Nati Action Agency

The Enquirer Shows Why This Must Remain a Two Paper Town

2007-04-21T01:57:00.000-05:00

Friday, April 20, 2007

Who won't be invited to the Mallory family reunion?

Kimball Perry reports

After police shot and then arrested Gilbert Mallory this morning, both the Cincinnati Mayor’s Office and Police Department issued press releases noted Gilbert Mallory ISN’T related to Mayor Mark Mallory but provided no context.

Then, Jason Barron, the mayor’s communication director, called to ask that the Enquirer’s online story be changed to note there is no relations between the two Mallorys – because the man shot by police early this morning apparently has been saying on the street he IS related to get free stuff and to take advantage of the name.

It should have been clear Gilbert Mallory isn’t related to the politically prominent Mallory clan – that includes a former state politician, the mayor, a current state representative and judge – because he isn’t on any public’s payroll.

Churches Can Change Cincinnati NOW will be the grassroots action agency for Christian faith based organizations who want to join our (Cincinnati Change) vision of Cincinnati. Churches Can Change Cincinnati NOW will create the momentum to end the boycott through economic development by bringing over 20 major faith based events to Cincinnati starting with the sponsoring an upcoming Southern Christian Leadership Conference convention. We will start lobbying this year for 2008. The same group of faith based leadership that joins the Cincinnati SCLC will also help establish a spin off from Cincinnati Change called The Nati Action Association. Its theme is to be the African American Social and Human Services Agency of Hamilton County. The initial project we will do is to care for the ex-felons in our community. Over 4,000 people are released from jail or prison a year in Greater Cincinnati. When Cincinnati Change formed as an organization, we looked for you to be its Chairman as you are highest ranking person in the church world that is associated with Cincinnati Change. Churches Can Change Cincinnati Now will partner with the Nati Action Association and other non-governmental organizations along with government agencies and professionals to provide and coordinate services. C4N will have members from a broad range of Christian faith based organizations and service providers who have programs who serve this population. C4N will become the faith based grassroots licensee from Global Change, a for profit subsidiary of my organization. Churches Can Change Cincinnati NOW will be a state of Ohio registered subsidiary of Cincinnati Change who received its charter on June 19, 2005. Churches Can Change Cincinnati NOW Membership is to be open to everyone as an individual and/or as an organization who believe that we are One Nation, with many faiths. Through C4N, Cincinnati Change will partner with non-governmental organizations and professionals along with a broad range of faith based organizations such as Churches, Synagogues and Masjids to deliver a regional social and human services infrastructure that builds on already established faith based operations. Through Churches Can Change Cincinnati NOW, Cincinnati Change will provide training, technical assistance and will work to attract grants to faith and community-based organizations serving their neighbors in need. The organization will concentrate its efforts in proving access to capital, leadership development, research on issues of local importance and creating a regional initiative to assist Greater Cincinnati's grass-roots, faith and community-based organizations so they may increase their effectiveness, enhance their ability to provide social services and create collaborations to better serve those in need through the creation of a mutual fund. This fund would be owned, in part, by Cincinnati Change, C4N, OIC Cincinnati and the Nati Action Association. This effort to develop financial instruments for change was led by me with the assistance of Irvin Henderson. Recently, you met with Mr. Henderson who is a board member of a NYSE mutual fund that has over $600M to begin your briefing as a board member of Cincinnati Change. NATI ACTION ASSOCIATION The Nati Action Association will become a stand alone 501© 3 organization and will be the African American Agency for Action in Greater Cincinnati. Its goal is to deliver a regional workforce delivery system that is holistic in operations and fiscally sound. It will also be the African American Social and Human Services Agency of Hamilton County through a collaboration built with over 100 regional service providers and led by a faith based leadership working with the Cincinnati Hamilton County Community Action Agency (CAA) as its lead fiduciary and non governmental partner. The Nati Action Association will partner with governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, community based organizations, professionals and for profit businesses to serve as the regional lead collaborative enterprise which will employ the Hamilton County Community Action Agency as it's agent in managing all Prison to Society Re-Entry programs under the joint leadership of faith based organizations such as Churches, Synagogues, Masjids and not for profit organizations.

