Last year, I remember Roland Martin answering an accountability question making the announcement that participants should look to his website for ongoing reports on what various organizers, activists, and other key participants were doing around the country leading up to this years upcoming convention in April in New York. Since April of last year Chicago organizers have held strategic meetings every 90 days on our activities last April through The Black Wall Street Chicago organization. I think Rev. Sharpton posted ONE update, but I cant remember Roland Martin posting ANY and I know that I make it a point to send all of our mobilization updates to Roland, Tom Joyner, Warren Ballentine, Hermene Hartman, George Curry, Dr. Boyce Watkins as well as Rev. Sharpton, Rev. Jackson and others and I have not seen any of those leadership initiatives publicly shared through these key participants, while I make it my business to repost their positions on my e-blasts, news blogs, and organizational events.

If we who Rev. Sharpton chose for various leadership positions do not have an operational united front, then how do we have the kind of grassroots support needed to get anything of substance from The Obama Administration.? In Chicago, The Urban League is having a Summit that the grassroots communities they seek to empower cant even afford to attend with its $75 to $150 ticket prices. The first thing we need to be “measuring” is how we communicate and support each other before we can have the strength to win real grassroots victories of substance. I hope that we do more listening to each other.