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BLACKSTAR RESOURCE LIBRARY

Welcome to the Resource Library, designed to provide you with electronic resources related to grassroots activism/community-building, Passion Platforms and more. If you would like to add your document or toolkit to our "living library" we would love to hear from you. Should we decide to link/post your material we will be happy to add the appropriate authorship credits.

Click Title to Download BlackstarVillage Member Starter Guide
File Size/Type: 36 KB (JPG)
This user-friendly guide will help you navigate and master the Blackstar platform. Includes: understanding Blackstar lingo, creating/growing a base, how to get engaged and FAQs.

Click Title to Download Blackstar Manifesto
File Size/Type: 436 KB (PDF)
Power emanates from the people. Not top-down. It comes from an unflinching and organized people with self-determination. Download our two page Manifesto to learn more about our views.


Click Title to Download Blackstar Buy Black Guide
File Size/Type: 396 KB (PDF)
Currently, only five pennies per dollar is spent in our own communities with Black businesses. As a result, our money is not recycled amongst each other and few if any dollars are available for community reinvest-ment. This leads to social problems where we live and often go to school.

Click Title to Download Universal Declaration of Human Rights
File Size/Type: Third-party Link
Here you will find the most comprehensive collection of translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted in 1948. Over 337 different language versions are available in HTML, PDF and graphical forms. Great resource for activists, teachers and individuals interested in human rights.

Click Title to Download US Patriot Act of 2001
File Size/Type: Third-party Link
Full text of the highly controversial act created by the United States government.


Click Title to Download Using the Internet for Organizing
File Size/Type: Third-party Link
Resource for those interested in using the Internet for social activism.

Request for BlackstarVillage Speakers
Key representatives from BlackstarVillage are available to speak on a variety of topics, including how technology, social activism and entrepreneurship, music, media and Pan-Africanism can be used to spark social change.

Sample Speakers Titles:
* Social Media Powering Social Change
* Hip Hop & The Media: A Tool for Empowerment and Social Activism
* Social Entrepreneurship: Powering Social Change with Innovation

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