The Ten Covenants with Black America

( A Strategy for the Improvement of Conditions of African Americans )

Copyright 2006

Black African Americans

Overview By An Expert

Equal Healthcare Reach Full Potential In Education

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Covenant with Black America

Close Racial DigitalDivide Environmental Justice for All Access to Jobs, Wealth, & Prosperity Strengthen Rural Roots
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System of Unequal Justice

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Accountable Community Policing

5

Access to Affordable Neighborhoods

Claim Our Democracy

Health Care in Black America

1 in every 3 African-Americans have high blood pressure. More than 2.2 million blacks have diabetes with 27 % higher death rate than whites.

Blacks are Less likely to receive treatment.

Health Care in Black America

70 % of black adults are overweight. -- more than half of all black women are overweight. BLACK WOMEN Are 80% MORE LIKELY to die of stroke.

Establishing a System of Education Geared for Achievement

4th graders -- 12% of blacks are above the basic level. -- 61% are below the basic level.

45% of black adults were in lowest category on literacy test. 18% of black students have failed a grade.

Correcting the System of Unequal Justice

2.1 million inmates // 910,000 blacks. 1 in 3 black males can expect to go to prison. 1.4 million blacks lost vote due to the penal system.

Accessing Good Jobs, Wealth, and Economic Prosperity

Overall living status of blacks is 73% of whites.

Economic status of blacks is only 56% of whites.

One in 10 blacks is unemployed. - 2 times the rate of whites. Unemployment among black males is 50% in some cities. - now at a 20 yr. high.

The Ten Covenants with Black America

( A Strategy for the Improvement of Conditions of African Americans )
Black African Americans Overview By An Expert

Equal Healthcare Reach Full Potential In Education

3

Covenant with Black America

Close Racial DigitalDivide Environmental Justice for All Access to Jobs, Wealth, & Prosperity Strengthen Rural Roots
7 8

10

System of Unequal Justice

4

Accountable Community Policing

5

Access to Affordable Neighborhoods

Claim Our Democracy

What Are Communities Doing Since the Covenant Was Released 1 Year Later

"The Covenant in Action"

Organizations in Action

Civil Rights Organizations

Community Book Parties

Churches

City Governments

Local Empowerment Organizations

The Covenant in Action is Asking the Question What Is The AA Community Doing? What Is The AA Individual Doing?

Organizations Acting on the Covenant

Civil Rights Organizations

Covenant Book Parties National Forum for Black Public Administrators Concord Baptist Church

Black Brooklyn Empowerment Convention

Disproportionate Minority Confinement Childrens Home Assoc. of Illinois City of San Francisco National Center for Black Philanthropy

The Covenant in Action

Coalition of Civil rights organizations. Successful Fight for Renewal of the Voting Rights Act. Book Parties 250 Parties in 30 States Thousands of Guests. Guests thinking, sharing, and strategizing about the plight of African Americans. National Forum for Black Public Administrators. Defining a position at the National Board level. Exploring how Forum can promote Covenant.

The Covenant in Action

Concord Baptist Church. National discussion on African American policy agenda for economic and social equity (Very large turnout). Pastor developed a 10 week Covenant Sermon Series. Developed a Biblical Framework for each covenant. City of San Francisco. Town Hall Meeting Covenant Tour. Initiative Taken by Mayors Office. Approximately 1200 African Americans Attended. National Center for Black Philanthropy. Theme for Its 6th Annual National Conference (Covenant). Conference could examine how to increase overall funding in black communities.

What Type Of Actions Might SJBC Church Take?

Be the focal point for getting the Covenant word out in Howard County (we want document read). Make sure no black child comes through SJBC without knowing their black history in-depth. Spread Black History to every African American child in Howard County.

Make sure every child in SJBC graduates with a B average (or Their Highest Possible Achievement) from High School and attains a four year college degree.

Originally Published in 1899 By the University of Pennsylvania Press

A Social Study of the Life of the Negro in Philadelphia at the Turn of the 19th Century

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