Soror, you asked What Can Be done?
My bad, I have a few ideas....
Tavis and Tom Joyner do those State of Black America Forums every year or so. That model may be good for informing people about specific policy issues... Social Security, public education finance, housing/development. BGLOs and other civic orgs can conduct issue forums locally. The best thing to do is to start early. Not wait until Sept./Oct. to start.
I also like the idea of having Black Family Reunions in major cities other than D.C... that is a great way to register a large amount of people. I am deputized to register voters in my city and people are lot more responsive to a voter registration inititative in a social gathering. Just a thought.
On other thing.. may be it's a whole new thread, but when 85-90% of blacks vote for the same party, those folks get a little lazy and take us for granted. With our vote divided in many different directions, we can attract more attention in the political season, especially since we are always considered the Swing Vote.
As far as I am concerned, all Republicans are not our enemies and all Democrats are not our friends.
Oh Yeah...
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