Is a non-profit organization founded in 1986 whose primary purpose is to encourage, stimulate and assist community organizations to design, establish, own, manage and operate successful industrial and commercial business enterprises thereby creating employment and other economic opportunities for disadvantaged and under privileged groups and individuals.
Further, to engage in community service endeavors including the improvement of housing conditions and to promote and offer youth programs for the encouragement of education, religion and overall quality of live improvement.
First District Self Help, Inc. is governed by a board of directors from various professional and ecumenical backgrounds from across the country.
Board of Directors
Bishop Gregory Ingram
Chairman
Rev. Dr. Richard Stenhouse
Vice -Chair
Rev. Dr. Kenneth Saunders Sr.
Treasurer
Rev. James Simmons
Secretary
Rev. Dr. Silvester Scott Beaman
Capital Improvements
Rev. Dr. Erika D. Crawford
Budget & Audit
Rev. Dr. Gregory Groover
Human Resources
Rev. Terrance Hensford
Maintenance
Cheryl Hammond Hopewell
Leases & Rentals
Rev. Jocelyn Hart-Lovelace
Marketing
Wanda Ringgold
Human Resources
Donna Chandler-Smith
Human Resources
Patricia Nira Smith
Maintenance
Rev. Paul J. Thomas
Maintenance
Rev. Ellis I. Washington
Capital Improvements
Reverend Melvin Wilson
Budget & Audit
Rev. Dr. Stanley Smith
Rev. Nicholas Tweed
Marketing
Velma Jeffers
Marketing
Rev. Henry Belin, III
Leases & Rentals
Rev. Winton Hill
Budget & Audit
