A.A.S.E.D.Inc.

AASEDI is a non-profit organization dedicated to the uplifting, revitalization and rebuilding of the social and economic landscape of the African American family in North Charleston and surrounding communities.

AASEDI Programs to be implemented for the establishment in Charleston South Carolina.

I. Community Revitalization
II. Prison Ministry
III. Community Courtesy Force
IV. Vocational Readiness Training
V. After School Mentorship
VI. Avenue of Stars

These are other areas that we will incorporate in order to bring stability to families in our target areas.

1. Entrepreneurial Training for community based businesses to promote growth and sustainability.

2. Life Skills Training - i.e. Parenting, Budgeting, Conflict Resolutions, learning the importance of maintaining and nurturing the family unit, teaching the concepts and dimensions of community control.

3. Develop a community data bank to identify and assess the critical needs of the community so that we can employ the proper strategies to address them.

4. We will establish ownership of a facility that will allow us to create a Community Transformation and Empowerment Center. The purpose of which is to address the four major causes of the dysfunction in the African American community.

1.) Sociological
2.) Psychological
3.) Economical
4.) Spiritual

We will seek out and employ the most qualified and committed instructors and providers to bring understanding and change into the lives of the participants of our programs and residents in our target areas.

In each of the above four categories, there are sub-elements that will need to be addressed on an individual or family basis to bring about a transformation; i.e.
1.) Substance Abuse, Health Provision, Family & Community Empowerment, etc.
2.) Understanding the effects of the trauma inherent in community violence, poverty, drug use and sales in our neighborhoods on our children, families and community; discovering solutions to implement and bring about a change in those conditions.
3.) Addressing financial planning and economic disparities in our community in the areas of home acquisition, entrepreneurial ventures, and to create an atmosphere that will promote the concept of supporting businesses in our neighborhoods and advantages and opportunities it has.

4.) To encourage individuals and families to reach out to God for spiritual and moral direction by finding a place that they can receive those teachings and be strengthened throughout their daily lives that will allow them to stand when the tests and trials of life come upon them.


AASEDI  PO Box 72216  North Charleston  SC 29415