GABEO Program Priorities In Partnership with Universal Humanities, Inc.
Literacy Training and Education/Advocacy Fact: Illiteracy Rate in Georgia More Than 30 percent Targeted Groups Blacks, Minorities, and Poor Rural Whites A. General Educational Literacy, The Basics, GED, etc. B. Financial Literacy C. Consumer Literacy
Criminal Justice
Working to bring justice and closure to the last open, public mass lynching of African Americans in this country: The massacre at the Moores Ford Bridge of the Malcolms and the Dorseys. Two couples (one 7 months pregnant) were killed on July 25, 1946 in Monroe, Walton County, Georgia. We are demanding the immediate prosecution of those responsible for these murders. Note: Along with Governor Roy Barnes, we have posted a $25,000 reward.
Health, Education and Welfare (Conducting and Advocating Health Fairs Throughout Georgia)
Stop the Killing Movement Targeting Black-on-Black Crime and Youth Gangs (A national health epidemic: Centers for Disease Control 1986) The epidemic continues and worsens daily. More black men in jails and prisons than in colleges and universities
Reducing Teen Pregnancy Georgia ranked number 2 in the nation Over 60 percent of black child births are to single, teen mothers 82 percent in Hancock County, Georgia
HIV-AIDS Education Testing Treatment Georgia is among the top ten states in America with HIV/AIDS recorded cases Reporting 26,008 cumulative AIDS cases in the state and 17,157 in the City of Atlanta.
Prostate and Colon Examinations (Targeting African American males) Per 100,000 people the incidence rate for African Americans is 275.3 with a mortality rate of 75.1 which is higher than any other racial or ethnic group.
Obesity Among Children (Targeting African American, Latino, and minority children) Financial Impact: USA 75 billion, Georgia 2.1 billion
Heart Attack and Stroke Awareness Among American adults age 20 and older, the estimated age-adjusted prevalence of coronary heart disease for non-Hispanic whites is 6.9 percent for men and 5.4 percent for women; for non-Hispanic blacks, 7.1 percent for men and 9 percent for women; and for Mexican-Americans, 7.2 percent for men and 6.8 percent for women. The 2001 death rates per 100,000 population for stroke were 56.5 for white males and 85.4 for black males, and 54.5 for white females and 73.7 for black females.
Economic Development
Working to create more access to capital for the African American/minority community Increasing contracts and transactions between African American-owned businesses Developing partnerships between minority and majority business enterprises Building alliances and partnerships between African American-owned and African-owned enterprises; Also will work to create the same throughout North America, South America Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia Working to create more business and contractual opportunities for African American-owned enterprises between federal, state, county and municipal governments
Voter Empowerment: Registration, Education and Mobilization Facts: Georgia Unregistered eligible voters 2 million Unregistered African Americans 600,000 USA Unregistered eligible African Americans 7 million Note: Working to restore immediate voting rights to felons upon their release from prison.
Stopping the Violence and Crime/Saving our Children Facts: Georgia Population 8.9 million African Americans 30 percent Elected Officials 6 percent Judges 6 percent District Attorneys 1 percent Inmates in Jails and Prisons 70 percent (Targeted Age Group 18-35) Budget (to hold and incarcerate) 1 billion plus
Developing Partnerships with Organized Labor (To Organize the Unorganized)
Organizing Resources to Purchase Boggs Academy (Keysville, Georgia) Purpose: Develop an academy to teach non violence and civil rights history to African American, minority and poor youth.
Developing Anti-Gang Community Task Forces in Low-Income At-Risk Communities
