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“Communication – Cooperation – Collaboration” Volume 7, Number 28 |
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The Coalition, Inc. Board of Directors Gary R. Adams (President/CEO), John E. Churchville (Treasurer), Members: Abu Mashkuwr Naadim Abdulkhabir, Josephine Blow, Stanley Daniels, Nijah Famous, Lansana Koroma, Abdul Malik Raheem, Lewis Williams Table of content For Our Children … 02 This Week … 03 Employment and Training Opportunities … 03 Health Matters …05 Green Piece … 07 Grants, Scholarships & Instruction… 07 SpotLight … 08 Arts for Awareness … 10 Coming Up …11 Computers and Technology … 11 A Hand Up … 13 Word-of-the-Week … 14
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Because friendship is pleasant, we partake of our friend's entertainment; not because we have not enough to eat in our own house. – Yoruba saying
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Virtue is never left to stand alone. He who has it will have neighbors. - Confucius
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True
happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in
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Enjoy
when you can, and endure when you must. ~Johann Wolfgang von
Goethe
If you would like to report on a recent community event, feel free to send us a brief account of what happened in document format, and we will share it with our readers. Send your information to: News From The Coalition, Inc.
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Practical
life teaches us that people may differ and that both may be wrong:
it also teaches us that people may differ and both be right.
Anchor yourself fast in the latter faith, or the former will sweep
your heart away. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles
Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827
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Never
explain. Your friends do not need it and your enemies will
not believe it anyway. ~Elbert Hubbard If you have a favorite joke or quote, why not share it with our readers. send to TheCoalitionNews@gmail.com We will credit you with the submission.
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.
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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb
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All entries for submission should be received by noon, the Monday prior to publish date and in Press Release form.
Page 09 " Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up. ~Robert Frost
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Page 10 Hereeeeeeeeeeeeees... Kathy’s Korner!
A
good piece of chocolate has about 200 calories. As I enjoy 2
servings per night, and a few more on weekends, I consume about
3,500 calories of chocolate in a week, which equals one pound of
weight per week.
(Kathy Parsons is a regular contributor.)
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If
women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no
meaning.
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"Good
judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad
judgment."
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"I
can remember when the air was clean and sex was
dirty."
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WORD-OF-THE-WEEK (words often confused or misused) farther / further Farther is an adjective and adverb that means to or at a more distant point: “We drove 50 miles today; tomorrow, we will travel 100 miles farther.” Further is an adjective and adverb that means to or at a greater extent or degree: “We won't be able to suggest a solution until we are further along in our evaluation of the problem.” It can also mean in addition or moreover: “They stated further that they would not change the policy.”
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Greetings Coalition Family!
Most of us are aware of the pending Supreme Court
decision on
for civil rights from a government which has a
history of rights denial. Just my honest unsolicited opinion.
“Before you tear down a wall, be sure you know what’s on the other side.” - Madu
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
Program seeks donations for prom attendees
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Attention Pre K Parents!!! ----- Coalition members! Activate ‘Your’ web link on The Coalition, Inc. web site -----
Office of Specialized Services of the School District of Phila.The
Office of Specialized Services (OSS) is committed to the
educational, social, physical, and emotional well being of
students within the School District of Philadelphia. The OSS
provides comprehensive special education, behavioral health,
school health, and prevention/intervention programs.
215-400-4170 On the www.cap4kids.org/philadelphia website
Please also remember that this and all content on CAP4Kids can be translated into almost any language using the flags at the bottom of each page. Thanks. ----- Coalition members! Activate ‘Your’ web link on The Coalition, Inc. web site -----
THIS WEEK
Financial Literacy Workshop Tuesday, April 9, 2013 2pm-3pm 440 N. Broad St. Suite 131 Philadelphia, PA 19130 ----- Coalition members! Activate ‘Your’ web link on The Coalition, Inc. web site -----
There is still time to get your Federal and State taxes done at ACHIEVEability
We offer free filing of your Federal & State personal income tax returns at our Community Office located at 59 North 60th Street Philadelphia, PA 19139. We are an appointment only site (see flyer attached). To schedule an appointment, please call the Community Office at 215-748-8838. ----- Coalition members! Activate ‘Your’ web link on The Coalition, Inc. web site -----
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING OPPORUNITIES
Financial Literacy Workshop Tuesday, April 9, 2013 2pm-3pm 440 N. Broad St. Suite 131 Philadelphia, PA 19130 ----- Coalition members! Activate ‘Your’ web link on The Coalition, Inc. web site ---- Amtrak Is Hiring Great jobs for young men who aren't in college and strong young women also! This is Obama money for "infrastructure" the jobs are located all over, paid training in Atlanta, for Track Workers and Machine Operators. These jobs pay good wages. Training: You will attend two or three weeks of training at the Railroad Education & Development Institute in Atlanta, GA. CSX will pay for travel, lodging and meals as required by collective bargaining agreement. At CSX, two of the company's core values are People Make The Difference and Safety Is A Way of Life. We are committed to offering our team members the most competitive compensation and benefits package available, unlimited opportunities for development and growth throughout an exciting and rewarding career, and the safest work environment possible. CSX is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer that supports diversity in the workplace. Apply online to this and other positions: http://www.csx.com/?fuseaction=careers.main ----- Coalition members! Activate ‘Your’ web link on The Coalition, Inc. web site ----
