A clear declaration: Reference to black churches in regards to economic endeavors in the black community intends to include the members of black churches in not for profit endeavors. Endeavors of for profit interests will recruit church members away from their respective church ties and merely as community residents so as not to disturb tax exempt status of churches.
Generic Agenda Outline For NationalBlack Churches-Black Communities Economic Summit.-The Swinging Door Of The Black Community
Purpose:
To reaffirm the leadership role of the black churches in black communities; to form a single community among all black churches in America into a sustainable and enduring business enterprise in conjunction with the resources of the secular black community, as a gift, heirloom and legacy for those black Americans living today and for our posterity.
The Mission of The Black Churches- Black Communities Economic Initiative is to reaffirm the leadership role of our black churches in America, as was seen during the 1950's bus boycotts in Montgomery, Alabama, and for the pooling of resources of our black church memberships combined with black non-church consumer dollars in order to spur productive, sustainable and recurring economic growth; to enhance social transformation, longevity-longer life health endeavors, and encourage greater reverence to our CREATOR with greater community church attendance for those living today and for our posterity.
Spiritual Impact
1. We will endeavor through economic, spiritual, and social endeavors to create an atmosphere that will draw and encourage single, married, and parental black women into spiritual relationships with GOD and establish perpetual involvement with churches, associations, and other organizations.
2. To galvanize the Black Churches- black community mission as an influence affecting all aspects of the black community.
A. As a united organization seeking to fulfill the desire to create a perpetual economic arm in the black community- the first of its kind.
1. To fund the emergency burial needs of black community residents.
2. To foster the mindset of the need to have adequate protection against loss of life and the aftermath of related expenses, thereby developing a plan for economic stability and possible generational financial endurance for individuals and families in black communities.
3. To gain acceptance and recognition within black communities as the “alter ego” or other self or person
(power) in the black community, a crucial part of the equation in spiritual, social, and economic renaissance in the black community.
4.To allow the reality of the black church-black community relationship to reign as the anchor and steadying force that sustains the black family whether it be single or two-parent household.
5. To have this black church-community organization become part of what we hope to be a growing recognition of the need to promulgate the need for the institution of marriage as the foundation for a spiritually, morally, sound society. The fusion of two sets of morals (presuming that the viewpoints are conducive for societal productive growth) of the father and mother, are passed along to the their children who grow and marry and likewise mesh their viewpoints that are passed down to their children and this cycle repeats itself.
6. To provide for the fraternization between all groups of black people via personal associations and mediums of television, radio, and social mediums that who will assist in the crucial growth and development of members of the black community.
7. For black church and community members to use their combined influence to impress upon their children the importance of their future support and membership, and an expectation from them that they comply with parental household instruction not only as matter of parental authority, but to ensure that their parent is granted a high respect within the organization as the overseer of a “ New Standard” parent –children relationship.
Economic Agenda
A. To unite the economic and people resources of America’s black churches with the resources of the non-church black community.
1. To explore the possibility Cooperatives, which allows for creation of businesses and allows employees to invest in the business, patronize the business as consumers, and have a further vested interest in maintaining business upkeep- their money is tied into the business as employees and investors.
2. To broaden the concept of “directed purchasing power” among black Americans in regards to patronizing black owned businesses, and creating businesses in black communities.
a. Elevated Online Shopping for products (services?) from black owned businesses to compete in the consumer market for purchases that can be accessed anywhere, anytime.
b. The assets of our endeavor(s) will rollover to future generations of black people. Future generations will have no need to start from scratch in building an economy for themselves within the larger American economy, to assure that there economic measures in place that will bring economic and social stability to their communities. This reality also affects the level of spiritual involvement in black communities. Our business enterprises will create a model and a blueprint for unified economic empowerment for
future generations of black people. We have the money, talent, and creative genius to build and sustain economic stability for our posterity.
c. Creation of smaller satellite stores for certain businesses, (grocery), so as not to lose potential consumer dollars due to distance, bad weather, etc.
d. fast food restaurants, buffet, .
