“We must develop a spirit of activism
to address our needs and to confront and find solutions to the problems
affecting our constituents and communities.” Rep. Tyrone Brooks,
President
Establishment of GABEO Foundation (501 C3)
Full-time office – executive director and secretary
in Atlanta State Headquarters
Satellite headquarters – Boggs Rural Life Center,
Keysville, Georgia
Support affordable and universal health care reform;
work to eliminate infant mortality in Georgia
Buy Black Campaign – spend our dollars with each
other and support small and minority-owned businesses
Develop a full political empowerment campaign –
voter registration and political education, eliminate impediments
Develop a strategy and find resources to address Illiteracy
in our state
Focus on teen pregnancy and solutions to this problem
We must save our black farms and we must lobby Congress
for help
Increase African-American business opportunities with
the state of Georgia
Attack racism at all levels of government
Address discrimination at Georgia Department of Public
Safety (State Patrol) and other state agencies
Address crime and the proliferation of drugs and weapons
in our communities
Develop leadership training institute at Boggs Rural
Life Center - Boggs Academy in Keysville, Georgia
Tackle racism in collegiate and professional sports
– address disparity on all levels
Develop youth violence reduction campaigns across the
state
Work to achieve more diversity in all aspects of print
and broadcast media
Support minority-owned media
Fight for EEOA and minority programs on the federal,
state, county and municipal levels
Fight environmental racism
Fight redlining by insurance companies and banking institutions
Stop attacks on the poor under the guise of welfare
reform
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