BYP100 Feature: Read the ‘Agenda to Build Black Futures’ Now

Posted On February 15, 2016 By Travis Henry In BYP 100 Feature, Featured Article, News Flash, Politics /   No Comments

BYP100 has created the Agenda to Build Black Futures and it is a must-read.

They have outlined problems, solutions, and their proposed agenda for the preservation Black lives on their website.

The problems that BYP100 are fighting include the state of Black Youth in the U.S. economy where “it is hard to measure the extent of harm done to Black bodies, minds and souls as a result of systemic and longstanding economic violence, but we have to look at some of the numbers”, the unemployment rates among millennials, corporations that are making a profit on the prison system by creating products and services for them, the devaluation of Black women, the marginalization or trans- and queer Black people, and barriers that halt the Black community to garner wealth and assets.

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Study: despite being political powerhouses, black women remain absent from politics

Posted On September 2, 2014 By Staff In News Flash /   No Comments

Despite being one of the most active political constituencies in the nation, black women are severely underrepresented in federal, state and local government.

That’s the conclusion of a study released by The Higher Heights Leadership Fund and the Rutgers University Center for American Women and Politics, in collaboration with the Center for American Progress. 

The report, “Status of Black Women in American Politics,” highlights the extent to which the voices of black women are not be adequately heard, or their concerns addressed.

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Report: more than 73% of homeowners are white, compared to 43% of blacks

Posted On July 8, 2014 By Staff In News Flash /   No Comments

 

 

Before the great recession, lawmakers and lenders were very generous when aspiring homeowners, particularly those of color sought loans for their new homes. 

Now, it is far more difficult for those with modest means, or anyone with a less than desirable credit score to buy a home. The barriers to home ownership are so high, that just 43 percent of African-Americans own their own home.

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Jackson Rising: People Power and the New Cooperative Movement

Posted On May 29, 2014 By Staff In Guest Post /   4 Comments

 

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By Lamont Lilly

Once home to some of the most violent racists in the U.S., Jackson, Mississippi is now a key training ground for self-determination and organized “people power” throughout the U.S. South. From May 2 through May 4, 2014 activists, organizers and fellow revolutionaries from all over the world gathered at the Jackson Rising: New Economies Conference at Jackson State University. An estimated 500 people participated in some or all of the conference.

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