Emmanuel Barbee is the founder and president of the Grass Roots Community Activist Movement. He created GRCAM on November 10th 1991 on a site called Gopher in order to connect with other like-minded Black People, African Immigrants, Afro-Brazilian/Afro-Latinos and Afro-Caribbean to discuss social issues in America and throughout the Diaspora as well as on the African continent. He felt that Pan Africanism was not living up to what it was claimed to do for the past 168 years. Emmanuel Barbee decided to offer a new movement in Black America and throughout the African diaspora. He is a Black American born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He is a professional blogger, an online talkshow host of "Help Stop The Genocide of American Ghettos Podcast" He host his show in order to interact with everyone on his friends list and people in his Social groups who are business owners, church leaders and people that have special talents to share their information with his listeners from the global community. After the show he offers his guest speakers an incentive by teaching them how to create their own podcast & Youtube channel to help them earn extra revenue. In addition, he also assist them with finding college grants/scholarships, he teach them how to create a free website for their business/ministries and with finding legal services all for free.
He's also an upcoming Social Entrepreneur, a Film Maker in progress and a new Urban Author of the book "The Solution For Black America: Reclaiming, Rebuilding, And Restoring The Urban Ghettos In America" second edition available on Amazon. It’s available in two forms an E-Book and a Paperback.
This book is the foundation of his virtual Christian business GRCAM. It's three books in one first, it’s an auto-biography about his personal life experience growing up in the inner city of Chicago. Secondly, he discusses the past, present and future situation for Black Americans. He offers a 21st Century plan on how his future Christian business the Grass Roots Community Activist Institute of Chicago will help eradicate urban violence in Chicago through Arts, Culture, Commerce, Spiritual Development and hosting African tours to 10 African nations they are as follows: South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Angola, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Nigeria. The Caribbean places would consist of the Bahamas, Barbados, Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad. As well as Brazil,
It's our hope that (GRCAI of Chicago) the Grass Roots Community Activist Institute of Chicago will become a world class institution that equips Black Entrepreneurs and individuals using the principles from my revised book to help create more Black Businesses and transform desolate environments into flourishing communities for the glory of God.
GRCAI of Chicago Mission:
To eradicate urban violence in Chicago through the Arts, Culture, Commerce, Spiritual Development and hosting African and Caribbean tours. In addition, we aim to promote economic opportunities in the African American community and the African Immigrant community by being an advocate and resource for GRCAM Members and Students. We will promote our members businesses through marketing initiatives, public relation campaigns, and cooperative advertising that reach local, regional, national, and global markets. GRCAI of Chicago will function as a support system that will empower the African American community and the African Immigrant community both socially and economically. We will highlight members businesses at networking events and in our monthly newsletter. Our tourism component will help drive tourism to Chicago. As a voice of advocacy for the African American community and the African Immigrant community GRCAI of Chicago will build a strong foundation for our programs and services. We will strengthen our ties to the community at large through educational workshops/seminars and neighborhood initiatives that benefit everyone.
GRCAM Membership Once we're able to move from behind a computer and have access to a physical building then we will offer different membership levels that best suit your needs.
Basic Membership: (Bronze) Includes access to all networking, educational and annual events. Networking Membership: (Silver) This level will provide a cost effective way to attend all networking events. It will include two tickets to our annual Party.
Entrepreneur Membership: (Gold Platinum)
This level will provide access to our headquarters so that you could use our conference rooms for large meetings.
Our Vision:
To help accelerate Black businesses within the African American community and help them to expand globally in order to strengthen their participation in, and impact on, the economy.
GRCAI of Chicago envisions a diverse world where all business owners have an equitable opportunity to compete and succeed in the global marketplace and achieve economic independence.
GRCAI of Chicago values knowledgeable, prepared, and diverse African culture that is results-oriented, supportive, and progressive; innovation, responsiveness, and relevancy; community advocacy for policies that will benefit the African American community and the African Immigrant community.
