Our mission is to deliver relevant content that energizes and brings a "new-light" to our communities, and content that will assist you in realizing your full potential. We understand that our members may want to keep up with the trends, fashion, fads, and/or what their favorite celebrity might be up to. We totally get that and will provide, however, our primary focus is the betterment of our communities. Our goals are to make available and deliver to you the tools that you will need to become successful entrepreneurs, to re-educate our communities, and to help you see clearly the obstacles that you may be up against.

This is our mission.

KEEPING IT REAL AND

RTM

Together We Stand

Change requires trusting and believing in the cause. It requires vision, and it requires organizing in a manner that is strategic, forceful and nonthreatening.

The term empowerment refers to measures designed to increase the degree of autonomy and self-determination in people and in communities in order to enable them to represent their interests in a responsible and self-determined way, acting on their own authority. Empowerment as action refers both to the process of self-empowerment and to professional support of people, which enables them to overcome their sense of powerlessness and lack of influence and to recognize and eventually to use their resources and chances.

The term empowerment originates from American community psychology (1981).

In social work, empowerment forms a practical approach of resource-oriented intervention. In the field of citizenship education and democratic education, empowerment is seen as a tool to increase the responsibility of the citizen. Empowerment is a key concept in the discourse on promoting civic engagement. Empowerment as a concept, which is characterized by a move away from a deficit-oriented towards a more strength-oriented perception, can increasingly be found in management concepts, as well as in the areas of continuing education and self-help.

Empowerment refers to measures designed to increase the degree of autonomy and self-determination in people and in communities in order to enable them to represent their interests in a responsible and self-determined way, acting on their own authority.

Naysayers are like, "what makes your platform different from the others" or they say, "I can't see it clearly, please explain" or they ask "if it's not about your company making money what is it about. You are a business right?" When we tell them that the primary goal of this magazine is the betterment of our communities they ask, "how?", and when we say this magazine is about empowerment, they ask, "empower who and for what?"

- First, what sets RTM apart from the others is our content. Our primary focus will be to bring to our members and/or subscribers pertinent information and the tools that they will need in order to be successful in whatever endeavors they chose to pursue. Our forums will headline topics that reflect the needs of our communities, topics that we believe will bring forth solutions from members who have had real-life experience in the subject matter.

We will not cater to mainstream corporations, nor will we accept their ads. You WILL NOT SEE those annoying little blue triangles on our pages. You know the little blue triangles that carry the advertisements and follow you all over the Internet. NOT here. The only ads you will see are Automobile ads, ads from members who have a product that they have created or branded, and products that we have handpicked because we believe the product will present our members with a savings and/or make better entrepreneurs.

--- This is what sets RTM apart from the others. Sure there will be fashion, glamour, some celebrity news sprinkled in, and the rest of the shiny stuff. However, our primary focus will always be on our members' joy**. Period.

- Second, it's not about the money, however, we do realize profit is a byproduct of hard work. No one at this company will ever tell you that we are in the business of being insolvent. On the contrary. Our goal is to generate large amounts of capital so that we may invest in projects that will enable us, our communities, and members to move forward in a volatile manner.

--- No, it's not all about the money. It's more about generating power, strength, and confidence!