AAAC Information Resource Links

 

 

Connecticut

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2008 Black & Latino Caucus

 A Salute to Black History - Information on Influencial African-Americans http://www.ls.cc.al.us/blackhistory/blackhistory.html

Foundation for Educational Advancement, Inc. Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention http://www.feact.org/help.html;  http://www.feact.org/help3.html

 Colllege Goal Sunday http://www.collegegoalsundayct.org/

 

 National Kidney Foundation of CT http://www.kidney.org/site/index.cfm?ch=102

 

State of Connecticut  (Connect CT, excellent links to Connecticut websites)

 

Amistad America  (Amistad Ship / History)

 

Connecticut Freedom Trail  (Links to 22 Freedom Trail Sites important to CT Black History)

 

Connecticut African-Americans Health Statistics  (pdf)

 

Connecticut African-American Demographics  (pdf)

 

CenterEdge Project

 

National

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Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society  

 

National Congress of Black Women  (Empowerment of African-Americans in the political process)

 

Black Leadership Forum, Inc.  (Non-partisan confederate of national civil rights and service organizations)

 

National Organization of Blacks in Government  (Advocacy, professional development)

 

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)  (Economic Dev. Education, Job training)

 

Consortium for Graduate Study in Management  (Graduate fellowship program)

 

International Association of Black Professional firefighters

 

Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies  (Public Policy)

 

Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc.

 

NAACP  (Civil Rights, Education)

 

National Association of Black Social Workers, Inc.  (Black social work issues)

 

National Urban League

 

National Association of Negro Business & Professional Women’s Club, Inc.  (Community based social service organization)

 

National Baptist Convention  (7.5 million memberships w/ 30,000 churches)

 

National Black Chamber of Commerce, Inc.  (Black businesses)

 

National Black Police Association  (Black Police Org.)

 

National Caucus and Center of Black Aged. Inc.  (Black Aging)

 

National Coalition of 100 Black Women  (Black Women Advocates)

 

National Forum for Black Public Administrators  (Advancement of Black Public Administrators)

 

Black Career Women  (Black Women Career Issues)

 

Other Sites

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Mirador Magazine  (Elder content w/ web links)

 

Black Enterprise  (Business news, Investing, Careers)

 

BET  (Black Entertainment Television)