Iraq De-escalation Act 2007

2007-02-01T14:58:00.000-05:00

Dear Nubian Oracle,

Today, we sadly find ourselves at the very point in Iraq I feared most when I opposed giving the President the open-ended authority to wage this war in 2002 – an occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences in the midst of a country torn by civil war.

We have waited and we have been patient. We have given chance after chance for a resolution that has not come, and, more importantly, watched with horror and grief the tragic loss of thousands of brave young Americans.

The time for waiting in Iraq is over. The days of our open-ended commitment must come to a close. And the need to bring this war to an end is here.

That is why today, I’m introducing the Iraq War De-escalation Act of 2007. This plan would not only place a cap on the number of troops in Iraq and stop the escalation, it would begin a phased redeployment of U.S. forces with the goal of removing of all U.S. combat forces from Iraq by March 31st, 2008 – consistent with the recommendations of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group that the President ignored.

The redeployment of troops to the United States , Afghanistan , and elsewhere in the region would begin no later than May 1st of this year, toward the end of the timeframe I first proposed in a speech more than two months ago. In a civil war where no military solution exists, this redeployment remains our best leverage to pressure the Iraqi government to achieve the political settlement between its warring factions that can slow the bloodshed and promote stability.

The U.S. military has performed valiantly and brilliantly in Iraq . Our troops have done all we have asked them to do and more. But no amount of American soldiers can solve the political differences at the heart of somebody else’s civil war, nor settle the grievances in the hearts of the combatants.

When it comes to the war in Iraq, the time for promises and assurances, for waiting and patience, is over. Too many lives have been lost and too many billions have been spent for us to trust the President on another tried and failed policy opposed by generals and experts, Democrats and Republicans, Americans and even the Iraqis themselves.

It is time to change our policy.

It is time to give Iraqis their country back.

And it is time to refocus America ’s efforts on the challenges we face at home and the wider struggle against terror yet to be won.

Sincerely,

U.S. Senator Barack Obama

Capital for a Billion Dollar Nati Action Agency Policy

2006-12-11T02:35:00.000-05:00

Cincinnati Change believes that if its our water works then we should sell the Cincinnati Water Works and the city railroad The Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific that we lease out and is operated by Norfolk Southern as part of their Central Division.

Then we will have real money to decide how to invest in a better Cincinnati. Cincinnati Change has hired a economist and engineer who estimated we could get over a billion dollars - the city not the region. Under this proposal we could could earn an extra 30 million a year, after equaling what these city owned assets earn the general fund.

Cincinnati Change believes that we should then invest that into people and the infrastructure to change Cincinnati over the next 30 years. To do that we look to bring together 300 social services and related agencies together who we look to create a unified solution to problems in the Nati with the following top ten areas of spending:

Small Business Development Fund
Creative Class Program with a focus on OTR & Uptown
Third Frontier with a focus on Universal health Care for residents of the city
Comprehensive All Sector Job Creation and Support
World Class First Responder Human Services Infrastructure
Neighborhood Development with a focus on Senior Citizen Housing Transition
30 years Lead Free Household program including 20,000 Homes
Quality Low & Moderate Income Homes
New Public Safety Program with built in Comprehensive Reentry Programing
Young Peoples Support Network including the Recreation and Park System

Cincinnati Change is looking into using the Cincinnati Municipal Code Chapter 103 REFERENDUM MEASURES to sell the above assets and use the money to buy Cincinnati real estate (unlike the stock which is the current favorite of the pension funds). This would include key neighborhoods like OTR and like Mt. Auburn which would cost $350 million dollars to buy and or debt from institutions that want to stay in our neighborhoods like Christ Hospital which needs to build new facilities and buy new equipment to reduce the age of their infrastructure - we guess over $700M over the next ten years. All this would earn us at least 7% annually.

