Greetings House Brothers, Sisters, Family and Friends,

Welcome to the newly revised Morehouse Men.com website. The Purpose of this site is to unite our brotherhood beyond the borders of Morehouse College to serve and protect the principles of Maat (truth, righteousnes and justice).

As we fold our arms over one anothers and sing the words," Dear Old Morehouse," we recall the holy spirits of our ancestors who paved the way for us to be here today.

Since 1867, Morehouse College has produced leaders the world will never forget.

In 2012, we realize we have come a long way since the days of shackles, but we know more than ever, we have so far to go.

We have far to go when prisons continue to prosper from a 60%-80% African American occupacy rate. We have far to go when throughout the U.S., practically every city with an African American population, are the places identified as high crime, high unemployment, food deserts, poor schools, and any other negative term used to define a neighborhood or community.

Yes, it's true, many of us have achieved a certian level of success and have been able to live in a more affluent community, but the majority still remain in adverse situations related to living in poverty.

During my studies at Morehouse College, I was given an assignment in an Urban Economics Public Policy class by then Director of the Business Department, Dr. William Sheftal, to find economic solutions for the African American community.

My research led me to believe that by our communities making a concerted effort of supporting African American farmers, we could feed ourselves out of poverty.

After graduating, I returned home to the Bay Area to prove my theory.

A few years later, I started a program called, Mo Better Food, while teaching business at McClymonds high school in West Oakland. Mo' Better Food received national attention for connecting produce grown by African American farmers to a low-income community like West Oakland.

The farmers market was run by students in my class. Their task included building and maintaining the website, developing a marketing plan (flyers, distribution, surveys), learning the health benefits the fruits and vegetables the farmers were growing and the legal battles (food justice issues) facing African American farmers (Pigsford vrs U.S.D.A).

During this time, I was approached on several occassions to speak about our program at various places throughout the country. Some questions kept arising. How did we get started? What were we attempting to do?

To best answer these questions and to share with others our past and future plans, I wrote The Four Steps of Hotep - The guide towards building Healthy Economics. This e-book sells for $3.00, but you can get most of the information for free from the healthyeconomics.org website.

The book outlines how four programs work together to build sustainability in communities. This concept of building Healthy Economics in our neighborhood's is the type of agenda, I am asking Men of Morehouse to consider establishing in their community.

In addition to the Healthy Economics Model, as mentioned above, I look forward to hearing from you the things you are doing in your community to make it better.

Looking forward,
Your servant,
David Roach
Class of '91.
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