The
Redbird
Project
Economic Liberation
The Redbird Project initiative was created to honor our dear ancestor Iverson W. Lane; who fought U.S. apartheid and was victorious in the Supreme Court battle over voting rights in 1939: Lane v. Wilson.
Mayor Iverson W. Lane was a highly influential leader in the all-Black town of Redbird, OK. As a business and community leader, he leveraged his position in the fight to free Black people from terrorism and genocide in the U.S.
We extend this work to liberate Africans from neo-colonial, and neo-liberal structures. AFRICOM must be dissolved! We are in international solidarity with pan-African organizations, institutions, which must shape initiatives such as African Union Agenda 2063.
The Mission
Ecosystems of Peace
The purpose of our project is to strengthen economic pipelines which connect African people to quality services globally. Holistic investments increase project viability, reduce poverty, and facilitate collective healing, innovation, and exchange.
Wells of Brilliance
The Redbird Project (TRbP) focuses on cultivating and supporting the collective genus of the African diaspora and our Mother homeland.
Values Based Process
Our trainings and courses affirm the best of our culture(s). Our family, spiritual, and care-taking roots anchor our dealings and treatment of each other. Maat is our governing essence.
Legacy
Two key questions frame the rubric that Africans must use to measure the impact of our actions:
1) How does the action materialize our power?
2) How do we organize our power to maintain rulership?
Governance
& Method
A Group of Progressive Citizens of Redbird, Oklahoma. Iverson W. Lane, the great-great-great grandfather of our Founder, is pictured in the bottom row, third from the right. Photo courtesy of: Redbirdok.com
Economic Philosophy
This universal tenet can be readily observed at any of our cookouts – anywhere on the planet. It is summarized by two words:
Everybody Eats!
Leveraging Tech
Tech tools provide opportunities to subvert colonial structures and build alternatives. Tech allows us to convene, communicate, and connect while neutralizing previous barriers.
A Group of Progressive Citizens of Redbird, Oklahoma. Iverson W. Lane, the great-great-great grandfather of our Founder, is pictured in the bottom row, third from the right. Photo courtesy of: Redbirdok.com
Who We Are
Each of our contributors has a dynamic range of knowledge, talent, and skill. This provides The Redbird Project with a broad spectrum of perspective stemming from military, medical, business, educational, agricultural, and digital branding experience.
Terrill Currington
Founder
“I’m one of the great-great-great grandsons of Iverson W. Lane. Like my ancestor, I focus on the development of infrastructure to facilitate the building of healthy and powerful melanated communities, based on stewardship, balance, and honor.
Clarence Griffin, MBA
Ambassador
Accomplished Government and Community Relations Professional with over 15 years of experience and an expertise in developing strategic partnerships and providing strategic policy guidance, corporate engagement, event involvement and promotion, political participation, non-profit volunteerism and teaching.
Samantha Pennington
Digital
CEO of Oree Virtual, Sam is a skilled web designer, savvy social media manager, and highly organized admin who is committed to building ecosystems of equity. She has worked on sustainability projects, organized events, and is the co-founder of the women’s and gender diverse tech group Sisters In SEO.
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