About DC BUF
The DC Black United Front (DC BUF) is an organization made up of concerned and committed individuals and organizations who have united to assume responsibility for working and leading the struggle for a better life for themselves and their children. DC BUF is a broad-based organization which includes all social, political, religious and cultural sections of the Black community.
It is the young, the elderly, the students, the imprisoned, the workers, and the dropout all working together to overcome our common problems. In the words of Marcus Garvey, “Up you mighty race, you can accomplish what you will.”
Forward Ever
Backward Never
Principles of Unity
1. To struggle for self-determination, liberation and power for Black people in the United States.
2. To work in unity and common struggle with Afrikan liberation movements and people.
3. To build a politically conscious, unified, committed and effective Black mass movement.
4. To struggle to eliminate racism (including Zionism and Apartheid), sexism (the oppression, throughout the world, exploitation and inequality of women), monopoly capitalism, colonialism, neo-colonialism, imperialism and national oppression.
5. To maintain strict political and financial independence of the DC Black United Front.
6. To build unity and common struggle with oppressed people in the United Sates and throughout the world, as long as the best interests of Black people are not contradicted.
7. To continue the political/cultural revolution to create a new vision and value system and a new Black man, woman and child based on common struggle around the needs of the Black.
8. To continue to struggle, to maximize, the unity of the Black Liberation Movement and Black people; to eliminate internal violence, character assassination and self-destruction; to establish a viable process to arbitrate all major conflicts within the Black Liberation Movement and Black community.
Programs
Feed the Hood Project
A monthly survival program that provides those in need with personal hygiene products, medical supplies, food and clothing.
Black Arts Movement
By infusing activism and art, NBUF provides an outlet for artists, students and community organizers to use their talents as an outlet for the creativity side of social justice.
N'Joya Weusi Saturday School
An African Centered supplemental educational program based upon science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), as well as the cultural arts.
Mass Incarceration/Police Brutality
NBUF facilitates workshops on knowing your rights and conducts outreach directly in the community, educating people on what to do when stopped by the police. NBUF also supports political prisoners through letter writing, visitation, advocacy and financial contributions to their commissary.
Sankofa Study Circle
By infusing activism and art, NBUF provides an outlet for artists, students and community organizers to use their talents as an outlet for the creativity side of social justice.
