The Minority Center for Participation and Empowerment is a 501c3 non-profit organization founded and situated in the United States and currently serving Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and Delaware States. We currently serve two counties in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and Delaware Counties. In Minnesota, we are in Hennepin County; in Delaware, we are in New Castle County. We came about after realizing the high level of poverty among minority folks, low education level, increased gun violence that has taken the lives of young folks, the high crime rate, growing number of substance addictions in the minority communities coupled with the high incarceration rates, low access to healthcare in these communities, discrimination, and the need for minority
solidarity.