tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50871135202213414282024-03-21T08:31:50.835-07:00Cincinnati Change BlogCINCINNATI CHANGE knows that in the Tristate many poor Cincinnati residents have a high degree of desperation and hopelessness along with the belief that things can't change. Cincinnati Change was created to change this perception by action; we will walk the walk, not talk the talk - join us in changing Cincinnati in our lifetime.Nati Change Cmdr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16884491766599010977noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087113520221341428.post-18974718141668928002012-12-24T10:19:00.000-08:002012-12-24T10:19:44.009-08:00KWANZAA 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Nati Change Cmdr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16884491766599010977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087113520221341428.post-19694633354088068042010-10-09T22:09:00.000-07:002010-10-09T23:08:44.730-07:00One Nation, One State, One City Demo<div id="yiv2105734157"><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"> </p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil2ttZUDOP8XGJZvHqua0HMv517ctlmQhmBwxQryNluHgUzmL0m6E5_6dJ_3PIyfy9RwqNrYQmFIX3jl464OQmrCVqaRkXC9LoI6Zqh9TcsDDRK5zkcjzHJoPQTxIJFAs9EGyYboi0CfE/s1600-h/mlkObama4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 414px; height: 208px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil2ttZUDOP8XGJZvHqua0HMv517ctlmQhmBwxQryNluHgUzmL0m6E5_6dJ_3PIyfy9RwqNrYQmFIX3jl464OQmrCVqaRkXC9LoI6Zqh9TcsDDRK5zkcjzHJoPQTxIJFAs9EGyYboi0CfE/s320/mlkObama4.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div id="header-wrapper"><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="header section" id="header"><div class="widget Header" id="Header1"><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div id="header-inner"><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://natichange.blogspot.com/" style="display: block;"> <img alt="Cincinnati Change Blog" id="Header1_headerimg" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8XKyg0CVN52-Fjx9NRo1dzNwBvFONX3RWC6lLM-urfe5l6-wcQQLA2mcCE2g8UkHUUBSIZPMStea5M-X_nDuxrh6T1q25d5_MogqoHJ-UCkWXCiOhJ-A2-5u4T8faaMuNSDkUL_vTRwKU/s1600-r/ccslide0001_image001.3%5B1%5D.jpg" style="display: block; width: 393px; height: 170px;" /> </a></div> </div> </div></div> </div><p style="border: medium none; padding: 0pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span><span style="font-size:180%;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1249012948_19">Cincinnati Change's One Nation, One State, One City<br /></span></a></span></span></b></p><p style="border: medium none; padding: 0pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=116070589614&v=app_2373072738&ref=ts"><b><span><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></span></b></a><b><span><span style="font-size:180%;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1249012948_19">Fairness and Growth Campaign</span></a></span></span></b></p></div> <p style="border: medium none; padding: 0pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span>Cincinnati Change Fairness and Growth Campaign <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1249012948_20">Steering Committee</span></span></b></p><p style="border: medium none; padding: 0pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;">Cincinnati Change’s mission is building wealth in traditionally underserved communities like Cincinnati and bringing low and or moderate-income people in Southern Ohio into the new financial mainstream being shaped daily. Cincinnati Change was incorporated on June 19th 2005 as an Ohio Non-Governmental Organization [NGO]. Cincinnati Change has been a member of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition [NCRC] since 2002 and the MLK Coalition of Greater Cincinnati since 2005. </p> <ul><li><b><span>Committee Chairman <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.hargroveengineering.com/leadership_0000.html">Fredrick Hargrove</a></span></b><span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sr.</span> PE, MBA. former Chairman of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cincinnatichange.org/"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1249012948_24">Cincinnati Change</span></a></span></li><li><b><span>Co-Chairwoman Pandora Ramsa</span></b><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">y</span>, Founding President , </span><span>Ohio</span><span> Fairness Campaign</span></li><li><b><span>Co-Chairman and </span></b><b><span>Convener Dr. Robert Day PhD</span></b><span>, President, Center for Urban & Rural Redevelopment </span></li></ul> <div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1249012948_27">Steering Committee Advisor</span> and Panel Moderator<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/6/5b8/597"><span style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176);"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1249012948_28"></span></span></a>Hershel Daniels, Junior Chairman of MDi<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;font-size:180%;" >Symposium I</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">October 10th, 2010</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST</span><br /><br />4400 Reading Road, Cincinnati Ohio<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">10:00 PM - 12:00 PM EST<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Dial-in Number: <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1249012948_29">(605) 475-4850</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Participant Access Code: 570587#</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Opening by Committee Chairman</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Introductions<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Recap of Symposia to date. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">New Statistics<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Status of Initiatives, Health, Broadband, and Energy</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Half Hour Break</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Status of the Campaign <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1249012948_30">Fundraising</span> mechanism<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">General topics from teleconference participants</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Announcement of Launch of 20 Days Effort on October 10th 2010</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />________________________________<br /><br />Open The <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cincinnatichange.org/">Cincinnati Change </a>Community Briefing 9PM to 10PM<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Dial-in Number: <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1249012948_29">(605) 475-4850</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Participant Access Code: 570587#<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Presentation at 10 P.M. on the first time in 30 years of a new <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://design.asu.edu/apa/proceedings01/GERCKENS/gerckens.htm">Cincinnati Comprehensive Plan</a> that includes:<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Health Care<br /><br />Erasing the Digital Divide<br /><br />Next Generation Workforce Employment<br /><br />Urban Transportation Solutions<br /><br />Green Energy Implementation<br /><br />Comprehensive Housing Program for the City<br /><br />Economic Development</span><br /><br />based on the<br /><div class="post hentry"> <a rel="nofollow" name="623806112055660989"></a> <h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://natichange.blogspot.com/2009/07/cincinnati-development.html">Cincinnati Change Development Statement</a> </h3> <div class="post-body entry-content"> <div style="text-align: justify;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmm4H4hOmoN2_AA7yNBNZnQe2Kkj8hhWLYIi-UlZCrmhmhO3Pb6rhk33JNg0WRPzRwYQRMsGQyCKl72TjB0ryclqybQFmBQ8hc5UoKZKLi4D2HGvF9CvCfEyfb4MrcoVqQ_nOa_Mvci1do/s1600-h/All-Neighborhoods-Cincinnati.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmm4H4hOmoN2_AA7yNBNZnQe2Kkj8hhWLYIi-UlZCrmhmhO3Pb6rhk33JNg0WRPzRwYQRMsGQyCKl72TjB0ryclqybQFmBQ8hc5UoKZKLi4D2HGvF9CvCfEyfb4MrcoVqQ_nOa_Mvci1do/s400/All-Neighborhoods-Cincinnati.