BUCKLE UP, FOLKS, BECAUSE WE ARE ONLY 37 DAYS AWAY FROM THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. THE POLLS HAVE TIGHTENED, VOTERS ARE PAYING ATTENTION, AND VERY SOON, EARLY VOTING IN KEY STATES WILL BEGIN. TODAY, WE ARE CONTINUING OUR SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE DIVINE NINE, WITH INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT OF FLY BETA SIGMA
FRATERNITY INCORPORATED. FLY BETA SIGNIFICANTLY INCORPORATED WAS FOUNDED AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY IN 1914, BY THREE BLACK MEN WHO WANTED TO EXEMPLIFY BROTHERHOOD, SCHOLARSHIP, AND SERVICE. THEIR MOTTO, CULTURE FOR SERVICE AND SERVICE FOR HUMANITY. IT IS BUILT UPON THE PRINCIPLES OF DELIVERING SKILLS BACK TO THE COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE THEY SERVE.
THERE ARE 599 ACTIVE CHAPTERS, AND 225,000 MEMBERS HAVE BEEN INITIATED SINCE IT WAS FOUNDED. I WANT TO BRING IN CHRIS WRAY, THE 36 INTERNATIONAL PRESENT TO FIVE BETA SIGNAL FORTUNATELY INCORPORATED. AMIR, I HELPED GET — THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST RACES I’VE EVER WORKED ON. IT’S A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT FOR
ME, SIR. THEY MADE YOU THE INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT. WELL, LET’S TALK ABOUT THIS PRESIDENT. YOU HAVE 24 GRADUATE CHAPTERS AND 17 UNDERGRADUATE CHAPTERS IN FLORIDA, ALONE. WHO USED TO IS MOBILIZING TO HELP FLORIDIANS IN THE AFTERMATH OF IAN? >> LET ME FIRST SAY, THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION, FOR BEING HERE.
FLORIDA IS ONE OF OUR LARGEST STATES. WE HAVE ABOUT 200 BROTHERS THAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED, A LITTLE OVER 200 BROTHERS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED. ONE, SPECIFICALLY, IN THE FORT MYERS AREA. HE’S 93 YEARS OLD, BROTHER ULYSSES BRYANT, WHOSE HOMES COMPLETELY FLOODED. AND SO WE AS A BROTHERHOOD ARE
WRAPPING OUR ARMS AROUND HIM AND GETTING HIM ALL THE SERVICES THAT HE NEEDS UNTIL THE GOVERNMENT MOVES IN, AND THEY START DOING THEIR PART. ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE TELLING OUR BROTHERS TO DO NOW IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY SECURE THE FAMILIES, MAKE SURE THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED.
WHEN IT’S NECESSARY IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE GOING TO MEET US, THAT IS WHAT WE DO. THAT IS WHAT MEMBERS OF FIVE BETA STATEMENT TO, WE’VE BEEN DOING ITS LAST HUNDRED EIGHT YEARS. WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN A PLACE WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE A HELP, BECAUSE
THERE ARE SOME DEVASTATED AREAS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED. >> TO SAY THE LEAST, WE’VE BEEN SHOWING THE IMAGES ON OUR SHOW THROUGHOUT THE NETWORK, AND IT IS IN FLORIDA, DEVASTATION, NOT TO MENTION PUERTO RICO, WHERE THE PRESIDENT LEAVING TOMORROW. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE MIDTERM ELECTION, BECAUSE FIVE BETA SIGMA ACTUALLY LEAD THE
WAY FOR THE DIVINE NINE’S TO TELL SOMEBODY. WE HAVE THE PSA, IT WAS NARRATED BY JENNIFER LEWIS. I WANT FOLKS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, BECAUSE IT’S SPECIFICALLY ADVOCATED FOR WOMEN’S BODILY AUTONOMY. TAKE A LISTEN, FOLKS. >> TELL SOMEBODY. THE SUPREME COURT’S DECISION TO OVERTURN NEARLY 50 YEARS OF
LEGAL PROTECTION OF A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO AN ABORTION. TELL SOMEBODY. STAND UP, SPEAK OUT, AND WE CAN STOP THIS ASSAULT ON WOMEN. >> I THOUGHT THIS IS VERY POWERFUL. I THOUGHT THIS WAS AMAZING, DOG THE WORK. AND THIS AD SPEAKS TO THE SOCIAL ACTION PROGRAM TO IMPROVE THE WELL-BEING OF DISENFRANCHISED FOLKS.
WHAT EXACTLY ARE THE STIGMAS DOING TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE ELECTIONS ON THE GROUND, IN THE VARIOUS COMMUNITIES? THIS PSA IS WONDERFUL. BUT ARE YOU GOING INTO THE BARBERSHOPS? ARE YOU GOING TO BE BISHOPS? >> ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE A WHOLE CAMPAIGN WHERE WE ARE MOBILIZING AT EVERY LEVEL.
WE TELL OUR CHAPTERS THAT REGISTERING PEOPLE TO VOTE IS NOT ENOUGH. YOU HAVE TO EDUCATE INDIVIDUALS, AS WELL, ON THE CANDIDATES THAT ARE RUNNING AND THE ISSUES THAT ARE ON THE BALLOT. AND SO WE ARE HAVING, WHETHER THEY ARE TOWN HALLS, WEBINARS, MAKING SURE THE INDIVIDUALS KNOW THE KIND OF CANDIDATES
THAT ARE RUNNING. BECAUSE IF YOU ARE IN A SPECIFIC PARTISAN WHEN YOU ARE FOR US. SO YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE EDUCATING THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE RUNNING. BUT THEN ALSO, AFTER YOU HAVE REGISTERED THEM, AFTER YOU HAVE EDUCATED THEM, NOW YOU’VE GOT TO GET THEM TO THE POLLS.
AND SO COME ELECTION DAY, OUR MONEY MANTRA TO OUR BROTHERS IS, MAKE SURE YOU DON’T GO TO THE POLLS BY YOURSELF. MAKE SURE YOU TAKE SOMEONE WITH YOU, THEN ON ELECTION DAY, YOU MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE STANDING OUT AT THE POLLS, THAT YOU ARE PASSING OUT LITERATURE.
PASS OUT WATER IN THE STATES THAT YOU CAN. BUT THE DAY AFTER ELECTION DAY, YOU SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE EXHAUSTED. YOU SHOULD BE TIRED, BECAUSE WE’VE DONE EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO TO GET THE PEOPLE OUT BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES. I KNOW THAT STIGMA 2014, YOU
ALL HAVE A 1 MILLION DOLLAR WAR CHEST, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE KEY CANDIDATES YOU HAVE ENDORSED? >> OF COURSE RIGHT NOW, WE ARE LOOKING AT SENATOR WARNOCK, BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT HE SPEAKS TO THE VALUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO US. WE HAVE SENATOR KAMALA AUGER THAT IS OUT OF CALIFORNIA, WHO
IS GOING TO BE OVER THE NEXT — THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE ARE FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT WE UNIDENTIFIED OTHER CANDIDATES THEY’RE DOING THAT AS WELL. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. FOR BREAKING IT DOWN FOR THE PEOPLE. I APPRECIATE YOU, MY FRIEND. CHRIS WRAY, THESE
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