And our water quality would stay the same or go up through an agreement with the new owners. We would establish as part of this plan an independent office of environmental quality who would test the water and make their reports public. Under this plan this office would also monitor lead and other deadly substances in the city along with air quality through the 20,000 meteorological stations that would be built in the city.

These monies would even cover the city general fund as our current money fund managers of the 2 billion dollar city pension fund can not earn enough money to cover expenses. So far to the tune of 16 million dollars a year or more. This money then has to come out of the general fund.

If the question of private ownership bothers you then have the 2 billion dollar pension fund buy them.

9/11

2006-09-11T07:55:00.000-05:00

This WAR is for REAL !

Who we at War with in totality is not yet clear, but to get out of a difficulty, one usually must go through it. The war in Iraq is a very large battle front. Even the War on Terror now is just a battlefront.

Cincinnati Change believes that the United States of America, our country, is now facing the most serious threat to its existence, as we know it.

This War will be as bloody as the Civil War and as great a challenge as the Second World War.

We are in World War IV whether we like it or not, or whether we know it or like it. We cannot appease our out of this, the other side wants to win.

The deadly seriousness is greatly compounded by the fact that there are very few of us who think we can possibly lose this war and even fewer who realize what losing really means.

First, let’s examine a few basics:

1. When did the threat to us start?

Many will say September 11, 2001. The answer as far as the United States is concerned is 1979, 22 years prior to September 2001, with the following attacks on us:

* Iran Embassy Hostages, 1979;
* Beirut, Lebanon Embassy 1983;
* Beirut, Lebanon Marine Barracks 1983;
* Leon Klinghoffer October , 1985
* Lockerbie, Scotland Pan-Am flight to New York 1988;
* First New York World Trade Center attack 1993;
* Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Khobar Towers Military complex 1996;
* Nairobi, Kenya US Embassy 1998;
* Dares Salaam, Tanzania US Embassy 1998;
* Aden, Yemen USS Cole 2000;
* New York World Trade Center 2001;
* Pentagon 2001.

WE WILL NEVER FORGET
(Note that during the period from 1981 to 2001 there were 7,581 terrorist attacks worldwide).

Nati Action Agency Law Association

2006-09-07T10:11:00.000-05:00

The Nati Action Agency will operate under the laws of the United States of America and be incorporated in the State of Ohio and headquartered in the city of Cincinnati. The Nati Action Agency shall study through a joint venture with a law school The United States Code (U.S.C.) as it affects the development of 1,000 small business enterprises with 300 mentor corporate enterprises.

We will ask help of our public institutions and agencies along with the peoples representatives in developing a legal program that protects us as Phase II on the War on Terrorism ran by the Citizens of the the United States of America whereas the Nati Action Agency will conduct a ongoing poll on issues raised herein.

This poll will them be implemented through a discussion by the leaders of the Nati Action Agency and it's staff and employees. From this will come direction which will be implemented in the Cincinnati Change Plan for Global Change. Cincinnati as one of 1,000 regional partners will lead by developing a infrastructure that can support the lives of 100 million people based on the infrastructure built in greater Cincinnati by issuance of $130 million dollars worth of bonds whereas Nati Action Agency shall implement a $7.5 build of it's technical infrastructure.

2006-09-07T09:05:00.000-05:00

CINCINNATI CHANGE believes that one of crucial root causes of crime is poverty and that we can change the conditions from which crime takes root. It is a mission of Cincinnati Change to change the conditions in which children live so that they can grow up and become adults in a nurturing and supportive community environment.

The War on Terrorism and the hope for Democracy has a problem illegal invaders in the country.

Cincinnati Change has what it believes is an example of a practical approach to the illegal invader problem and will do so throughn the Nati Action Agency who shall start operations on September 17th 2006 as a for profit company owned, in part by non profit enterprises.

