Vision The AJF is named after the African American abolitionist and founder of the St. Thomas African Episcopal Church, and for the purpose of implementing his vision of socio-economic parity for the disenfranchised residents of Pennsylvania. Mission The mission of the AJF is summarized by the following four pillars: 1) Economic Development. Support, sponsor, and/ or develop programming which creates quantifiable outcomes in the areas of business management, accounting, and legal matters. 2) Education. Support, sponsor, and/ or develop programming which creates quantifiable outcomes in the areas of literacy, financial literacy, science, technology, engineering, math, the arts, parenting, and youth mentorship. 3) Health. Support, sponsor, and/ or develop programming which creates quantifiable outcomes in the areas of affordable care, healthy living/ lifestyle education, and provider access. 4) Human & Civil Rights. Support, sponsor, and/ or develop programming which creates quantifiable outcomes in defense against racial discrimination, injustice, prejudicial practices, and defamation.