Social Action.
We feel passionate about the following causes and we pledge to highlight them and support where possible because of the great impact they make in society.
We are big believers in supporting the local community, group economics, supporting small businesses, giving second chances, advocating for equity, social justice as well as freedom with equal rights - these organizations embody those values.
ACTIVELY BLACK
JUST LEADERSHIP USA
OPERATION HOPE: A NEW BUSINESS PLAN FOR AMERICA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPMr2BV5TPE
TEXAS OFFENDERS RE-ENTRY INITIATIVE (T.O.R.I)
FLEX YOUR RIGHTS (POLICE ENCOUNTERS)
UNTIL FREEDOM
COLOR OF CHANGE
MAPPING POLICE VIOLENCE
GLOBAL CITIZEN
THE JALEN HURTS FOUNDATION
https://www.jalenhurtsfoundation.org/
NASPORA (WE BUY BLACK)
THE INNOCENCE PROJECT
BORIS LAWRENCE HENSON FOUNDATION - MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATES
BLACK AND MOBILE APP
EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE
TARGET FAST.ORG
NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE
SHARED INTEREST
NAACP - NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE
THE A'JA WILSON FOUNDATION
https://www.ajawilsonfoundation.org/
THE JALEN BROWN FOUNDATION
"Love and Justice: A Story of Triumph on Two Different Courts" by Maya Moore Irons & Jonathan Irons
https://www.amazon.com/Love-Justice-Triumph-Different-Courts/dp/1368081177
https://youtu.be/iP5Ln2tsfpc?si=ZSEKm6npZrHlyKnE
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"This Contract With Black America was designed to start the hard conversations. It was made to be perfected and debated."
Example : Building a 'self-sufficient' community - circulating currency (keeping code/culture)
Video: No Black people allowed in South Africa's white only town
Tavis Smiley presents "We Count ! The Black Agenda is the American Agenda"
Host Tavis Smiley leads a discussion between African American scholars, opinion makers, analysts and elected officials, in the landmark gathering in Chicago for the special presentation of We Count: The Black Agenda is the American Agenda.
Guests include: Dr. Wayne D. Watson- President, Chicago State University; Father Michael Phleger - St. Sabina Faith Community; Evangelist Joyce Smiley; Dr. Michael Eric Dyson-Author & Professor, Georgetown University; Dr. Cornel West- Author & Professor, Princeton University; Angela Glover Blackwell-Founder and Chief Executive Officer; Reverend Jesse L. Jackson Sr.-President & Founder, Rainbow/ PUSH Coalition; Michael Fauntroy- Professor, George Mason University; Dr. Julianne Malveaux- President of Bennett College for Women; Dorothy Wright Tillman- Former Alderman, City of Chicago; Dr. Ronald Walters- Political Analyst and Professor Emiritus, University of Maryland; Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan- Leader of The Nation of Islam; Tom Burrell- Author, Founder and former CEO of Burrell Communications; Raven Curling- Student Government President, Chicago State University
History, the Future & the Diaspora:
Chihombori-Quao: USAID was ‘a wolf in sheep’s clothing’ in Africa | The Bottom Line
Coming back home: Has the 'Year Of Return' changed lives for better or worse?
The DEFINITIVE Breakdown: Kendrick Lamar Super Bowl Halftime Show
"Elmina, The Castles and The Slave Trade" by Ato Ashun (book)
Elmina Castle: Door of no return, Ghana (video)
Ghana Cape Coast (video)
Why African Americans Are Facing Rejection From Africans As They Return To The Motherland | LNN