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360534095920226914" border="0" /></a>Development in Cincinnati should be for the people in the city who are in the place they are in the city. This is not to say that we should not have new people come into the city, but...what about those in place. In these times lets make the change for those who live here NOW!!!<br /><br />On 10-10-10 at 10 AM Cincinnati Change is engaging the public sector with a coalition of individuals, non-governmental organizations and faith based partners such as the United Methodist Men of Keys of the Kingdom UMC who are supportive of the goals of One Nation Working Together March in reordering our nation's priorities to invest in our most valuable resource- Our People.<br /><br />At 10AM on October 10 2010 at 4400 Reading Road Cincinnati Change will release its One Nation One State One City Nati Way™ Comprehensive Plan outline, which is based on Erasing the Digital Divide in greater Cincinnati.<br /><br />We, like the MLK Coalition, believe that like Dr. King, “service” can be the nexus between people and their communities. In our case, this means erasing the digital divide in our community and creating new community development models in Hamilton County joining both public and private sector resources. A goal is the creation of the Cincinnati Change Peoples Convention Center Complex which will be the Network Operations Center for solution for 20 million users at $1K Ea.<br /><br />Included will be models that support a creative class in the Nati Way™. The Nati Way™ is a Trademark and Business Process licensed to McGraw Daniels, LLC and to Hargrove Engineering, LLC which has authorized Cincinnati Change to create a new model in Hamilton County to serve southern Ohio.<br /><br />Cincinnati Change has answered President Obama’s call to service with its proposal to Erase the Digital Divide and investing in people. We presented our updated $625 million dollar, statewide 3rd Frontier Health Information eXchange proposal during an August, 2010 conference call with Dr. Jackson, the Ohio State Director of Health. We will join forces with the 100 Male March, the United Methodist Men of Keys of the Kingdom UMC, other organizations and individuals on October 8, 2010 to plan its implementation.<br /><br />Background: In April 2010, we offered a proposal to the Ohio Department of Insurance as part of our joint venture with Hargrove Engineering, an African American, small business to Erase the Digital Divide. We are now implementing our Erase the Digital Divide Network Operations Center in Cincinnati. Our plan is to create a unified network with 700Mhz and WiMax infrastructure tied into Fiber, CLEC POTS, WiFi and MVNO networks across the 35 counties of Southern Ohio. Initially, we will serve the students of the Cincinnati Public Schools as well as 20,000 underserved households in Cincinnati and 5,000 employers throughout Hamilton County.<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cincinnatichange.org/">Cincinnati Change</a> is committed to development in line with The United Nations Global Compact.<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.unglobalcompact.org/HowToParticipate/civil_society/index.html">The United Nations Global Compact</a> is a strategic policy initiative for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption.</div></div></div><br />submitted by<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a rel="nofollow" style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;" target="_blank" href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/hershel-daniels-junior/3/b19/4b9">Hershel Daniels, Junior</a><br /><span>Chief of Staff to Fred Hargrove, Sr. and a Cincinnati Change, Trustee</span></span></span><br /></span></div> </div>Nati Change Cmdr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16884491766599010977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087113520221341428.post-66893000659691391102009-09-11T21:21:00.000-07:002009-09-11T21:25:26.839-07:00NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE ON 9/11President Obama has called upon all Americans to participate in our nation's recovery and renewal by serving in our communities on September 11, 2009, National Service Day, as part of the United We Serve initiative and this is what we at Cincinnati Change did through our Vice Chairman Hershel Daniels, Junior with Green for All through Green The Block and was proud to stand in solidarity with the President and United We Serve.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2GaNpXGKKwwHu6Bq6t3JVlJBoiaUYNHB0idR0HdnYPxN284N_KnsXqU0rEwE2aAIE7fQ9RviJHRv84PhPUwUEjKf1_nxP3FzN3MO6f_fEnrwsu8Qy8503T99F8H1j6Bq1ncpymjsu8Y/s1600-h/greentheblock.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 94px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2GaNpXGKKwwHu6Bq6t3JVlJBoiaUYNHB0idR0HdnYPxN284N_KnsXqU0rEwE2aAIE7fQ9RviJHRv84PhPUwUEjKf1_nxP3FzN3MO6f_fEnrwsu8Qy8503T99F8H1j6Bq1ncpymjsu8Y/s320/greentheblock.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380425937148430946" border="0" /></a><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://service.greentheblock.net/greentheblock/events/show/10139">Continuing on the Road to Economic Recovery with Action on Media</a></span></h2> <h3>Cincinnati, OH</h3> <p class="start"><b> September 11, 2009 12:00PM to 03:00PM</b></p> <h4>Hosted by <a href="http://service.greentheblock.net/greentheblock/events/host/10139">Hershel Daniels</a></h4> <div id="description"> <p>To: The Citizens of the United States</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">From: <a href="http://hargroveengineering.com/leadership_0000.html">Fred Hargrove, Sr PE MBA</a> of the National Fairness and Growth Symposiums and a Co-Chairman of the <a href="http://www.nationalfairnessandgrowthcampaign.org/index.html">National Fairness and Growth Campaign Committee</a> and a Trustee of <a href="http://www.cincinnatichange.org/cc_cityplan0001.html">Cincinnati Change</a>, Inc.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">50 years or is it 400 Years = less than 1% (ie .99%) nationally according to the US Census Bureau or less than a half of one percent (ie .4955%) in Ohio of all business revenue earned by African Americans. What has been the ramifications and implications of these shameful, tragic figures on the economic health of black communities and the country as a whole?</p><div> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Now is the time for a change.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Development in Cincinnati should be for the people in the city who are in the place they are in the city. This is not to say that we should not have new people come into the city, but...what about those in place. In these times lets make the change for those who live here NOW!!!</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Cincinnati Change is committed to development in line with <a href="http://www.unglobalcompact.org/">The United Nations Global Compact</a> and a superset of green regulations put forth by a committee enpanneled to the <a href="http://www.thecongressionalblackcaucus.com/">Congressional Black Caucus</a> 25 September in Washington DC.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The United Nations Global Compact is a strategic policy initiative for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">In this program we shall address the ramifications and the implications of the aforementioned shameful, tragic figures on the economic health of our black community.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">We believe that this lack of economic parity has led to higher crime rates, higher rates of imprisonment, higher rates of unemployment and lower educational achievement. This downward spiral in the Black community effects the whole country.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">This meeting was to inform regional and teleconference particpants leaders of the steps that our virtual organization has taken and our plans for the future. We think that the <a href="http://www.recovery.gov/">American Recovery and Reinvestment Act </a>(ARRA) and its counterpart, other recovery initiatives, the general budget provides an opportunity to redress some of the systemic and personal economic equalities.