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“Communication – Cooperation – Collaboration” Volume 6, Number 17 |
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The Coalition, Inc. Board of
Directors Gary R. Adams (President/CEO),
John E. Churchville (Treasurer), Members: Josephine Blow, Stanley Daniels,
Quibila Divine, Nijah Famous, Tom
‘Bunny’ Henry, Lansana Koroma,
Abdul Malik Raheem, Lewis
Williams, Table of content For Our Children … 02 This Week … 02 Employment and Training
Opportunities … 04 Health Matters …04 Green Piece … 05 Grants, Scholarships &
Instruction… 06 SpotLight … 07 Arts for Awareness … 09 Coming Up …09 Computers and Technology … 13 A Hand Up … 15 Word-of-the-Week … 16 Page 02 If this publication is being
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secret." "I don't know about that.
I've kept my age a secret
since I was 21." "You'll let it out some day." "I hardly think so. When a
woman has kept a secret
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WEEK DEFINITIONS BY
GENDER VULNERABLE
(vul-ne-ra-bel) adj. Female: Fully opening up
one's self emotionally to
another. Male: Playing football
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Greetings Coalition Family!
The traditional holiday season is upon us. This is the time of year that many of us spend
deeply into our projected income to elicit the ooohs and ahhhs of our loved ones and peers.
Merchants begin to prepare 12 months in advance for this buying season. Make a pledge this
season to spend a minimum of 10% of your budget within in your own community, the results
can be phenomenal. "If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself." - Henry Ford “We each hold a piece to the puzzle.” – Dr. John Elliott Churchville “Communicate… Cooperate… Collaborate” FOR OUR CHILDREN
“It is easier to build children than it is to repair men.”…Frederick Douglass Cap4Kids Hint of the Week Did you know that preventable injuries and Sudden Unexplained Infant Death are mostly
preventable with certain precautions? Recently the American Academy of Pediatrics has
come up with 2 new recommendations that will continue to protect children from harm. The first is that children should now be facing toward the back of a car in an appropriate car
seat until 2 years old. The next is that ALL newborns and infants should follow these recommendations to reduce
SIDS: Always place your baby on his or her back for every sleep time. Always use a firm sleep surface. Car seats and other sitting devices are not recommended for
routine sleep. The baby should sleep in the same room as the parents, but not in the same bed
(room-sharing without bed-sharing). Keep soft objects or loose bedding out of the crib. This includes pillows, blankets, and
bumper pads. Wedges and positioners should not be used. Pregnant woman should receive regular prenatal care. Don’t smoke during pregnancy or after birth. Breastfeeding is recommended. Offer a pacifier at nap time and bedtime. Avoid covering the infant’s head or overheating. Do not use home monitors or commercial devices marketed to reduce the risk of SIDS. Infants should receive all recommended vaccinations. Supervised, awake tummy time is recommended daily to facilitate development and minimize
the occurrence of positional plagiocephaly (flat heads). On the www.cap4kids.org/philadelphia, there are 2 pages that help providers and families find
information of childhood safety as well as resources in the community. The Child Safety Tab (http://www.cap4kids.org/philadelphia/childhood_safety.html) has info
on childhood safety, and the Safety Resources handout has listings of resources in the
community to help families protect their loved ones from preventable injury and death
(http://www.cap4kids.org/philadelphia/parent_handouts/safety_resources.html). Also, please remember to "like" Cap4Kids Philadelphia on Facebook to spread the word
about caring for children and families in our great town. ----- Coalition members! Activate ‘Your’web link on The Coalition, Inc. web site ----- PARENTS MAYBE THIS CAN HELP YOU School Discipline Advocacy Service (SDAS) The cross-campus collaboration of Temple
University and University of Pennsylvania Law students. SDAS aims to provide assistance
and possibly representation to public and charter school parents and students in school
discipline hearings. The program includes a telephone messaging service (215-204-8812) and
email address (sdas.phila@gmail.com) that parents and students can contact for resources
and support. THIS WEEK The Black Male Development Symposium will be having it's Kick-Off Reception on Friday, December 9th from 6-9PM at Arcadia University in the Grey Towers Castle. Please visit our web site www.blackmaledevelopment.com and RSVP via the Evite. Take care Dr. Doreen Loury Executive Director, Black Male Development Symposium ----- Coalition members! Activate ‘Your’web link on The Coalition, Inc. web site ----- FREE Marriage Conference This one of a kind FREE marriage conference scheduled this coming Saturday, we still have
a few spaces available. Come see what God has to say about marriage through some dedicated people who are
skilled in marriage. Recieve God's word & good fellowship with givaways from Royal Caribbean, Sandals, CLC
Book Store, The Eye institute, Kairi's Travel, Empowerment hour radio, Relish, Sol...e to Soul,
Just to Serve you, Derek's, Philly Platinum Grill, Cold Stone Creamery, Applause Fashions,
Blessings unlimited, Divacoutoure, Traci Lynn, Meridian Bank, Farmers Insurance, TC
Unlimited, The Promise Land, Pleasure Principle, Pampered Chef and much more! You don't want to miss this, come invest in your marriage for FREE! Bodiee Fellowship Hall Saturday, December 10, 2011 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM (ET)
----- Coalition members! Activate ‘Your’web link on The Coalition, Inc. web site ----- EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING OPPORUNITIES FEMA positions up to six figures available in our online Coalition Group ongoing updates will
be posted as they become available. Around 90 percent of Americans consume caffeine every single day in one form or another. More than half of all American adults consume more than 300 milligrams (mg) of caffeine every day, making it America's most
popular drug by far. Caffeine is a natural component of chocolate, coffee and tea, and is used as an added energy boost in most colas and energy drinks.
