Religious and community leaders unite to bring families together and focus on stopping violence in communities.

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Contact: Paythia Jenkins
215-758-3815

Kendall Hayes
htspr@ymail.com


Religious and community leaders unite to bring families together
and focus on stopping violence in communities.

Camden, NJ & Philadelphia, PA July 28, 2010 – On Saturday July 31, 2010 New Start Foundations Project Build Up along with the Nation of Islam’s, Temple # Minister Wasim Muhammad and Reverend Tony Evans of 10th street Baptist Church will combine forces that will bring to light community concerns that too often go unheard. The goal is to listen to the concerns of residents and bring forth and implement viable resolutions.

The group will also focus on introducing programs for juveniles and adults, with special emphasis in the areas of effective living skills, job readiness skills, job development and job placement.

This event will be held from 3:00p, until 7:00pm at 10th Street Baptist Church, 1860 South 10th Street, Camden, NJ 08104

Paythia Jenkins, CEO stresses the need for support of their various up & coming fund-raising initiatives. “By next April, we want to expand the program and open a One Stop Center for hands-on training” she stated during a recent interview.

Although the organization has not received any funding, it remains, true to its legacy. Consistent with working on programs and services for at-risk youth, ex-offenders and welfare to work, NSF has become a vital resource for those in need.


About NSF: New Start Foundation, Inc, A 501(c)3 non profit founded in 2006. The goal is bring back the love, dignity and respect in communities and teaching acceptance of one another’s differences, while acknowledging our commonalities as we unite.

For additional information, visit www.nsfoutreach.org

Self Examination

When trying to nail down my most favorite Michael Jackson song, I settled for "Man in the Mirror".

I'm Gonna Make A Change,
For Once In My Life
It's Gonna Feel Real Good,
Gonna Make A Difference
Gonna Make It Right

Self examination can be a hard thing to do. But it is something that one must do for themselves. There is no person that can do it for you. In my case, if someone tried to "help me" see my flaws, I would more than likely cut off communication with them. And I would justify it by telling myself how they need to take the plank out of their own eye before trying to tell me that I have some sawdust in mine.

As I, Turn Up The Collar On My
Favourite Winter Coat
This Wind Is Blowin' My Mind
I See The Kids In The Street,
With Not Enough To Eat
Who Am I, To Be Blind?
Pretending Not To See
Their Needs

I submerged myself into my occupation with counseling, consoling, and guiding kids in the Philadelphia School District. I believe this really is my calling, but even with all the good I do there, I was still hurting those close to me by not even taking into consideration how they felt or what they thought or their opinions. (Everybody except my youngest daughter Kourtney. She was the only one whose thoughts and opinions mattered to me.) Poor Chloe was trying to tell me this all along, but we would just end up getting into horrible arguments.

I'm Starting With The Man In
The Mirror
I'm Asking Him To Change
His Ways
And No Message Could Have
Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World
A Better Place
Take A Look At Yourself
And Make A Change

Somebody finally got through. It was my oldest daughter, Portia who finally made that breakthrough and I realize how I have been totally oblivious to the feelings, thoughts and opinions of other people. I alos see how that has effected and hurt them. I mean, I really was like a "it's my way or t he highway" type chick, and meant it and didn't care either. Now, to you, this may not amount to a hill of beans. But for me...this is a major breakthrough.

I may not be what I outta be, but I'm on my way to what I'm gonna be and thank God I'm not what I used to be.

Yours truly,

A Work In Progress

Everytime a baby is born...

So is a grandmother.

I am going to be a granmother yall! That's scary.

When I first learned that I was going to be a grandmother, quite frankly, I was upset. This world is crazy and I can barely take care of myself and now I'm gonna have a grandbaby?!?!

I found out exactly 10 days before my father died. As the initial shock wore off and the weeks passed by, I got kinda comfortable with the idea. Then yesterday, I felt my grandbaby move - and she captured my heart. Now I'm downright excited!!!(Yes! another girl.)

It's still scary though. The thought of being a grandmom. First of all, what will she call me? She definitely ain't calling me no grandmom.

I will say this. There has been a shift in my being over the last month and a half. I feel ...softer. Things and people to whom my heart was once hardened to...the hardness is gone. In it's place is a new...softness...kinda like I used to be a long time ago...before life's challenges changed me.

But with my new softness, I'm a whole lot stonger and wiser (and I have the gray hairs to show it!) So, maybe I actually am more prepared for grandparenthood than I thoought!

Peace and Love!

Sometimes ya just gotta cuss some people out.

Now, I recall a sermon I heard preached by Pastor Waller. I think it was the sermon entitled "The Old New Me". He talked about Paul and how although he had been transformed at Damascus, he still retained some of his Saul-like characteristics. And when talking to the people he sometimes got a bit harsh with them.

I am comforting myself with this because I just had to curse out one of my daughters. Maybe if I had beat their behinds more when they were younger I would be doing a lot less cursing them out now. Well, what's done is done.

She proceeded to tell me that I am mean to EVERYBODY and that I curse people out and expect them to be nice to me afterward. lol.

Now, anyone who knows me knows that I just don't curse people out randomly. I told her that I curse people out who deserve to be cursed out and those who are my real people get over it and we move on to the next level. Others could kiss my ass!

I am so irked right now! Ungrateful and selfish is what they are. They know how quick I cut people off. Their saving grace is that I bore them. Had that not been the case, they'd 've been cut a looonng time ago.

Pray for me people.

Peace and Love.