Economic Education Field Fellow-Region 7, District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia

As National Association of Advancement of Colored People, NAACP Economic Education Field Fellow –Region 7, I am charged with the implementation of educational campaigns and strategies on economic issues and implementing the training curricula for adults and youth in the priority areas of the NAACP Economic Department throughout the regions.

The priority areas of the NAACP Economic Department are founded on the Economic Sustainability game changer of the NAACP. Which is a chance to live the American Dream for all. That every person will have equal opportunity to achieve economic success, sustainability, and financial security. Marking the progress through the narrowing and ultimate elimination of race-based differences in the following measures:

Unemployment:

•     Unemployment rate: 16% of black people are unemployed vs. 9.6% of the general population and 8.7% of whites (Census, 2010)

Poverty:

• Poverty rates: 25.9% black, 14.3% all, and 9.4% white (Census 2009)

Wealth:

•   Median family net worth: $23,300 nonwhite families, 149,900 white families (Federal Reserve, 2009

Building upon the Economic Sustainability platform the department has developed three objectives.

·         Empower local communities with the necessary education, resources and partnerships to develop sustainable economic models that advance diversity and equity.

Ø  Identify resources and partners for your states work

Ø  Identify a strategy to provide economic education advocacy and resources to units in your state conference?

Ø  How will this economic education advocacy and resources benefit the communities in which local NAACP units are located?

Ø  How will this economic education strategy impact the individuals which your units are serving?

Ø  What Sustainable Economic Models will your state conference seek to implement over the next 5 years? Describe the model and your steps to achieving this model.

Ø  How do these goals impact your state conferences overall goals and objectives?

·         Ensure that government and industry are knowledgeable, and committed to bridging racial inequality particularly as it relates to employment, wealth, lending and business ownership.

Ø  Identify economic racial disparities you would like to bridge?

Ø  Identify major places of business including government agencies who can be leaders in inclusive hiring?

Ø  Define the advocacy campaign associated with this strategy and how you will work to implement this advocacy campaign

Ø  Outline a timeline to implement this strategy

·         Grow a movement of concerned citizens and organization who work together to produce an inclusive and strong middle class economy for the 21st century.

Ø  Identify a strategy to engage concerned citizens and organizations around Economic Justice and advocacy

Ø  What aspect of economic justice will you focus your campaign on and how will it affect your state conference and the community that you serve

Ø  How will this campaign engage community members and organizations

Ø  Identify the leading economic justice coalitions in your state.