It’s also found in diet pills and some over-the-counter pain relievers and medicines. Caffeine is known medically as trimethylxanthine, and the chemical formula is C8H10N4O2.
When isolated in pure form, caffeine is a white crystalline powder that tastes very bitter. The
chief source of pure caffeine is the end result of the process of decaffeinating coffee and tea. Medically, caffeine is useful as a cardiac stimulant and also as a mild diuretic - it increases
urine production. Recreationally, it is used to provide a "boost of energy" or a feeling of
heightened alertness. College students often use it to stay awake while cramming for finals
and drivers use it to push through to their destination. Many people feel as though they
"cannot function" in the morning without a cup of coffee to provide caffeine and the boost it
gives them. It's important to know that caffeine is an addictive drug. Among its many actions, it operates
using the same mechanisms that amphetamines, cocaine, and heroin use to stimulate the
brain. Relatively speaking, caffeine's effects are milder than amphetamines, cocaine and
heroin, but it is manipulating the same channels in the brain, and that is one of the things that
gives caffeine its addictive qualities. If you feel like you cannot function without it and must
consume it every day, then you may be addicted to caffeine. Health Benefits of Caffeine Caffeine has long been on the list of don'ts for people hoping to lead a healthy lifestyle.
Doctors pointed to caffeine's negative effects on the nervous system and how it can increase
anxiety, stress and food cravings, in addition to inhibiting sleep. Recent studies, however,
have shown that coffee and caffeine may actually have some significant medical benefits. There have been more than 19,000 studies on caffeine and coffee in the past 30 years in an
attempt to determine its exact effects on the human body. One of the most thorough and
exhaustive studies was done by Harvard University, in which they examined 126,000 people
over an 18-year period. The findings indicate that people who drink one to three cups of
coffee a day are up to 9 percent less likely to contract diabetes. What's interesting is what
happened to those who drank six or more cups of coffee per day - men slashed their chances
of contracting diabetes by 54 percent, and women by 30 percent [source: Kirchheimer]. Other studies have shown similar results in many facets of human health:
Some of these findings may have something to do with other healthful properties of the
coffee bean, but most can be directly linked to caffeine. Researchers are even developing
drugs for Parkinson's disease containing caffeine derivatives.
Another interesting study by The Byrd Alzheimer's Institute in Tampa, Fla., showed that lab
mice injected with caffeine were protected against developing Alzheimer's disease. The
injections even helped reduce symptoms in those that had the disease. The findings lead
doctors to believe that up to five cups of coffee a day could have the same positive effect on
humans [source: Arendash]. Rutgers University carried out a study in July 2007 that showed regular exercise combined
with daily doses of caffeine can increase the destruction of pre-cancerous skin cells in mice.
Once again, the findings have not yet been tested on humans, but the indication is that it will
have similar effects [source: Lu]. One thing is clear -- despite the recent findings, most doctors still recommend moderation in
regard to caffeine intake. While these recent studies give hope to those who are hooked on
their morning cup of joe, there is still a long way to go to determine the long- term effects of
caffeine use. ----- Coalition members! Activate ‘Your’web link on The Coalition, Inc. web site ----- GREEN PIECE Banana Peels Can Purify Polluted Drinking Water, Scientists Say Did you hear the one about the chemist and the banana peel? Gustavo Castro, an environmental chemist at Sao Paulo State University, suspected that we might be overlooking valuable properties in the peels. "I have heard for a long time that we usually throw out the best part of the fruit and that most of the nutrients and proteins are in parts not used by us, such as the peels," he told the American Chemical Society in a podcast. "From there, I decided to make an initial experiment to determine the chemical composition of the peel." Castro found that banana peels contain nitrogen, sulfur, and carboxylic acids, which, he noted, bind with positively-charged heavy metals often leached into water from mining or industrial runoff. Since many methods of removing metals from the water are expensive and toxic, Castro thought he might be on to a more natural method of cleaning drinking water. He and his colleagues chopped and dried bits of banana peel and combined them with water from Brazil's polluted Paraná River. The peels stood up to other types of commonly-used filtering products like silica and carbon, and scientists found that the peels could be used up to 11 times without losing their purifying powers. And they were cheap. "I was surprised to learn that something so simple could work so well," said Castro. "I believe banana peels can be of great importance in water purification." But one important question remains: With banana skins going to a good cause, what will pranksters use for a good-old fashioned peel pratfall? ----- Coalition members! Activate ‘Your’web link on The Coalition, Inc. web site ----- The Electronic Industries Alliance provides a list of local electronic recycling facilities,
including Philly’s Northeast Drop-off Center at State Road & Ashburner Street and Northwest
Drop-Off Center at Domino Lane & Umbria Street.
