👑👑Annual Report From Brother Tracy
Gibson & Assoc., Inc.
For 2015 To: Our Board & The Public
From Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer Mr. Tracy Charles
Gibson (Disabled, but quite active and functional)
Major Achievements:
1] We provided financing and training for a 27-year-ole
youth to take part in a new program called (The New School for Progressive
Black Thought & Black Achievement). The individual who took part in this
pilot program was Mr. Andre Paulhill. He was able to pay His child support and
have money for the summer because of our program. We paid Him almost $1,050.00.
He was able to be trained in electrical work; took part in visiting the Liberty
Bell and the Slave memorial to the Slaves of former United States President
George Washington at 5th &Market; He also: visited City Hall’s City Council
to watch an actual session of City Council while they were hearings about the
availability and cost of the supply of Natural Gas for the State of
Pennsylvania going on. Mr. Paulhill was also lectured about fatherhood, good
ethics, Black history & He took a vegetarian cooking class. [We did not
have a checking account set up at the time of His hire and there was some
confusion, not due to our mistakes, with the taxes He is to pay to the City of
Philadelphia, the State of Pennsylvania& the Federal government. The
Internal Revenue Service has been informed of the problem and we will send a
statement to the State of Pa & The City of Philadelphia as well.] The taxes were collected, but due to this
error, they never got to the proper authorities. This matter is being handled by our President
who is already discussing the matter with a professional tax accountant
[Meltzer & Meltzer Certified Public Accountants of Elkins Park, Pa.], and
the payroll experts they referred us to.
Mr. Paulhill loved the program and we expect to hire Him back in the
near future as funds allow.
2] We started a process to officially campaign for a new
Bank Branch for United Bank of Philadelphia in West Philadelphia and have
recently talked with a bank representative to talk about how to expand this
work to include a new branch in South Philadelphia and a new branch in the
Northeast as well. We are planning to talk in late November of 2015 in front of
a group of Progressive Black decision makers and activist about United Bank.
3] Continued advocacy work by writing a public letter to
Minister Louis Farrakhan about what actions we suggested to be taken after the
Million Man March on Saturday, October 10th, 2015. [I could not attend this
event for financial reasons.] This
letter to Brother Farrakhan is posted on our Blog at:
http://ThePoliticsofReal.Blogspot.Com
4] Attended several events, workshops and a class including
one on personal finance with a WURD Radio , 900 AM, host as the instructor down town this summer. A cornucopia of financial tactics &
strategies were discussed at this class including How to prepare for sending
your children to school; retirement accounts; investing; tricks the banks use
& the stock market. Also: I attended a conference on Racism in the Black
community this summer and took part in the question & answer session. We
also advocated for more Grass Roots representation on various participatory
panels hosted by WURD 900 AM, Black Talk Radio, this past summer. The Radio
station complied with our request and successfully acquired a Black man from
the Hip Hop community to take part in one panel discussion and question &
answer event held at the Painted Bride.
5] As a corporation
we have also read & / or watched several videos and books. Some of the
videos I have watched personally include adult, sexually explicit Black Gay
videos. Some of the titles I have watched include: ``You Want the Pipe?,’’
``Harlem Thugs Four,’’ `` Stress Release,’’ ``In Too Deep,’’ & ``Like a
Freak.’’ The reason I have watched such videos in not only for sexual
gratification, but to continue a process of advocating for more intimate films
that actually teach our young Black Gay [or Same Gender Loving] men and older
Black Gay men about intimacy and properly treating their male mates & / or
sex partners with respect & decency. We are developing this idea to also
help to advocate for the decrease of high levels of Sexually Transmitted
Diseases within the prison system and throughout the Black community as many
People mimic what they see on film and need more healthy, positive images on
screen and video. We are also using this process for advocating for more use of
condoms, especially in the United States of Native America’s prison system
& for all sex between and among consenting Black male adults. Along these same lines we are also helping to
establish a new gerund of Black film that will look at Black Gay life in a
realistic, healthy, dramatic or comic, upbeat, aesthetic& energetic Way.
[Examples of such films already out include ``Dirty Laundry’’ and ``Black
Bird.’’ ]Our corporation has submitted a proposal to Oprah & Tyler Perry about this matter and idea
and have signed away all rights to the project to stimulate the active and
fast-tracked development of this idea.
We have also written the Philadelphia Film Department about this idea. This decision, to share this idea, was not an
easy one, but when you look at the high level of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
among Black women especially; the need
for more diversity in the type of dramas we as Black People watch; and the
commercial possibility of such films, I
thought the idea’s honesty and timeliness would help it enter the realm of being accepted, financed and developed.
6] Other research materials I read, listened to or read over
slightly includes: ``The Money Class,’’ by Suzie Orman (read completely several
months ago(; ``Vegan Holiday Cooking,’’ by Nava Atlas (read parts of[beautiful
photos]); ``Bicycles Love Poems,’’ by Nikki Giovanni(read substantial parts of
this book & plan to read it at Open Poetry readings along with some of my
own writing.).; ``The Fast Metabolism Diet Cookbook,’’ by Haylie Pomroy. (read
many of the easy recipes.). ``Pay Yourself First The African American Guide to
Financial Success and Security,’’ by Jesse B. Brown.; (I read this book {about
five chapters} and I took it out of the library twice.).
