Self Defense and Safety

We have the right, the obligation, and the duty to claim self defense as a fundamental human right.

We aspire and commit to end violence against Black people, externally and internally. To do this we need to transition away from manufactured, chaotic conditions rooted in predatory programming and punitive systems to transformative systems of community accountability and defense that create safety and stability.

Economics and Prosperity

We have the right, the obligation, and the duty to manufacture self-determined economic prosperity.

We aspire and commit to a transition from a violent, unsustainable, predatory economy to a collaborative, regenerative, compassionate economy. To do this we need to create our own systems for meeting the needs of our people, and to end the exploitation of Black creativity, ingenuity, and labor.  

Education and Competence

We have the right, the obligation, and the duty to create systems of education that provide for the needs of our community.

We aspire and commit to a transition from predatory education systems that only seek to profit from our communities and which diminish or exploit our capacity, to a system that generates competence, leadership, innovation, and esteem. To do this we need to build our community’s capacity to establish independent systems of education, research, journalism and for the dissemination of information in our community.

Family Systems and Stability

We have the right, the obligation, and the duty to organize ourselves in whatever self-determined structures we need to raise our children and nurture our families. 

We aspire and commit to replacing systematic, destructive, dysfunctional, and predatory programming with family systems that foster love, compassion, and consideration. To do this we need to create a culture that fosters intentional, principled, peaceful self governance.

Traditions and Ways

We have the right, the obligation, and the duty to celebrate the power in our traditions, our spiritualities, and our faith practices. 

We aspire and commit to transition away from abusive, predatory practices and claims of religious exclusivity centered in the notion that there is only one way to practice spirituality. To do this we need to accept the multiplicity of religious expression and engage in those spiritualities, rituals, and practices which increase our power and our peace.

Technology and Efficacy

We have the right, the obligation, and the duty to use technology to shape our future, creating what we need for self-determination.

We aspire and commit to transition away from being a community that consumes technology to a community that innovates, develops, and effectively utilizes technology for the advancement of our people. To do this, we need to equip Black people with the skills and resources needed to research, build, and develop technology that serves the needs of our community.

Art and Media

We have the right, the obligation, and the duty to produce and distribute empowering, life affirming, and authentic images of ourselves. 

We aspire and commit to a transition from art that is designed to program us and move toward building Black power by resourcing Black creative brilliance. To do that we must support Black artists who produce empowering, life affirming, authentic images of Black people. 

Politics and Governance

We have the right, the obligation, and the duty to express power wherever power is being expressed, recognizing that political systems are transitory and have not served the needs of Black people thus far.

We aspire and commit to building our capacity to express our collective will in the existing governmental structures, while also building new, independent, truly democratic institutions. To do that we must extract maximum benefit from existing systems, while supporting Black people who work to establish independent systems, structures, and institutions.

Health and Wellbeing

We have the right, the obligation, and the duty to heal from the violence and trauma of generations of experimentation and medical neglect. 

We aspire and commit to transitioning away from systems of medical neglect and experimentation and moving toward systems of maximum nurturing, healing, and health. To do this we must build Black people’s capacity to do research, to develop and innovate practices to provide effective, dignified healthcare and healing/wellness strategies for our communities.