8 Black Panther Party Programs That Were More Empowering Than Federal Government Programs

[KOOL_G_TRAP]

bbbuutt they racist like the kkk

 

[Bunchy Carter]

Black Panther Community Programs

Black Panther Party Community Programs
1966 - 1982

1. Alameda County Volunteer Bureau Work Site

2. Benefit Counseling

3. Black Student Alliance

4. Child Development Center

5. Consumer Education Classes

6. Community Facility Use

7. Community Health Classes

8. East Oakland CIL (Center for Independent Living) Branch

9. Community Pantry (Free Food Program)

10. Drug/Alcohol Abuse Awareness Program

11. Drama Classes

12. Disabled Persons Services/Transportation and Attendant

13. Drill Team

14. Employment Referral Service

15. Free Ambulance Program

16. Free Breakfast for Children Programs

17. Free Busing to Prisons Program

18. Free Clothing Program

19. Free Commissary for Prisoners Program

20. Free Dental Program

21. Free Employment Program

22. Free Food Program

23. Free Film Series

24. Free Furniture Program

25. Free Health Clinics

26. Free Housing Cooperative Program

27. Food Cooperative Program

28. Free Optometry Program

29. Community Forum

30. Free Pest Control Program

31. Free Plumbing and Maintenance Program

32. Free Shoe Program

33. GED Classes

34. Geriatric Health Center

35. GYN Clinic

36. Home SAFE Visits

37. Intercommunal Youth Institute (becomes OCS by 1975)

38. Junior and High School Tutorial Program

39. Legal Aid and Education

40. Legal Clinic/Workshops

41. Laney Experimental College Extension Site

42. Legal Referral Service(s)

43. Liberation Schools

44. Martial Arts Program

45. Nutrition Classes

46. Oakland Community Learning Center

47. Outreach Preventative Care

48. Program Development

49. Pediatric Clinic

50. police patrols

51. Seniors Against a Fearful Environment

52. SAFE Club

53. Sickle Cell Anemia Research Foundation

54. Son of Man Temple (becomes Community Forum by 1976)

55. Sports

56. Senior Switchboard

57. The Black Panther Newspaper

58. Teen Council

59. Teen Program

60. U.C. Berkeley Students Health Program

61. V.D. Preventative Screening & Counseling

62. Visiting Nurses Program

63. WIC (Women Infants, and Children) Program

64. Youth Diversion and Probation Site

65. Youth Training and Development

 

[Luck]

This is depressing. We could only imagine the potential of this organization and other similar situations like Liberia if it wasn't for self serving black people and cacs in the US Gov't to keep things like this from blossoming.

 

[motion order]

I don't see how fraternizing with white people is any more scary than knowing theres black people who are willing to sell out they own people for a few bucks,I doubt any white person could've slipped anything into Fred Hamptons drink and be able to draw out a floorplan of his crib....And that's a good point,even though I don't agree they cant be set up,even where Panthers were careful not to break laws for that reason FBI could just have an informant set off violence from within the ranks that damaged they credibility....white people can be kept at arms length,but how do you handle c00ns that will tell everything?

Bullshyt.

The Panthers were set up by BLACK people, not White ones.

Most of the White folks the Panthers associated with ended up suffering a lot of the same fates that they did.

Mark Clark and Fred Hampton were set up by a Black plant.

The COINTELPRO program turned the Panthers and other Black organizations against each other.

That's what did them in.

I am not making assumptions on the EXACT CHAIN OF EVENTS that lead to any particular action taken against the Panthers.
What I am saying is that; white involvement and association with any movement for Black liberation, empowerment, progress, etc...
will not and can not produce true freedom justice and equality for the Blackman. Kwame Touré Muhammad aka Kwame Touré aka Stokely Carmichael had a similar belief.

The Panthers had an "it's more about class than race" ideology, as evident by their pro-communism anti-capitalism views.
This lead to involvement of people and organizations regardless of race.
I think its foolish to assume that no white associate never ever planted the seed of betrayal into a black member's ear
Or got "the ball rolling" in some way or another

 

[concise]

How did they fund they're lunch programs

A lot of the food they cooked themselves and served........They actually set up kitchens in cities all over the country....Definitely something we need to do today.....

Cooking and serving is one thing ...

but who was buying the food, oil, etc. that they were cooking?