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The National Fairness and Growth Campaign has created a grassroots campaign of <a href="http://www.nationalfairnessandgrowthcampaign.org/experience_Dd.html">practitioners</a> who have a long term operational knowledge of past practices . These business people are very familiar with the philosophies, strategies, approaches, programs and projects ostensibly designed to address the history and practices of discrimination towards African Americans that levels the playing field. By extension we also address discriminatory practices towards other groups</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The National Fairness and Growth Campaign will be a significant advocate for the "greening" of America especially in its vulnerable communities. The Campaign does not have negative presumptions regarding current planning or execution of the Congress or President Obama’s <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/OMB/budget/">administration budget </a>or initiatives. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">We seek to provide solutions gained from the hard earned insight into potential enforcement of existing public laws, regulations, new initiatives and programs through the use of “Best Practices” that level the playing field(s).</p></div>Nati Change Cmdr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16884491766599010977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087113520221341428.post-30123234903980127992009-08-04T05:18:00.001-07:002009-08-04T05:20:05.410-07:00Stay tuned for changes in Cincinnati Change and it's founders.Nati Change Cmdr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16884491766599010977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087113520221341428.post-36560465768911402992009-08-04T05:18:00.000-07:002009-08-04T05:20:03.571-07:00Stay tuned for changes in Cincinnati Change and it's founders.Nati Change Cmdr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16884491766599010977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087113520221341428.post-50501996440339701012009-07-31T06:25:00.000-07:002009-07-31T06:26:20.653-07:00National Fairness and Growth Campaign Conference Call Today<div id="yiv2105734157"><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"> </p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil2ttZUDOP8XGJZvHqua0HMv517ctlmQhmBwxQryNluHgUzmL0m6E5_6dJ_3PIyfy9RwqNrYQmFIX3jl464OQmrCVqaRkXC9LoI6Zqh9TcsDDRK5zkcjzHJoPQTxIJFAs9EGyYboi0CfE/s1600-h/mlkObama4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 414px; height: 208px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil2ttZUDOP8XGJZvHqua0HMv517ctlmQhmBwxQryNluHgUzmL0m6E5_6dJ_3PIyfy9RwqNrYQmFIX3jl464OQmrCVqaRkXC9LoI6Zqh9TcsDDRK5zkcjzHJoPQTxIJFAs9EGyYboi0CfE/s320/mlkObama4.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;"> <p style="border: medium none ; padding: 0pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span><span style="font-size:180%;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nationalfairnessandgrowthcampaign.org/index.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1249012948_19">National Fairness and Growth Campaign</span></a></span></span></b></p></div> <p style="border: medium none ; padding: 0pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span>National Fairness and Growth Campaign <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1249012948_20">Steering Committee</span></span></b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: Webdings;"><span><span style="font-size: 7px;"></span></span></span><b><span>General Chairman <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nationalfairnessandgrowthcampaign.org/experience_GC.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1249012948_21">Joesph Debro</span></a></span></b><span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nationalfairnessandgrowthcampaign.org/experience_GC.html"> </a>Co-Founder, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1249012948_22">National Association</span> of Minority Contractors (<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1249012948_23">NAMC</span>) and Board Member of Housing Assistance Council</span></li><li><b><span>Co-Chairwoman Pandora Ramsa</span></b><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">y</span>, Founding President , </span><span>Ohio</span><span> Fairness Campaign</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Webdings;"><span><span style="font-size: 7px;"></span></span></span><b><span>Co-Chairman <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://nationalfairnessandgrowthcampaign.org/broadband.html">Fredrick Hargrove</a></span></b><span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sr.</span> PE, MBA. former Chairman of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cincinnatichange.org/"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1249012948_24">Cincinnati Change</span></a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Webdings;"><span><span style="font-size: 7px;"></span></span></span><b><span>Co-Chairman Irvin Henderson</span></b><span>, former Chairman, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ncrc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=45&Itemid=91"><span style="color:#2a5db0;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1249012948_25">National Community Reinvestment Coalition</span></span></a> (NCRC) and on the board of the CRA Fund and the <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1249012948_26">National Trust for Historic Preservation</span><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Webdings;"><span><span style="font-size: 7px;"></span></span></span><b><span>Convener Dr. Robert Day PhD</span></b><span>, President, Center for Urban & Rural Redevelopment </span></li></ul> <div><span></span> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1249012948_27">Steering Committee Advisor</span> and Panel Moderator<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/6/5b8/597"><span style="color:#2a5db0;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1249012948_28">Lawrence Auls</span></span></a>, Chairman of MDi, Executive Director LISW, LTD</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;font-size:180%;" >Symposium VII</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">July 31, 2009</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">10:00 AM - 1:00 PM EST</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Dial-in Number: <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1249012948_29">(605) 475-4850</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Participant Access Code: 570587#</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Opening by General Chairman</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Introductions<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Recap of Symposia to date. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">New Statistics<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Status of Initiatives, Health, Broadband, and Energy</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Half Hour Break</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Status of the Campaign <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1249012948_30">Fundraising</span> mechanism<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">General topics from teleconference participants</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Announcement of Launch of Fundraising Effort on 7 August 2009</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Announcement of Next Meeting in August in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1249012948_31">Detroit</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Next Steps including a presentation at 1PM by Organizing for America on the Presidents Health Care Plans</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Close of the National Fairness and Growth Campaign at 2 P.M.