A civil rights movement driven by social media designed to revive activism in the African-American community. “Change Nation” employs real-time action to address critical needs of African-Americans in urban cities and underserved neighborhoods. MISSION: Build a nation of 10,000 civic minded social/financial activists capable of demonstrating the potential of collective effort to address key issues in the African-American community that include but are not limited to education, jobs and health/nutrition. GOAL: Execute a strategy that will produce funding and real-time results in areas where few results have been realized for over 50 years. OVERVIEW: The civil right movement of the 50’s and 60’s was one that required mobilization of thousands involved in demonstrations, sit-ins, marches and other forms of civil discourse. That movement required individuals place themselves in harm’s way, so that African-Americans might access the benefits of American society that many of us enjoy today. The movement stalled when prominent activist leaders were assonated, or chose to retreat, culminating with the March on Washington for jobs and economic justice in 1964.
50 years later there have been no recognizable efforts to reinstate, or continue that movement. African-Americans still languish in poverty in higher numbers than any ethnic group in America; still have the highest rate of unemployment and the lowest rate of wealth transfer of any other group. While there have been legislative and policy advancements to give African-Americans greater opportunity, 300+ year of subjugation and disenfranchisement have left African-American still searching for economic parity. This can in large part be attributed to an almost complete reliance on government, and philanthropic contributions from outside the African-American community. No other group of people has been more willing to invite others to the table to discuss and control their economic destiny. With earning power estimated to reach 1.43 trillion dollars by 2016, it is high time that African-Americans look inward to find remedies to some of their many problems. This movement has been tailored to accomplish exactly that. Combining the collective investments (in small increments) of a nation of 10,000 activists will permit us to accomplish this, while demonstrating our capabilities as a larger community.