GRCAI of Chicago will be committed to strengthening the Black Family and the African American community by assisting Single Black Mothers and Single Black Fathers with basic resources and quality programs and services such as Parenting, Information Technology, Blockchain Technology, Coding, Electricians, Petroleum Engineers, Landscaping, Creating Black Empowerment Films, Oil Painting and Journalism. We also plan on offering an Associate Degree and Vocational Training. GRCAI of Chicago will help prioritize our goals such as securing our neighborhood and protecting our women and children. We will offer stipends for black youth who will act in our Black Empowerment Films, Music videos and Stage Plays pending on our budget and sponsorship. We will also offer a Second Chance program for former Gang Members, Ex-Offenders of non-violent crimes and Homeless Individuals within the community. GRCAI of Chicago will be a multi-purpose facility, functioning as a Nonprofit as well as a For Profit business. GRCAI of Chicago will operate under 9 separate functions under one roof.
1. Social Service component
2. Spiritual component (optional for secular people)
3. Political component
4. Entertainment component
5. Entrepreneur component
6. Health and Wellness component
7. Black Media component (New Black Voices of Media)
8. Science and Technology component
9. Travel and Tourism component
Under the For Profit Service Business Sector: which will be known as the Red Zone we will offer state-of-the-art recreational center which will have bowling, high ropes adventure, captivating game rooms featuring the latest video and amusement, stylish billiards, energetic dance rooms and quality restaurants, various businesses, onsite childcare and an onsite music recording studio for our members and students making documentary films and stage plays. In addition, we will host family friendly activities including combination deals, birthday parties, weddings and corporate parties/events.
Under the Nonprofit Cooperative: which will be known as the Green Zone. GRCAI of Chicago will be governed by an Advisory Board. GRCAI of Chicago will be membership based and operated for the mutual benefit of our members. Also, any earnings we make are returned to our members in the forms of lower prices through our quality programs and services. We will assist our members with their utility bills pending on our budget and sponsorship. We will offer lite groceries through our food pantry and tutorial services for Black Youth and their families.
We will practice group economics in real time by pooling our resources together in order to create and control our own Community Healthcare Center, Community Grocery Store and Community Housing this will be group economics in action. GRCAI of Chicago will help benefit Africa because we will form an alliance with African Immigrants in the United States of America starting in Chicago. In each African nation we will visit we will match Black Entrepreneurs with African Entrepreneurs, Black Artist with African Artist so that we can do international trade among our people. We also plan on setting up local chapters in each African nation we visit. Our objective is to unite middle class, working class and underclass Africans with the Diaspora and viceversa.
The Grass Roots Community Activist Movement is an interactive online Christian socialist organization. GRCAM is about Kingdom Building, Global Black Unity, and Black Economic Empowerment in order to solve Black issues within the African American Community and throughout the African Diaspora in the 21st Century. For Emmanuel Barbee Christian socialism is an authentic form of Christianity.
A Christian socialist is a form of socialism based on the teachings of Jesus. We believe that capitalism is idolatrous and rooted in greed, social inequality, and institutionalized racism which most Christian denominations consider a mortal sin. We will focus on what we stand for: Love, Compassion, Social Justice, and Liberation Theology. Jesus told us to focus on the lease of these in society according to Matthew 25:35–40. He also commanded us to be a witness to others not just for us to read his word, but to activate social change in the world according to Matthew 28: 16–20. We will be committed to the healing ministry of Jesus by showing compassion to inner city youth and their families which will promote dignity to the people and community we will serve. We will promote an authentic form of Christianity which is for me Christian Socialism. We emphasize the importance of morals and character development for both Christians and Non-Christians.
We will also focus on strengthening the Black Family while improving the African American community by focusing on solving black issues on a domestic front and on an international front. Emmanuel Barbee has been paying out of pocket to secure his business title (GRCAI of Chicago) since 2010. His revised book is barely selling and items on his virtual store are barely selling. This film project is Emmanuel Barbee's last attempt to try to do something positive for his racial group "Black Americans" before he cut and run to Africa to set up his Christian business.
His film (Hood Liberator Made In Chicago: The War Against Willie Lynch Begins) is a solution base docu-drama which is based on his revised book and his life experience growing up in the inner cities of Chicago and the purpose why he created GRCAM. This is our Black Panther moment except it's not owned by Disney it's owned by GRCAM members. We want to get this film in front of five hundred million people worldwide. GRCAM is Emmanuel Barbee's gift to Black Millennials, Generation Z and his group members worldwide. It's Emmanuel Barbee's hope that GRCAM will become a multi-million dollar franchise just like McDonald's and expand to every inner city in America God willing.
