Addressing these pressing concerns are contributors Dr. David Satcher, former U.S. surgeon general, Wade Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Angela Glover Blackwell, founder of the research think tank PolicyLink, and Cornell West, professor of Religion at Princeton University. Each chapter outlines one key issue and provides a list of resources, suggestions for action, and a checklist for what concerned citizens can do to keep their communities progressing socially, politically, and economically.