Jump-Starting Pockets of Projects for Rural Development
Town by Town --- Settlement by Settlement
National Conference of Mayors. Inc.
Historic Black Towns and Settlements Alliance, Inc.
“Black Towns Roundtable” Eatonville, Florida January 27, 2024
Ms. Verda Olayinka, MPS, Presenter
NATIONAL COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT COALITION (NCRC)
Given: Community Reinvestment Resources are available
We are encouraged to plan wisely to apply dollars for long-term success.
Develop a Master Business Plan to replace losses from Out-Sourced Global Production Setbacks with In-Sourced products and services that are Made In America.
MADE IN AMERICA
Executive Order on Ensuring the Future is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers (Executive Order 14005), January 25, 2021. This Executive Order was established during the President Biden Administration. The situation has changed…
The "Made in America" definition as promoted by the Trump Administration:
1. Emphasis on domestic manufacturing to boost the U.S. economy.
2. Advocacy for American jobs and reducing reliance on foreign imports.
3. Support for tariffs on imported goods to protect local industries.
4. Promotion of American-made products in government procurement.
5. Encouragement of investment in U.S. factories and infrastructure.
6. Focus on revitalizing traditional manufacturing sectors like steel and textiles.
The National Economic Sovereignty Projection extends beyond 2035 and short-term implementation plans may consider the focus on transactional relationships with long-term guarantees of national and global Network Economies.
GEOPOLITICAL AWARENESS
Take a Global Vision of our World in the next 5 to 10 years
According to Peter Zeihan, Geopolitical Analyst who critically analyses global trends…
Trade stopped since Covid in 2020 and hasn’t returned
World food chain impacted since Russia’s war against Ukraine
We are witnessing wars in the sea lanes. Take a look at
“The End of the World is Just the Beginning” on YouTube
In Short: Mass offshore production is morphing into micro inshore manufacturing.
Let’s see how we can “take up the slack” and begin to manufacture products in our own Towns and Settlements. There must be no tolerance for mediocrity. All of our work must be the best of the best.
FAMILY BASIC NEEDS
Maintain for Our Families the Basic Needs of Food, Clothing, Shelter
To pay for Food, Shelter - Mortgages or Rents - our people must have jobs;
THEORY OF BLACK CITIES
Theory of Black Cities and their Establishment in the 1920’s – Professor Harold Cruse envisioned a national development strategy where community members in each of the Big Black Cities could develop key industries and trade specific products and/or services between one-another.
Examples:
Harlem, NYC An Artistic, Cultural Renaissance – Hub
Detroit, Unions political strength
Chicago 1928 Oscar DePriest 1st A-A Congressman Cohesive, politically most sophisticated
“Black and White: Outlines of the Next Stage” Black World: March 1971
Regionally, we can Re-envision Towns and Settlements to mutually providing for our-selves? By producing food and products and developing supply chains for mutual trade. We Save-Our-Selves S-O-S “One-by-One and All-Together”
Each Town and Settlement has its own unique character
Plus, Access to land
Choose wisely the industry you wish to target with a caution not to duplicate that of another Town. Plan to trade your products or services with each other while developing a network of specific supply chains.
POTENTIAL INDUSTRIES / PRODUCTS
Textiles and Apparel
Agricultural Products
Healthcare Products
Healthcare Support Services
Furniture
Manufacturing
Agriculture
Construction
There is more than enough of National Community Reinvestment Corporation development money to go around. Get assistance in developing a business plan. To achieve absolute Return On Investment (ROI) that will assure your ability to pay back the business start-up loans.
SYNERGY -- COMBINED COOPERATIVE ACTION
Black Town Leaders may develop a greater combined and cooperative action or synergy as residents work together to ensure the healthy Afro Future presence of generations to come.