Practical Finance Workshops for Creatives

Location: 935 South Main St., Greenville, S.C. 29601
Suite 400 on the 4th floor
WHAT
In celebration of Black History Month, Invest Like an Artist and The Watering Hole Poetry Org. are hosting Practical Finance Workshops for Writers and Artists. All are welcomed.
WHY
The right financial vehicles can more than triple your principle over time, as well as protect you from taxes, lawsuits, alimony, and other risks.
However, investment tools and wealth building vehicles have been historically regulated in ways that excluded people of color. As recently as the 1950s, African Americans were not allowed to own as much life insurance as their White American counterparts, which means they couldn't pass down any significant amount of untaxed generational wealth or deploy the funds into new businesses (which Walt Disney did to start Disney World).
In writer and artist communities, financial support can be just as racialized. It's no secret that arts nonprofits were historically a bastion of the upper class white interests and that their resources reflected those interests.
The Civil Right Movement dismantled these racialized restrictions for wealth building instruments and people of color moved to the forefront of arts nonprofits. It's time to get the word out!
PURPOSE
This event intends to unite communities of color and people in the creative fields with powerful financial knowledge and tools, regardless of income level. We are working to build 1) a Black Wealth Movement and 2) Passive Income for creatives. We want to do this through practical, applicable strategies that people can implement right away.
WHAT WE'RE NOT
***This event is not in agreement with capitalism and its ideals. It is intended to help individuals understand some of the rules of this system, under which we will live for the foreseeable future, and to use that knowledge to advance themselves and their community.
***This is not a sales event. It's not like those timeshare meetings. It's not like those pay-$10K-for-the-real-information seminars. Yes, you will have the option to buy t-shirts, mugs, keychains, books, extended courses, etc, but the event itself is free with no strings attached.
WHAT TO BRING
1) A notebook (or laptop and charger)
2) A couple of juicy pens
3) A smart phone (optional)
REGISTER
If you want to attend the free finance workshops, register here in this event. Registration is limited.
If you want to Slam, register here at the following link. The Slam starts at 7:00 p.m. on February 29th. Doors open at 6:00. https://www.facebook.com/events/180933656614560/ Registration is limited.
Jevertus “J.B.” Burnett
J.B. is a licensed and registered financial professional with a passion for financial education and life-long learning. Understanding the financial disparity for the African American community, he left a managing position at a Fortune 500 Company in 2014 to make his hobby (financial education) a full-time career, built on meaningful and lasting relationships.
His current goal is to build Black Wealth by helping to put over $50 million of tax-free transferable wealth in place for Black families and helping clients invest over $10 million for passive income generation.
In just the last 6 months, he was able to put over $21 million of life insurance in place, protecting the legacies of over 50 families, and he has helped clients invest over $600,000 for passive income, making him 9th in the nation in the African American Market Unit, and 12th outside of the unit.
More importantly, he is married to his beautiful wife Courtney and they have two amazing children Savannah and Joshua.
Licenses: Life & Health Insurance License (multiple states), Securities License (Series 6 & 63), Certified Financial Educator (FDIC & Credit Smart), Certified Tax Preparer (non-active), Certified Customer Service Specialist
Candace G. Wiley
A career writer and professor, Candace began writing grants in 2014 and has written and edited grant content for individuals and nonprofits. Grant writing helped her find a way to support her writing, bring her community projects to life, and build relationships with influential people. For Candace, grants have been a path to accessing arts education, purchasing technology, creating arts spaces, joining writing communities, and stepping closer to financial freedom. Having been awarded nearly $100,000 in grants and fellowships, this type of funding has become a consistent stream of income for her.
In 2017, Candace began investing in real estate to add another income stream. At the time, she realized that she held toxic beliefs that relied on a W-2 promotion tier and a two-income household. After spending a year studying real estate and saving for a rental property, she leveraged great credit, lender initiatives, and timing, to purchase her first home for less than $700 down. She partnered with two other investors to learn under their guidance, while flipping three houses with them. Since then, Candace has partnered in several profitable flips, manages two vacation rentals, owns three homes, and structures healthy lending opportunities for people who want their cash or IRA to work for them.