Building the Maryland Pan Afrikan Cooperative Coalition in Maryland
The Maryland Pan Afrikan Cooperative Coalition is building right now. The work is far from complete. We have been meeting on Zoom on a monthly basis since January 2022, getting to know each other and proposing ideas for projects and agreements that we all can embrace together, including support for Black Media, developing and coordinating grassroots-led community-education initiatives, proposing agreements for mutual and community protection and planning and holding three community Town Hall-style events in East Baltimore in the summer of 2024 after concerns about the COVID Pandemic had finally lessened. The organizations listed below and others are connected to that Coalition, but there are many other organizations that are not yet part of it, and their involvement and input are most welcome and needed if we are to achieve truth, justice and righteousness in our society. In short, we are building this Coalition, but we have a long way to go before we accomplish that which we seek.
Grassroots Organizing:
Sixth Region Diaspora Caucus (SRDC)
Spirituality:
Souls of Life Society
Pan-Afrikan Media:
The National Black Unity News
Africa500 Radio
KUUMBAReport
People-Centered Political Organizing:
Ujima Peoples Progress Party (UPP)
Revolutionary Pan Afrikan Organizing:
Organization of All Afrikan Unity (OAAU-BPC)
Elder Guidance:
Maryland Council of Elders (MCOE)
Prison Outreach:
Aging People in Prison Human Rights Campaign (APP-HRC)
International Pan-Afrikanism:
Sixth Region Diaspora Caucus (SRDC)
A more involved discussion of the “Spokes of the Wheel” Pan Afrikan Cooperative Coalition concept, one that can be utilized by our communities everywhere, can be found in our “Spokes of the Wheel” article.
An article on several Baltimore-area Unity Discussions that have been held in the early summer of 2026 to work on building cooperation among Pan Afrikan and Black grassroots organizations can be found here.
For more information on the Maryland Pan Afrikan Cooperative Coalition and how you or your organization can become involved, please write an email to cliff@kuumbareport.com.