The LR Black Panther Challenge

Since 1981, BCD has served the disadvantaged of Little Rock’s 12th Street Corridor. Originally founded as Black Community Developers, an outreach program of Theresa Hoover United Methodist Church, in 2010, the organization changed its name to Better Community Development to reflect the inclusive nature of BCD’s programs.

Today, BCD is expanding its reach and vision to include even more important challenges facing the City.   Our goal is to rent out a movie theater in Little Rock on Monday, Feb. 19 for African -American youth (grades 6th -8th) in Central AR to be able to see this historic movie.   

We believe that the youth of this city need to see  African -Americans depicted in a positive light.  Far too often the images that our youth are exposed to are negative. 

Please help us achieve our goal of escorting 250 black male students to see this historic movie.  We need your support to secure the theater by February 12th.

The students will be selected from local boys clubs, churches, local fraternities and sororities, youth mentoring groups and other community-based programs.  

Will you help us reach our goal?

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