PLBC Virtual Job Fair
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Philadelphia Career Fair Monday, April 8, 2013, 11AM - 2PM Crowne Plaza 4010 City Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19131 https://www.nationalcareerfairs.com
The Diversity Job Fair of Philadelphia Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 10AM - 1PM Doubletree Guest Suites Hotel 640 West Germantown Pike Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462 http://www.catalystcareergroup.com
HEALTH MATTERS
Olive oil lovers show lower stroke risk By Amy Norton NEW YORK By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older people who use olive oil in their cooking and on their salads may have a lower risk of suffering a stroke, researchers reported Wednesday. In a study that followed older French adults for five years, researchers found that those who regularly used olive oil were 41 percent less likely to have a stroke than those who never used the oil. The findings, reported in the journal Neurology, hint that the well-known connection between olive oil and heart disease might extend to stroke as well. Olive oil is a key ingredient in the so-called Mediterranean diet. And some clinical trials have suggested that the diet helps control risk factors for heart disease, like high blood pressure, abdominal obesity and elevated levels of "bad" LDL cholesterol. High olive oil intake is also linked to a lower risk of heart attack, and a longer lifespan among heart attack survivors. These latest findings support the general advice that people replace dubious dietary fats -- namely, saturated fats and "trans" fats -- with olive oil and other unsaturated fats, according to an expert not involved in the study. But he also stressed that the study does not prove that olive oil, per se, helps prevent strokes. "We need to remember that this is an observational study," said Dr. Nikolaos Scarmeas, a neurologist at Columbia University Medical Center in New York who wrote an editorial published with the study. The study found a correlation between people's olive oil use and their stroke risk, he told Reuters Health -- but that doesn't necessarily translate into cause-and-effect. "People who use a lot of olive oil may be very different from people who don't," Scarmeas said. Olive oil users may, for example, have higher incomes, eat better overall or exercise more often than people who never use the oil. The researchers on the new study, led by Cécilia Samieri of the French national research institute INSERM, tried to account for those differences. And after they did, olive oil was still linked to a lower stroke risk. But it's impossible to fully account for all those variables, Scarmeas noted. What's needed, he said, are clinical trials where people are randomly assigned to use olive oil or not, then followed over time to see who suffers a stroke. Such clinical trials are considered the "gold standard" of medical evidence. The current study included 7,625 French adults age 65 and older who reported on their diets and other lifestyle factors. People who said they used olive oil for both cooking and as a dressing were considered "intensive users." Over the next five to six years, those intensive users suffered strokes at a rate of 0.3 percent per year. That compared with just over 0.5 percent among non-users, and 0.4 percent among moderate users. When the researchers factored in other diet habits, exercise levels and major risk factors for stroke -- like high blood pressure and diabetes -- heavy olive oil use was tied to 41 percent reduction in the odds of stroke. Samieri's team also took blood samples from another 1,245 older adults, measuring their levels of oleic acid -- a monounsaturated fat that accounts for most of the fatty acids in olive oil. The one-third of participants with the highest oleic acid levels were 73 percent less likely to suffer a stroke than the one-third with the lowest levels. The findings, according to Scarmeas, argue for more research into olive oil's potential benefits against not only heart disease, but stroke and other neurological diseases as well. For now, he suggested that people choose olive oil and other unsaturated fats over saturated fats (found largely in meat and dairy) and trans fats (found in some processed foods, like crackers, cookies and chips). "It's better to rely on this type of fat for your overall health," Scarmeas said. That said, no single food is consumed in isolation, he points out in his editorial. Olive oil is one part of the Mediterranean diet that has been tied to heart benefits. The diet also boasts plenty of fruits and vegetables, legumes, whole grains, fish and moderate amounts of red wine. SOURCE: bit.ly/SUxCM Neurology, online June 15, 2011. |
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SpotLight On Our Efforts
Education Campaign
The All- African People’s Revolutionary Unification Party is organizing an education campaign around the topic of, “The Development of Humanity; with an emphasis on Women, especially African Women.”
This will include understanding the “modes of production.” In the history of humanity there has been five major types of production relationships known to humanity: communalism, feudalism, capitalism, and socialism leading to communism. There is a severe lack of understanding about the modes of production because it is not taught in educational institutions. The reason it is so important to learn about the modes of production is:
1. &n bsp; It deals with who is in power in society and therefore gives you the reasons why certain things are a certain way. It shows the necessity of struggling for power.
2. &n bsp; It shows the most important changes in human development and gives people a weapon to affect change in the people’s interest.
3. &n bsp; It shows that women were in the leadership of society for over 90% of humanities history.
4. &n bsp; It shows that for over 90% of the history of humanity, human beings did not exploit and oppress each other and it refutes the idea was at war from the beginning.
