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"Singleblackparents.com will address wholeness in mind, body, and spirit because that is what is required to raise children in this embattled and chaotic world. It is about our survival for future generations." -Sharon Leverett


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Welcome to SingleBlackParents.com

This info-portal was an idea that first morphed into a newsmagazine for single parents in the 5 boroughs of NYC. After some success as a newsmagazine I decided to reach an even broader audience with a website. I, and other successful single parents, have something to share. As a single parent raising an African American child I discovered there were no magazines, newspapers or websites that spoke directly to me as a single parent. No one spoke to me in a positive way about the dynamics of single parenting. No one gave me empowerment tools.

Furthermore, most of the statistics on African-American single parents paint a picture that is not reflective of me nor my many friends, relatives or colleagues who are single parents, but neither poor nor uneducated. No matter how you came to be a single parent there are single parents (male and female) who are making it happen financially, emotionally and spiritually as they face the same challenges as dual parent households.

We are bombarded in the media with images of dysfunctional single parent households, a distorted view of single parenting. Singleblackparents.com will pursue visibility for hard working, conscious single parents. Through our articles by African American psychologists, educators, health professionals, business people and columns like Aminisha Black’s The Spirited Parent we seek to dispel misconceptions concerning the Black single parent profile.

Singleblackparents.com will address wholeness in mind, body, and spirit because that is what is required to raise children in this embattled and chaotic world. It is about our survival for future generations. Singleblackparents.com will inform single parents of the resources available to them. We hope to make a difference in the lives we touch for all single parents raising children. Our mission is to continually inform single parents in every way that they are not alone.

Warm regards,

Publisher

63% of African-American households are headed by a single parent
The overwhelming majority of these single parents are women
African American women represent a very dynamic market
They are upwardly mobile, making gains in education and income
Almost half of African American women have attended college (46 percent)
African American women are somewhat more likely than white women to work (63 percent vs 60 percent)
1 in 4 of those who are employed hold managerial or professional jobs
The median income of African American women has grown at a faster rate during the past two decades than that of women overall.
In a 2002 report Packaged Facts-a NYC based market researcher projected that the spending power of African American women would increase by 32% to 342 billion in 2006, up from 259 billion in 2001. By contrast, the total population’s spending power is projected to grow by 24% by 2007.—American Demographics, September 2003.

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