For sustainable enterprise go to Green Jobs Phillyhttp://www.greenjobsphilly.org/news ----- Coalition members! Activate ‘Your’web link on The Coalition, Inc. web site ----- Get Fresh! Volunteer with Philabundance Fresh for All You recycle out the wazoo and consider yourself consigliore of the enviro-sack mafia. Hence, a cause you can believe in: Philabundance wants to fill those ubiquitous bags with produce through its new Fresh for All programs. And you can help by volunteering. The nonprofit hands out perishables at six sites in the Delaware Valley — where nutritious diet staples are hard to come by, especially in tough times. With a minimum three-hour commitment, you’ll keep busy. Help with admin, approve clients, or do community outreach (posting mailings, making phone calls). Looking for something physical? Take food to sites, divide apples, and dole out the goods. You’ll be doing a major part to help people get the fruits and veggies they need. And that’s a green movement to be proud of. To participate in Fresh for All, contact Tunisia Garnett (215-339-0900 ext. 238 or
For more information, go to www.philabundance.org GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS & INSTRUCTION
SpotLight On Our Efforts Building Your Success Team By Michael Rice In America, the first recognized urban networkers were the founding fathers. They were a
dedicated group of individuals from different walks of life who were united in purpose and
direction. The members included such colorful individuals as John Adams, Thomas Jefferson
and Ben Franklin (two of them later them president and one who was ambassador to France,
the first postmaster and associated with the discovery of electricity. Together they formed a
mastermind group aka success team that created the foundation for the most powerful
country in the world. As urban networkers they recognized the power of purpose and teamwork. Today urban
networkers also establish success teams. These teams consist of people who share and
support each other’s goals and values. Urban networkers convene their teams on a regular
basis. The meetings are formal or informal yet based in trust, honesty and harmony. The goals of these meetings are to provide mutual support and encouragement. The
membership represents different disciplines and even ways of life. While all the groups have
their own unique identity, they share in their spiritual values. Everyone in the group believes
in the other’s talents and abilities. They agree that only way to truly enjoy success is to work
together to achieve it. “It takes teamwork to make a dream work” Napoleon Hill, author of “Think and Grow Rich, “describes a success team as something
called the Master Mind. He describes it as the “coordination of knowledge and effort, in a
spirit of harmony between two or more people for the attainment of a definite purpose. No
two minds ever come together without thereby, creating a third invisible intangible force
which may be likened to a third mind…. “ Hill compared the human mind to an electric battery, “.a group of brains coordinated (or
connected) in a spirit of harmony will provide more thought energy than a single brain, just as
a group of batteries will provide more energy than a single battery.” Herbert Harris, in his book “The Twelve Universal Laws of Success” calls it the highest and
most powerful form of relationship with other people. He describes the mastermind
principle: “The Mastermind is the power source that creates directs and guides the universal creation.
