The Covenant In Action

by Tavis Smiley (Foreword), PolicyLink (Collaborator), The Jamestown Project (Collaborator)

The Covenant in Action  was developed to continue the inspirational spirit of the Covenant With Black America and to empower people to take effective action to achieve THE Covenant goals.  The information, tools, and ideas presented in  The Covenant in Action  will enable and inspire people to become agents of change in their respective communities and to become partners in a larger Covenant movement. The Covenant in Action  is organized into three (1) stories about the projects and actions that everyday people have undertaken over the past year that were inspired by the Covenant With Black America; (2) motivational essays from young Black activists who are on the ground impacting their environments; and (3) a toolkit outlining steps you can take to organize, connect, and act.  The toolkit contains not only traditional action strategies, but includes innovative approaches to organizing and community building that will result in stronger, more bonded communities that are reflective of their history and past experiences.  The Covenant With Black America was only the first step.   The Covenant in Action  toolkit will prime and prepare individuals and communities to actually move the Covenant book into action.  

Genres: Nonfiction

216 pages, Paperback

First published January 18, 2007

About the author

Tavis Smiley is an American talk show host and author. Smiley was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, and grew up in Bunker Hill, Indiana. After attending Indiana University, he worked during the late 1980s as an aide to Tom Bradley, the mayor of Los Angeles.
Smiley became a radio commentator in 1991 and, starting in 1996, he hosted the talk show BET Talk (later renamed BET Tonight with Tavis Smiley) on Black Entertainment Television (BET). After Smiley sold an exclusive interview of Sara Jane Olson to ABC News in 2001, BET declined to renew his contract that year. Smiley then began hosting The Tavis Smiley Show on National Public Radio (NPR) (2002–04) and hosted Tavis Smiley on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) on weekdays and The Tavis Smiley Show on Public Radio International (PRI) from 2004 until 2017.
Smiley had an employment dispute with PBS in December 2017 which resulted in his suing PBS for wrongful termination. Smiley is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of SmileyAudioMedia, Inc. headquartered in Los Angeles. Since June 2021 he has served as Chief Visionary Officer for his radio station, KBLA Talk 1580.

Reviews

[Marilyn Diamond · Rating 5 out of 5]

We as a Community Action class preparing for the unbelievable nomination and election of the Historical 43rd President Barak Obama. As a class we tore this novel apart and set up workshops to look to the future as a manifesto of the future of being Black in America. We supported more supermarkets and real estate offices owned by Black people in Black neighborhoods. We provided employment to our youth and incarcerated. We had our own banks, travel agencies, doctors offices and homes. The exception was that this was not our reality. Great novel with geniune ideas.

[Shawn Moffett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Spread the word!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Eric Searcy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think that this is a good read and it has a lots of insight.