<br />________________________________<br /><br />Open The <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cincinnatichange.org/">Cincinnati Change </a>Community Briefing 2 - 5 PM<br /><br />Presentation at 2 P.M. by the city of Cincinnati on the first time in 60 years a new <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://design.asu.edu/apa/proceedings01/GERCKENS/gerckens.htm">Cincinnati Comprehensive Plan</a> that includes:<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Health Care<br /><br />Erasing the Digital Divide<br /><br />Next Generation Workforce Employment<br /><br />Urban Transportation Solutions<br /><br />Green Energy Implementation <br /><br />Comprehensive Housing Program for the City<br /><br />Economic Development</span><br /><br />based on the<br /> <div class="post hentry"> <a rel="nofollow" name="623806112055660989"></a> <h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://natichange.blogspot.com/2009/07/cincinnati-development.html">Cincinnati Change Development Statement</a> </h3> <div class="post-body entry-content"> <div style="text-align: justify;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmm4H4hOmoN2_AA7yNBNZnQe2Kkj8hhWLYIi-UlZCrmhmhO3Pb6rhk33JNg0WRPzRwYQRMsGQyCKl72TjB0ryclqybQFmBQ8hc5UoKZKLi4D2HGvF9CvCfEyfb4MrcoVqQ_nOa_Mvci1do/s1600-h/All-Neighborhoods-Cincinnati.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmm4H4hOmoN2_AA7yNBNZnQe2Kkj8hhWLYIi-UlZCrmhmhO3Pb6rhk33JNg0WRPzRwYQRMsGQyCKl72TjB0ryclqybQFmBQ8hc5UoKZKLi4D2HGvF9CvCfEyfb4MrcoVqQ_nOa_Mvci1do/s400/All-Neighborhoods-Cincinnati.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360534095920226914" border="0" /></a>Development in Cincinnati should be for the people in the city who are in the place they are in the city. This is not to say that we should not have new people come into the city, but...what about those in place. In these times lets make the change for those who live here NOW!!!<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cincinnatichange.org/">Cincinnati Change</a> is committed to development in line with The United Nations Global Compact.<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.unglobalcompact.org/HowToParticipate/civil_society/index.html">The United Nations Global Compact</a> is a strategic policy initiative for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption</div></div></div><br />submitted by<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><a rel="nofollow" style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;" target="_blank" href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/hershel-daniels-junior/3/b19/4b9">Hershel Daniels, Junior</a><br /> <span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;">Chief of Staff to Fred Hargrove, Sr. and Cincinnati Change, Director</span></span><br /></span><br /></span></div> </div>Nati Change Cmdr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16884491766599010977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087113520221341428.post-89704127297733588832009-07-23T18:27:00.000-07:002009-07-23T19:14:32.615-07:00Cincinnati Empowerment Corporation Annual Report<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJLUyWZXrbFZjHBUahSGWdpfzwc6LKCgZQT2uoXvyCd_6oSP80OaOFEOQf9cXDWR0JzP5jHypDn-NM-nRD52w9pv6v0g695o7kkthjUcyZU1gY6tozVBmz-Mum6X-r-9MskgZ0NjnFi64E/s1600-h/chains%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJLUyWZXrbFZjHBUahSGWdpfzwc6LKCgZQT2uoXvyCd_6oSP80OaOFEOQf9cXDWR0JzP5jHypDn-NM-nRD52w9pv6v0g695o7kkthjUcyZU1gY6tozVBmz-Mum6X-r-9MskgZ0NjnFi64E/s400/chains%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361837163146931298" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">CINCINNATI EMPOWERMENT ZONE ANNUAL EVENT</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">ENERGY & ZEAL - 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpKPTLeExekO0YnW6YwiWoycuPRN-BlcSMx5OhTUUsWVEmNZU6NQf10e9vIeLp69G91yXzihxIgKy-KoqayVGtRazybPaw6J5hqyeD_hjurzDhgNZzBf12OCvBfJ6G3S0UiC_SWgZA377w/s1600-h/energy_zeal.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 381px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpKPTLeExekO0YnW6YwiWoycuPRN-BlcSMx5OhTUUsWVEmNZU6NQf10e9vIeLp69G91yXzihxIgKy-KoqayVGtRazybPaw6J5hqyeD_hjurzDhgNZzBf12OCvBfJ6G3S0UiC_SWgZA377w/s400/energy_zeal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361838207435241202" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Join the partners, businesses, residents and friends of the City of Cincinnati <a href="http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/cdap/pages/-3614-/">Empowerment Zone</a> [EZ] to recognize its 10-year milestone, honor its partners, and award new grants totaling $2 million. Special Guest Speaker: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootsy_Collins">Bootsy Collins</a> along with Lincoln Ware, <a href="http://www.wlwt.com/station/297393/detail.html">Courtis Fuller</a>, and this year's Program Grantees celebrate the <a href="http://www5.hud.gov/urban/perms/printReport.asp?report=1051">Cincinnati Empowerment Corporation's </a>[CEC] decade of support for the nine EZ neighborhoods and the CEC staff i.e. they've spent over 25 million dollars.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">RSVP to: event730@aol.com OR 513-588-0889 by July 24th for free tickets.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_gqLp80RnnFk3EAtVubpiiyMdnFKrTNAdAXg_fIKt0dDiyQ_pPvCvaVYlZrnPVMqlIaToG9zKqrYn2UW0wMoSZbtuas2Z7F8iJXc2lLGOW7XtwQk9aajipEP7zniqsvsxDaOSn7S7Iew/s1600-h/marriot_kingsgate.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_gqLp80RnnFk3EAtVubpiiyMdnFKrTNAdAXg_fIKt0dDiyQ_pPvCvaVYlZrnPVMqlIaToG9zKqrYn2UW0wMoSZbtuas2Z7F8iJXc2lLGOW7XtwQk9aajipEP7zniqsvsxDaOSn7S7Iew/s400/marriot_kingsgate.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361839923434562450" border="0" /></a>AT THE <a href="http://www.marriott.com/hotels/event-planning/business-meeting/cvgkg-kingsgate-marriott-conference-hotel-at-the-university-of-cincinnati/">KINGSGATE MARRIOTT CONFERENCE CENTER</a> [owned by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Cincinnati">University of Cincinnati</a>, which was owned by the city till 1967 before we had the first black Mayor in 1968] at <a href="http://www.marriott.com/hotels/maps/travel/cvgkg-kingsgate-marriott-conference-hotel-at-the-university-of-cincinnati/">151 Goodman Ave.</a> Free Parking in Kingsgate Garage for first 300 cars<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="mailto:event730@aol.com" target="_blank">Register Here Now</a></div>Nati Change Cmdr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16884491766599010977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087113520221341428.post-6238061120556609892009-07-20T06:26:00.000-07:002009-07-20T06:38:39.492-07:00Cincinnati Development<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmm4H4hOmoN2_AA7yNBNZnQe2Kkj8hhWLYIi-UlZCrmhmhO3Pb6rhk33JNg0WRPzRwYQRMsGQyCKl72TjB0ryclqybQFmBQ8hc5UoKZKLi4D2HGvF9CvCfEyfb4MrcoVqQ_nOa_Mvci1do/s1600-h/All-Neighborhoods-Cincinnati.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmm4H4hOmoN2_AA7yNBNZnQe2Kkj8hhWLYIi-UlZCrmhmhO3Pb6rhk33JNg0WRPzRwYQRMsGQyCKl72TjB0ryclqybQFmBQ8hc5UoKZKLi4D2HGvF9CvCfEyfb4MrcoVqQ_nOa_Mvci1do/s400/All-Neighborhoods-Cincinnati.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360534095920226914" border="0" /></a>Development in Cincinnati should be for the people in the city who are in the place they are in the city. This is not to say that we should not have new people come into the city, but...what about those in place. In these times lets make the change for those who live here NOW!!!<br /><br />Cincinnati Change is committed to development in line with The United Nations Global Compact.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.unglobalcompact.org/HowToParticipate/civil_society/index.html">The United Nations Global Compact</a> is a strategic policy initiative for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption.</div>Nati Change Cmdr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16884491766599010977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087113520221341428.post-53406851710725265702009-07-04T21:39:00.000-07:002009-07-04T22:00:27.840-07:00July 4 2009 is the First 4th of July under the Obama Administration<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVs7bEJWfl7OARw0V9FSe8tAhdzzrpUKTBzu_kav7WtuvQV6LZeWLGg-YkwkKKMPw3-UkrKCG1nIKFUV1I9YlLcuw8UV1H2-J4RqKx9kmVpKMV5QZ1Yld3pS8OkXITUI9tMgrxxzUP_v6d/s1600-h/american-flag-2a.jpg.w300h225.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVs7bEJWfl7OARw0V9FSe8tAhdzzrpUKTBzu_kav7WtuvQV6LZeWLGg-YkwkKKMPw3-UkrKCG1nIKFUV1I9YlLcuw8UV1H2-J4RqKx9kmVpKMV5QZ1Yld3pS8OkXITUI9tMgrxxzUP_v6d/s400/american-flag-2a.jpg.w300h225.