The Africa Solidarity Council, Inc.

Guiding Principles

The Council holds the view that Africa’s condition today (political, economic, educational, and social) is pathetic.  To change this condition the Council believes that we, as Africans, need to:

1. Develop leaders who are cognizant of Africa’s position and are sympathetic to Africa and her peoples needs, aspirations, and expectations.

2. Develop leaders who understand the need for Africa and her people to begin to  chart their own course and develop their own method for articulating and realizing their hopes and aspirations.

3. Develop leaders whose understanding of government will be to provide leadership and guidance to the people, and create internal machinery both for development, security, and safety so that Africans do not leave the African soil to go elsewhere simply because they want to escape one form of persecution or another, even hunger.

The Council believes that the present crop of Africa’s leadership is distant from each other and the people.  This situation has created:

1. Lack of friendship and solidarity between the leaders and among the African people.

2. Lack of cohesion in articulating development and security strategies.

3. Leaders are easily manipulated because of their selfish tendencies.

The African Solidarity Council believes that, collectively as Africans, we can turn things around.  We believe that Destiny has brought us together in a far away place for the sole purpose of forcing us to see our short-comings, and the short-comings of the continent in the areas of political, economic, educational, social, and cultural development.

To change the pathetic condition, the Council wants to:

1. Recreate and revitalize the spirit of Pan-Africanism;

2. To use the spirit of Pan-Africanism so recreated to create a new crop of African leadership that possesses:
     a.  The goal to see African nations develop into viable members of the world of           nations.
     b.  To see African nations become meaningful contributors to world’s                        economy, development, and progress.
     c.  To see Africa become meaningful in world’s defense and in the defense of           its interests.

3. Use this spirit to create an abiding friendship with one another regardless of country or tribe of origin.

4. Use this spirit to create a higher tolerance level for, and deeper patience and trust with, one another.

5. And to use this spirit to create the urgency of now. 

Any person who qualifies for membership and wishes to become a member of the African Solidarity Council shall be expected to support the guiding principles of the Council and shall abide by them.

PLEDGE

Any person who qualifies for membership and desirous of membership of the Africa Solidarity Council shall pledge support to both the Founding and the Guiding Principles of the Council;  and shall agree to abide and be guided by these principles, and to work faithfully and tirelessly towards the realization of the Council’s goals and objectives as epitomized in these principles throughout the duration of his or her membership in the Council. 

ACTIVITIES: Activities shall include the following:  

1. Resources: Development of resources and sources of funding such as grant funds, volunteers, equipment, and a building dedicated to the Council’s activities and programs.

2.  Endorsements: We seek the endorsement of our people, the African people while working for the respect of others.

3. Publicity: To make the goals, objectives, and the work of the Council known locally, nationally, and internationally, and particularly, in African countries.

4. Committees: A minimum of three Committees shall be established to work on various projects of the Council.  These are: the Social Services Committee, the Human Development Committee, and the Public Relations Committee.

VALUES

The values of the Africa Solidarity Council, Inc. shall include the following: Maintaining confidentiality of Council's records and information entrusted into its care, commitment to purpose, service to the cause, excellence in result, and integrity in achievement. 

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