Edward Charles Graham

 

Creator Of The Edward C. Graham Paradigm Decision-Making Method & System

The ECGP

 

February 23, 1951 - July 19, 2024

 

Edward C. Graham was born on February 23, 1951 to John C. and Jannie Stedman Graham-Smith in White Plains, New York. Even though Ed was born in New York, he was raised and grew up in Orangeburg County in South Carolina. His elementary and junior high education were in South Carolina. In 1965, he entered Edisto High School in Cordova, South Carolina and graduated in 1969. After graduation, he attended Midlands Technical College in Columbia, South Carolina and received his Certification as a Welder.

 

On October 16, 1995, the Million March; that was sponsored by Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam, was held in Washington DC. The Black men that gathered on the mall in Washington, DC were suppose to go back to their hometowns and start major business operations. In November of 1995, Otis C. Harrison decided that he would help the Million March participants in Orangeburg, build major business enterprises. He contacted Edward C. Graham and George M. Sistrunk to go to the meetings along with him, and that together, they could help the group achieve a major objective of the Million Man March. George and Ed were not keen on the idea and were reluctant to participate. However, after listening to Otis explain the benefits of his concept, George and Ed agreed. {Click here to read about the Million Man March.}

 

After several successful meetings, George M. Sistrunk was elected Chairman of the Million Man March Committee and Hilton Scipio was the Co-Chair. Otis C. Harrison was elected the Chairman of the Economic Development Sub-Committee, Edward C. Graham was elected Chairman of the Sub-Committee to Coordinate the Activities of Churches, Clubs, Groups, Individuals and Organizations and Dorothy Harley was elected as the Chair Woman of the Sub-Committee for Local Business Development. Dr. Kinard did not want to be elected to any Sub-Committee. All he wanted was just to be a member of the organization. {Click here to review the minutes of the meetings.}

 

On January 12, 1996, George M. Sistrunk, Edward C. Graham and Dorothy Harley, went with Otis C. Harrison to the first public Meeting of the Orangeburg Chapter of the Million Man March.  In February of 1996, with the help of Otis C. Harrison, Edward C. Graham and George M. Sistrunk, the Orangeburg Chapter of the Million Man March that went to Washington DC was the only Chapter to initiate and establish a successful business operation.  The first ever corporation based on Otis C. Harrison's Innovative Concepts and Economic Development Philosophy was established. The corporation, Unity International, Inc. (UII), was an astounding success. After reviewing Otis C. Harrison's acquisition strategy, not only did the owners of Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips agree to sell UII the Arthur Treacher's Franchise at the "Fashion Mall" in Columbia, South Carolina, UII could purchase every Authur Treacher's Franchise in America. {Click here to see the Arthur Treacher's Franchise at the Fashion Mall.}

 

From 2012 to 2015, Otis C. Harrison would meet often with George M. Sistrunk and Edward C. Graham at the Huddle House Restaurant in Orangeburg to discuss his concepts for moving millions of Black people forward worldwide. In 2015, George M. Sistrunk and Edward C. Graham joined Otis C. Harrison again to build another corporation with his Innovative Concepts and Economic Development Philosophy after the Board of Directors destroyed UII, another corporation was needed. On May13, 2015, Otis' Innovative Concepts and Economic Development Philosophy became New Age Capitalism, New Age Corporations and New Age Thinking (NAC-NAC-NAT). {Click here for an overview.}

 

On August 3, 2015, Edward C. Graham, George M. Sistrunk and Otis C. Harrison successfully returned UII back to the former Shareholders. On November 17, 2015, Diane Wesley-Williams filed the paperwork to reserve Unity International Company, Inc. as the name of a new Class "C" Corporation. After gathering over 60 people for the new corporation, on June 3, 2016, Diane Wesley-Williams filed the Articles of Incorporation for Otis C. Harrison's first New Age Corporation in world History. On June 28, 2016, Edward C. Graham filed the Restated Articles of Incorporation. {Click here to see UICI's Introductory & Temporary Website.}

 

In 2016, and after realizing how quickly the greed, fears and failures of Unity's first Board of Directors destroyed the corporation in less than 6 months, after it's astounding initial success, Edward C. Graham decided it was time to have a formal decision making method that was virtually "Fool-Proof". He decided to reveal how he made decisions at a General Shareholder's Meeting. His method and system were so all inclusive, until it was adopted. On November 2, 2016, the Shareholders of the world's first New Age Corporation formally established the Edward C. Graham Paradigm Decision-Making Method, as the only method and system to use for personal and corporate matters. After, November 2, 2016, it was and still is called the ECGP Decision-Making Method and System. {Go here to discover the advantages of Higher Level Thinking and a whole lot more.}