30 Days to a Black Female Political Action Committee

In the US, a political action committee, or PAC, is the name commonly given to a private group, regardless of size, organized to elect or defeat government officials or to promote or defeat legislation. Legally, what constitutes a "PAC" for purposes of regulation is a matter of state and federal law. Under the Federal Election Campaign Act, an organization becomes a "political committee" by receiving contributions or making expenditures in excess of $1,000 for the purpose of influencing a federal election. (source)

Last night on The Queens' Council, we talked at length about how the needs and concerns of black women have not been prioritized by either feminist groups or by civil rights organizations.

Isn't it time that the sisters came to the realization that we must create a new organizations geared toward our needs exclusively? How many more years and decades are we going to brilliantly and eloquently define the problem space, only to walk away from the discussion empty-handed, shaking our fists at organizations which use us for our firepower and then diminish our concerns?

It is time for Queens to strike out on our own. In 30 days, a legal framework will be established that will be designed to use every political, social and economic weapon to make the improvement of black female experience a top priority in America.

Are the sisters finished venting now? Are we ready to get up, start planning for the future, and to begin moving forward powerfully?

The goal will be the promotion of The Black Women's Agenda. Together, we will locate or craft legislation that will help us make America a more hospitable environment for Black women. It can be done. It must be done. It will be done.

We must use our command of the spoken and written word to educate and enlist our sisters to engage the political process in ways that directly benefit them FIRST. We should join and participate in civil rights organizations and women's groups as a block of people, with preconditions that must be prioritized and met within a certain time frame.

So start talking to your sisters online and offline now. Time is of the essence. There will not be a season that is so uniquely suited to what we are doing than right now, at this moment. The nexus of race and gender have taken center stage in the public discourse, and shame on us if we do not use this to our advantage.

Let's pull this thing together.