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There are 7 overall categories and then subcategories for each.
Which area needs the most immediate attention for the Black Community?
How would you rank the 7 mentioned here? Are there others that you believe need to be included? What? Why?
1) EDUCATION
School Reform
Private School Tuition Vouchers
Closing the Achievement Gap
Financial Aid/Access to College
2) STRENGTHENING FAMILIES
Absent Fathers
Single Parenting/Births Outside of Marriage
Teenage Pregnancy
Foster Care and Adoption
3) PUBLIC SAFETY
Drugs
Crime
Gun Violence
Police/Community Relations
4) RACIAL ISSUES
Racial Profiling
Prison/Sentencing Reform
Juvenile Sentencing Laws
Voter Disenfranchisement
Reparations
Congressional Redistricting
5) HEALTH
HIV/AIDS
Health Insurance for All Families
Drug and alcohol addiction
Organ Transplantation
6) FAMILY SUPPORT
Affordable Housing
Child Care and After-school Programs
Support for the Elderly
Support for Needy Families
7) ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
Affirmative Action
Jobs and Job Training
Increase in the minimum wage
Black Entrepreneurship
Urban Development and Renewal
Personal Wealth Creation
The National Black Agenda
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