Resolution on Economic Development

Resolution on Economic Development

WHEREAS, the National Coalition of 100 Black Women defines economic development as a viable plan that provides economic self-sufficiency and the ability to obtain a better quality of life; and

WHEREAS, economic development places money in the hands of African American women for the purposes of achieving self-sufficiency; and

WHEREAS, economic development organizations and institutions can be challenged to develop methodologies that place money directly in the hands of African American women for the purposes of achieving self-sufficiency; and

WHEREAS, large economic development organizations and systems should organize themselves to address the "individual," including the African American woman; and

WHEREAS, NCBW is positioned to engage economic institutions in dialogue that encourage them to restructure ways in which economic methodologies can be enhanced to benefit African American women.

BE IT RESOLVED, THEREFORE, the National Coalition of 100 Black Women will advocate for increased wealth-building practices for African American women through partnerships with public and private institutions that focus on individual investment practices.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that each NCBW chapter implement this action as it is appropriate to the resources of its chapter and the needs of its members and community.

Adopted Friday, October 8, 1999