Historically underserved communities face myriad challenges, from lack of access to affordable housing and healthy food, to violence and economic stagnation. Policymakers, politicians, and academics all have theories about how to address these challenges, but many propose solutions without the input of the people living in these communities. Societal issues such as COVID-19 rates and deaths, incarceration rates and police brutality, as well as job and income losses impact communities of color at higher rates. Research has found that economic improvement in communities facing disproportionate structural harm is the key to lasting recovery.
At BlockVest Movement, we believe the people most qualified to identify the challenges and how to solve them are those who live in these communities. We believe people have power when they come together to collectively make decisions about their future. BlockVest Movement is a technology company that makes collectivism practical by streamlining online community ecosystem development for underserved communities.
Strong communities lead to strong cities, which lead to strong states which ultimately bolster the entire country. BlockVest Movement begins with the most underserved of these communities.
BlockVest Movement provides an all-in-one collaborative space for virtual community organizing, eCommerce, and collective decision-making to create and fund self-sustaining projects in communities with a long history of structural and systemic income inequality. Using our secure tech platform, community members can organize and discuss their greatest needs and democratically vote on projects to address those needs. Members can then form an eCommerce shopping center within the app featuring small businesses in the community. A contribution fee is added to all goods and services sold, which would be placed into a fund creating a cycle of self-sustaining reinvestment into the community to help break the cycles of poverty and inequity that prevail in underserved areas. Our data analytics will also help to ensure wealth continues to flow perpetually through these communities.
By purchasing goods and services to support BlockVest Community Projects, consumers across the country demonstrate their solidarity with underserved communities, help them build economic power, and help bring them one step closer to achieving their goals. Our transparent platform lets consumers see precisely where their contributions are going and they can feel good knowing they have joined a movement to empower underserved communities.
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With the help of our platform, we envision a bright future for BlockVest Movement communities.
Via the platform, our communities coordinate and strategize their initiatives to create the life they envision for themselves
Each community is generating sustainable wealth, with community-led small businesses as the economic engine
Community-owned gardens provide healthy food options in areas without grocery stores or supplement what is available
Communities purchase land collectively to manage affordable housing for neighborhood residents