1. will create additional jobs, as well as generate company revenues.
3. It may be advisable that we invest minimal revenues into Research and Development of less difficult products to market, some of which may come from the talent pool of organizational members, e.g. a special cookie recipe, allowing for the sharing of profits with the member and provider of the recipe. Our endeavor might provide the marketing and initial capital that may have been an impossibility for the recipe owner.
1. The product would have an inherent consumer market of black consumers.
Social Impact
A. Black community and general public will be made aware of our organizational initiatives.
B. Our agenda serves to reinforce the black church in a social and spiritual leadership position in the black community.
1. Will impact a return to worship services as churches will be viewed as spiritual outposts.
2. Churches serve as meeting locations during times of crisis.
C. Can influence the call for a new community social–civic responsibilty.
1. Barring physical issues or other conditions, persons should either work,attend school, or become part of some community service.
2. Persons who traditionally “hang out” can help with neighborhood sanitation-cleanliness.
D. Our agenda will create safer black communities.
1. Our business creation will help create jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities for skilled and unskilled, disabled, and ex-felon black workers.
2. Will reduce recidivism percentages not only in providing employment for ex-felons, but promoting a philosophy and a nationally known endeavor of black community upliftment that is clearly at odds with anti-social behavior that diminishes the efforts of so many other black community residents determined on pursuing healing.
Advertising
Black Church- black community is in a unique position to promote the organization (itself).
A. Sheer numbers of members and non-members of black communities across America, will provide assurance that the best form of advertising “word of mouth”, will have a huge bearing on galvanizing our organizational presence of in the community.
B. We will promote the organization ( the advertising committee) on all social media sites, Linkd, Facebook, Twitter, etc.
C. A company monthly online or hardcopy Newsletter has potential for large readership.
1. For organization members, church and secular communities.
2. Well-wishers, donors who want to follow the activities and progress of the company, and those who oppose the organization as well.
3. Feasibility study needed for a self publishing facility.
D. Establish an open door relationship with black faculty and students, particularly those students and educators who are located at black colleges.
1. Talented black students who may come under the employ of our endeavor
2. Black fraternities and sororities.
E. Chain email 5 people that you know and inform them you will be sending them an email. Direct them to the organization website and ask them to direct their 5 chain email persons to the website, and so on.
1. The Contact Committee will follow-up and log results into a computerized database. (the Contact Committee will be instrumental in growing of our endeavor).
a. Committee in many cases may be first contact between our endeavor and 5 person referrals to organization.
b. Committee workers must be trained in how to “ close” in recruiting.
F. Purchased ads in black magazines, newspapers ( include requests to chain email 5 persons in ad)
1. Purchase air time on local black radio stations.
2. public access tv.
G. Advertise our endeavor as an institution.
1. All assets of our organization will pass down to future generations- a strong recruiting tool for youth and young adults.
2. The evolving story of our endeavor includes the experiences of our old and young, cuts across racial barriers and includes different viewpoints, yet the unfolding story of our endeavor is a continuing historical literary and word of mouth archive of black America and an American story.
Fundraising
Fundraising for our endeavor is unique, convincingly huge and sustainable. Creation of the National Black Community Membership:
A. Membership donations of $10 per month. (initial goal of 5 million members donors per month).
B. Donated archival Books &Literature.
1. The "Book Of Testimonies" is a donated work in progress that will be used as "seed money" to help fund the interests of this endeavor. The easy format of the book allows for many future books to be published, thereby creating another sustaining source of income for this endeavor.
C. Donations from Businesses, who have always donated to worthy community causes. Tax deductible donations from business entities will be accepted.
1.The black communities of America have been patrons of all industries in America producing goods and services, i.e., with increasing purchasing power particularly after the Civil War until now, 2017.
E. Utilizing internal talent.
1. Gifted individuals may donate their talents in sports, literature, food recipe preparation, singing, dancing, writing, educators, doctors, lawyers, etc.