7] Some of the People I plan to write about funding
includes: activist Anna Aagenes a bisexual lgbt sports expert & lgbt sports
promoter (You Can Play)!! ; the foundations of late comic TV host Johnny
Carson; The Ford Foundation; & the
foundation of Jazz Trumpeter Clark Terry.
8] I have attended and written to several Black churches in
the Philadelphia area. The result has been volunteering for the Historic Black
activist church, The Church of the Advocate at 18th & Diamond Street for
their soup Kitchen / Café – and the possibility of helping some Black churches
raise funds.
9] We received at least $195.00 in donations & loans
this year. The money is not a large sum, but has come from some sources that
really pull at the heart strings. One $20.00 donation came from a
Home-Challenged [read homeless] Black woman who has some instability problems.
Every time I see Her I thank Her profusely. I would like to do something nice
for Her, but I can’t right now. She eats meals at a certain place in Delaware
County that I would like to provide a whole mostly vegetarian meal for. I hope
I can get some of our Board members to volunteer. {Something tells me this will
be soon.}. Another $100.00 came from a
Board member who asked not to be identified. Another loan for $50.00 came from
a good friend and a Board member. The last $25 came from a good friend of mine. He can’t join our Board because He has other
obligations with another Progressive Board that concerns itself with South
Africa. We also applied for a $20,000.00 loan & a $500.00 loan at two
separate and different times (The $500.00 one first), but were denied for both
loans. We will be applying for a $7,000.00 loan with the same company (West
Philadelphia Financial Services Institution). I Am looking for co-signers on
this loan. If you balk at the idea of co-signing, I want you to think about
what we are asking White People to do. Make changes and go against their
traditions of racial inequality. I Am
asking you to do the same thing – go against your traditional idea of not
trusting anyone or Black People in particular, or Black companies and co-sign.
If you can’t do this remember this when you ask White People to change. I as an
individual have worked diligently this last year to improve on my credit
rating. I have worked with a Ms Omi at the City of Philadelphia’s Clarifi
Program. My personal credit score has gone from 334 to 553 or better.
10] I have written several articles that I have shared with
the reading Black Public through my Blog. Included: The final Addendum to the
Booklet for Black Youth; final editing of my poetry book; Article: Don’t Send
Our Third Graders to Jail; Cut to the Quick; Article: Jesus Is Here; The Hefty
Cost of Not Supporting Our Activists; A Letter of Support to Senator Elizabeth
Warren; Total Package; Land Ownership in Africa; and The Concept of Earth
Father.
11] I went to a
seminar that was attended by workers at the Free Library’s Foundation Center
and I have continued our outreach to funders, supporters, the general
Public,& the Black supporting Public. Part of this effort was to take on
supporting the West Phillie Produce Store at 62nd Street on the West side of
the Street between Market & Ludlow Street.
This is a Black-owned produce store whose owner (Arnett Woodall ) is very empathetic to Black
youth issues and stands as a stable rock in that community. I spend over $50.00
a month on fruits & vegetables at His store and have promoted Him among
friends, colleges, business acquaintances and associates.
12] I have also and we have as a company, supported three
Black film directors by sending financial incentives (no actual cash) to them
in hopes that they get their films either finished or produced. One director
actually interviewed me on camera for His film. I have also kept in touch with
the City of Philadelphia’s Film department about various film-related projects
we have endorsed such as a proposed film to be made by Black Film director
Michelle Parkerson of Wash D C about aviator Bessie Coleman; The film about the
Adodi movement by director and producer Brother Rod of Brooklyn; and we have supported the work of Brother
Kamau Stewart Gibson Hunter in Brazil who has many projects underway. Lastly,
we will be in contact with novelist and theater director Stanley Bennett Clay
of California and New York to see if we can assist Him as well.
13] We endorsed the idea of helping provide the momentum for
a huge celebration of the activism of Sistah Pam Africa, whose work has spanned
several decades.
14] Poem: Why Do We DO All This?
So as to not see
another small mountain of candles
Stuffed teddy bears
And
Balloons
At
Yet
Another site where
one of our youths
Has been taken from
us
15] Through all this work I have kept a positive attitude, a
good Spirit, and, often with your help, have managed to keep my head above
water – even in these positively changing times we live in right now. This is why I continue to go to see my
psychologist on a regular basis and keep taking medicine – so I can stay
balanced enough to do this work.
**If you have any questions about this Annual Report; Please
give Brother Tracy Gibson a call at 1 215 823 9985 or write Him at
BlackExecutive46@GMail.Com.
If you would like to make a no-pressure contribution of any
sum you wish, can afford and feel totally comfortable with, please do so by
sending your postal money order or personal check to
Brother Tracy Gibson & Assoc., Inc.
Post Office Box 42878
Philadelphia, Common’s Wealth
of Pennsylvania 19101 – 2878
You have our heart-felt
thanks!!!
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