Coalition of African American Communities
Mission
To educate youth and adults to become business owners and to also be workforce ready.
Vision
We are a grassroots non-profit 501(c)(3) with a passion and a drive to see every community thrive, children that grow up with the best education, new businesses development that are able to hire our residents with living wages.
Our Leadership
Bishop Anthony Thompson
Bishop Anthony Thompson is a native of Gulfport, MS. He is the son of the late L.V. Thompson and Irdean Thompson-Smith of Gulfport, MS. He attended Harrison Central High School. And he was a member of the US Army. He accepted God’s mandate to the become a change agent in 1995. He has been married to his wife Lori for 23 years.
His passion is to see the body of Christ receive all that the Father has prepared for them. He has the biblical mandate of Jeremiah 1:10 “See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant”. Bishop Thompson trained as a Community Organizer for the Amos Network Gulf Coast Branch after Hurricane Katrina. Through the Amos Network, he was instrumental in policy changes with disaster insurance and helping churches receive grants for rebuilding efforts from World Vision. Bishop Thompson has received the Harriett Tubman Community Service Award for the Southeast District from the Magnolia Bar Association 2012 and the Supporter of Education Award from the Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce 2014.Bishop Thompson is a dedicated servant of the Kingdom of God. He has a passion to see all people succeed in life.
Meet our Board
Executive Board
Bishop Anthony Thompson – Executive Director
Lori Thompson – Housing/ Financial Literacy
Otis Livingston – Education
Pastor James Beal – Ministry Outreach
Advisory Board
Ashley Jackson – Board Member
Kenyetter Johnson – Board Member
Judy Garlow
Noe Tchinda Tchouamo