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354831783604398578" border="0" /></a>July 4 2009 is the First 4th of July under the Obama Administration. We look forward to his administration keeping America free and letting the light of change prepare us for 2100 through a 100 year plan being developed from Cincinnati. We started the day at the <a href="javascript:pop('/mwr/customcf/apps/eventcalendar/events/wihoevent19323576.html');">Taft Historic</a> site with Brother Jason Coy of the <span style="font-weight: bold;">100 Male March</span>.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">###<br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Remarks of President Barack Obama </span></span><br />Weekly Address<br />The White House<br />July 4, 2009 </strong><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Hello and Happy Fourth of July, everybody. This weekend is a time to get together with family and friends, kick back, and enjoy a little time off. And I hope that’s exactly what all of you do. But I also want to take a moment today to reflect on what I believe is the meaning of this distinctly <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_%28United_States%29">American holiday</a>.<br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">Today, we are called to remember not only the day our country was born – we are also called to remember the indomitable spirit of the first American citizens who made that day possible.<br /><br />We are called to remember how unlikely it was that our American experiment would succeed at all; that a small band of patriots would declare independence from a powerful empire; and that they would form, in the new world, what the old world had never known – a government of, by, and for the people.<br /><br />That unyielding spirit is what defines us as Americans. It is what led generations of pioneers to blaze a westward trail.<br /><br />It is what led my grandparents’ generation to persevere in the face of a Depression and triumph in the face of tyranny.<br /><br />It is what led generations of American workers to build an industrial economy unrivalled around the world.<br /><br />It is what has always led us, as a people, not to wilt or cower at a difficult moment, but to face down any trial and rise to any challenge, understanding that each of us has a hand in writing America’s destiny.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />That is the spirit we are called to show once more. We are facing an array of challenges on a scale unseen in our time. We are waging two wars. We are battling a deep recession. And our economy – and our nation itself – are endangered by festering problems we have kicked down the road for far too long: spiraling health care costs; inadequate schools; and a dependence on foreign oil.<br /><br />Meeting these extraordinary challenges will require an extraordinary effort on the part of every American. And that is an effort we cannot defer any longer.<br /><br />Now is the time to lay a new foundation for growth and prosperity. Now is the time to revamp our education system, demand more from teachers, parents, and students alike, and build schools that prepare every child in America to outcompete any worker in the world.<br /><br />Now is the time to reform an unsustainable health care system that is imposing crushing costs on families, businesses, large and small, and state and federal budgets. We need to protect what works, fix what’s broken, and bring down costs for all Americans. No more talk. No more delay. Health care reform must happen this year.<br /><br />And now is the time to meet our energy challenge – one of the greatest challenges we have ever confronted as a people or as a planet. For the sake of our economy and our children, we must build on the historic bill passed by the House of Representatives, and make clean energy the profitable kind of energy so that we can end our dependence on foreign oil and reclaim America’s future.<br /><br />These are some of the challenges that our generation has been called to meet. And yet, there are those who would have us try what has already failed; who would defend the status quo. They argue that our health care system is fine the way it is and that a clean energy economy can wait. They say we are trying to do too much, that we are moving too quickly, and that we all ought to just take a deep breath and scale back our goals.<br /><br />These naysayers have short memories. They forget that we, as a people, did not get here by standing pat in a time of change. We did not get here by doing what was easy. That is not how a cluster of 13 colonies became the United States of America.<br /><br />We are not a people who fear the future. We are a people who make it. And on this July 4th, we need to summon that spirit once more. We need to summon the same spirit that inhabited Independence Hall two hundred and thirty-three years ago today.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">That is how this generation of Americans will make its mark on history. That is how we will make the most of this extraordinary moment. And that is how we will write the next chapter in the great American story. Thank you, and Happy Fourth of July.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">###</div>Nati Change Cmdr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16884491766599010977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087113520221341428.post-90823255803231087662009-06-26T06:53:00.001-07:002009-06-26T06:53:25.398-07:00National Fairness and Growth Campaign Today<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="http://nationalfairnessandgrowthcampaign.org/sitebuilder/images/mlkObama4-300x170.jpg" src="http://nationalfairnessandgrowthcampaign.org/sitebuilder/images/mlkObama4-300x170.jpg" /><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">National Fairness and Growth Campaign<br /><br />Symposium VI<br /></span><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> June 26, 2009<br /><br />10:30 PM - 1:00 PM EST<br /><br />Dial-in Number: (605) 475-4850<br />Participant Access Code: 570587#<br /><br />Opening by General Chairman<br />Introductions<br />New Statistics</div> <div style="text-align: center;">Announcement of Launch of Fundraising Effort on 29 June 2009<br />Past Recommendations Revisited<br />Proposed Initiatives to be launched during this symposium -<br /></div> <ul style="text-align: center;"><li>Faith Based<br /></li><li>Workforce<br /></li><li style="text-align: center;">Health </li></ul> <div style="text-align: center;"> Focus on Energy Initiative<br /><br />Featuring:<br />Curtis Maples volunteer Adviser and Student in <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1245980236_0">Electrical Engineering</span><br />Danny Owen, Veteran and Pioneer in the fossil Fuel and <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1245980236_1">Alternative Fuels industry</span><br /><br />Announcement of Next Meeting last Friday of July [31] <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1245980236_2">Philadelphia</span><br /><br />Close<br /></div>Nati Change Cmdr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16884491766599010977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087113520221341428.post-17839892253559363032009-06-19T22:05:00.000-07:002009-06-19T22:27:49.029-07:00Cincinnati Change Annual Juneteenth Goals<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>From our President at<br />THE WHITE HOUSE</strong><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> _____________________________________________________________<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> For Immediate Release June 19, 2009</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkP_NE1kPZpf91iGueYnXpmeQWm7zRROko-WXoxzu-kNvaTCBf7ylVJgc1JXMbC_vGly47M2SnGxCfsu84E7dA_-Got3EF6dM8M8zAOEl2EMMldqKJy-vjBa9zdLUumwuXHOREABXfnog/s1600-h/President_Official_Portrait_HiRes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkP_NE1kPZpf91iGueYnXpmeQWm7zRROko-WXoxzu-kNvaTCBf7ylVJgc1JXMbC_vGly47M2SnGxCfsu84E7dA_-Got3EF6dM8M8zAOEl2EMMldqKJy-vjBa9zdLUumwuXHOREABXfnog/s320/President_Official_Portrait_HiRes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349270188370906146" border="0" /></a><strong>STATEMENT FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA ON THE OCCASION OF JUNETEENTH</strong></div> <p style="text-align: justify;">On this day in 1865, more than two years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, those who found themselves still enslaved in Galveston, Texas had their hopes realized and their prayers answered. Contrary to what others had told them, the rumors they had heard were indeed true. The Civil War had ended, and they were now free.