The purpose of all of this is to gather like minded Black Americans and like minded African Immigrants in America to work with him in building a black institution for our Black Youth & their families in Chicago for credibility to let the Black World know who we are and to make a positive impact in the African American community and build an alliance with the African Immigrant community before we expand to the African continent.
Emmanuel wants to do more than just news and social commentaries but without financial support from the Black Grassroots and the Global African Family then he is unable to do his God given assignment and that is to build the Grass Roots Community Activist Institute of Chicago. This is a Nehemiah assignment. The proceeds from his film will help put Emmanuel Barbee in a better position financially so that we can purchase property in Chicago, buy office equipment and to hire qualified Black Middle Class professionals and African Immigrants within the surrounding areas of Chicago and across the United States of America. This will also allow Emmanuel to do all of the things which he has been speaking about for the past 32 years.
For 32 years Black Chicago has rejected and overlooked Emmanuel Barbee's vision and plan, they have taken him for joke this is why Emmanuel has turned to social media to spread his vision and plan beyond Black Chicago in order to reach the Black masses. Emmanuel Barbee challenge any Black Politician male or female, any Black Preacher male or female within the United States of America to come on his platform and debate with him on camera. He's not running for public office, instead he is trying to build his own Black Institution that will provide jobs for Black Youth, African Youth while at the same time improving the communities that will receive his Christian organization GRCAI of Chicago. Emmanuel Barbee refuses to be ignored and this is what he wants to be remembered for trying to do something while excluding negative small minded Black People that's full of Willie Lynch. His Christian business will be membership based, those who are non-members we will pray for them, show them tough love and keep it movin.
Emmanuel Barbee does not operate like the next Black Man, he has his own style and way of doing things. He wants the Black World to know there is a new movement on the scene and GRCAM members worldwide will take the lead in solving our social issues domestically within the United States of America and internationally in Africa, the Caribbean and Brazil. Emmanuel Barbee advocates the separation from Off Code Negroes, Con Artist, the Black Boule, Urban Terrorist, Harden Criminals, Degenerates and Pedophiles. Once GRCAI of Chicago is established then they will hold mandatory orientation for local residents on the Westside of Chicago and eventually on the Southside of Chicago. Everyone will be vetted or screened, everyone must pass their criminal background check, sign the community pledge and submit their thumb print so that we can keep tabs on who is doing what within the business. Anyone who tries to change our focus which is to "solve Black Issues" within the African American community at the grassroots level will get two warnings. The third time that person or persons will have their name, photo ID and Address placed on our Judas list for everyone to see and they will be barred for life this is how Emmanuel gets down.
We are raising the bar in Black America, Africa, the Caribbean and Brazil. No corruption will take place in this business. Non-Black sympathizers are welcome to join us not as groups but as individuals because no one is stomping hard for Descendants of American Slaves to obtain reparations harder than us. We also stomp for an Anti-Black Hate Crime Bill. Emmanuel predicts that if Black America does not embrace his vision and plan by 2050 Black Americans as a collective will become a permanent underclass in America. He is best known for his podcast commentaries on social media. #NotAnother32Years, #M1 #GRCAMONTHESCENE
My Credibility * My Amazon Author Page (Please Subscribe & Share) https://www.amazon.com/Solution-Black-America-Reclaiming-Rebuilding-ebook/dp/B0742DGC2P?ref_=ast_author_dp * Our revised GoFundMe Page (Please Donate & Share) https://www.gofundme.com/f/grcai-of-chicago-film-project-hood-liberator-2024 * Our PayPal Giving Fund Page (Please Donate To Our Film Project) The Grass Roots Community Activist Institute of Chicago is a 501(c)(3) non-profit faith base and community advocacy organization (Federal Tax ID number 83–4593279). All donations are deductible for U.S. citizens to the full extent allowed by law. https://www.paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=HNQBCT53D6WBC * GRCAM Virtual Store we sell merchandise such as COVID Facemask, Coffee Mugs, Posters, Handbag and T-shirts. All proceeds will go towards our film project. https://teespring.com/stores/grcam-online-store?page=1 * Help Stop The Genocide In American Ghettos Podcast (Please Subscribe & Share) https://anchor.fm/emmanuel-barbee * My Youtube Channel (Please Subscribe & Share) https://www.youtube.com/@EmmanuelBarbee/
