All praises to GOD, The ALPHA AND OMEGA, OMNIPOTENT, OMNISCIENT, OMNIPRESENT, Sustainer of my life and lover of my soul.
Last week my family had a carbon monoxide scare. The gas company said that had my daughter not purchased and installed the carbon monoxide detector when she had her baby, it could have been fatal.
If you don't have a carbon monoxide detector, GET ONE TODAY!
http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/coftsht.html
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Friday, June 17, 2011
FUNdamentals of FUNdraising
Press Release
Contact: Name: Michael Rice, 267-303-0653
Email Address: Conetworker@gmail.com
Webpage: www.theconnectornetwork.com/urbanleadership
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Show Me the Money: The fundamentals of Fundraising workshop
(Philadelphia, PA) Raising money for your organization is one of the greatest challenges that an organization faces especially in these economic times. It does not matter whether you the leader of the national organization or the lead person of the fund-raising committee, your organization’s viability and sustainability is based upon its ability to raise the necessary capital to survive.
With this in mind, The Coalition in collaboration with Professional Networking Associates are sponsoring:
Show Me the Money – The FUNdamentals of FUN-raising
This vital workshop is facilitated by Kendall Hayes, CEO, H.E.R organization and former Event Coordinator for the African American Chamber of Commerce. The workshop is offered on Thursday, June 23, 2011 from 6- 8 pm at the School District Building, 440 N. Broad Street in Philadelphia.
This basic workshop will help the layman develop strategies and tactics for raising capital for their organization.
Topics include:
Developing Fund-raising ideas
Organizing Fund-raising events
Types of Fund-raisers
Budgeting
To register go to www.theconnectornetwork.com/urbanleadership or call 267-303-0653 or 215-387-2734.
The Community Improvement workshops are a community leadership series developed by the collaboration between the Coalition, a citywide alliance of community organizations focusing communication, cooperation and collaboration and Professional Networking Associates, an organization created to establish a foundation for building mutually beneficial relationships between individuals, organizations and businesses.
For more information on the Coalition call Gary Adams at the Coalition 215-387-2734 or find out more on upcoming training , events or to rsvp call 215-339-8208 or go to : www.theconnectornetwork.com\urbanleadership
Contact: Name: Michael Rice, 267-303-0653
Email Address: Conetworker@gmail.com
Webpage: www.theconnectornetwork.com/urbanleadership
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Show Me the Money: The fundamentals of Fundraising workshop
(Philadelphia, PA) Raising money for your organization is one of the greatest challenges that an organization faces especially in these economic times. It does not matter whether you the leader of the national organization or the lead person of the fund-raising committee, your organization’s viability and sustainability is based upon its ability to raise the necessary capital to survive.
With this in mind, The Coalition in collaboration with Professional Networking Associates are sponsoring:
Show Me the Money – The FUNdamentals of FUN-raising
This vital workshop is facilitated by Kendall Hayes, CEO, H.E.R organization and former Event Coordinator for the African American Chamber of Commerce. The workshop is offered on Thursday, June 23, 2011 from 6- 8 pm at the School District Building, 440 N. Broad Street in Philadelphia.
This basic workshop will help the layman develop strategies and tactics for raising capital for their organization.
Topics include:
Developing Fund-raising ideas
Organizing Fund-raising events
Types of Fund-raisers
Budgeting
To register go to www.theconnectornetwork.com/urbanleadership or call 267-303-0653 or 215-387-2734.
The Community Improvement workshops are a community leadership series developed by the collaboration between the Coalition, a citywide alliance of community organizations focusing communication, cooperation and collaboration and Professional Networking Associates, an organization created to establish a foundation for building mutually beneficial relationships between individuals, organizations and businesses.
For more information on the Coalition call Gary Adams at the Coalition 215-387-2734 or find out more on upcoming training , events or to rsvp call 215-339-8208 or go to : www.theconnectornetwork.com\urbanleadership
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Nina Simone - Single Woman
Woke up with this song in my head this morning...
I live alone.
That hasn't always been easy to do
But just a single woman
Some times at night the walls talk back to me
They seem to say
"Wasn't yesterday, a better day?"
Always alone at home or in a crowd
A single woman out on a private cloud
Caught in a world few people understand.
I am what I am -only one single woman
There was a time -I can't remember when
The house was full of love but then again
It might have been imaginations plan
Just to help along,
One single Woman.
And you know what? It's alright!
