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Friday 29 February 2008 |
Volume
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Coalition
Board of Directors Gary
R. Adams, President John
E. Churchville, Treasurer Yvonn
M. Haughton, Secretary Members: Stanley
Daniels Tom
Henry Table
of content For
Our Children … 01 This
Week … 08 Employment
and Training Opportunities … 10 Health
Matters … 11 Grants
and Scholarships … 14 SpotLight
… 16 Arts
for Awareness … 16 Coming
Up …20 Computers
and Technology … 21 A
Hand Up … 22 On
The Airways … 22 Page 02 If you would like to report
on a recent community event, feel free to send us a brief account of what
happened, we will share it with our readers. Send your information to: the.pa.coalition@gmail.com The truth about cell phones and the telemarketing hoax! http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp Page 03 We are proud to announce that News From The Coalition is
featured on the internationally acclaimed site Eight Cities Map Click here: EightCitiesMAP Choose
"Philadelphia's Online Community “Newsletter" from the menu. If this publication is being forwarded to you, and you wish
to be placed on our mailing list, send an email to the.pa.coalition@gmail.com with “subscribe” in
the subject. JOIN THE COALITION! Page 04 No real social change has
ever been brought about without a revolution... revolution is but thought
carried into action… Emma Goldman JOIN THE COALITION! http://groups.google.com/group/coalition-the Page 05 JOIN THE COALITION! Page 06 Volunteers needed to help organize the first INTER-FAITH
COMMUNITY Page 07 JOIN THE COALITION! Page 08 One Sunday morning Bill burst into the living room and said,
"Dad! Mom! I have some great news for you! I am getting married to the
most beautiful girl in town. She lives a block away and her name is Sue. After dinner, Bill's dad took him aside. "Son, I have to talk
with you. Your mother and I have been married 30 years. She's a wonderful
wife but she has never offered much excitement in the bedroom, so I used to
fool around with women a lot. Sue is actually your half-sister, and I'm
afraid you can't marry her." Bill was heart-broken. After eight months he eventually started dating
girls again. A year later he came home and very proudly announced "Diane
said yes! We're getting married in June." Again his father insisted on another private conversation and broke
the sad news. "Diane is your half-sister too, Bill. I'm awfully sorry
about this." Bill was furious! He finally decided to go to his mother with the
news. "Dad has done so much harm. I guess I'm never going to get
married," he complained. "Every time I fall in love, Dad tells me
the girl is my half-sister." His
mother just shook her head. "Don't pay any attention to what he says,
dear. He's not really your father." Page 09 One day my daughter was out and I was in charge of my Granddaughter
who and had just recovered from an accident in which her arm had been broken. Someone had given her a little 'tea set' as a get-well gift and it
was one of her favorite toys. I was in the living room engrossed in the evening news when she
brought Granddad a little cup of "tea", which was just water. After several cups of tea and lots of praise for such yummy tea, my
daughter came home. I made her wait in the living room to watch my little
darling bring me a cup of tea, because it was "just the cutest
thing!!" My daughter waited, and sure enough, there came down the hall with a
cup of tea for her favorite Granddad and watch me drink it up. Then my daughter said to me, "Did it ever
occur to you that the only place that the baby can reach to get water is the
toilet?" JOIN THE COALITION! http://groups.google.com/group/coalition-the Page 10 JOIN THE COALITION! http://groups.google.com/group/coalition-the page
11 JOIN THE COALITION! page 12 The Raw Family Newsletter JOIN THE COALITION! http://groups.google.com/group/coalition-the page 13 I claim that human mind or human society is not divided
into watertight compartments called social, political and religious. All act
and react upon one another… Mohandas Gandhi JOIN THE COALITION! page 14 JOIN THE COALITION! http://groups.google.com/group/coalition-the page 15 Word of The Week: copacetic
\koh-puh-SET-ik\, Very satisfactory; fine. How could man rejoice in victory and delight in
the slaughter of men? …Lao Tzu JOIN THE COALITION! Page 16 We will be spotlighting members and organizations weekly, if you wish
to have your organization spotlighted, forward to us information on your
primary mission, your current projects and/or how you would want other
members of The Coalition to be
involved. Many of us are already being a support to one another, but there is
plenty of room for improvement. JOIN THE COALITION! http://groups.google.com/group/coalition-the Page
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Greetings
Coalition Family! Join Dr. John E. Churchville and Chairman Gary R. Adams on the
Technically Speaking Radio program with our award-winning host J C Lamkin
