About
Our Mission
Our mission is to propose and promote solutions designed to overcome systemic economic barriers in black communities in order to facilitate a grassroots upward mobility for these communities. Our approach is to lean towards solutions that rely on tools and methods that can be generated from within the black community itself, over public policy solutions which tend to be hard to attain due to factors outside the control of the communities.
Think tanks play a big role in the lives of the American public by how they influence public policy which affects a large portion of the population in some shape or form. An example is The Affordable Care Act which was a statute passed by Congress to govern health care accessibility for the American public; it was based on ideas formerly proposed by a public policy think tank. There are many other examples of think tank proposals that end up affecting millions of Americans' lives.
Our Team
Abdel Mulumba
Founder
Coming from the healthcare financial sector, and possessing a sense of being invested in our communities helped to expose me to a myriad of issues associated with low opportunities common in many of our communities. Applying myself to be a part of the solution to the historic economic hurdles faced by many communities around this nation of great wealth and abundance, keeps me motivated and positive.
Carol Blick
Co-Founder
In my interactions with folks in my community, both as a practicing Registered Nurse and an entrepreneur, I couldn't help but notice how our economic circumstances affect our quality of life. Always inclined to seek solutions, this is what drove me to get involved in this work - to be a part of the difference in my community, and other similarly burdened communities, to improve their economic circumstances.
Dr. Sarah Nabukera MD
Co-Founder
From my extensive background as a physician working to mitigate and defeat the HIV epidemic, I came to realize that there was a strong correlation between the depth and breadth and the negative impact of the HIV disease on our communities, and low incomes in many of the communities. I came to the conclusion that overcoming economic barriers had to be a cornerstone to any short and long term efforts to address the impact of the disease.