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The Americans All infrastructure program can help in the fight vs. Covid-19

Americans All, our 34-year-old nonprofit community outreach program, has recently refocused its mission from the one we used to create a successful pilot program in Washington, D.C. when Andrew E. Jenkins III was superintendent. With tools now needed on all fronts—financial and emotional—to fight the Covid-19 virus and then rebuild our lives once it has been controlled, we believe Americans All can now become an asset for students learning at home, and for their families to help continue our nation’s newly renewed sense of community.

For parents and grandparents, this is an important time to record and archive life stories. Our legacy preservation tool makes it easy to pass on family members’ knowledge and experiences to current and future generations. Without this information, children will neither understand their roots nor develop their ethnic and cultural identity.

For students, creating legacy stories, or helping others do so, is an academic exercise that improves their skills in research, writing and communication. These are the main skills needed to succeed in higher education, the workforce and our increasingly global economy.

Equally important, our legacy preservation tool will help local businesses and professional service providers recover faster once they are cleared to reopen. We will help them increase their Internet presence while providing financial support for schools. We will gift 80 percent of unapplied gross revenues from business membership fees and Social Legacy Network subscription fees to local school systems.

Schools, students and individuals participate for free. Schools gain a turnkey fundraising vehicle and, once reopened, they can to use our storytelling component and supplemental education resources for classroom instruction or as an extracurricular activity.

I am aware that you are busy, but hopefully this cartoon will put our offer in perspective. I look forward to discussing how we can implement our program to benefit the schools, students and small businesses and professional service providers in Washington, D.C.