Educate to transform black families to achieve economic and social mobility.
Our Organization utilizes its platforms, tools and resources in an effectiveo manner that helps to educate… promote… and achieves better understanding of the Black Family history…helps to identify Black Family lessons learned from proven past and present experiences of struggles and successes, and issues and concerns that impacted self-growth and sustainment of social and economic upward mobility… helps the Black Family to make well informed decisions for self-improvement and success in the present and future.
Gilbert Wilkerson Sr.Founder/CEO
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Gilbert Wilkerson -Founder/CEO
Lawrence (Doc) Reed – Vice Chair Dominic Pritchett – Board of Directors Joseph Zintseme-Board of Directors Calvin Yarbrough-Board of Directorst Sametriam Morton -Director of Training Lauren Zimmerman – Director, Social Media Alex Morton- Strategic Planning Coordinator Tanya Walton- Washington D.C. Ambassador |
Vision
A well-learned and strong Black Society, shaping their own prosperous socio-economic future through the proven principles of self-government.
We are the Change Agent that we know the Black Family Needs and thus, we seek to:
We are the Change Agent that we know the Black Family Needs and thus, we seek to:
- Be an advocate and empowering voice for the black family within the culture
- Be an agent of enhancing self-empowerment and independence for black individuals and families
- Create forums, platforms and discussions, to educate ourselves and the public about issues relating to the black experience
- Use documented data to create and share ideas and craft solutions to issues, frustrations, fears and insecurities raised by the black family
- Promoting self-government principles within black American culture
Specific GOALS
To Empower, Educate & Strengthen the Black family utilizing Research, Education and Advocacy through a faith centered approach to address a variety of issues that plague the Black family and community including, but not limited to,
Some goals of BSEST relative to the Black family are to:
Some objectives of BSEST:
- Deterioration in values and manners,
- Multi-generational financial distress
- Breakdown of the nuclear family,
- High crime rates, and
- Poor outcomes in education.
Some goals of BSEST relative to the Black family are to:
- Encourage the formation and sustenance of families,
- Promote black economic and social stability through quality education,
- Combat community deterioration and juvenile delinquency and
- Lessen dependability and burdens of government through economic upward mobility
- To implement real life stories into forums that will help connect the dots between poor decision-making and poor outcomes and vice-versa.
- To change the image of the Black family.
- To be an advocate and speak on socio-economic issues that affect the Black family
Some objectives of BSEST:
- Community outreach through door to door canvassing
- Hosting one Townhall every quarter addressing issues related to the organization’s mission and vision
- Hosting a series of educational seminars focused on:
- Telling our own story- sharing important black history facts that are widely unknown to restoring and strengthen individual identity and community wholeness,
- Racial reconciliation and healing
- Building multigenerational wealth and personal finance decision-making,
- Making wise academic and career choices that lead to personal socio-economic excellence and stability
- Organize and lead one community field trip to the African American Museum in Washington DC every quarter.
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What Our Clients Say
Black Society has helped me as a person to succeed in all areas of my life. I am learning things they did not teach me in school, like money management, buying a car, law and history. My relationship as a young man, being around them has allowed me to become confident and secure.