100 Things AA Need to Do
 

1. Vote

2. "Love one another, just as I have loved you" John 15:12

3. Stop using the 'N' word

4. Invest in our communities.

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5. Make your kids read

6. Read to your kids

7. Let your kids EARN their money

8. Teach your kids how to save money

9. Teach your kids how to wisely spend money

10. Take family photos. Even if it's a polaroid, keep some type of tangible history of your family.

11. Eat healthier

12. Pray together as a family

13. Invest in our childrens future (i.e. education)

14. Stick together

15. Have a command of the English Language

16. Own property

17. Be educated enough to help their children with their homework.

18. Take pride in education.

19. Realize that there is no list of criteria that makes a person "black" or "not black". We should all stick together!

20. Learn how to invest and teach someone else
21. Buy a home...it's the easiest way to invest
22. Stop looking at the world in the context of color. We all bleed red blood and are children of God.

23. Don't assume all non blacks are racist or don't like you because you are black. Treat each individual as an individual and not just one of those...

24. Quit worrying about what white people are doing (for or against us) and start worrying about what we're doing for ourselves.

25. Recognize that racism, individual and institutional, does exist (the recognition is important, just because there is a black supreme court justice, that doesn't mean that it does exist.)

26. Understand that racism is a wall that can be scaled and not a cage that keeps us trapped. (When I think of what other have accomplished in the past, within a society where much more virulent forms of racism were acceptable, it makes me wonder where we would be now if those people had just given up hope.)

25. visit another state, country

26. Be involved in your child(ren)'s educational experience...talk to the teachers, meet the principal, join the PTA, get involved!
27. Don't give up on our teenagers. Eventhough they "know it all" and make many mistakes, we must be there to help them when they fall.
28. Save for retirement. You can not count on Social Security.
29. Care for and respect our elderly. It seems as if we have gotten away from this in the past few decades, but we need to cherish our ancestors for their wisdom and knowledge.

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30. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul, strength and being.

31. Love your neighbor as yourself--like God loves you.

(Matthew 22:37-40; 1 John 3:17)

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32. Help your brothers/sisters move to the next level. We get so jealous of of our own moving up in life.

33. Establish more black-owned businesses.

34. Learn from those who are successful spiritually, finanically, and personally. Read, ask, whatever you have to do.

35. Have pride in yourself - no matter where you came from, or what you have or have not, it has gotten you to where you are today.

36. Stop talking about XYZ organization is not doing anything - - - join the organization and make a change.

36. Be open about your sexuality so it won't negatively affect the woman's health in the long run. (too many women getting infected with HIV/AIDS by down low brothas).

37. Practice SAFE SEX!!!!

38. Move on, move forward, make progress--stop blaming others for your inaction to take action and be proactive rather than reactive.

39. We need more two-parent homes.

40. Honor your elders!
41. Become educated about credit or fix the credit you have.

34. Patronize existing black-owned businesses.

36. Be more health conscience. (starting with me)

42. Give back to their respective colleges and/or universities, ESPECIALLY HBCUs.
43. Join the local chapter of their alumni association. If one does not exist, charter.

44. Establish Black firms and corporations, not just "businesses"
45. Understand that Blacks will not accept subpar service just because it's black-owned
46. Stop wearing your wealth around your neck or on your tires.
47. Try new food. For example, if sushi was so bad, would so many other people eat it? Everything doesn't have to be fried to a golden crisp.

48. Men -- Stop degrading women (rap artists).

49. Women -- Stop allowing yourself to be degraded (media/video chicks).

50. People -- Stop supporting artists that degrade the African American race.

What?! We could only get to 50? C'mon people, lol...

51. Support constructive black entertainment (eg. Tavis Smiley, "Madea's...) and turn off 106nPark, Hollyhood, and "Soul Plane". We must stop feeding into the stereotype.

52. Practice good manners and not excuse bad manners as "that's how we do" or "I'm just keeping it real"

53.

When elected to ANY position (political, social, civic) make sure all Is are dotted and Ts crossed. When you are a SEASONED politician, ALWAYS remember that you are NOT one of them. THEY may be able to get away with certain things, but YOU my brother/sister CAN NOT! You may THINK you're in the "club", but when the chips fall, they will fall on your assETS!

54. Ditch the crabs in a bucket mentality.

55. Refrain from talking about people in the hood as "those people" or "those ghetto folks", or "those hood rats". Other people are listening to us and they think it's okay to repeat this.

56. Support HBCU's. Before we could get into "their" schools, HBCU's were the only place we could be educated.

Church!

57. Raise YOUR children!

58. Stop having babies if you cannot afford them financially or emotionally!

59. Be PROACTIVE about our own achievements and stop waiting for success to fall in our laps!

60. Mentor a youth!

Yay! I ended on an even number (slightly OCD)!:o

61. Know (and sometimes contact) your federal, state, and local government representatives.

62. Do whatever part you can to conserve natural resources. The world in which our grandkids will live is the one we leave them.

63. Stop blaming "The Man" for everything! He isn't always holding us back.

64. Continue our education and encourage our young ones to do the same.