tomorrow at 2pm. (See details in ‘This Week’ on page Join A HAND UP! To make donations or donation requests. http://groups.google.com/group/a-hand-up Gary
R. Adams, Community Liaison for The Coalition
email:
the.pa.coalition@gmail.com Join
our Google group http://groups.google.com/group/coalition-the FOR OUR CHILDREN
Young Adults 18-24!! An intensive one-year
training program. We recognize that both job
skills and higher education Students are paid an
educational For more information on
Year Up, please visit our Web site, ------------------------------------ Kids! Ever see those Clean
Water ads with drawings by Philadelphia school students? Now you have the chance to
have your original drawing appear on billboards and buses all over the city! The Partnership for the
Delaware Estuary is now accepting entries on behalf of the To enter, students must
illustrate the prevention or environmental impact of storm water runoff
pollution. Entry forms and details can be found at www.DelawareEstuary.org --------------------------------------------------Student Summer Camp -
Mentoring & Enrichment Seminar in Engineering Training (MESET) There is an opportunity
for 11th grade students to attend a FREE Engineering Camp at the
University of Houston from June 3-15, 2007. African-American student
participation is very much needed. Please have any prospective students
fill out the application by downloading it from the website listed
below and mail it to the address indicated. Students that participate
in this camp have been known to gain summer jobs for college just for
being in this camp. This camp helps students to develop good study
habits and learn about engineering careers. Help students help themselves.
This is camp is coed. Currently MESET needs at
least 15 more students to apply. The deadline is April 15, 2007.
Students are encouraged to apply from anywhere in the US. Transportation is not
provided. However, the camp is free. As a courtesy, staff members
will pick up and return out of town students to the bus station, train
station or airport for free. For further info, please
contact John Matthews at (713) 743-4226. Please pass this message
on to any 11th grade African American student with interest in
engineering. ------------------------------------------------ A Black History Month Art Contest for public school students grades 6 through 12, is
being conducted by Afro Cutting Boards with a $500.00 first prize. Two
winners will be chosen by our judges. The first prize in each division is a
scholarship that may be used for tutoring, school supplies, academic classes
and camps, or college expenses. A $500.00 scholarship will be awarded in the
Grade 9 – 12 Division; $100.00 for the Grade 6 – 8 Division. “The theme of the contest is Soul Food. The artwork
must depict Soul Food in a positive and delectable way: food on a table,
being cooked, being eaten, grace being said over the food. Artwork may be created using any 2D medium: pen and
ink, water colors, oils, charcoal, pastels, digital. Entries, accompanied by
application signed by the student and a parent or legal guardian, must be
received no later than 6:00 pm., February 29, 2008. Applications are
available at: www.afrocuttingboards/black
historyartcontest.pdf/. No artwork will be considered without a completed
and signed application. Entries may be submitted electronically or by mail.
The scholarship award will be announced on March 10, 2008. For more information about the contest email:
contest@afrocuttingboards.com --------------------------------------------------------- Resources for Children’s
Health’s SAFE program has openings for new clients. In our SAFE program, we
provide parents of children aged birth through 5 years with the information,
resources and support they need to raise healthy and happy children. A peer
and professional staff conduct services. Spanish-speaking case managers are
available. Services include: ·
In-home visits ·
Help in obtaining medical, pediatric and well-baby care; ·
Accompaniment to medical appointments and other appointments; ·
Connecting participants to supportive community resources to meet
identified needs; ·
Health and nutrition information, resources and written handouts; ·
Incentives- baby items, parent-child activity books, home safety
items, and others; ·
Assisting participants in securing health insurance or other
benefits; ·
Supporting participants in engaging in healthy lifestyle practices,
such as smoking cessation, exercise and good adult and child nutrition; ·
“Hands-on” support, such as grocery shopping to show participants how
to purchase good quality nutritional food at reasonable prices; and ·
Positive parenting and health education workshops, which are open to
everyone in the community. For more information, to sign up, or to make a referral to the SAFE Program, please contact Brenda Rochester, SAFE Supervisor, at 215.985.6252. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Kids With a Mission!
