BBRP Exec Summary 2021

The Silent Task force/Black Brilliance Research Project

Executive Summary 2021

"To be clear we most definitely serve our community but we also serve anyone in need."
~ The Silent Task Force

Recommendations

Crisis and Well-Being:

Increase access to multidisciplinary healthcare
Address systemic food scarcity and the lack of nutritious foods available in under-resourced neighborhoods by funding farmer markets, family/woman/BIPOC-owned restaurants and local grocery stores, especially in food deserts
Supply disaster response kits

Economic Development:

Increase minimal wage to livable wage
Fund entrepreneurial training
Provide scholarships

Housing and Physical Spaces:

Build quality sustainable affordable housing (not housing projects) in historic BIPOC neighborhoods in King County
Cultivate an adequate supply of transitional housing in King County
Streamline the process to obtain various housing support (section 8, transitional etc.)
Include community space in intergenerational community housing (rec rooms, yards, etc.)

Mental Health:

Implement non-violent crisis response teams
Police should not be leads on non-violent calls, esp. re: mental health issues

Youth:

Develop youth employment opportunities
Build supplemental community resources to support families

The Silent Task Force
Black Brilliance Research Project Researchers

TSTF is an artistic team of healers, tech geeks, case managers, organizers, advocates, strategists and so so much more. Many on this team reflect the black community historically and currently, we are very thoughtful about the research we have conducted and been a part of. Our focus of research is the Indigenous African American Community countywide young, elder and middle of the road. Our team has personally felt the pangs of over policing, economic disenfranchisement, domestic abuse, systemic oppression and more. TSTF's goal is to amplify the black community’s voice through a custom made and approved survey, focus groups, interviews, service and delivery of desperately needed supplies and resources. To be clear we definitely serve our community but we also serve anyone in need.