ECONOMY BUT THE SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS THE CITY. BRIAN ALICIA TAYLOR, THANK YOU FOR THAT. WHEN IT COMES TO CONVENTIONS, IT IS LIKELY ONE OF THE BIGGEST AREA HAS EVER SEEN AND IT’S BRINGING PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD RIGHT HERE TO THE QUEEN CITY. OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT THE BRAS WEARING THE PURPLE AND GOLD. AND THEN WE SAYING THEM AROUND THE UPTOWN AREA. OF COURSE, THEY ARE FROM THE FRATERNITY OMEGA PSY FI INCORPORATED IN THERE HOLDING THEIR CONCLAVE IN CHARLOTTE, WITH MUCH OF ITS SENATOR AROUND THE CONVENTION CENTER. OK CITY NEWS REPORTER DEREK DILLINGER IS
LIVE THERE TONIGHT AMONGST ALL THAT PURPLE AND GOLD AND YOU CAUGHT UP WITH ONE OF THE MORE NOTABLE CUES AND TOWN, DERRICK, YOU ACTUALLY GOT A TOUR OF THE WHOLE ENTIRE EVENT. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? YES THANKS TO THAT SPECIFIC, YOU WILL HAVE MORE ON THAT COMING UP IN JUST A MOMENT.
I DO HAVE TO SAY, THOUGH THE ENERGY HERE HAS BEEN QUITE ELECTRIC, LITERALLY, QUITE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DAY. SUCH AN UPBEAT AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE THAT’S OUT HERE, AND THAT’S SAYING A LOT BECAUSE THE LAST OF IT WAS HELD DURING THE BEGINNING OF COVID NOW WITH COVID WORRIES, NOT TOTALLY AWAY, BUT EASING.
IT’S GIVING PEOPLE A CHANCE TO MEET UP WITH OTHERS THAT THEY CONSIDER BROTHERS AND SISTERS. IF YOU THINK THIS IS A LARGE CROWD, HE WOULDN’T BE WRONG. BUT THIS WILL PALE IN COMPARISON TO WHAT WILL LIKELY BE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. THE OMEGA SCI FI FRATERNITY HAS A CONCLAVE ONCE
EVERY TWO YEARS, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY 20 YEARS, IT’S BACK IN CHARLOTTE. THE BEST WAY TO SAY IS THAT THIS IS A BIG DEAL FOR THE CITY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, BUT ALSO IT’S A GREAT TIME TO FELLOWSHIP. NETWORK. AND START A BUSINESS OR HAVE YOU BEEN IN BUSINESS FLOURISHED HERE
. MECKLENBURG COUNTY SHERIFF GARY MCFADDEN IS A MEMBER OF THE FRATERNITY. ONE HAS THE LIKES OF JIM CLYBURN, SHAQUILLE O’NEAL AND STEVE HARVEY AMONG ITS RANKS. IT IS THE FIRST FRATERNITY FOUNDED AT HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE. THESE ARE LAWYERS, DOCTORS, SENATOR, CONGRESSMAN STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, RESTAURANT OWNERS, ANYBODY. DOING ANYTHING IS DOWN
HERE IN THE PURPLE AND GOLD TODAY. HISTORY IS A BIG PART OF THE EVENT HERE, AND SHERIFF MCMAHON WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH WITH THIS TIME TO GIVE US A TOUR OF WHAT TO SEE AND WHAT TO EXPECT. EVERY EVERYTHING IS NOSTALGIA LIKE THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT. AND
THIS FEELS SO GOOD WHEN WE DO GIVE BACK CHRISTMAS PARTIES, UM , THANKSGIVING GIVEAWAYS. TOYS GIVEAWAYS ALONG THE WAY COMING ACROSS PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT BE FROM HERE. SO THIS IS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE. RELATIVELY NEW TO THE FRATERNITY. YEAH, IT’S AWESOME. IT’S AWESOME. NEVER SEEN THIS MUCH PURPLE AND GOLD
AND CAMOUFLAGE, BUT IT’S AWESOME , BUT FEEL AS WELCOME AS FAMILY EDUCATED GUYS, AND WE JUST TRY TO GET BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND DO GOOD THINGS. HAVING THIS EVENT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THE BEST IDEA NOT TOO LONG AGO BECAUSE OF COVID. THAT IS STILL A CONCERN AMONGST SOME, BUT WITH THE
WORRIES EASING, MCFADDEN SAYS, HAVING IT NOW AND HAVING IT HERE IS THE RIGHT DECISION. ENORMOUS DEAL. TO HAVE WHAT WE CALL OUR CONCLAVE HERE IN OUR CITY. SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER IN SHOWING THE BROTHERHOOD CAN GO A LONG WAY. COME OUT, MINGLE, TALK , AND YOU’LL PROBABLY HAVE PEOPLE WORKING WITH YOU PEOPLE
THAT YOU KNOW IN ALL YOUR LIFE, BUT DID NOT KNOW THAT THEY WERE A CUTE OR AN OMEGA MAN. SO THE CONCLAVE CONTINUES ON FOR THE
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