Welcome to African Development Plan

My Ancestors are calling me
They are asking me to remember them not only in good times but in bad times. Not only in festivities but in reflection.
My Ancestors are calling me
They are asking me to remember what they went through so that I could be born.
All that they suffered, lost homeland, lost family, lost language, loss of culture as they were captured, sold into slavery, chained to each other as they made it through the middle passage. Raped, whipped, lynched, physically abused, colonized, Jim Crowed, water hosed and dogs set upon as they fought for their civil rights.
My Ancestors are calling me.
They ask me if I have no mercy?
Do I not see the plight of Africa?
Do I not see the connection I have to all of her children scattered around the world?
They are calling me to remember the 11 million brought to the Americas.
Our blood, sweat and tears built the wealth that formed these new nations.
Wealth squandered, used to oppress us, and so till today, still denies so many of our people a decent life.
My Ancestors are calling me.
They ask me why do you tolerate this?
Tolerate this I ask?
Yes, You tolerate your own genocide.
How I ask?
Because you do nothing to solve the long term ramifications of our collective history. You watch as western institutions speak big words but do little to help change the future of Africa. Where western institutions are imposed and in conflict with an African way of life.
You watch as "leaders" "puppets" "murderers" in Africa and around the world, steal the people's wealth and squander it on foolish things. Where poverty is rampant and the majority strive to survive on less than a $1 a day.
A Continent with the richest resources reduced to the poorest countries in the world. Where people starve for lack of food, water, sanitation and health care.
Africa, where 1 in 13 mothers die in childbirth, where so many children never see the age of 5. A continent which by 2015 will be the only region where the number of poor people will be higher than it was in 1990. And Africa will then account for half of the poor in the developing world.
Do our children not deserve an education?
Do our children not deserve peace?
Do our children not deserve a future that is brighter than the one you are now creating for them?
Why have you not helped?
You have the mind, you have the resources, you must now have the will.
I HEARD MY ANCESTORS CALLING ME AND I ANSWERED WITH THIS CALL.
By Cecile Johnson 2009 (c)
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.
African Development Plan is about improving the lives of the Global African Community, as such our work is local in every place that we may live.
THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN THE USA
Many do not understand the struggles that African descendants people living in the USA experience on a daily basis. Recent news about police killings is nothing new and is but the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the genocide the Black population is facing in so many areas of our lives from life expectancy, health, education, housing, lack of economic wealth and public safety etc.
Why should we have to warn our children everyday just to keep them alive. Why can't a Black person stop at a white persons door to seek assistance, without being shot at?
We are living in a very racist and hostile environment and it is affecting our health and long term sustainability.
AS SUCH THIS WEBSITE WILL ALSO FOCUS ON THE PARADIGM SHIFT THAT IS NEEDED AS WE MOVE FROM CIVIL RIGHTS TO HUMAN RIGHTS AND OUR PATH TO SELF DETERMINATION FOR THE AFRICAN DESCENDANT IN THE USA. We will no longer tolerate the genocide against our people. We must now move beyond Civil Rights which have failed to protect us and take our case to the United Nation and Inter-American Court, as we have exhausted domestic remedies.
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THE AFRICAN CONTINENT
And we will simultaneously highlight the work of Africans on the continent as they too were mislead and ill prepared for their so called independence. And the little progress made for the masses of the people after over 50+ years of independence on the continent must be addressed and the Western nations and now China role in this must be analyzed and dealt with.
There must be accountability for why the continent with the richest resources has the poorest people. Africa's leaders must be held accountable and given the support they need to lead.
Fresh leadership is needed and much more input from the youth who are the majority on the continent. They must be developed to meet Africa's needs in the 21st Century.
Africa's Vision 2063 and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals Action Plans lay out a vision for Africa which requires African people with the expertise to design and implement sustainable solutions. Many African living in the Diaspora are highly skilled; but underutilized. What if they could be encouraged to return home where their talent could be utilized to address the needs of our communities there. HOW GOOD THAT WOULD BE.
It is a time for all African people no matter where you are to understand WE ARE ONE PEOPLE. We are in CRISIS and we demand CHANGE. Now we must become the change we wish to see in the world.
Will you join us?
African Development Plan provides "Connect the Dots" Research and Data presentations as a Subject Matter Expert on issues impacting African descendants in the USA, the Diaspora and on the African Continent from an African Centered Perspective utilizing International Standards and a Human Rights framework.
African Development Plan believes in teamwork and collaboration and accomplishes its goals through a group of partners who are experts in their own fields.
OUR PROGRAMS in 2023 will include:
Check out this great video which gives you a good understanding of the REPARATIONS issue in Chicago
The State of Black People in Chicago- testimony by Cecile Johnson on the harm done to Black people in Chicago because of racism, lack of access and a deliberate disinvestment in the Black Community.
12-09-2019 Presentation in Spartansburg SC.
Speakers include:
Cecile Johnson, Afro-Descendant Nation Confederation
Vicki Casanova- Willis, Human Rights
Kamm Howard, NCOBRA
Elaina Porter, Afro-Descendant Nation Confederation
United Nations panel says U.S. owes reparations for slavery, mass incarceration
Mireille Fanon-Mendes-France, chairwoman of a United Nations working group for people of African descent, reads findings about institutionalized racism after an official visit to the U.S. in 2016.
We need the world to help us hold the US accountable for the Human Rights violations against it African Descendant population.
Check out this great video
This is a 3 part series entitled BUILDING POWER THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SELF DETERMINATION AND REPARATIONS .
Check out this great video
This is a 3 part series entitled BUILDING POWER THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SELF DETERMINATION AND REPARATIONS.
Our Presentation at the BLACK MENS CONVENTION On 4/22/18
Check out this great video
This is a 3 part series entitled
BUILDING POWER THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SELF DETERMINATION AND REPARATIONS.
Our Presentation at the BLACK MENS CONVENTION On 4/22/18
AIHR Part 3 BUILDING A CONFEDERATED NATION STATE Dr Mustafa Ansari
In this Blog I will focus on our current projects that address Human Rights and our a path to Self Determination for the African Descendant population in the United States of America.
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Research and Community Data Analysis
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Leadership Academy
African Centered Curriculum
Agriculture/ Farming Projects & Entrepreneurial Training and Micro-Financing
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