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Access to health care and quality education are necessary means to alleviate the burdens of poverty. The primary focus of Equal As One is to provide initial assistance to poverty-stricken communities to setup healthcare centers and schools, then help these communities organize to sustain these institutions themselves. Equal As One embraces interdependence as a fundamental philosophy of life; no matter how absolute, separate or self-sufficient, people or aspects of life may seem, everything and everyone depends on something else. This philosophy inspires us to view every human being as equal, and as kin. They need each other. This will be the philosophy they hope to promote as we bring community members together to build sustainable and enduring institutions that add value to their lives.

Our mission is to provide educational services to people who are in need in Shelby County. Re-entry reporting is a separate component that we offer to inmates at the Shelby County Government: Divisions of Corrections before exiting the compound. Our goal is to empower and serve the greater good in Shelby County but are not limited to the needs of our city. We are investing in the citizens of Shelby County, City of Memphis and our next generation of youth and adult leaders. Our focus is helping families, the homeless, inmates incarcerated, and newly exiting offender population in need. We provide support, transitional services, staffing, operations, and management for Cooling/Warming Centers, Emergency aid and short term shelter options. Efforts are successful with community partners, sponsors, grants, fundraising, donations, food drives, coat drives, clothing, gently used furniture and so forth. We promote self-sufficiency, health & wellness, educational and advocacy programs. LHTF operates under four key values: Respect, Integrity, Compassion and Excellence.

Communities In Schools (CIS) is the nation’s leading dropout prevention organization, with a mission to surround students with a community of support empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. For more than 30 years, CIS has connected needed community resources with schools. By bringing caring adults and a wide variety of services into schools to address children’s unmet needs, CIS provides a linkbetween educators and the community. The results of CIS’s model are that teachers are free to teach and students, many at risk of dropping out, have the opportunity to focus on learning. To help students stay in school, we identify and bring together in one place – public schools – all the resources and services available in the community that kids need to be successful. These services vary from one community to the next and from state to state and address specific needs such as academic support, mentoring, health care, family strengthening, career development, summer and after-school programs, alternative education models, and service learning. Today, the CIS network is comprised of nearly 5,000 passionate professionals working in close to 200 local affiliate nonprofits in 27 states and the District of Columbia, as well as 53,000 community volunteers, serving 1.2 million young people in more than 2,400 schools around the nation.

G-d willing, we will continue developing and building upon our seventy plus year history in the nation’s capitol, as contributors to the nation and the globe. we certainly, as G-d conscious people, are to promote the oneness of G-d and the excellence and commonality of the human family and have that serve as our foundation to produce a model, stable, productive, and balanced islamic community as taught and demonstrated by prophet muhammad (PBUH). The needs, interest and aspiration of our members, those in our association, and all G-d conscious people will greatly benefit in this movement toward a national community. The nation’s mosque, Masjid Muhammad is strategically located in the nation’s capital, which is a national and international platform that represents the good sentiments, aspirations, healthy concerns and interest of all the people. The nation’s mosque, Masjid Muhammad is situated to engage leaders from faith based organizations, government institutions, business, and diplomatic establishments. We work hand in hand to strengthen our nations collective life, religion, education, job creation, national and international business opportunities, health and human services, housing, senior care, and neighborhood excellence is part of that collective life. we meet with leaders presenting a collective voice on behalf of and in the interest of our collective life. These leaders are not concerned about individual representation but rather our reach and ability to communicate to our national association. It is our aspiration to continue our out-reach to our national association who are interested in exploring opportunities, international or otherwise, and may require contacting or meeting with select government officials, non-government and or international officials in the nation’s capital. We are here to support their efforts and strengthen our unity and representation in the nation’s capital, for the purpose of our collective community, platform, movement, and national aspiration for freedom, justice and equality.

The mission of the Morning Star Center (MSCAFRICA) is to bring hope and development to the Heart of Africa. MSCAFRICA is a nonpartisan, nonprofit institution devoted expressly to providing social improvement services to underprivileged and impoverished communities. It is our mission to begin with those in the most need. Social Progress requires intervention in several different areas of life, therefore the Morning Star Center will provide many different yet related services to invigorate and inspire social progress. A summary of the different services is provided below. Education: Social progress depends heavily on the development of knowledge and intelligence.  Morning Star Center will provide education through classroom training for all levels of learners: children, adolescents, and adults. A primary goal of the Center's education services is to educate the impoverished children of Africa who, without the Center's services, would be left unable to read, write, or advance in society. The education at the Center will be theoretically based yet practically oriented integrating the latest in business and technology. Healthcare: Social Progress is impossible when a population is faced with debilitating and devastating diseases. A large degree of the health care problem in Africa emanates from simple deficiencies. Morning Star Center will provide basic vaccinations, medications, and information to prevent and treat widespread yet curable diseases. Technology Center: Social Progress is heavily reliant on technology. Morning Star Center will provide not only technical education to students but also serve as a distribution and information center for technological advancement with the community. Local businesses and families will be encouraged to use a technology provided by Morning Star Center as well as obtain lessons about improving production and lifestyle improvement through technology. MSCAFRICA strives to serve African communities by providing education, healthcare, technological, and other social services to everybody, especially the poor. All people are at birth equal and when provided the minimal foundations of education, healthcare, technology, and other services all people are capable of improving their quality of life. It is the basic mission of Morning Star Center for Social Progress to provide that foundation to needy communities in Africa.

To deliver a superior moral and academic education to young Virgin Islanders. To instill in its students an active respect for people of all faiths and backgrounds. To promote independence, self-worth, physical health, spiritual awareness and responsible citizenship within a nurturing, faith-based environment connected to cultural and community roots.

Holland Hall was chartered in 1930, following its founding as a college preparatory school for girls in 1922. In its seventy-five year history, Holland Hall has grown from 60 students and eight teachers to a school of nearly 1,000 students and more than 180 faculty, teacher's assistants and staff. Its mission of teaching a challenging college preparatory education while giving attention to the individual student has remained central throughout its history. Proud of its college preparatory tradition, 100% of its graduates are routinely accepted to college while benefiting from a "state-of-the-art" progressive educational philosophy. In a decision aimed at focusing Holland Hall's community on our commonly held values and beliefs, the Board of Trustees has recently adopted the following Mission Statement and Essential Qualities of a Holland Hall Graduate: MISSION: Holland Hall provides a challenging, comprehensive educational experience grounded in a rigorous liberal arts, college preparatory curriculum that promotes critical thinking and life-long learning. A PreK-12 Episcopal school, we seek to foster in each student a strong moral foundation and a deep sense of social responsibility. ESSENTIAL QUALITIES: MORAL ? Possess integrity, ethical standards, and compassion ? Exhibit respect and sensitivity for others ? Cherish the humanity in all people and treat them equitably INTELLECTUAL ?? Think critically and communicate effectively ?? Possess intellectual curiosity and an enthusiasm for learning ?? Demonstrate appropriate knowledge and skill foundation for academic success in college ?? Have an appreciation for and experience in the arts KNOWLEDGE OF SELF ?? Acquire a foundation for decision-making that is healthy, balanced, and respectful ?? Value perseverance and hard work, and recognize the potential for growth from adversity ?? Pursue health of mind, body, and spirit ?? Know how to collaborate and compete with grace and to lead as well as to follow ?? Possess the self-discipline, self-awareness, and time management capability to be successful in post-secondary school life and beyond CITIZENSHIP ?? Share responsibility for the environment ?? Live as a cooperative, compassionate, and engaged member of local and global communities ?? Have a commitment to social responsibility and service