POLITICAL & COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE
Specific Challenges and Opportunities
This is the arm of the organization which maintains a strong link with the
community and political arm -of Cities which Chapter operates.
This would include:
• All active church organizations.
• Community based organizations (l.e. NAACP, Urban League, ete.)
• Social Groups
• Community based media (i.e. newspapers, radio, TV news and community affairs programs, etc.)
One of this groups’ main functions would be to keep these diverse groups
informed as to our goals/current and future actions, as well as problems, also to be of constant assistance to these groups in their areas of concerns.
This group’s game plan should be well laid out as to involvement over the whole year, so that its efforts do not become a shotgun approach.
Our must out going informed people should be a part of this team ..
This committee’s function is to first have on file
• All active church organization/Pastor/key contacts, etc.
• All community based organizations
• NAACP (key contacts)
• Urban League (key contacts)
• Social organizatlons (key contacts)
• Key political people (and contacts)
• RadiolTV/Newsprint/Talk Show Host (key contacts)
• Community Activist groups
Once this file is developed, and only then, this Committee’s function is to develop “meaningful” lines of communication with this diverse group and maintain and service these contacts. This is the grass root method of establishing a community base. No Chapter can be effective as a “stand alone” organization. Your only community strength comes from the collective strength of these groups in a systematic matter.
The efforts of this Committee can never be a hit and miss effort and be
successful. The chairperson of this Committee shall meet quarterly with the other Political/Community Action Chairpersons of the Region to form the Regional Committee. They shall’elect a Regional Chairperson and all Regional Chairpersons shall meet twice per year which forms the National Committee of Political and Community Action. They shall meet under the guidance of the Vice President of Community Action who shall be an appointee of the President.