Resume
Resume Philosophy:
I feel that with the job market flooded the way it is, I might as well tell my
full story and try to get a JOB that way, as opposed to only giving a brief
sketch in my resume, the way the job professionals want one to do. This Way, if there is something a possible
employer doesn't like He or She can just pass me by instead of wasting his or
her time and mine with an interview.
Also: the professional JOB finders say to Never, EVER let a potential
employer know about your ethnic background.
I find this ridiculous. Any
potential employer who will NOT respect me as a Black man doesn't deserve to
even consider getting me as an employee.
I AM--Brother Tracy Gibson - Consultant - Businessman - Educator - Writer - Visionary -
Organizer - Fund Raiser-Child and Youth Advocate-International Progressive Peace
Activist ; 213 South 49th Street, Philadelphia, Penn 19139-4205; Phone: 1.215.471.64.94; Mailing
Address: Post Office Box 42878; Philadelphia, Common Wealth of Pa
19101-2878.E-Mail Address: BlackExecutive46a@GMail.Com
OBJECTIVE:
Make my business profitable and
expand; and / or find suitable work as a staff diversity consultant; or a staff
consultant for community outreach, youth issues and services / and or political
consulting of inner city youth issues; work on Peace, education, research and
Prosperity issues for the income-challenged and the left out; fund raising;
writing; and / or Public Relations
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Brother Tracy Gibson & Associates, Incorporated.; April of 2002
to the Present. [And Subsidiaries including the Black Millionaire’s Network] Planning,
researching, reconstructing, building my businesses and developing and
implementing policy for our parent company [Brother Tracy Gibson & Associates, Incorporated ]--a growing
Public Relations, Marketing, Research, Advertising, Community Relations and
Education firm dedicated to and specializing in developing survival tactics for
people of color [especially Black People] and other economically
disenfranchised groups so such groups can flourish into the future; filing the
proper papers with local, state and federal agencies and NGO's to continue to
carry on in a legal and legitimate manner; place advertising to expand and
stabilize profitability and to generate and expand on our client base; bring
our Wed Page back on line [www.btganda.com—possibly
with a new name]; advocate for progressive causes in Philadelphia,
Harrisburg, Delaware and Washington, D.C. and other locations within the U.S.
and points around the World; Planning to Obtain and maintain Our office space
and staff; expand on staff and train youth, young Adults as well as other job
seekers in the community; generating management and leadership skills etc. (I
recently hired a youth, 27, to work for
me. We have visited City Hall to attend a hearing on natural gas and it’s use
and profitability in Pennsylvania; we also went to work for the Church Mission
called Chosen 300 between 12th street and 11th street on
Spring Garden; we also visited the cite of the Old White House in Philadelphia
and the memorial to the slaves of George Washington as well as the Liberty
Bell; I taught Him about vegetarian cooking; and He also watched instructional films
on how to rehabilitate houses; and prepare properly for job interviews. ) He is
making $385.00 every two weeks through the program.
PROGRESSIVE WRITING HISTORY:
I presently have a Blog: ``The Politics of Real'' which
can be accessed by clicking onto: http://thepoliticsofreal.blogspot.com.
I have also written for several other publications including: ``The Black Star,'' ``The Leon Williams Journal'' ``The Walnut Hill Community
Association's Newsletter,'' [I served as the editor for One year]; ``SBC Magazine''; ``Au Courant Newspaper''; and ``Male Box Magazine.'' I am publishing a book of poetry called ``Let the Children Gather,’’ with the
help of my 23-year-old nephew Mr. Muata Gibson Hunter of Wash D C.
OTHER JOB HISTORY:
I Worked for Eagle Limo of New Castle, Delaware, as a clean-up person and a
detailer for cars & buses.
Careers USA: 18th and JFK Boulevard Philadelphia, Penn--Edited law
briefs and other legal documents such as Wills. Also: Provided registration
materials for Doctors attending a National Cancer Conference; and did clerical
work in a psychiatrist's office. I also
served as a male receptionist for the Jewish
Federation of Organizations. 1995 to 2001.
TV Guide Magazine: Manhattan, New York; and Radnor, Penn. Wrote and
Edited TV listings and program evaluations as I became literate on a new and
innovative computer system. January 1981
through November 1995.
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE:
As part of My life-Long Business
Experiences I served as a cashier for various Department Stores including: Staples, Macy's, Gimbals and Sears.. I
also started my work career by working at McDonald's
in West Philadelphia [40th and Walnut Street] when I was 16; and also
worked at McDonald's temporarily,
part time [for about a year] to help pay for college expenses during my years
at The Ohio State University [ September 1974 to August 1978] in Columbus,
Ohio...
LIFE'S JOURNEY
I had the significant and
dignified honor of helping care for my elderly Mother, Mrs. Jessie M. Gibson, before she passed. It took a great deal of coordination, work,
dedication, LOVe, endurance, and most of all courage in dealing with a sometimes
hostile Health Care System. I learned a
great deal through this process. My
Mother was a fantastic lady who believed strongly in education and helping the
less fortunate. I also learned that to
be humane is to honor human life.
Recently I helped tend to my Father's Health Care needs [ Mr. Charles Saint Clair Gibson ] who
was 85 when he passed on Hospice Care at home. Dad helped me to care about people's basic
needs while still being frugal and responsible. He taught me about Real Estate
and I was a Landlord for 25 years. Presently I am seeking funds to get back
into the Real Estate market in Philadelphia before it is too aggressively
dominated by big city and big money interests. My father was a dedicated and concerned Landlord
for about 50 years and owned the Saint Clair Apartment House on 46th
& Cedar Avenue in West Philadelphia.
