Along his journey, Baba G has been active in the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); established the Center for Black Awareness in Utica, New York; co-founded the Marcus Garvey Memorial Black Solidarity Committee; and established the Pan-African Cultural Exposition (PACE), an annual cultural event held in Rochester, New York. At age 69, he completed a 1,069-mile trek in 28 days from the site of the charter school he founded, Joseph Littles-NGUZO SABA Charter School (JL-NSCS) in West Palm Beach, to Washington, DC. The school was in continuous operation through June 2014, with Baba Geuka serving as Headmaster until his retirement in July 2006. He also founded the Golden Rule Housing & Community Development Corporation, a community-based organization that built affordable housing for low and moderate-income families in Sanford, Florida. His success with that program led to him being asked to serve as Executive Director of the newly-formed “Neighborhood Development Initiative” (NDI), a similar but larger low-income housing program serving six (6) municipalities in Palm Beach County, Florida. 

Baba G has had countless articles published, and has been a guest lecturer and keynote speaker on many occasions. He appears frequently on “conscious” Black radio programs, and hopes to continue to expand his reach to enlighten, educate and influence Black people. In addition to having hosted his own radio program, he was a columnist for The Palm Beach Gazette. He authored a book about his travels to Africa with his wife and son titled: “Reflections on My Pilgrimage.” After writing the book, Baba G collaborated with his good friend, Professor Jim Clingman to organize a gathering of Black self-determinists throughout the United States. Out of that collaboration, The One Million was born, and is now and forever charged with carrying out the mission of organizing our people and to serve as a vanguard for our peoples’ movement towards self-reliance.  

 

Jim is very passionate about the state of the black race and has dedicated most of his life educating (writing and speaking) others on economic empowerment in the black community. Jim was recently featured in the HistoryMakers, a collection of videotaped interviews that are now a part of the Library of Congress. Jim served as an ambassador for African-American small and large businesses across the United States by assisting them with contract awards. He worked on the casino project for the City of Cincinnati resulting in over $30 million in economic inclusion for Black owned and minority-owned businesses. However, Jim’s main priorities in life are his Christian walk and the two leading ladies in his life.   

He is an award-winning syndicated newspaper columnist. For more than twenty-five years he has written, given speeches, taught, and advocated for economic empowerment via entrepreneurship. Clingman has written five books on economic empowerment, and his newspaper column has been in circulation for twenty-four years. His latest three books are centered on what he calls, “Life Issues.” Clingman is nationally and internationally recognized for his community work and his down-to-earth writing and speaking style. In keeping with his description of his linguistic acumen, he says, “I write to express, not to impress.” He is a serious writer who leads by example and puts his personal actions behind the words he writes. He continues to leave a legacy with one of his favorite quotes (authored by him), “What did I have? You will know what your life was worth when you answer the question, what did I do with what I had?”