The mission of the International Reggae & World Music Awards (IRAWMA), established in 1982 acknowledges and honors the accomplishments and contributions of reggae and world music artists, including: songwriters, performers,  promoters and musicians. Produced by Martin’s International & Associates, the IRAWMA has been staged in many major cities including: Atlanta, Chicago, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, New Orleans, New York, as well as both Montego Bay and Ocho Rios, Jamaica. The impetus behind the IRAWMA is it’s commitment to promoting greater participation and acceptance of Reggae, Caribbean and World Music, internationally. 

 The mission of Africa International House is to serve as a center that exposes and educates all peoples to the individual works and collective contributions of African cultures.  Our mission is addressed through our flagship program, the African Festival of the Arts, and through other activities that promote African-based culture. Africa International House is an umbrella for linkages and exchanges of people from Africa and the African Diaspora.”   

 The DuSable Museum of African American History is the first museum of its type in the country and is the only major independent institution in Chicago established to preserve and interpret the historical experiences and achievements of African Americans 

  The AACM may best be known for its leading-edge public concerts featuring some of the most accomplished, versatile and innovative musicians performing original creative music. The organization takes particular pride in developing new generations of talent through the free music training program conducted by members for city youth, the AACM School of Music. 

 The Kemetic Institute reflects the renaissance of world history and provides a place where people visually link with there commonly shared past and their commonly shared cultures. 

Making a Difference

Since opening its doors, the Pan-African Association has served thousands of people in many ways:  people may have come to the Pan-African Association with issues concerning education, immigration, housing, employment, or a sense of dislocation in their community. Through our services, obstaclesare overcome, and hope is renewed, not only through the provision of services, but by providing a physical space for Africans and people of African descent to come together and support one another. 

  It is imperative that black Americans regain their cultural identity not only in order to affect a stable relationship between themselves and society, but also in order to survive as fully functioning people. In 1970, under Rev. Cleage’s direction, Barbara Martin (Cardinal Nandi) set about the task of creating a center for black culture and heritage, the Sudan Import Specialty Shop. 

Founded in 1999, PolicyLink connects the work of people on the ground to the creation of sustainable communities of opportunity that allow everyone to participate and prosper. Such communities offer access to quality jobs, affordable housing, good schools, transportation, and the benefits of healthy food and physical activity.

Guided by the belief that those closest to the nation’s challenges are central to finding solutions, PolicyLink relies on the wisdom, voice, and experience of local residents and organizations. Lifting Up What Works is our way of focusing attention on how people are working successfully to use local, state, and federal policy to create conditions that benefit everyone, especially people in low-income communities and communities of color. 

 The mission of Distinctive Schools, an educational practice leader committed to social justice and the elevation of access and achievement in under served communities, is to support each child in becoming an engaged and curious learner, a confident self-advocate, and a creative problem-solver by setting high expectations and nurturing a positive culture that honors diversity, collaboration, and optimism. 

 United African Organization is a dynamic coalition of African community-based organizations that promotes social and economic justice, civic participation, and empowerment of African immigrants and refugees in Illinois. 

The African Development Plan is a CALL TO ACTION to all African Descendant People worldwide to unite and take pride in our African identity. To begin to study our collective history, assess our communities’ assets, resources and needs and focus our attention and skills in creating and implementing Sustainable Solutions that meet Africa and her Diaspora’s numerous challenges.  Taking an African Centered approach to Education and Leadership Development and creating the Next Generation of Leaders who will put African people's interest first.

Margaret Burroughs and other African American artists banded together determined to find a venue to showcase their art.  Through dedicated fundraising efforts,  3831 S. Michigan was purchased as the home of the SSCAC.  President Roosevelt's WPA Initiative paid artists' salaries. The SSCAC is the only African American Art Center of its kind opened under the WPA Initiative to remain continuously open.

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt delivered the dedication speech at the SSCAC Saturday, May 7, 1941 at 3:00p.m.  The event was covered by all major local and national networks of the day.  

The SSCAC became a Chicago Historic Landmark in June 1994.

 The Process: Civil Right to Human Rights

This is a journey of realization, elevation, evolution and NON-VIOLENT REVOLUTION

African Development Plan's lesson on decolonization, dual citizenship, and national confederation 

https://youtu.be/apfNw7XNyj4

 Want To Support Black-Owned Businesses? The Black Mall In Chatham Makes It Easy

 Shop online for Black owned products. Dre Meekins and fellow The Black Mall co-founder, Cassiopeia Uhuru, launched The Black Mall in Nov. 2011 because the duo was in search of a meal in their neighborhood and weren’t sure exactly where to go to support a black-owned restaurant. 

 We at The Wealth Factory, Inc. develop adapting environments, frameworks and technologies that would help our users with their financial literacy education through online gaming, adaptive testing and other means. 

 OneUnited Bank, the nation’s largest black-owned bank and FDIC insured, understands we have to focus on money to improve the lives of our community! Black buying power in America today is over $1.2 trillion dollars. When focused on improving our neighborhoods and supporting Black-owned businesses that are more likely to hire Black people, those dollars become a powerful force. We want you to stand up and represent. We want you to be part of the movement – to BankBlack® and #BuyBlack – to demonstrate our economic power. Yes…Black Lives Matter. Black Money Matters. 

 To learn about gold and silver, central banking, wealth cycles, deficit spending, monetary history, the financial crisis, the fiscal cliff, the debt ceiling and more, view the Hidden Secrets Of Money 

About the Racial Wealth Gap

There is significant wealth inequality in the United States, and it is particularly unequal when we disaggregate measures of wealth by race. White households in the U.S. on average have 10 times more wealth than Black households and 8 times more wealth than Latinx households. 

This difference in wealth between White households and Black and Latinx households is known as the racial wealth gap.