KERNER COMMISSION 2.0
: To lift and sustain Black people within middle-class America.
Kerner Commission 2.0 will develop a long- overdue path of opportunity for economic freedom and prosperity by demolishing the concerted efforts of exclusion, discrimination, systematic racism, and overt suppression. We will pick up the mantel of the original eleven Kerner Commissioners of 1968, and carry on our shoulders hope, opportunity, and promise for a future of true equality.
Through key partnerships with Simmons College of Kentucky, Kentucky State University, and other relevant stakeholders, we implore Louisville to adopt a 25-year- commitment to:
Prepare, train, and employ Black educators, annually, for teaching career tracks across public and private K-12 school systems.
Increase the type and number of scholarships available for Black students to attend (and maintain enrollment at) Kentucky’s HBCUs.
Develop and sustain career pathways to promote a thriving middle class in Louisville.
Utilize the soon-to-be developed Black Asset Map as a means to advance economic equity for Black Louisvillians; integrate the same in the execution of Louisville’s future economic and community development strategic priorities.
Establish a deeper relationship with, and support of, Kentucky’s two HBCUs.
