Covenant With Black America

The Covenant with Black America was developed under the guidance of Tavis Smiley, with valuable input by industry experts and African American leaders such as Dr. David Satcher, Angela Glover Blackwell, Marc Morial, Julian Bond, Marian Wright Edelman and other respected community and world leaders.

CovenantCovenant with Black America focuses on the top 10 issues of concern to African Americans and provides a blueprint on what individuals, public policymakers and corporate citizens can do to move the African American community forward, socially and economically to make America better.

CovenantCOVENANT In Action

book was developed through a partnership between The Jamestown Project and PolicyLink to enable and inspire people to become agents of change by using the book’s toolkit that contains not only traditional action strategies, but includes innovative approaches to organizing and community building that will result in stronger, more bonded communities that are reflective of Black America’s history and past experiences.

CovenantACCOUNTABLE: Making America as Good as Its Promise

ACCOUNTABLE: Making America as Good as Its Promise  Book III in the celebrated New York Times best-selling The Covenant series. How can we create an America as good as its promise? Best-selling author and award-winning broadcaster, Tavis Smiley, challenges us to set a new standard for those who lead and those who follow—in Accountable.

SITE OF THE DAY

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    March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month; use this CDC site to get facts and information on reducing risk and screening—which saves lives. Did you know that if everyone age 50 years or older was screened regularly, as many as 60% of deaths from this cancer could be avoided?

HISTORY MAKERS

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  • Tonya Bolden

    Taught English at Malcolm-King College and College of New Rochelle School of New Resources, while serving as newsletter editor of the HARKline, a homeless shelter newsletter; has written, co-written, worked on, and/or published a variety of works, including cookbooks and children's books; editor, Quarterly Black Review of Books.

THOUGHT OF THE WEEK

  • “Let love propel you.”

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Tavis Smiley Books Empowerment Cards

Talk-show host and author Tavis Smiley pours his passion for promoting positive change into these 50 personal-empowerment cards.

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