We use the term illegal invader because that is who this solution is aimed at. If you have not broken the laws of the United States of America then the term does not apply to you. If it does we hope to create an example in Cincinnati that can provide for more secure borders within 150 days from a administrative and training headquarters located in Cleveland, ogio.

Cincinnati Change will propose through Nati Action Agency a A-76 Contract to provide totally secure borders within three years using the full resources of the federal government combined with state and local governments in cooperation to this vital national goal with a coalition of 300 corporate partners, 1,000 small business enterprises and 10,000 non governmental and faith based change agent partners.

The Nati Action Agency will lobby for a 20 year sunset law granting 50 million visas allowing foreigners legal immigrants status. This would allow them to work for 20 years in the United States at a cost of $50,000. This would include support of family unification by not subtracting the visas given to immediate relatives of U.S. citizens from visas available to all family immigrants. thereby the illegal Invaders in this country could apply for up to 20 to 30 million visas over the next three years - they would have to sign and or their country a $50,000 Individual American Citizenship performance Bond;

Nati Action Agency rural department will build a communications and electronic connectivity network for agricultural workers that builds on current law and regulation as an example while working to provide a path to legal, permanent residency and citizenship for college age students and or those in service to the federal government;

Cincinnati Change supports the application of due process rights for the illegal invaders who are facing deportation, including access to fair, humane and follow established legal procedures such as a speedy trials through remote court operations, and the creation of a pool of adequate counsel and will work in greater Cincinnati to create such an infrastructure using our patent license as implimented by Nati Action Agency;

Cincinnati Change is a non governmental organization who is not a 501 C 3 organization who supports efforts to penalize anyone for providing humanitarian assistance to illegal invaders by providing American citizens in need with assistance determined by a local faith based lead coalition of community service providers at the local level such as what we will look to assemble in Cincinnati. In addition, we support our fellow human beings in their native countries in need of help. To that end we will team up with Ammons United Methodist Church and their operations to create economic and community development infrastructure through the co development of infrastructure for the 20 to 30 million illegal invaders in the United States of America;

Cincinnati Change supports efforts to require, encourage and/or deputize state and or local police to enforce federal immigration laws with oversight through the US State department and a contract with Nati Action Agency;

We support the mandatory detention of undocumented invaders. Cincinnati Change will support the Department of Homeland Security by providing for the detention of up to 100,000 individuals indefinitely. This will happen within 150 days from acceptance of our A-76 proposal to DHS from an Network Operations Center located at 2439 Auburn and growing to include over 4 million sq. ft. of mixed use development in support of the network facilities that will house a million undocumented invaders. Most of these will be faith based run but overseen by the coalition created by Cincinnati Change in Cincinnati, and;

Cincinnati Change will create an A-76 Coalition to creates a contract with the US Government to create a low-level Citizenship and Immigration Digital Support Service that supports personnel exercising legal authority to judge the good moral character of an applicant for citizenship complete with thorough identity background checks and judge which type of facility that individual will go to.

We believe that the new phase the war is going in that it will have even a longer term affect on us as citizens of the United States of America. Our job is to make sure that the 8 trillion dollars spent since September 11th 2001 was spent as the 1st Phase as we rebuild America over the next five years.

Cincinnati Change will propose that we, Citizens of the United States and the 50 million people who want to become citizens spend $10 trillion dollars worldwide to bring about democracy, safe communities and peacefull coexistence with the coalition created by the United States of America and it's allies in the War.

Cincinnati Change will be one of the co-founders of a business that is majority African American owned and will be a Professional Military Corporation. One that serves clients from around the world but for Cincinnati Change will implement it's A-76 proposal through a stratagic partnership with 1,300 companies and 10,000 non governmental organizations and faith driven organizations.

At Cincinnati Change we believe that our nation can stand as a shining example to all the world of freedom and democracy, a unique honor that comes with a responsibility to lead. First we must make our streets safe and our communities secure. In Cincinnati we can create an example that can be used throughout the United States and the world.

We can and have to win the War on Terror in Cincinnati, first with Peace in the Hood with Jobs in the Hood.

