Black Mom of 3 Launches Online Art Classes For Young People, Ages 5-12

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BLACK MOM OF 3, DC PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER, LAUNCHES ONLINE ART CLASSES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, AGES 5-12

Jennaye Fennell, an African American mother of three and a DC public school teacher, is also the founder and CEO of Manifesting Masterpiece which offers online art classes to young people between the ages of 5-12. The weekly live classes are designed to develop essential skills for success in life.

Jennaye says that your mind is a very powerful tool and your thoughts become your reality, and she has instilled this concept into her three children at an early age.

Her children — Jiyah, Jace, and Merl — became entrepreneurs at the tender age of 8 years old by forming Fennell Adventures. This phenomenal family travels the world, and all wrote books based on their adventures. One may even be uplifted with their Fennell Adventures Podcast or inspiration cartoon on YouTube.

In addition, they all use their creative skills as professional face painters and balloon twisters with Smiling Faces family business.

Get The Scoop On How Blacks In Chicago and Increasing Other Cities Can Change Our Zero Net Worth Dilemmas

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How African-Americans Can Change The Circumstances Of Our Zero Net Worth Dilemma

By Pierre Clark The talk in Chicago about increasing economic opportunity for African-Americans in Chicago and around the country rings hollow in the face of a report from the Chicago Community Trust that Black families in Chicago have a median net worth of $0 dollars while white families in contrast have a median net worth of $210,000. 

A report from McKinsey and Company and reports from the Pew Foundation indicate that it might take hundreds of years - 228 years, according to one report - to address and fix the disparities. Most of us living now will have been dead and gone for 9-10 generations by that point in time. 

What can be done now and in the immediate future about addressing and reversing these depressing findings? And as reports also say the GNP of African American community is over $1 trillion, how can the net worth of those same families in Chicago be $0? And how can we start capturing and recapturing that wealth?