Mission:
Assemble and link Charlotte-Mecklenburg African American community stakeholders. 
All citizens have a stake in the progress of the African American community.

 

CM3A will:

  • Build collaborative relationships

  • Prioritize issues relevant to Charlotte-Mecklenburg African Americans

  • Empower the community to hold all leaders responsible for improving the quality of life for African Americans living in Charlotte-Mecklenburg

 

Vision:
CM3A will launch and maintain a powerful communication vehicle that engages Charlotte-Mecklenburg stakeholders in dialogue and action around issues affecting the African American community.

 

The Ten Covenants*

  1. Securing the right to healthcare and well-being

  2. Establishing a system of public education in which all children achieve at high levels and reach their full potential

  3. Correcting the system of unequal justice

  4. Fostering accountable community-centered policing

  5. Ensuring broad access to affordable neighborhoods that connect to opportunity

  6. Claiming our democracy

  7. Strengthening our rural roots

  8. Accessing good jobs, wealth and economic prosperity

  9. Assuring environmental justice for all

  10. Closing the racial digital divide

*Introduction by Tavis Smiley, The Covenant With Black America, (Chicago: Third World Press, 2006)
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