It is know by many names: God, First Cause, Supreme Being, Supreme Cause, Universal
Force, etc. Each of us, every person on the planet, is an individualized expression of this
Master Mind. We have the God given power to connect with, and tap into the wisdom, creative
genius and power of this Master Mind…The Mastermind principle embodies the ancient
concept that combined energies , intelligence and power of two or more like minded people ,
is far greater than the sum total of their individual energy, intelligence and power” Both authors agree that the combined power of two or more individuals united together and
focused on one purpose is an amazing and unstoppable force. Want to learn more about how to establish your own success team and build better mutually
beneficial relationships in your life? Join us at the monthly Community Improvement Workshops sponsored by the Coalition and
Professional Networking Associates. Michael Rice, Lead Facilitator and CEO for
Professional Networking Associates shares principles, strategies and tactics for the new
"Urban Networking" in an ongoing workshop series. Call 215-387-2734 or 267-303-0653 for
more information ----- Coalition members! Activate ‘Your’web link on The Coalition, Inc. web site ----- ARTS FOR AWARENESS I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization than full
recognition of the place of the artist. If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must
set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him. Pauline Kael Poetic Vibez: December 9, 2011 @ The October Gallery, located 6353 Greene Street. Start time
is 8pm, also Free for confirmed Performing Poets, and $10.00 for guests. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- December 16, 2011 @ The October Gallery, located 6353 Greene Street. Start time is 8pm, also
Free for confirmed Performing Poets, and $10.00 for guests. December 25, 2011 @ 7165 Lounge, located 7165 Germantown Ave., (the Old North By
Northwest.) Start Time 3:30pm. Free for confirmed Performing Poets, and $10.00 for guests,
which includes all U can Eat Vegan Brunch. ----- Coalition members! Activate ‘Your’web link on The Coalition, Inc. web site ----- Jus’ Words at Dowlings Place
1310 No. Broad St. Phila Every Thurs. 9pm to 1am · Poets · Rappers · Singers · Spoken Word Artists ----- Coalition members! Activate ‘Your’web link on The Coalition, Inc. web site ----- COMING UP With The Name Of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful Moorish Unification Council of the World, Inc. Presents its Annual Unity Day Celebration In Honor of Noble Drew Ali (1886-1929) Community Award Presentations Speaker: Wesley Wilson-Bey Sunday January 8, 2011 3:00 – 6:00 P.M. Kingsessing Recreation Center 49th & Kingsessing Avenue Philadelphia, PA More information: Wesley Wilson-Bey/Chairman 215.476.0280 * * * Outside PA * * * Root Cause and Open Society Foundations Campaign for Black Male Achievement to Launch
a Leadership and Sustainability Institute
COMPUTERS AND TECHNOLOGY Comcast unveils new plan to combat digital divide
Free online journal focuses on technology for nonprofits the world. But even with daily evidence of world-changing innovations and applications of technology, it's difficult for nonprofit leaders to know how to apply it to their missions. provides the guidance and practical considerations nonprofits need to make the sound investments and decisions that will help them meet their goals. ----- Coalition members! Activate ‘Your’web link on The Coalition, Inc. web site ----- Group offers low-cost web access to nonprofits Mobile Citizen, a provider of mobile broadband for education and nonprofits, will offer a Technology Assistance Grant program beginning in January to provide non-profit organizations with affordable access to the Internet. Available only in Portland, Oregon, Las Vegas, and Philadelphia, the grant includes reduced-price service from Mobile Citizen, with unlimited usage for only $10/month or $120/year per account. It bundles Mobile Citizen’s wireless broadband, powered by WiMAX, a fourth generation (4G) technology from Clearwire Corporation with a variety of benefits available only to grantees, including: -- 12 months of service from Mobile Citizen extended to 15 months at no additional charge. With this, nonprofits receive three free months of service per account. -- Dedicated Mobile Citizen Customer Care customized for non-profit organizations. -- A free one-year membership to NTEN, a nonprofit technology network, ongoing information and news as well as access to a support community. -- A choice of additional benefits including an educational webinar series. For more information, email Free Trial. www.mobilecitizen.org/grantphiladelphia A HAND UP! "None of us has gotten where we are solely by pulling ourselves up from our own bootstraps.
We got here because somebody bent down and helped us." - Thurgood Marshall America’s Original Savings Network As amazing as it may sound many people do not realize how easy it is to LEGALLY stop paying for their groceries! This is how the one hour television show began for the company whose website is at: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q: Are these manufacturer coupons or coupons that I
print on my computer?
A: All of our coupons are actual manufacturer coupons. Fewer and fewer retailers accept coupons that are printed from your
computer because of a huge increase in counterfeit coupons. Actual manufacturer coupons which we issue are accepted
everywhere that coupons are accepted. Q: Can these coupons be doubled? Q: What are the face values and the expiration dates of these coupons? Q: How can I use $1,000.00 worth of coupons in 90 days? Q: How do I choose the coupons I want? Remember to support The Coalition, Inc.’s on-air personalities… Please listen to the "Time For An Awakening" Program with Bro. Elliott, this and every Sunday at 7 pm. Listen at
www.900AMWURD.com Call 215.634.8065 or toll free 1-866-361-0900 to join the discourse!!!! Sister Phile Chionesu, organizer of the Million Woman March, “Nu Day Resurrection and Liberation" Show LIVE each Saturday evening 10:30 PM--12:00 midnight EST. "NU Day" is heard in Philly and, worldwide, through the internet at: www.blogtalkradio.com/empresschi Or you can tune in via podcast at 646-652-2232 Call in and give your thoughts, comments, opinions at 1-646-652-2232 Or send an instant message tomwmsistahood@aol.comto chat on line. **This spot reserved for The Coalition friend and supporter Jeff Hart** |
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