn’t miss this LIVE event if I were you – Sometimes it gets so HOT we can’t stop.

This week, in the HOT-Seat, we are coming to a beginner’s class on money, presented from the HOT-Seat by a KING worthy of his crown, so pull up a seat and bring a BIG BIB to catch your crumbs. This one’s going to be good.

Three (3) Books You Should Read

Books are bubbles of niche-targeted content containing information and stories you find inside. Reading books can take you across the world, back in an hour, and in the meantime, experience unheard of hospitality and exquisite cuisine. No matter how they come to fruition (church outing, group-home, school field trip, etc.), these types of experiences have the power sometimes to change the trajectory of what you thought was forever if you allow it?

Words are those strings that turn what would be an ordinary sentence into something spectacular. When crafted just right, content (words) can kick-start your whole life all over again regardless of how you feel or what’s going on. You will begin to go on and on again, finding daily encouragement to keep it moving. If you are a writer, there is a place for you in heaven because there would be none without the ready writing holding the pen/pencil in today’s marketplace. Either way, the brain needs exercise too. Enjoy!

1. Asking for The Money: How Anyone Can Close More Sales. Even You by Brian K McNeill
2. The Making of a Democratic Economy: How to Build Prosperity for the Many, Not the Few by Berrett-Koehler Publishers https://amzn.to/2TQYlzh
3. The ZOLA Experience: A Journey of Recovery From Loss by Katurah A Bryant, LMFT

Who’s In The HOT-Seat

This chosen visionary is KING Malcolm O. Ashley, currently serving as an economic development consultant to the Republic of Liberia, through the Office of the Honorable Cynthia L. Blanford, Consul General for the State of Georgia for the Republic of Liberia; and Economic development consultant to the Office of the Prime Minister, Republic of Cabo Verde. He is a consultant to Gladden Foods, a national minority food distributor. Mr. Ashley is also instrumental in building cooperative financial opportunities in GA and CT. In The HOT Seat, Thursdays at 9:30 PM (EDT)

Mr. Ashley is the former co-chair of the Environmental Concerns Coalition (ECC) of Milford, Connecticut with impressive credentials. He’s an economist and systems engineer trained at Yale University (B.A. Economics / Political Science ’81) and the Georgia Institute of Technology (M.Sc Economics ’94) with over 25 years of applied expertise in facilitating sustainable and strategic regional, local, economic development, through research, development planning, business development, and recruitment.

He holds the distinction of becoming the first African American accepted for graduate study at the School of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology, focusing on Systems Engineering in 1990. His professional specialties include the development of sustainable systems for Aquaculture & Aquaponics production; application of sustainable Energy Systems (Geothermal and Co-Generation) for business production and housing; Intermodal Hub Development for Vertiflight and Rail (Maglev and Electric) systems; Technology Incubators; Data Envelopment Analysis; Input-Output (REMI) models and Econometric Forecasting (ARIMA).

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Notable Accomplishments

• Award – Distinguished service award for board membership, from Youth Continuum, Inc.
• First African American accepted for graduate study at the School of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology, with a focus on Systems Engineering in 1990
• First Aquaculture Cooperative (Connecticut)
• First Director of Development of the Cooperative Development Institute, the Northeast Center of Excellence for Cooperative Development (1998)
• Founding Member of the Connecticut Energy Cooperative
• Highest rated presenter for the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education (AABHE), National Conference, held in Atlanta, Georgia, March 31 – April 2, 2011
• Member – Phelps Trust Association, the
• Member – Yale Daily News Foundation
• Member – Yale Men’s Crew Association
• Member – Yale Men’s Lacrosse Association, and the Federation of Southern Land Cooperatives
• Past co-chair of the Environmental Concerns Coalition (ECC) of Milford, Connecticut
• Served as host to Cabo Verde Ambassador to the United States, Mr. Jose Brito, and First Lady of the Republic of Cabo Verde, Ms. Adeline Pires
• Yale University Graduate

Three Things You To Consider NOW!

1. Life Insurance Policy (It’s one of few insurances that really pay-out)!
2. Real Estate Investment – OR – Small Home-Based Business
3. Visiting with your parents at least once per week

What’s More?

Yes! There’s more. KING Malcolm has even more international economic development projects, which include but are not limited to: country-level planning for water, sanitation, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Water/Sanitation Country (WAT-SAN) Grant, Republic of Ghana 2009; USAID American Educators for Africa Country Grant for the Republic of Ghana (2008); Kingdom of Lesotho, South Africa, Office of Economic Development – bottled water production; and “Georgia First for Liberia” State of Georgia agribusiness export plan for the Republic of Liberia and the 16 nations of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

Malcolm lives in New Haven, Ct, and in his spare time, KING Malcolm enjoys playing chess, racing go-carts, shooting at the range and watching good movies.

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