EDUCATION:
**I am presently enrolled in a study program called ``Healthy,
Wealthy & Wise Financial Freedom Series.’’ With WURD 900 AM Black Talk
Radio. Instructor: Ms Keva Sturdevant, host: Healthy, Wealthy & Wise.’’
Classes end on July 18, 2015.
* On February 21, 2015 I will receive a certificate from the Wharton
School for Finance & Commerce in Entrepreneurship; and I received a similar
certificate in January 2015 at the Wharton School, for Personal Finance.
* in May of 2014 I attended a media seminar in Social Networking at
the Arts Institute.
* On May 31, 2012, I completed
the Business Plan Development Program--a ten-Week course--at Temple University's Small Business
Development Center at 1510 Cecil B. Moore Avenue, Suite 200, Philadelphia,
Penn 19121. My instructor was Ms.
Cynthia Moultrie. ``The Knowledge Hut Business Plan’’ can be found on my Blog.
* I also attended the Delaware Money School to learn more
about personal finance, thrift and budgeting from January 2008 to August 2010.
At the same time I was the recipient of advice from the senior’s advice program
SCORE, in Delaware and have inquired
to restart working with them recently.
* I also took continuing Studies
Classes at the Pan African Studies
Community Education Program at Temple University where I studied: personal
finance and budgeting; civil liberties law; housing rehabilitation; alternative
music industry analysis and progressive rap music indium's; the advantages of
the vegetarian lifestyle and vegetarian cooking. At Temple University's Center
City office I took: Business Management. I also took classes in basic English
and Research at Community College to brush up on my English & research skills.
January 2002 through March 2010.
*Graduate School -- Temple University--13th and
Berks--Philadelphia Penn. September 1980
through January 1982. Studied communications, script writing and journalism
after being awarded a scholarship from the Scripps-Howard
Foundation in 1981. I have NOT received my Master's Degree at this point.
*The Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio September 1974
through August 1978. Received a B.A. in Journalism and Public Relations with a
Minor in Black Studies.
PERSONAL AND COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENTS:
Served as a Block Captain for the 4600 Block of Sansom Street for seven
years when I lived on that block. In elementary school [Lea Elementary School
at 47th and Walnut Street, in West Philadelphia] I served as a Crossing Guard
and a Hall Monitor. [I have always been concerned about people’s safety.]
I am presently implementing a
youth employment and empowerment program for my corporation in the neighborhood
in which I live and am seeking investors to help with financing and
implementation.
I received a Community Service
Award from Men of All Colors Together
of Philadelphia in April of 2005.
I served on the Board of Directors of the African American
Freedom and Reconstruction League for one year [The League was constructed
as a result of the positive energy that matriculated from the Million Man March in October of 1996. They develop strategies
to advocate for the Black community's inclusion in getting Our fair share of
the Economic Pie in North America through creating community initiatives that
generate support for the community itself. The League also holds an annual
luncheon to respectfully recognize the work our elders are doing to uphold the
community and the community’s positive social values.
I also helped found Adodi
Philadelphia Inc., and was a leading core member for this support group and
support system for Same Gender Loving Black Men. Adodi has since evolved into a National
Organization that holds a National Retreat each year at different locations. They also hold different constructive
meetings and workshops during the year regarding various issues including:
family structure; homophobia; & self-esteem issues.
TRAVEL:
I traveled to Cuba, South Africa,
Canada, Porto Rico and various points within the United States such as Los Angeles,
San Francisco, Wash, D.C., Denver, Colorado, and Aspen, Colorado; Columbus,
Dayton and Cleveland, Ohio; Miami, Florida; and New York City [mostly Manhattan
and Brooklyn] in my continuing journey to learn and grow.
OTHER COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:
I have a deep concern for the Black
community in which I live and I want to see people of ALL races who have been
left out of the process become included in the process towards positive
development, a clean environment, sustainability and economic and social
equality. I have written literally
hundreds of letters to Civic Leaders, Community Leaders, Political Leaders,
entertainers, business People, clergy, government officials, and so forth, in
an effort to promote the issues of left out Black youth and disenfranchised
people throughout the world; and those who might not be able to advocate for
themselves. Groups I have advocated for
include [But are NOT limited to] : The income-challenged or economically
disenfranchised; Same Gender Loving people of Color; Black, Latin and other
disenfranchised people and youth; the Elderly; Women and Muslim women of color;
Black youth; and people of ALL races who have been left out of the process
toward political and economic freedom, inclusion, hope and equality..
OVERCOMING ADVERSITY:
I was diagnosed as a person with
bipolar illness in 1982 / 1983 and managed to work and / or go to school for
about 15 years after that before I went on disability. I had many ups and downs and was hospitalized,
but still managed to do my work consistently, especially after 1999. I haven't been hospitalized for the last 13
years. I have worked hard on writing my
own books; reading and researching numerous issues; and starting a corporation
dedicated to the advancement and reconstruction of Black Youth. I want to get back in the workforce and I
would like to do so, most of all, as a consultant, or as the leader of my own
corporation. I am a hard worker, a
dedicated worker and an honest person. I
hope you will take me on as a consultant.
YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.