100 Days of Faith Based Action

2006-07-30T00:18:00.001-05:00

The Lloyd Daniels Daniels Development Group will create a trust for a Pew Pastor Ministry of Ammons United Methodist Church under the leadership of Wanda Lloyd Daniels. The pastor the Ammons, Vera Cole, has provided leadership to a group of Cincinnati churches that after one year are continuing to mobilize their men to bring about change not only in their neighborhoods, but also to the people who live there.

The 100 Male March Ministries was launched one year ago on a 5th Sunday with a walk in a troubled Walnut Hills neighborhood from Peoples Corner to Ammons United Methodist Church. They will gather this Sunday the 30th of July 2006 to celebrate one year of action at 934 E. McMillan St. and march to Ammons United Methodist Church. Each man is asked to bring a boy to mentor. Call 513.545.7905 for more information.

According to Melvin Williams, president of the Cincinnati District United Methodist Men and manager of the CVS Pharmacy on East McMillan Street at Pebbles Corner, "We're trying to put a human face on Christianity from the male point of view."

LDG created Cincinnati Change to encourages increased economic activity in Hamilton County with faith based partners like Ammons. LDG will create companies that support the ministry like Hughes Electronics did the Hughes Medical Institute through trusts setup by each company that supports our youth. Over the next 100 days we will impliment a program that effects 20,000 households, 50,000 people in the region and supports 1,000 businesses.

Through Cincinnati Change LDG is proposing to create with Ammons United Methodist Church a Cincinnati Company called Churches Can Change Cincinnati NOW, Inc. (C4N) that over the next 100 days would impliment a plan of action to impliment a continium of care for young men and boys.

This company will also provide consulting, homeland safety and security infrastructure management, design and construction from our headquarters in Cincinnati as a faith based enterprise that is owned in part by the ministries of the churches involved and the companies created as church affiliated companies who will pay their taxes on unrelated business income and use the rest to support the needs of young men and boys.

During 2007, more than $500 billion dollars is being allocated for and through the federal, state and local government units in the United States and our for profit businesses will take advantage of these contracts with it's faith based sponsors in the following areas -:

Peace in the Hood, Jobs in the Hood Initiative
Veterans Assistance program operation
Creative Class Workforce and Network Development Program
Third Frontier Workforce Development Program
Housing program to build a million homes for young men and their families
ReEntry of Young Men into society
Preparing for and responding to future catastrophes
Immigration & Secure Boarders
U.S. Gulf Coast Reconstruction
Regional National Energy Policy Partnership Demostration Program

Cincinnati Change has created a program that serve the nation through and it's partner The American Academy of Distance Learning and Training, Inc.(AADLT) who has joined with Beauchamp Tower Corporation, Inc. and it's partners to support their proposal called Operation Enduring Service (OES) which will the basis for the creation of a program to employ over 1,000 of countys young men in 2007 through the 100 male March Ministry of Ammons United Methodist Church.

BREAKING NEWS: Activist Kabaka Oba Dies Of Injuries

2006-04-16T04:21:00.002-05:00

Cincinnati Change Media Statement

From Chairman of Cincinnati Change Fred Hargrove, Sr., PE, MBA

For Immediate Release: April 15, 2006

Contact: Nubian Oracle nubianoracle@cincinnatichange.com

From the Cincinnati Change headquarters Fred Hargrove, Sr., Cincinnati Changes Chairman and Chief Engineer issues the following statement on the passing of Michael Bailey [ General Kabaka Oba]."I hereby express my deepest sympathy and condolences to the family of Michael Bailey as Chairman of Cincinnati Change. Michael Bailey, 47, who was also known as General Kabaka Oba is dead.

I did not know Michael Bailey for many years and was introduced to him through Cincinnati Change's support for some of the ideals of the Millions More Movement.

Even though he was controversial in some circles, some of the ideals that he talked about like economic inclusion and justice cannot be disputed and should be embraced by us all.

We hereby pick up the challenge before us in this my hometown."