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">General Gordon Granger issued the call with "General Order No. 3" saying "The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. " June 19, or Juneteenth, is now observed in 31 states. Nearly a century and a half later, the descendants of slaves and slave owners can commemorate the day together and celebrate the rights and freedoms we all share in this great nation that we all love.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">This moment also serves as a time for reflection and appreciation, and an opportunity for many people to trace their family’s lineage. African Americans helped to build our nation brick by brick and have contributed to her growth in every way, even when rights and liberties were denied to them. In light of the historic unanimous vote in the United States Senate this week supporting the call for an apology for slavery and segregation, the occasion carries even more significance.</p><p style="text-align: center;">_____________________________________________________________</p><p style="text-align: center;">From the Office of the Chairman of Cincinnati Change, Inc.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chairman Ky. Col. Wanda J Lloyd Daniels, </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Brotherhood_of_Electrical_Workers">IBEW</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Journeywoman</span><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"> For Immediate Release June 19, 2009<br /><br />We are celebrating our 21th anniversary - Cincinnati Change was founded in 1988<br />by Mrs. Daniels with 5 communities using their CBDG funds at Mt St Joe College,<br />incorporated in the state of Ohio on June 19th 2005.<br /><br />2009 Goals<br /><br />Development of a Faith Based Community Development Plan<br /><br />Demonstration Financial Instrument Development<br /><br />a Housing Program for 20,000 households<br /><br />Small Business Development<br /><br />Workforce Development </div>Nati Change Cmdr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16884491766599010977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087113520221341428.post-67065227654331442412009-06-06T21:43:00.000-07:002009-06-06T21:53:31.938-07:00We Saved Europe Now Lets Save Africa<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ULfdH90pN6TGKF4HP6rn5T_l6YMmNlmeoIGxPt-GGPmH47IHnBpzkf4VanI_Z9IOx-rtos20dLp9v5lpzqTLNOzEFogPiF_XyYQIs2Bg6EPCOOIbqJeb1j7DiJI35Gbux9llWqQmTwOY/s1600-h/Cincinnati_Change_logo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 115px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ULfdH90pN6TGKF4HP6rn5T_l6YMmNlmeoIGxPt-GGPmH47IHnBpzkf4VanI_Z9IOx-rtos20dLp9v5lpzqTLNOzEFogPiF_XyYQIs2Bg6EPCOOIbqJeb1j7DiJI35Gbux9llWqQmTwOY/s400/Cincinnati_Change_logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344442035150339538" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">From this historic day in Cincinnati we have started to change Africa now by creating a health care initiative that starts on Junetenth 2009.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-at-D-Day-65th-Anniversary-Ceremony/">In Normandy this morning, the President spoke at the 65th Anniversary Ceremony</a>:<br /><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;">Lyndon Johnson once said that there are certain moments when "...history and fate meet at a single time in a single place to shape a turning point in man's unending search for freedom." </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;">D-Day was such a moment. One newspaper noted that "we have come to the hour for which we were born." Had the Allies failed here, Hitler's occupation of this continent might have continued indefinitely. Instead, victory here secured a foothold in France. It opened a path to Berlin. It made possible the achievements that followed the liberation of Europe: the Marshall Plan, the NATO alliance, the shared prosperity and security that flowed from each. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;">It was unknowable then, but so much of the progress that would define the 20th century, on both sides of the Atlantic, came down to the battle for a slice of beach only six miles long and two miles wide.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;">More particularly, it came down to the men who landed here -- those who now rest in this place for eternity, and those who are with us here today. Perhaps more than any other reason, you, the veterans of that landing, are why we still remember what happened on D-Day. You're why we keep coming back.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;">For you remind us that in the end, human destiny is not determined by forces beyond our control. You remind us that our future is not shaped by mere chance or circumstance. Our history has always been the sum total of the choices made and the actions taken by each individual man and woman. It has always been up to us. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;">You could have done what Hitler believed you would do when you arrived here. In the face of a merciless assault from these cliffs, you could have idled the boats offshore. Amid a barrage of tracer bullets that lit the night sky, you could have stayed in those planes. You could have hid in the hedgerows or waited behind the seawall. You could have done only what was necessary to ensure your own survival. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;">But that's not what you did. That's not the story you told on D-Day. Your story was written by men like Zane Schlemmer of the 82nd Airborne, who parachuted into a dark marsh, far from his objective and his men. Lost and alone, he still managed to fight his way through the gunfire and help liberate the town in which he landed -- a town where a street now bears his name. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;">It's a story written by men like Anthony Ruggiero, an Army Ranger who saw half the men on his landing craft drown when it was hit by shellfire just a thousand yards off this beach. He spent three hours in freezing water, and was one of only 90 Rangers to survive out of the 225 who were sent to scale the cliffs.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;">And it's a story written by so many who are no longer with us, like Carlton Barrett. Private Barrett was only supposed to serve as a guide for the 1st Infantry Division, but he instead became one of its heroes. After wading ashore in neck-deep water, he returned to the water again and again and again to save his wounded and drowning comrades. And under the heaviest possible enemy fire, he carried them to safety. He carried them in his own arms.<br /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span class="smaller"><img alt="The President an European leaders arrive" src="http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/images/normandy_walking_blog_CK-0143.JPG" border="0" width="525" height="350" /><br />(President Barack Obama (L-R), Britain's Prince Charles, Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper and France's President Nicolas Sarkozy arrive at the Colleville-sur-Mer cemetery to attend a ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy June 6, 2009. Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)<br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span class="smaller"> </span><img alt="President Obama speaks at Normandy" src="http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/images/normandy_blog_CK-0147.JPG" border="0" width="525" height="350" /><br />(<span class="smaller">President Barack Obama speaks during the ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the Allied D-Day landings in Normandy at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville sur Mer in Western France, Saturday, June 6, 2009. Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)</span></p></div>Nati Change Cmdr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16884491766599010977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087113520221341428.post-89152637560155294882009-05-25T22:13:00.000-07:002009-05-25T22:14:56.505-07:00Africa Day 2009 in the Nati<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-IIkV1VsB-z7_3E6kXa1WihL4Cs75r9OsYpVU-sVqHM47Q2z6lW6jhDuCCewwd9nXgkkNS_TdCn4gPo-iOig5YuDgkZHAaDKMEV7UG7PChRR8ET8cRzkP_Liaj1oxcjnmI07Aaxvxp3AW/s1600-h/Global_Change.