 

[Mowgli]

Cooking and serving is one thing ...

but who was buying the food, oil, etc. that they were cooking?

don't ask don't tell

 

[Medicate]

Cooking and serving is one thing ...

but who was buying the food, oil, etc. that they were cooking?

There seems to be a POINT somewhere correct?

 

[Medicate]

Can I get a sticky?

 

[WheresWallace]

Oakland Community School (OCS)

http://www.erickahuggins.com/OCS.html

In September of 1973 Oakland Community School (OCS) opened its doors at 6118 East 14thStreet (now called International Boulevard) in East Oakland. Starting with 90 children, the school’s enrollment quickly blossomed to 150 and maintained a daunting waiting list. From that time until 1982 the school, directed by Ericka Huggins and Donna Howell, was a community focal point for the conscious development of all of the innate intelligences of the young child. Serving the extended community and its children, the educators and staff of the OCS represented a mixture of individuals: Black Panther Party members, former Oakland, San Francisco and Berkeley Unified School District teachers, as well as new teachers looking for an innovative and culturally rich learning environment to work in.

OCS advanced in the Oakland community, supported by community leaders and families, and became an identifiable and replicable educational model. The school was a critical formulation of the Black Panther Party vision that students would use their education as a stepping-stone to become world changers. Every child was appreciated for her/his innate wisdom and unique talents. A guiding and global principle of the school was The World is Our Classroom. This principle sprung from the school’s philosophy that children at OCS “will learn how, not what, to think”.

Former students of the OCS remember their own experience as a happy and transformative time in their lives. They remember that though their teachers had great academic expectations for them, they were available to speak with them about anything, from curiosity about nature to the challenges of their own families. A young mother of two, speaking about her fourth grade math class at OCS, recalled that she learned to solve Algebraic questions, through a powerful math program called Project Seed. It was at OCS, one young man said, that he learned what it means to be part of a community and be responsible for it. This understanding has remained with him throughout the years wherever he goes.

The students remember starting the day with a ten minute exercise program. Breakfast, followed by a short, school wide interactive check-in preceded the morning classes. A nutritious lunch at midday and ten minutes of meditation in the early afternoon was followed by classes for the older children and rest for the smaller ones. Dinner concluded the day and the school vans transported the children who could not walk to their homes.

The students remember their teachers and the school staff including:

Lorene Banks, Melvin dikkson, Haven Henderson, Vivette Miller, Rodney Gillead, Pam Ward, Joe Abron, Linda Dunson, Amar Casey, Steve McCutchen, Tommye Williams, Carol Granison, Charles Moffitt, Frank Kellum, Adrienne Humphrey and many more. The curriculum written by Donna and Ericka with the support of Dr. William Moore was student-centered. Math, English and Spanish language instruction, Creative Writing, Physical Education, including Martial Arts, led by Sifu Steve, was the base of the class schedule. Art, Music and Drama were also a priority. These classes culminated in school-wide performances, written by students, twice a year.

Great human beings, poets, artists and activists such as Rosa Parks, Cesar Chavez, Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Sun Ra and Richard Pryor visited and showered the students with their empowering and inspiring presence, Educators and graduate students visited as guest teachers and interns so that they could return to their town or state from as close as Sacramento and as far away as Amsterdam.

The value of the BPP education programs do not rest with what the early Liberation Schools, the Children’s House, the IYI or the OCS were able to do between 1969 and 1982. The legacy that was passed on through the vision and philosophy of the BPP, to the IYI and OCS staff continues to live on. The legacy lives in the hearts of the children who were taught then and will continue to live on in the generations of children they touch.

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

Damn we had some strong, organized brothers and sisters back then.

 

[Danie84]

How can somebody not Ovastand AmeriKKKa's nuthin' but an Evil Cave Devil bytch, when she

can eradicate an organization Cultivating/Nurturing their destitute people left haphazardly to fend for themselves

...but, her KKK (1st home-grown terrorist group) still operates without a hitch

 

[Gains]

but... but......socialism

 

[AyBrehHam Linkin]

Damn we had some strong, organized brothers and sisters back then.

but in the end we ate ourselves back then too nikka . shyt aint change

 

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

Oakland Community School (OCS)

It's crazy how in cases like this Black business people and celebrities and politicians don't support stuff like this

 

[Medicate]

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