The purpose of the National Alumni Association of the Black Panther Party (NAABPP) is to promote and sustain the legacy of the Black Panther Party, to provide information, resources and linkages to advance and promote community organizing, to support social and criminal justice, youth development, education initiatives, advocacy and programs.
The idea came to fruition on the weekend of Nov. Steve Long: The National Alumni Association of the Black Panther Party was an idea put forth by several rank and file members along with some of the founding members of the original Black Panther Party. JR: What is the National Alumni Association of the Black Panther Party? When was it founded? And by who? The Party’s survival programs were carried out by dedicated young men and women – lots of us were only teenagers – some of whom made the ultimate sacrifice and some of whom are wrongly incarcerated collectively, BPP political prisoners and prisoners of war have served over 800 years. There were many programs in many of the major cities around the country. These programs were carried out by dedicated young men and women – lots of us were only teenagers – some of whom made the ultimate sacrifice and some of whom are wrongly incarcerated collectively, BPP political prisoners and prisoners of war have served over 800 years.
free breakfast for school children, free clothing and shoes programs, free pest control, free health clinics, busing to prisons, etc. The implementation of the Party’s survival programs, i.e. Many of the issues raised in the 10 Point Program are still very applicable today, a prime example of which is the rise of police murders of Black, Brown and poor people. This document speaks to lots of the ills of the country and offered up solutions. Steve Long: I believe one of the greatest contributions of the Party was the 10 Point Platform and Program. JR: What were the greatest contributions of the Black Panther Party? I started out working on the free breakfast for school children program and selling the party’s newspaper, The Black Panther. I had been hearing about the Panthers while still in high school and went to some rallies for the NY 21 at 1 Center St. I joined the Black Panther Party in August of 1969. Steve Long: I was born and raised in Brooklyn, in Fort Greene projects.
Steve Long, Black Panther – Photo: Yale University archives JR: When, where and how did you get involved with the Black Panther Party?
Today Long is the communications director of the National Alumni Association of the Black Panther Party and is gearing up for the annual Tupac Shakur Birthday Tribute/NAABPP fundraiser, which will be held on June 14 at Yoshi’s in San Francisco.Ĭheck out what Steve Long has to say in his own words about the Black Panther Party and The National Alumni Association of the Black Panther Party … Steve Long was in his teens when he joined the Black Panther Party in New York City in ‘69. Newton and Bobby Seale, in October of 1966, the Black Panther Party is one of the monumental eras in the history of the United States when Black people organized to provide much needed services to the Black community and to fight a sustained battle against this genocidal system that sees the masses of the Black community as wage slaves, prison slaves or walking targets.
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