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Building Black Power & meaningful white allyship

Presented by: Adam J. Jackson Chief Executive Officer

Mission

Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle (LBS) is a grassroots think-tank which advances the public policy interest of Black people, in Baltimore, through: youth leadership development, political advocacy, and autonomous intellectual innovation.

Vision

We seek to radically change the discourse around local and regional politics by injecting community voices into political conversations through policy research, advocacy, and community organizing from a grassroots perspective. We will remain unbeholden to any foundation, nonprofit, or political party; as an unapologetically Black independent group of concerned leaders engaging the public policy

• arena. As our knowledge,

collaborations, and support grow

• ur vision will evolve as well.

Key Considerations

• How do Black people build, control

and maintain the institutions that govern their lives?

• How do white people become

meaningful allies in the process of building Black power?

• What practical methods can we use

to accomplish these goals?

The Non-Profit Industrial Complex

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“[The non-profit industrial complex] is a set of symbiotic relationships that link political and financial technologies of state and owning class control with surveillance over public political ideology, including and especially emergent progressive and leftist social movements.

Global White Supremac y

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Symbolism > Substance

• The white left will make

symbolic concessions to appease people of color.

• These concessions rarely

translate into any meaningful transfer of power or resources.

• In every arena of civil

society, the NPIC makes this possible.

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Symbolism > Substance

• White liberals will use Donald

Trump as a talking point for structural racism, but will not make the necessary investment in Black people’s institutions to govern their own lives.

• For most white liberals, talking

is enough.

• Will white liberals advocate for

meaningful capacity building for Black people in community?

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MD Local Management Boards

• The first Local Management Boards

were established during the mid- 1990s in an effort to change the way services were provided to children and families in their communities.

• The Boards were charged with

identifying priorities and targeting resources for a jurisdiction’s communities.

• The major focus was to increase local

authority to plan, implement, and monitor children and family services.

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MD Local Management Boards

• The core function of the Local

Management Boards remains identifying priorities and targeting resources for a jurisdiction’s communities.

• The Boards serve as the

coordinator of collaboration for child and family services.

• There is a Local Management

Board in each County and in Baltimore City.

“Quasi-Public Agency”

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What is the Family League?

• The local management board for

Baltimore City.

• Established as a non-profit entity

in 1991 and is a quasi-public agency.

• Accountability lies primary with

the Mayor of Baltimore, instead

• f Baltimore residents.
• Operationalizes the non-profit

industrial complex in Baltimore.

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What is the Family League?

• Mission Statement
• Family League of Baltimore

serves as an architect of change in Baltimore by promoting data- driven, collaborative initiatives and aligning resources to create lasting outcomes for children, families and communities

• What qualifies the Family League to

do any of this as the local management board for a majority Black city?

0% 8% 0% 57% 48% 29% 7% 6% 7% 0% 0% 0% 29% 37% 64% 7% 2% 0% 0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

Part-Time Staff Full Time Staff Senior Staff

Staff Breakdown (Race)

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Revenue (2015)

$25,261,014

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Revenue Streams (2015)

94.5%

Government Grants

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Why does this matter?

• Baltimore is a majority Black city -

64%.

• The Family League’s leadership

and accountability do not reflect Baltimore’s demographics.

• Residents do not have

substantive ownership or accountability for an institution that governs the lives of their children.

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Baltimore City Children and Youth Fund

• Launched in 2015 by City Council

President Bernard “Jack” C. Young

• Ballot Question E approved by

voters November 2016 with more than 80 percent support

• $12 Million set aside annually

from property tax revenue specifically to aid Baltimore’s Youth

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Baltimore City Children and Youth Fund

• Driven and led by youth voices
• Advances equity and is welcoming and supporting of all

races, classes and gender identities.

• Accountable and has impact to local communities,

neighborhoods and places where young people connect.

• Not politically-driven and promotes confidence from the

caring networks of Baltimore’s Young people.

• Inspires new partnerships and new approaches to

philanthropy to advance Baltimore’s young people.

• Focused, expedient, and conducted with urgency.

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Baltimore City Children and Youth Fund

• The task force recommended

that that the $12 million be put in a new intermediary.

• The organization will be a new

type of intermediary with a different structure than most mainstream non-profit institutions.

• Baltimore City residents will

be directly involved with allocation of resources.

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Conclusion & Q&A

• Contact Information:
• Adam J. Jackson - Chief Executive

Officer

• Phone: (410) 374-7683
• Email: adam@lbsbaltimore.com
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