JEOTM Radio is the brainchild of 2 young men
Jerry who is 12 years old and his brother RJ AKA Spidey Boy who is 8 years
old. JEOTM was created to encourage and foster the entrepreneurial spirit in
young people. Each show will feature guests that introduce youth early on to
business concepts and entrepreneurship. By empowering youth JEOTM Radio seeks to instill key skills that will enable financial independence. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PARENTING EDUCATION and
EMPOWERMENT RESOURCE Program (PEER) presents Free parenting classes Attend the FREE non-judgmental ten week
program and receive a
$100.00 food gift card or Earn $100.00 towards a
utility bill of your choice Classes are held weekly at
Tustin Recreation Center 5901 Columbia Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19151 Mondays 6:00pm – 8:00pm Other sites available Enrollment is ongoing A project of the Lutheran
Children and Family Service Sonya Harris-Saunders,
Program Coordinator 215.339.8002 ext 19 Wendy Brown,
Administrative Assistant 215.424.3741 ext 248 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"STOP THE MADNESS ,
STOP THE VIOLENCE" is looking for tutors for their tutoring
program at East Spencer Miller Elementary School at 43rd and
Westminster. Tutoring takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings
from 5pm to 7pm,
and is for students 8-12 years of age. If you or anyone you know can help during either
of these two timeframes, please contact Malik (aka Norm) Johnson, at
215-410-2859. Please share this
information,
you never know
who has a couple of hours a week to help our kids. C&C Athletic Association also has a tutoring and
mentoring program at Eastwick Recreation Center at 80th and Mars Sts. for students, age 10-17. This
program runs from November to April. Contact Calvin Johnson (215-738-5181) if
you can help or know someone who needs to be tutored. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Speaking Truth to Action" Spoken Word' movement mentors at-risk males.Brother to Brother, Boys to Men Youth Mentoring Club
...because we are our brother's keepers.
to
'speak truth to action' with a mentoring program that they feel will change
lives; save lives of young African American males in the city. WHAT: a "Mentoring" Club, for males only between the ages of 13
and 18 and adult males, providing nurture, guidance and role-models for
at-risk youth. The club provides awareness, self-love activities and a
positive environment to build healthy relationships. WHY: (Shyster): "Because it's long overdue!" Promoters of this
mentoring club say that it is NOT a "Lecture" format, not a
"scared straight" program; instead, spoken-word artists with a
burden for the community are coming together to offer young African American
males a positive environment to interact with each other and community role-models.
This is an attempt to curb violence and a practical way to put an end to the
senseless violence and bloodshed that tarnishes Philadelphia's image.
"We need 'real-men' Mentors, who have big hearts and a little time
to spend with a young man who needs it--badly!" said Sam Gamon.
"Because, after all 'we are our brothers' keepers".
"Shyster"-Ray Williams, 215-729-2025 Join BlackParentConnect.com
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************************************************************ ************************************************************ The PHILADELPHIA BLACK PUBLIC ISSUES FORUM began in honor of the late fr. Paul M. Washington, former rector of the Church of the Advocate at 18th and fr. Paul M. Washington Avenue in North Philadelphia. The Forum, like Father Washington, is a provider and legitimizer of public space for the free expression of dissident Black voices on public issues central to our communities. The Forum's purpose is to provide a public space and an opportunity to be heard to Black persons and groups who bring non-traditional approaches to ways of thinking and organizing focused on solving pressing community problems. Proud member of The Coalition! visit our website: http://www.geocities.com/blackpublicissuesforum.phila/ and join our Yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blackpublicissues/ Gary R. Adams, Chairman John E. Churchville, PhD, Founder ************************************************************ ************************************************************
First Anniversary Issue!
The Coalition was born out of
the first Community Organizational Summit held at The Church of the Advocate
at 18th & Father Paul M. Washington Ave. on July 26th
2006. At that time more than fifty organizations signed on. Presently, there
are more than one hundred organizational members, and nearly one hundred
pending. The first FYI The Coalition Weekly Digest was distributed August 25th
2006, thank you for a great year!
Gary
R. Adams,
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