5. &n bsp; It shows when exploitation and oppression started and what it takes to get rid of exploitation and oppression.
6. &n bsp; It shows the importance of human labor. It confirms that the people are the makers of history and not individuals and there is honor in being a common person.
7. &n bsp; It gives an organized way of understanding history and is a liberating force for the people who learn it.
These are a few reasons to learn about the modes of production. The people who learn have a big responsibility to share and teach the information with as many other people as possible. We do not own the media or the educational institutions in the society so it is on us the powerless masses to get this information to the people. As a start we suggest reading the book, Class Struggle in Africa by Kwame Nkumah. The way to have the biggest impact is to read and discuss the book collectively.
History is a weapon. It can be used to inspire or demobilize the people. History in the hands of the masses of the people will be guided by the love of justice and truth. The masses of the people have never been the oppressors; they have been the oppressed. The masses have no reason to hide the truth, but someone who has oppressed the people does have a reason to hide the truth.
We call on all oppressed people to organize because organization is a potent weapon of the oppressed. Our goal is to become so organized that we can do in one day what previously took us 20 years. In order to do this everyone must join an organization that is working for the people.
P.O. Box 23074 Oakland , CA 94623-0074 U.S.A.
Phone: (415) 789-7360
Email: ForAfricanWomen@att.net
Website: http://hometown.aol.com/forafricanwomen/myhomepage/index.html
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OpportUNITY, Inc @ The Willie
G. Williams Community Center
A Construction Training Program
Providing Human Services
1016-18 South Street
Philadelphia,
PA 19147
Office: 267-297-8006
Cell:
267-579-6301
Email:
opportunity1016@gmail.com
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Family Survival Inc. is a 501(c)3 organization provides cultural, educational, spiritual and economic tools needed to create a positive and lasting legacy within the African American community.
Family Survival Inc., a 501(c)3 organization, was founded by Brothers Rashie Abdul Samad and Rashie Abdur Rahim after realizing that the key to reclaiming the African American community lies in re-establishing connection with Africa, it's art, history, culture, economy and people. The program started with exposing young people to the culture of African music and art, as well as learning the basics of business. While the founding principles remain intact, the program has expanded by partnering with other community organizations and businesses in the spirit of umoja (unity) to ensure our collective Family Survival. Together, these organizations will make an even greater impact on the youth and elders in the community for the benefit of whole.
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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
1310 No. Broad St. Phila
Every Thurs. 9pm to 1am
Poets
Rappers
Singers
Spoken Word Artists
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COMING UP
In our 10th year,
Mothers In Charge
is driven to work to build a national coalition and discuss violence as a public health crisis. Our upcoming conference,
The Cost of Violence: Breaking the Cycle, Bridging the Gap,
May 6TH - 8TH, 2013, will be an important opportunity to bring together key stakeholders - women, men, children, public safety, health providers, public officials, and community organizations - to weigh in on the conversation and develop a strategy for effective action moving forward.
This event will be at the Philadelphia Downtown Sheraton Hotel.
It 's not to late to register or to get more information Please visit the website:
http://costofviolence.mothersincharge.org
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COMPUTERS AND TECHNOLOGY
FREE Computer Training @ The School District of Philadelphia
Every Wednesday, from April 3rd until May 16th 2013
440 N. Broad St. Philadelphia, PA 19130
Computer Lab A
1:30pm-3:30pm
RSVP with Stacie Leap, Digital Service Fellow AmeriCorps Member sleap@cisphl.org or call215-385-3131
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Philadelphia OIC launches public digital literacy training with LIFT, Comcast on North Broad Street
The lessons, which are free and open to the public, are meant to teach citizens how to use the Internet in a safe and effective way.
OIC’s other training sessions include success through social networking and getting the most out of Gmail. Classes are also held in LIFT’s West Philadelphia offices at 57th & Chestnut Sts.
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Free online journal focuses on technology for
nonprofits
Technology can help nonprofits
create the change they want to see in
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.
NTEN:Change,
a free online journal from the
Nonprofit Technology Network, provides the guidance and practical considerations nonprofits need to
make the sound investments and decisions that will help them meet
their goals.
Free subscriptions are
available here.
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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
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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:
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?
A: Yes. These are
manufacturer issued coupons and may be doubled in any store that
offers double coupons.
Q: What are the face values and the expiration dates
of these coupons?
A: Being manufacturer coupons, the
manufacturer determines the face values of the coupons. We
currently stock coupons ranging in value from 40 cents to 5.00
dollars. The coupon expiration dates are generally valid for 90
days.
Q: How can I use $1,000.00 worth of coupons in 90
days?
A: With our program, you get to choose the coupons you
want, when you want them. This way you never have to worry about
the coupons expiring.
Q: How do I choose the coupons I want?
A: Each
coupon book contains coupon request slips which you fill out and
send in. Those coupons are then mailed to you.
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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
Civil Alert Radio with Sabir Bey- Every Tuesday 9:30 p.m. EST (6:30 P.M. PST)
Format Style: Open forum along with special invited guests.
Listen via your cell: 858.357.8450 On the web: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/civilalert
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