WHITE WORLD DEFINITIONS

“The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions.” -James A. Baldwin


You just gotta love the don't give a fig expression on his face. Why? Because he was the truth.

MEETING #3: DOWN AND WE KEEP PUSHING FORWARD- Thanks Cleon!

FOUNDER'S COMMITTEE CURRENT AGENDA:

ORGANIZING BOARD

Right now our initial board is taking shape and we now have a system to follow to get that done, complete and ready to go by Saturday, November 21st- 48 Days.

Please view our System, by clicking HERE.

Right now our Board looks like:

Executive Director: Branden Mattox (Candidate)

Deputy Director: Cleon Thelton Day III (Candidate)

Executive Administrator: Kacey Frierson-Nixon (Candidate)

Treasurer: Steven T. Austin (Candidate)


CONSTITUTION

Not yet tended to but begin brainstorming. Our deadline to visit this concern will be Saturday, October 24th- 20 Days.


PREPARING THE FIELD


SURVEY

Intentions:

To stimulate public awareness to the social constructs which pose a challenge to the development and achievement of The Baldwin Project, and begin considering how to make changes to support what The Baldwin Project promises.

To provide an accurate picture of the field in which the The Baldwin Project will be operating to assist The Founder's Committee and Board with smart planning.

You can access our developing survey by:

Step #1: Go to www.quicksurveys.com

Step #2: In the Upper Right Corner Click "Login"

Step#3: Enter "bgmattoxwfg@gmail.com" for username.

Step #4: Enter "resurgens" as the password

Step #5: Click "sign in"

Step #6: Click on the first survey titled "Building A New Black LGBT Atlanta That's Ours".

Please add questions you might have which might glean useful data for the above intentions or respond to this email or talk it up on our facebook discussion group.

Our deadline for completing this survey and getting it ready for release to the public with a plan for dissemination is Saturday, October 10th, 2015- 6 Days.


FORUM

Intentions:

To publicly stir the conversation surrounding the need for an organization like "The Baldwin Project"

To convict an audience into our first group of supporters and followers to fill any remaining Board Positions or committees not yet filled, to join The Founder's Committee if we have not reached 10 members, and those committed to attending, supporting and promoting our first social.

Primarily, we will be capturing emails from the survey to form the base of our market to invite to this forum.

Deadline for putting on the forum will be Friday, November 20th- 47 Days.

BOOK CLUB

Intentions:

To condition our market for the psychology conducive to enterprise, entrepreneurship, creativity, community leadership and hope.

We now a have a facebook discussion group for this. We are hosting it at Black Gay Owned Lounge, Studio No. 7. 393 Marietta St Atlanta GA 30313

Deadline for the first Book Club Meeting will be October 15th-11 Days.
NEXT MEETINGSaturday, October 10th at the Decatur Library 4p-6p. RSVP HERE