02/07/2013
This is why our mission is important!!
African Americans earned a take-home salary of nearly $950 billion yearly (2009), not to mention the billions they generate in productivity increase and profits for their employers. Sadly, less than 5% of this income is returned to the communities where many African Americans live. Thus they are rundown, impoverished, and are easy prey for those who would exploit the weak in society.
But viewed as a nation, the African American economy would rank in the top 15 of the approximately 200 nations in the world! African Americans possess enormous potential, creativity, and compassion. These advantages must be utilized to build social, political and economic power.