Presentation by Salih Muhammad at the Black Student Leadership Training

1. S
POWER and
POLITICS

2. S
How Powerful are you?
1-10

3. United Negro Improvement
Association (UNIA)

5. The Nation of Islam

8. Some Numbers
S 11-1
S 93%
S 25%
S 1,100,000,000 (1.1 trillion)

9. S We are not outnumbered, we are out-organized

10. S “…to handicap a student for life by teaching him that his
black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his
condition is hopeless, is the worst kind of lynching. It kills
one’s aspirations and dooms him to vagabondage and
crime.”
S Carter G. Woodson

17. S “Up you mighty race, you can accomplish what you will”
S “A Nation can Rise No Higher than it’s woman”

19. Broad/Deep

20. S How many members are in your BSU?
S Is that enough to accomplish your objectives?
S How many would be enough?

21. Some Guidelines for Best
Practices
S Rule of halves—if students say they need 10 more core members we
walk them through how that means getting 20 people to commit to
being a part of the organization. And that requires getting 40 people
signed up…etc.
S Recruit to events (or at least meetings with an event/fun component)
S Map the Campus/Community
S Group and Individual goals
S Point people for list-keeping and new member follow-up
S Face-to-face conversations
S Appeal to self-interest (this isn’t in the handout, but comes out of the
conversation above). This is about targeting your recruitment ask to
THEIR interests and motivations.
S Confirmation phone call