United Black World Month will wrap up its events with a discussion about PowerNomics hosted by radio personality Tom Pope and best-selling author Dr. Claud Anderson at 7 p.m. in Hitchcock Hall.
PowerNomics is a plan developed by Anderson that presents strategies using education and politics and to create more self-sufficient black communities.
Anderson is president of PowerNomics Corporation of America, which is involved in major business development in inner cities across the country.
He has also written three best-selling books, including “Black Labor, White Wealth,” and “PowerNomics: The National Plan to Empower Black America.”
Pope is the host of the PowerNomics Radio Network and creator of “The Tom Pope Show,” which discusses the major news, social and political issues of the week. Anderson, an associate of Pope, makes frequent appearances on the show.
Pope describes PowerNomics as a kind of self-help plan for Black America.
“People need to be responsible to their own communities, build new businesses and participate in government,” he said.
Tonight’s discussion will focus on economic empowerment and the role the media plays in public discourse and will target Ohio State students and communities.
Larry Williamson Jr., director of the Hale Black Cultural Center, said the discussion will be helpful because the audience will get to hear from the pioneers of the movement.
“PowerNomics gives a track and direction for African-American people,” Williamson said.
Those involved with the event feel the discussion will have the same success other United Black World Month events have enjoyed.
“The programs and events were quite exciting and produced a lot of dialogue,” said Clarice Ford, coordinator of African American Student Services.
Ford said she is pleased with this year’s events, and Williamson agreed.
“I think the events went well,” he said. “We had a variety of different programs, and I was pleased with what’s come through the center and what the university has done.”