I live alone.
That hasn't always been easy to do
But just a single woman
Some times at night the walls talk back to me
They seem to say
"Wasn't yesterday, a better day?"
Always alone at home or in a crowd
A single woman out on a private cloud
Caught in a world few people understand.
I am what I am -only one single woman
There was a time -I can't remember when
The house was full of love but then again
It might have been imaginations plan
Just to help along,
One single Woman.
And you know what? It's alright!
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE…IT’S TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT
A student came to me to tell me how much she enjoyed the Uniquely You Summit this weekend. She was bothered though by the fact that, when asked how many girls had been hit by their boyfriends, the entire room went silent, but no one raised their hand – including her. Knowing that she had been one who was hit by her boyfriend but didn’t raise her hand, made her wonder how many of the other 700 in attendance, who had become silent, had also been hit by their boyfriends but didn’t raise their hands.
It’s time to talk about it.
One of my earliest memories is of my father grabbing my mother by her hair and banging her head into the dining room wall and her teeth and blood falling onto the hardwood floors. I was 3 years old, but I remember. And all the other incidents that followed up until I was 13 years old. All those nights of getting no sleep laying in my bed helplessly listening to my mother be abused, then having my mother get me up and dressed for school the next day like nothing ever happened.
It’s time to talk about it.
Following in my mothers footsteps, I found myself in an abusive marriage and wearing the same mask that my mother wore day in and day out. I thought I was better because I rarely had outward scars as reminders of my abuse – just some hand-prints on my neck from time to time. My scars were more emotional and mental.
It’s time to talk about it.
My grandmother took her three daughters and left my grandfather many years before I was born. No one ever really talked about it. My aunt once told me a story of how my grandfather threw my grandmother down the steps.
It’s time to talk about it.
This generational curse is now broken. Like my grandmother, I have three daughters and I’ll be damned if I will allow them to go through that madness.
It’s time to talk about it.
Last night I heard my new neighbors arguing. Well, I heard him screaming and hollering at her. One thing he said was “I love you but you are so f#@#@ing stupid you make me wanna hurt you”.
It’s time to talk about it.
There’s not a doubt in my mind that my father didn’t love my mother. I believe that he loved her with all he had. Why he was so abusive is a mystery that I will always wonder about. If he and my grandfather were alive today, I would ask them WHY?
It’s time to talk about it.
I doubt that my own abuser ever really loved me. He too wore a mask day in and day out. I wonder if he ever thinks about why he treated me the way he did. It doesn’t matter that he didn’t really love me – The real issue is that I didn’t LOVE MYSELF.
It’s time to talk about it.
I gotta stop carrying all this baggage if I expect to ever be able to love again.
It’s time to talk about it.
Do we, as survivors of abusive relationships somehow become abusive ourselves - as some sort of defense mechanism?
It's time to talk about it.
It;s Time To Talk About It.
IT’S TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT
BREAK THE SILENCE, BREAK THE CYCLE
It’s time to talk about it.
One of my earliest memories is of my father grabbing my mother by her hair and banging her head into the dining room wall and her teeth and blood falling onto the hardwood floors. I was 3 years old, but I remember. And all the other incidents that followed up until I was 13 years old. All those nights of getting no sleep laying in my bed helplessly listening to my mother be abused, then having my mother get me up and dressed for school the next day like nothing ever happened.
It’s time to talk about it.
Following in my mothers footsteps, I found myself in an abusive marriage and wearing the same mask that my mother wore day in and day out. I thought I was better because I rarely had outward scars as reminders of my abuse – just some hand-prints on my neck from time to time. My scars were more emotional and mental.
It’s time to talk about it.
My grandmother took her three daughters and left my grandfather many years before I was born. No one ever really talked about it. My aunt once told me a story of how my grandfather threw my grandmother down the steps.
It’s time to talk about it.
This generational curse is now broken. Like my grandmother, I have three daughters and I’ll be damned if I will allow them to go through that madness.
It’s time to talk about it.
Last night I heard my new neighbors arguing. Well, I heard him screaming and hollering at her. One thing he said was “I love you but you are so f#@#@ing stupid you make me wanna hurt you”.
It’s time to talk about it.
There’s not a doubt in my mind that my father didn’t love my mother. I believe that he loved her with all he had. Why he was so abusive is a mystery that I will always wonder about. If he and my grandfather were alive today, I would ask them WHY?
It’s time to talk about it.