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-IIkV1VsB-z7_3E6kXa1WihL4Cs75r9OsYpVU-sVqHM47Q2z6lW6jhDuCCewwd9nXgkkNS_TdCn4gPo-iOig5YuDgkZHAaDKMEV7UG7PChRR8ET8cRzkP_Liaj1oxcjnmI07Aaxvxp3AW/s400/Global_Change.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339993407802165618" border="0" /></a>This May 25th is Africa Day, the official day of the African Union. It is an opportunity to celebrate African diversity and success, and join Africans around the world in highlighting the cultural, social and entrepreneurial energy of the continent and that of those of the African diaspora.<br /><br />This year, from Cincinnati Ohio, we will create a financial instruments to invest in the following African ventures:<br /></div><br /><ol><li>Provide Architectural Design and Environmental along with Professional Engineering, Construction Management and General Contracting Services<br /></li><li>Planned Unit Development centered around a building on such sites a full service Teaching Hospital and Orphanage supporting a K-12 School that specializes in AIDS orphans.<br /></li><li>Water Works Construction</li><li>Waste Water Plant Development</li><li>Clean Burn Waste Disposal Solutions</li><li>Electrical Power Generation Plant Development</li><li>Electrical Distribution Networks</li><li>Next Generation Broadband Communications Solutions</li><li>Creating a in country next generation internet service and cloud computing solution</li><li>Safety Support for the above work and other Humanitarian Aid</li></ol>Nati Change Cmdr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16884491766599010977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087113520221341428.post-7494830243806969212009-04-29T21:01:00.000-07:002009-04-29T21:03:02.664-07:00Cincinnati Can Change in the Next 100 days as much as America has changed during the first 100 Days of the Obama PresidencyNati Change Cmdr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16884491766599010977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087113520221341428.post-87934019802304489602009-04-15T23:57:00.000-07:002009-04-15T23:58:03.877-07:00Cincinnati Change Posts its first 990Nati Change Cmdr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16884491766599010977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087113520221341428.post-9877845258170848492009-04-15T23:54:00.000-07:002009-04-15T23:57:14.317-07:00100 years of Taxes = The Peoples Open Source Tax Code at Work 2009 through 2109 via an open source development proposal for America from CincinnatiNati Change Cmdr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16884491766599010977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087113520221341428.post-10775519183043544452009-04-15T23:48:00.000-07:002009-04-15T23:52:57.241-07:00Steve Driehaus is our April 15th Change Agent<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ohiodems.org/atf/cf/%7BC0255BB1-6F9F-40DE-AE31-2B58D7FD0F7A%7D/Driehaus3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 310px; height: 261px;" src="http://www.ohiodems.org/atf/cf/%7BC0255BB1-6F9F-40DE-AE31-2B58D7FD0F7A%7D/Driehaus3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>This is our congressman and we support him as a change agent who sits in the federal government. We met with him today and look forward to his leadership as we change Cincinnati NOW!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Representative Steve Driehaus was sworn in on January 6, 2009 as the Member of Congress for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio%27s_1st_congressional_district">Ohio’s First District.</a> Representative Driehaus sits on the <a href="http://www.house.gov/financialservices/">House Financial Services and Oversight</a> and <a href="http://nationalsecurity.oversight.house.gov/">Government Reform Committees</a>, and he has begun work to improve the First District’s aging infrastructure, to bring sensible ideas to the country’s mortgage crisis, and to reverse the nation’s economic decline.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Prior to his service in Congress, Steve served eight years in the <a href="http://www.house.state.oh.us/">Ohio House of Representatives.</a> He was chosen by his peers to serve as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._Clyburn">House Minority Whip</a> in 2003 and took a leadership role on issues such as election law and redistricting reform.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />A fiscal conservative, Representative Driehaus was the sponsor of legislation that would force a review of the billions of dollars that Ohio foregoes in "tax expenditures." He served on the Finance and Appropriations, Insurance, Public Utilities and State Government and Elections committees in the State House. In addition, Steve served on the Governor’s Foreclosure Prevention Task Force and the Clean Ohio Council. Representative Driehaus was named legislative “Rookie of the Year” by the<br /><br /><span class="apple-converted-space">Cincinnati Enquirer<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style=";font-family:";" > </span></span>during his first term, and was named “Legislator of the Year” by both the Ohio Association of Elections Officials and the ARC of Ohio in 2007. </span>Representative Driehaus is a 1984 graduate of Elder High School in Cincinnati, and earned a degree in political science from Miami University. He holds a masters degree in public affairs from Indiana University and later served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal, where he worked with village groups and local schools to promote sustainable environmental practices.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Steve directed the <a href="http://www.xavier.edu/communitybuilding/Current_Projects.cfm">Community Building Institute</a>, a collaborative effort of Xavier University and the United Way and Community Chest that promotes citizen-led, asset-based community development. Steve, his wife, Lucienne, their two daughters Alex and Clare, and son Jack, live in Cincinnati.<br /></div></div>Nati Change Cmdr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16884491766599010977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087113520221341428.post-7514195896328104652009-03-01T20:55:00.000-08:002009-03-01T20:58:05.747-08:00Black History is American History<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZU9BM6nNJe1fR-Jc9SkYFsubQvnNAuz-nOOT_hmgVYBLTuGC41puEZ8CZq3nU_i0cMveCcjIGkh9FAVrJe1st2eHKtbqvGglLxzmQEuYxpRBepMRzlf1j1Fxh0n1jHWuBwyHwmDodDmk/s1600-h/426937069_b5671d9043.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZU9BM6nNJe1fR-Jc9SkYFsubQvnNAuz-nOOT_hmgVYBLTuGC41puEZ8CZq3nU_i0cMveCcjIGkh9FAVrJe1st2eHKtbqvGglLxzmQEuYxpRBepMRzlf1j1Fxh0n1jHWuBwyHwmDodDmk/s400/426937069_b5671d9043.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308450130199998530" border="0" /></a><br />We did not post about Black history month cause every day of the Obama Presidency is black history.Nati Change Cmdr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16884491766599010977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087113520221341428.post-81066893913282429252009-02-26T12:00:00.000-08:002009-02-26T12:01:45.466-08:00Councilman Thomas Cincinnati Change Briefing<a title="View Councilman Thomas Cincinnati Change Briefing Short on Scribd" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/12845679/Councilman-Thomas-Cincinnati-Change-Briefing-Short" style="margin: 12px auto 6px auto; 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font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block;"> <a href="http://www.scribd.com/upload" style="text-decoration: underline;">Publish at Scribd</a> or <a href="http://www.scribd.com/browse" style="text-decoration: underline;">explore</a> others: <a href="http://www.scribd.com/browse/Presentations-Slideshows/?style=text-decoration%3A+underline%3B">Presentations & Slid</a> <a href="http://www.scribd.com/tag/cincinnati%20change" style="text-decoration: underline;">cincinnati change</a> <a href="http://www.scribd.com/tag/Discrimnation" style="text-decoration: underline;">Discrimnation</a> </div>Nati Change