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• Free education as a public good, where learning should not depend on what a family can pay.
• Real opportunities for young people along the corridor to study, train, work, and take part in public life.
• Support the students and educators on our own blocks first.

Unsponsored draft, inspired by SDA's 57th Socialist Manifesto (2025 NYC Congress draft) at socialists.us, to be perfected by the club.

• Universal health care, with everyone covered, care based on need, not ability to pay.
• Protect the neighborhood clinics and hospitals our communities rely on in Brooklyn and Queens.
• Treat health as part of a life government should help make bearable, with liberties protected.

Unsponsored draft, inspired by SDA's 57th Socialist Manifesto (2025 NYC Congress draft) at socialists.us, to be perfected by the club.

• Decent, affordable housing as a basic commitment, not a luxury for a few.
• Fight displacement in Bushwick, Bed-Stuy, Ridgewood, and Astoria so neighbors can stay in their neighborhoods.
• Judge every housing proposal by whether it keeps life bearable for the people who already live here.

Unsponsored draft, inspired by SDA's 57th Socialist Manifesto (2025 NYC Congress draft) at socialists.us, to be perfected by the club.

• Quality jobs with fair wages, work that lets people live, not just get by.
• Defend the right to unionize and to bargain collectively, without retaliation.
• Stand with workers organizing in shops, warehouses, schools, and studios across the corridor.

Unsponsored draft, inspired by SDA's 57th Socialist Manifesto (2025 NYC Congress draft) at socialists.us, to be perfected by the club.

• Universal Basic Income, a basic floor so no neighbor falls through.
• Government has a job: make life bearable and ensure people's liberties, not make life harder.
• Measure policies by everyday life on our blocks: rent, food, transit, care.

Unsponsored draft, inspired by SDA's 57th Socialist Manifesto (2025 NYC Congress draft) at socialists.us, to be perfected by the club.

• A Green and Social Deal, climate action paired with social justice, not one without the other.
• A just transition: good, fair wage jobs as we shift to cleaner energy and transit.
• Start with the blocks that flood, overheat, and get overlooked first.

Unsponsored draft, inspired by SDA's 57th Socialist Manifesto (2025 NYC Congress draft) at socialists.us, to be perfected by the club.

• Strong democracy and the rule of law, with elections and institutions that answer to voters.
• Separation of church and state, so freedom of belief is protected for everyone.
• Defend liberties for all neighbors, whatever they believe or don't believe.

Unsponsored draft, inspired by SDA's 57th Socialist Manifesto (2025 NYC Congress draft) at socialists.us, to be perfected by the club. Endorsement rules still being written; nothing endorsed yet.

• Build a feminist America, with full equality in work, public life, and at home.
• Pro-abortion: protect reproductive freedom and the right to choose.
• Anti-death penalty: oppose capital punishment.
• Peace and human rights at home and abroad as a standing commitment.

Unsponsored draft, inspired by SDA's 57th Socialist Manifesto (2025 NYC Congress draft) at socialists.us, to be perfected by the club.

Submitted by Paperboy Love Prince, Kings County Committee, Social Democrats of America. Status: Discussion Draft, August 2026, proposed for consideration by Social Democrats of America. Adoption has not been verified, so we list it here only as a discussion draft for the club to read and debate.

In short: the agenda builds on the work of Dr. T. Hasan Johnson and Dr. Wes Bellamy. It adapts themes from Johnson, uses evidence and principles from Bellamy, and adds an original twentieth point on War on Drugs reparative justice. It calls for open debate, responses from candidates, and an annually updated version with an evidence based scorecard.

The 20 points, summarized briefly in our own words:

1. Family Court Reform: fairer family court outcomes for Black fathers and families.
2. Education and the Development of Black Boys: schooling that supports Black boys from early years onward.
3. Affirmative Action and Targeted Opportunity for Black Men: targeted openings in education, work, and public programs.
4. Targeted Homelessness and Housing Programs: housing help aimed at Black men facing homelessness.
5. Targeted Employment and Economic Security Programs: jobs and income security aimed at Black men.
6. Criminal Law Reform and Law Enforcement Accountability: fairer laws and real accountability for policing.
7. Intimate Partner Violence and Homicide Policy Reform: stronger prevention and response to violence and homicide.
8. Black Male Health and Life Expectancy Initiative: closing the gap in health and life expectancy.
9. Targeted Small Business, Cooperative, and Wealth Building Support: backing for small businesses, co-ops, and family wealth.
10. Social Security, Life Insurance, and Intergenerational Family Security: protecting income and security across generations.
11. Paid Paternity and Family Leave: paid time for new fathers and families.
12. Reverse Voter Disenfranchisement and Expand Civic Participation: restoring voting access and widening civic life.
13. Reparations With Specific Recognition of Black Male Harms: reparations that name harms to Black men directly.
14. International Human Rights Review of Treatment of Black Men and Boys: an outside human rights look at how Black men and boys are treated.
15. Title VII and Intersectional Civil Rights Reform: stronger workplace civil rights protections.
16. Mandatory Data Disaggregation for Black Men and Boys: public data broken out so outcomes for Black men and boys are visible.
17. Black Men's Equal Rights to Lawful Self Defense and Personal Security: equal standing for lawful self defense and personal safety.
18. False Accusations, Wrongful Allegations, and Due Process Reform: due process protections against false and wrongful claims.
19. GI Bill Reparations for Black Veterans and Their Descendants: repair for Black veterans denied GI Bill benefits, and for their families.
20. War on Drugs Reparations, Record Repair, and Equity in Legalized and Emerging Drug Markets: reparations and record repair for War on Drugs harms, plus a fair share in legal markets. This is the agenda's original twentieth point.

Unsponsored draft, listed for club discussion and debate, to be perfected by the club before any vote. Source: Social Democrats of America at socialists.us. Full document: The 20-Point Black Men and Boys Policy Agenda (PDF).