Chicago, IL 60615 USA
Welcome to African Development Plan
The Vision and mission
THE VISION
The CREATION and IMPLEMENTATION of a 50 year Comprehensive Sustainable Development Plan for African Descendants in the USA and globally.
THE MISSION
The African Development Plan Inc., is an ‘African Centered Think and Do Tank’ focused on incubating ideas and people who will create and implement sustainable development solutions that advance the African Descendant’s Right to Self Determination in the USA, the America’s and Africa.
Through research and data analysis presentations on the crisis and opportunities facing Afro-Descendants, we educate the Black population and their leaders on how to effectively tell “Ourstory” from an African Centered perspective using a Human Rights framework.
It is a Call to Action for African Descendant people globally to unite and take pride in our African identity and culture. We will do this through collaboration and the creation of an African Centered Curriculum which promotes the study of our collective history, immersion into and restoration of our culture through the application of the knowledge systems of our ancestors to restore the effect of the ethnocide we have experienced.
Taking an African Centered approach to Leadership Development by training the Next Generation of Leaders who will put African people's interest first. Fellows who will be able to engage with local and national governments and advocate and advance the rights of our people.
GET INVOLVED
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 represent over 1 Billion people under the age of 35, And 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?
WHAT WE DO
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 2024 will include:
- Educational outreach on the issues of Self Determination for the African Descendants in the USA and a campaign to end the "Anti-Black curriculum" taught globally which endangers African people's lives.
- African Centered Leadership Development
- Addressing our FOOD DESSERT and FOOD SECURITY challenges in the USA, the Diaspora and Africa. Partnering with Black farmers to create AGRICULTURE/FARMING PROJECTS in the USA /Diaspora /Africa to create Next Generation Black Farmers and Agripreneurs.
- AFRICAN CENTERED CURRICULUM
- STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT to build UNITY amongst our people globally.
Our failure to UNITE, and be educated on our issues is costing us dearly. While others create plans for our demise, our leaders are too naive or corrupt to stand up for our communities. THIS MUST CHANGE.
HELP ADP ACHIEVE ITS GOALS BY DONATING TO US below. See PAYPAL and ZELLE info or contact Cecile Johnson at AfricanDevelopmentPlan@gmail.com for details on where to send your donations.
Help Our Cause
HELP FUND OUR PATH
TO SELF-DETERMINATION
DONATE TO THE CAUSE
Funds will help cover:
Research and Community Data Analysis
Education and Outreach
Leadership Academy
African Centered Curriculum
Agriculture/ Farming Projects & Entrepreneurial Training and Micro-Financing
We are a registered 501c3 in the state of Illinois, USA.