Cmdr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16884491766599010977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087113520221341428.post-85519288683494984332009-02-16T16:47:00.000-08:002009-02-17T08:50:06.862-08:00Cincinnati Change Road to Recovery Meeting IV Agenda for this Friday 20 Feb. 2009<a title="View Cincinnati Change Road to Recovery IV Agenda on Scribd" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/12534046/Cincinnati-Change-Road-to-Recovery-IV-Agenda" style="margin: 12px auto 6px auto; 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font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block;"> <a href="http://www.scribd.com/upload" style="text-decoration: underline;">Publish at Scribd</a> or <a href="http://www.scribd.com/browse" style="text-decoration: underline;">explore</a> others: <a href="http://www.scribd.com/browse/Business-Legal/?style=text-decoration%3A+underline%3B">Business & Legal</a> <a href="http://www.scribd.com/tag/cincinnati%20change%20agenda" style="text-decoration: underline;">cincinnati change ag</a> </div>Nati Change Cmdr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16884491766599010977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087113520221341428.post-33634315346825784212009-02-15T23:51:00.000-08:002009-02-16T00:10:30.442-08:00Cincinnati Ohio Stimulus Watch<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg50YZLGmZ-qhxBeu86YnMDdq0L3bTFMV-VsIAIA9woqsKU3PErZjdZZU-yM9GdUhwqpzeg_Nkvzk_-btSE9VUJNNApqpzKrzUOMjqH1dZKn6rrSdEVLw9XL5ILByoRSycsl_OTH-hqKR1J/s1600-h/american-flag-2a.jpg.w300h225.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg50YZLGmZ-qhxBeu86YnMDdq0L3bTFMV-VsIAIA9woqsKU3PErZjdZZU-yM9GdUhwqpzeg_Nkvzk_-btSE9VUJNNApqpzKrzUOMjqH1dZKn6rrSdEVLw9XL5ILByoRSycsl_OTH-hqKR1J/s400/american-flag-2a.jpg.w300h225.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303302277252775906" border="0" /></a>This is the link to the "<a href="http://www.stimuluswatch.org/project/by_city/Cincinnati/OH">shovel-ready</a>" projects for which <a href="http://www.usmayors.org/mainstreeteconomicrecovery/stimulussurveyparticipantsdata.asp?City=Cincinnati&State=OH">Cincinnati</a> has requested federal stimulus funding. The total cost of all the projects submitted by Cincinnati is <strong>$434,916,420</strong>. On this great site, Stimulus Watch, you can also discuss the project and vote on whether you believe it is critical or not.</div><p style="text-align: justify;">StimulusWatch.org was built to to help the new administration keep its pledge and to hold public officials to account. It does this by allowing you, citizens around the country with local knowledge about the proposed projects in <a href="http://www.stimuluswatch.org/project/by_city/Cincinnati/OH">our city</a>, to find, discuss and rate those projects.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">So lets be about it. Also next week we will be posting our project list Friday.<br /><strong></strong></p>Nati Change Cmdr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16884491766599010977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087113520221341428.post-78034267346840934002009-02-12T12:53:00.000-08:002009-02-12T13:14:20.579-08:00NCRC Meets With Secretaries Geithner and Donovan to Discuss Modifying Millions of Mortgages in Jeopardy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiPT6Gh1FuvCGwXq29MoBcpPcC7ruVWgG6iz0GT4-KTZtFLcExiY1Fw0QD9qBwHTxF_bQ-8yWBvO5tq1JEgC2y10Wy2H-JA-1x_MyLNyECo_jXT-SoLm1f0NGzTb2Auohf35Zlo7hr4Ccx/s1600-h/NCRClogo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 370px; height: 106px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiPT6Gh1FuvCGwXq29MoBcpPcC7ruVWgG6iz0GT4-KTZtFLcExiY1Fw0QD9qBwHTxF_bQ-8yWBvO5tq1JEgC2y10Wy2H-JA-1x_MyLNyECo_jXT-SoLm1f0NGzTb2Auohf35Zlo7hr4Ccx/s400/NCRClogo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302018197938612706" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Cincinnati Change is a member of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) . NCRC President and CEO John Taylor met today with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Housing and Urban Development Secretary <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/13/us/politics/13web-donovan.html">Shaun Donovan</a>, in a meeting attended by financial institutions, trade associations and non-profits. Taylor warned of the danger to the economy of rising foreclosures and urged the secretaries to act quickly to enact a broad-based loan modification program. Geithner's announcement yesterday of Treasury's <a href="http://www.financialstability.gov/">Financial Stability Plan</a> was met with disappointment by NCRC, as the plan delays by several more weeks addressing the rising tide of foreclosures.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />“Fixing the economy and ending foreclosures go hand in hand. You can’t do one without the other. Foreclosures should be Treasury’s #1 priority, not something to be done when we get around to it. Within the next few weeks, we will see tens of thousands more homeowners go into foreclosure. Treasury must take control of these toxic loans at a discount and modify them so that people can stay in their homes,” said John Taylor.<br /><br />“Massive foreclosures and their contagion effects formed the epicenter of the financial crisis. We need a plan that meaningfully reduces loan costs through interest rate cuts and principal loan reductions. The longer Treasury delays announcing substantive measures to bring financial stability to working families and communities, the longer the US financial system and overall economy will suffer,” said Taylor.<br /><br />Rising foreclosures are spurring a self-enforcing cycle of defaults, declines in home values and rising unemployment. Widespread <a href="http://www.hrmguide.net/usa/employment_situation.htm">unemployment</a> is accelerating the economic crisis, as evidenced in a recent report published by <a href="http://europe.vault.com/companies/company_main.jsp?product_id=303&co_page=2">Credit Suisse</a>. The study projects 9 million foreclosures over the next four years, assuming an 8% unemployment rate. Given the current unemployment rate of 7.6%, with nearly 600,000 jobs lost last month alone, it seems certain that the US is on track to see unemployment hit 8% very soon.<br /><br />At his meeting with the secretaries, Taylor discussed the need for broad-scale loan modification through the <a href="http://www.communityinvestmentnetwork.org/single-news-item-states/article/ncrc-recommendation-to-establish-the-homeowner-emergency-loan-program-help-now-current-efforts-ina/?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=43&cHash=2e016f032d">Homeowners Emergency Loan Program</a> (HELP Now). This program would allow the Treasury to exercise its authority to purchase troubled loans at steep discounts (equivalent to roughly the current market value) from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securitization">securitized</a> pools. This would result in a relatively low cost to taxpayers. The government would then arrange for these loans to be modified through existing entities such as <a href="http://www.fanniemae.com/index.jhtml">Fannie Mae</a> and <a href="http://www.freddiemac.com/">Freddie Mac</a>, and then sell the modified loans back to the private market.<br /><div style="text-align: center;">#<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">____________________________________________________<br /></div><br />We here at Cincinnati Change have a plan for 20,000 households in Hamilton County that we will release next Friday the 20th of Feb 2009 in Cincinnati Ohio as a national demonstration to address unemployment for a million American households.<br /></div>Nati Change Cmdr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16884491766599010977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087113520221341428.post-65125278069150279082009-02-10T16:17:00.000-08:002009-02-10T16:36:24.076-08:00National Capacity Building Symposium in Cleveland this week will back in the Nati all day on the 20th of Feb at the Corryville Branch Library<a title="View National Capacity Building Symposium II in Cleveland on Scribd" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/12115425/National-Capacity-Building-Symposium-II-in-Cleveland" style="margin: 12px auto 6px auto; 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