North Carolina Fair Share CDC is a nonprofit corporation that was formed in December of 2012 due to the need for substantial change in our community. We recognize that this change can only occur as a result of the people’s desire for change. It is NCFS CDC’s sincere belief that one leader can change the world if properly prepared and supported. NCFS CDC is devoted to the education of North Carolin
ian’s surrounding issues affecting them and identifying methods of addressing those issues. NCFS CDC will identify and train community leaders to promote interdependent community development principles to enrich the community. NCFSCDC believes the solution for the problems encountered by our community can be found within our community. Our training sessions and program implementation will allow us to collect data, conduct and publish research in order to expose the pertinent issues affecting our community while simultaneously demonstrating practical solutions to these problems. NCFS CDC will provide the following programming:
1) Leadership Identification and Development
- Youth Programs
- Adult Programs
- Elder Programs
2) Public Education Sessions/Seminars/Conferences (on issues and solutions)
3) Community Development & Enterprise Implementation- The creation of for-profit or non-profit ventures that move individuals and the community towards economic wholeness and provide practical solutions to barriers that deny people the ability to thrive.
- Financial Planning; Securities Investment; Tax preparation
- Land acquisition and sustainable community development
- Access to health care (Obama Care Education)
- Creation of healthy food systems to address food deserts
Values Statement
To accomplish our vision of building a thriving interdependent community cultured nation of leaders and families, NCFS CDC’s work is rooted in the core values and principles of the “Nguzu Saba”. Umoja (Unity)
To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation and race. Kujichagulia (Self-Determination)
To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves. Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility)
To build and maintain our community together and make our brother's and sister's problems our problems and to solve them together. Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics)
To build and maintain our own stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them together. Nia (Purpose)
To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness. Kuumba (Creativity)
To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it. Imani (Faith)
To believe with all our heart in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders and the righteousness and victory of our struggle. ¬ Maulana Karenga
In order to create this community culture of love, integrity, justice and common good we desire, we will identify and develop leaders that are willing to take responsibility for implementing the change needed. These leaders will then be provided the training and support so that their ideas are nurtured from thought to reality. Through this application NCFS CDC will be able to develop systems of change that can be duplicated and implemented in other communities facing similar challenges. We recognize that the idea needed to transform our world into everything we desire it to be rests in the minds and determination of our community members.
