UAAMAC
(United African American Ministerial Action Council)
SECOND ANNUAL COMMUNITY UNITY SUMMIT
“Building The Beloved Community”
“Let's Do It!”
( A community of justice, with equitable access to opportunities in the pursuit of happiness,
Education ,economic development, family stability, health, peace and prosperity for all people)
Premise: 1. Our individual and collective efforts have given us our current “is” and “what is” in key areas of our communal and civic life: education, public health, economic development, the judicial process, and family stability; “is unsatisfactory” and we can do better and 2. We must change our mind – if we change our mind we will change the way we think and if we change the way we think we will change our behavior and if we change our behavior we will change our life and thereby change our world! And 3. What has historically been good for African Americans has been good for all other folks.
Purpose:
• To host a Summit of African Americans and others with a demonstrated concern and interest in participating in the development of The Beloved Community as envisioned by The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr: A Community of justice and peace, with equitable access to opportunities in the pursuit of happiness, education, health, economic development, and family stability.
• To re-assemble a representation of our best thinkers and others with ideals and best practices that would assist us in moving farther and faster from dependence upon hostile systems/processes, toward an effective state of perpetuating collective sufficiency.
C. To review and refine UAAMAC's Community Unity Initiative, to receive updates on the “State of” the five aforementioned areas, and strategic planning for the implementation of the Community Unity Initiative which will move us from our unsatisfactory “is” toward the creation and maintenance of the Beloved Community in which everyone can peacefully live, work, worship and prosper together.
Location:
Joe and Vi Jacobs Center
404 Euclid Avenue
San Diego , CA 92114
When
February 19 - 20, 2010
UAAMAC
SECOND ANNUAL AFRICAN AMERICAN SUMMIT (cont)
CONTEXT:
The Summit will be conducted in Plenary and Workshop sessions over a 2-day period, featuring local, state and national leaders in 5 concurrent tracks : Education, Public Health, Economic Development, Family Stability, and Judicial Reform. Each workshop in the various tracks will present a factual assessment of “what is”, present some “best practices“ of “what could be” and the facilitation of strategic planning for the implementation of similar practices in our community.
OUTCOMES:
Immediate
• Factual Information
• Inspiration
• The formation of new alliances and coalitions around common interests
• The commencement of strategic planning in each of the aforementioned key areas of our communal and civic lives.
• Demonstrable commitment by the investing of human and financial capital and other resources.
Long Range
The creation of a community wherein all children will safely attend high performance schools, a community where our elderly are cherished and cared for and all have access to quality healthcare. A community of diverse residents living in quality and affordable housing, earning sustainable compensation for their labor with benefits; a community where character counts and opportunities for personal growth and development abound and individual well being is inextricable enclosed within the “collective good” with liberty and justice for all. |
