THE CA BLACK POWER NETWORK IS THE CULMINATION OF PREVIOUS CALLS PROJECTS THE CALIFORNIA BLACK CENSUS AND REDISTRICTING HUB (BLACK HUB, 2019-2021) AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROJECT (AACEP, 2016-2018). IN 2022, THE ORGANIZATION WAS IN THE PLANNING STAGE FOR ITS ACTIVITIES. CBPN'S CURRENT COALITION INCLUDES NEARLY 40 BLACK-LED AND BLACK-SERVING COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TOGETHER IN UNITY AND STRATEGIC COLLABORATION AND COVERS 13 COUNTIES ACROSS 6 REGIONS OF THE STATE (INCLUDING THE BAY AREA, SACRAMENTO VALLEY, CENTRAL VALLEY, INLAND EMPIRE, LOS ANGELES, AND SAN DIEGO). WHILE CBPN PLANS TO ENGAGE ALL SEGMENTS OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN OUR WORK, WE WILL ESPECIALLY FOCUS ON THOSE MOST MARGINALIZED AND DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED -- THAT IS, CURRENT AND FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE, IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES, THOSE EXPERIENCING HOUSELESSNESS AND HOUSING INSECURITY, AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR PARENTS -- ACROSS KEY ISSUES.