2. Explore possibility of recording label .
F. Explore possibility of organization fast-food, steak houses, chicken, healthy food alternatives, etc.
G. Philanthropist donations.
1. The black communities of America for many years have lagged behind in economic and social equality, compared with other non-black communities. The history of America provides convincing proof to wealthy and just minded donors of our organizational donor worthiness.
2. Bequeaths will at some point be part of our organizational financial portfolio, as many persons endeared to the concept of black upward economic mobility, particularly older individuals, will have a chance to graciously contribute to the future of their loved ones, and the black race in America.
H. Global donors:
a. Black people globally will donate to our organization due to racial likeness, and in many cases relatively similar life experiences.
b. Donations from the general global public who will appreciate the initiative black people in America are pursuing.
What We Would Like To Have In Place In 1-2 Years
WE would like to have the following Planning Committees In Place;
1. Fundraising 2.Membership 3.Events 4. Organizing 5.Business Development
a. Create The National Black Community Economic Summit as a 501(c) 3 tax exempt corporation.
2. Have at least one or more organization business facilities up and running.
3. Will have begun the recruitment of black community residents back into their local neighborhood churches.
4. An organization internet radio station, and an Online and /or hard copy Newsletter.
5. Research into possible manufacturing of basic apparel e.g. shirts jackets and blue jeans.
a. If not manufacturing , then wholesale and purchase and distribution of goods.
The Top 4 Things That Are Going To Get Us There
1. At least 75-80% of black church members, independent of ties to their respective churches nationwide that agree to become organization members.
2. Creation of monthly membership donations of $10/mo. for churches, and $10 mo. for individuals.
3. The Planning Committees – systematic reporting
4. Sale of 5-10 million copies of the donated book, “Book of Testimonies,Viewpoints and Stories Book 1”; A Deliverance Series"
a. Any success for the book can lead to other books to be used as fundraisers also.
Our Target Or Ideal Market
Our target or ideal market are black consumers educated in principles of self-help, and persons living in economically and socially dysfunctional areas of the country who are seeking change.
1. Our members will have been educated regarding principles of national black community resource pooling.
2. Pro-active thinkers who support us for matters of social and moral appreciation of a race striving to rid themselves of economic and social shackles.
Organizational Activities To Accomplish Organizational Goals
1. Monthly “Pooling Of Resources” updates literature in churches, and Online notification.
2. Creating a sub-group of “ 50 and Over” individuals to stand as an anchor the organization.
a.These members are parents and ( great) grandparents, persons having knowledge and life experiences from which society can extract lessons to live by and can help cure spiritual and social dysfunction.
1. Having the ability to implement a return of lost values e.g. general respect for your elders, two-parent homes (children), greater respect for life, etc.
2. Older persons can highlight their talents and share with the global world Online.
a. Business Development committee can market 50 and Over paraphernalia and memorabilia.
b. Sales proceeds can be split; money for our endeavor and money for a 50 and over Food pantry???.
c. funding for underfunded Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
1. investment in black educational institutions will benefit the our organization in the long run, as gradutes of HBCU's will remember our support of them, and lend to us their talents and expertise. many persons who have graduated from colleges and universities have endowed (donated) huge sums of money to their almer maters ( schools from which they graduated) as a way of showing their appreciation.
3. Highlight the assets of our organization and the passing down to future generations.
a. We have attempted to provide a blueprint and an heirloom of social and economic sustainability eliminating the need to “reinvent the wheel” so to speak.
Our endeavor helps Serve the Spiritual, Social, Economic, and Civic Needs of America.
b. Endeavor was created to serve a portion of U.S. citizenry (blacks), many of whom are undereducated, economically shackled, and reside in communities that are socially dysfunctional.
c. ex-felons (no voting rights some states), public aid (welfare) recipients, high crime and increasing numbers of suicides, low income.
d. Endeavor relies on no government assistance.
4. Has plan to increase church attendance in black communities, thus will help strengthen spiritual and social bonds within the black community.
5. Has potential to positively affect other global societies, particularly where there is class differentiation- discrimination that minimizes the economic and social rise of a segment of the population.
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