I doubt that my own abuser ever really loved me. He too wore a mask day in and day out. I wonder if he ever thinks about why he treated me the way he did. It doesn’t matter that he didn’t really love me – The real issue is that I didn’t LOVE MYSELF.
It’s time to talk about it.
I gotta stop carrying all this baggage if I expect to ever be able to love again.
It’s time to talk about it.
Do we, as survivors of abusive relationships somehow become abusive ourselves - as some sort of defense mechanism?
It's time to talk about it.
It;s Time To Talk About It.
IT’S TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT
BREAK THE SILENCE, BREAK THE CYCLE
Monday, June 6, 2011
VOICES OF YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL
VOICES OF YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL
WHEN: Tuesday, June 7, 2011
7:00pm - 9:00pm
WHERE: Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church
2800 West Cheltenham Avenue
Phila., PA 19150
WHAT: Voices of Youth is an anti-violence project for students in Northwest Philadelphia, Sponsored by the U.S. Attorney's Office, the goal of the project is to have students reflect on the impact that violence has had on their lives, their families and their communities. Students from New Media, Martin Luther King, Imhotep and Hope High Schools worked with Philadelphia's Village of Arts and Humanities and Well Productions on two documentary style films on violence and its impact on their communities.
WHEN: Tuesday, June 7, 2011
7:00pm - 9:00pm
WHERE: Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church
2800 West Cheltenham Avenue
Phila., PA 19150
WHAT: Voices of Youth is an anti-violence project for students in Northwest Philadelphia, Sponsored by the U.S. Attorney's Office, the goal of the project is to have students reflect on the impact that violence has had on their lives, their families and their communities. Students from New Media, Martin Luther King, Imhotep and Hope High Schools worked with Philadelphia's Village of Arts and Humanities and Well Productions on two documentary style films on violence and its impact on their communities.
The PPA
Those of you who know me know that the PPA is to me like Niagara Falls was to the Three Stooges. Just the mention of it sets off an internal fury in me. Not that I am really directly affected by these extortionist, but just the fact that they do this shit and get away with it AND have a TV show about it! They take Millions of dollars from hard working or hardLY working Philadelphians and put NOTHING back into the city or our communities.
So, I found the Financial Statement (unaudited of course) on line and am in the process of deciphering it. Won't you join me?
PPA 2010 Financial Statement
The first question I have is how they hell they became a bank - lending 10 MILLION dollars for the Airport Concrete Restoration project? That just SOUNDS illegal.
TOTAL OUTSTANDING AMOUNTS DUE TO THE CITY - INCLUDING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS OVER $80 MILLION DOLLARS OF WHICH OVER 10 MILLION IS OWED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
More to come...your input is appreciated!
So, I found the Financial Statement (unaudited of course) on line and am in the process of deciphering it. Won't you join me?
PPA 2010 Financial Statement
The first question I have is how they hell they became a bank - lending 10 MILLION dollars for the Airport Concrete Restoration project? That just SOUNDS illegal.
TOTAL OUTSTANDING AMOUNTS DUE TO THE CITY - INCLUDING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS OVER $80 MILLION DOLLARS OF WHICH OVER 10 MILLION IS OWED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
More to come...your input is appreciated!
VOICES OF YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL
VOICES OF YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL
WHEN: Tuesday, June 7, 2011
7:00pm - 9:00pm
WHERE: Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church
2800 West Cheltenham Avenue
Phila., PA 19150
WHAT: Voices of Youth is an anti-violence project for students in Northwest Philadelphia, Sponsored by the U.S. Attorney's Office, the goal of the project is to have students reflect on the impact that violence has had on their lives, their families and their communities. Students from New Media, Martin Luther King, Imhotep and Hope High Schools worked with Philadelphia's Village of Arts and Humanities and Well Productions on two documentary style films on violence and its impact on their communities.
WHEN: Tuesday, June 7, 2011
7:00pm - 9:00pm
WHERE: Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church
2800 West Cheltenham Avenue
Phila., PA 19150
WHAT: Voices of Youth is an anti-violence project for students in Northwest Philadelphia, Sponsored by the U.S. Attorney's Office, the goal of the project is to have students reflect on the impact that violence has had on their lives, their families and their communities. Students from New Media, Martin Luther King, Imhotep and Hope High Schools worked with Philadelphia's Village of Arts and Humanities and Well Productions on two documentary style films on violence and its impact on their communities.
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