A War Warning

2006-04-16T04:21:00.001-05:00

This how much we need for the second war on poverty.

The national NAACP on Comprehensive Immigration Reform

2006-04-04T06:54:00.000-05:00

NAACP - March 31, 2006 Comprehensive Immigration Reform Should Not Include Criminalization of Undocumented Workers Immigration policies must be consistent with humanitarian values

The NAACP has called for Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform without a primary focus on the enforcement approach that includes building a 700-mile wall, conducting a campaign of mass deportation and the criminalization of undocumented workers.

NAACP President & CEO Bruce S. Gordon said: “Our nation’s immigration policy must be consistent with humanitarian values and with the need to treat all individuals with respect and dignity. We must move away from the politics of ostracizing immigrants and instead look at the demographic shifts and needs of our nation in a larger context.

Gordon said that legislation to address genuine immigration reform should include proposals that would allow people to earn the right of citizenship through hard work, the commitment of several years, and meeting several monetary, security and related requirements. He said the NAACP “strongly opposes any efforts to criminalize undocumented immigrants.”Gordon said,

“Problems with the immigration system cannot be resolved without looking at the larger economic needs of the nation such as the creation of job training programs and small business programs, as well as federal education assistance so that all Americans can have enhanced opportunities.”The NAACP released a set of principles that legislation should include in an attempt to tackle the problem of immigration reform. These include:

Support of family unification by not subtracting the visas given to immediate relatives of U.S. citizens from visas available to all family immigrants thereby reducing the backlogs in which people wait for many years to reunite with their closest family members;
Support of protections for agricultural workers and a path to legal permanent residency and citizenship for college age students;
Support of due process rights for immigrants facing deportation, including access to fair, humane and common-sense procedures such as a speedy trial and adequate counsel;
Opposition to efforts to penalize anyone for providing humanitarian assistance to their fellow human beings, regardless of the citizenship status of the person in need of help;
Opposition to any efforts to require, encourage or deputize state or local police to enforce federal immigration laws;
Opposition to Department of Homeland Security detention of individuals indefinitely;
Opposition to low-level Citizenship and Immigration Service personnel exercising unreviewable authority to judge good moral character of an applicant for citizenship;
Opposition to mandatory detention of undocumented immigrants without individualized consideration of whether detention is necessary.

Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization. Its adult and youth members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal opportunity in the public and private sectors.

Dale Mallory asks Court to Declare Alleged Impeachment Illegal

2006-03-06T21:13:00.003-05:00

(Cincinnati, OH) Dale Mallory has asked the Hamilton County Court of Commons Pleas [gohere] to invalidate his alleged impeachment as President of the West End Community Council (WECC). Mallory made the request by seeking an injunction and restraining order against Shirley Colbert the WECC Vice President who presided over the meeting where the alleged impeachment occurred.

“This process was illegal,” said Mallory, “those who conducted it did not follow the Constitution and By-Laws of the West End Community Council.”

In the Affidavit, which accompanied the request for the restraining order, Mallory says that Deputy Sheriffs physically blocked him from presiding at the February 21, 2006 meeting of the West End Community Council. According to Mallory, he was told that he was not the Community Council President even before the impeachment process, and that he had to sit in the audience and could not address those present at meeting. Most of the West End Community Council members who qualified to vote at the proceeding were denied that right by those conducting the meeting. Even Dale’s brother, Mayor Mark Mallory was not allowed to cast a vote.

“For the past several months the CityLink issue has received a lot of public attention,” said Mallory, “although I never publicly endorsed or supported this project, I have received threats and had an illegal impeachment process conducted against me because I wouldn’t publicly oppose it.”

Mallory also stated he was informed that prior to the illegal impeachment proceedings, Shirley Colbert, the Defendant in this case, and others opened a bank account without the authorization of the West End Community Council. Dues collected from alleged Community Council members were placed in the account. Mallory is also seeking a Temporary Restraining Order to preclude Colbert and others from accessing the West End Community Council’s bank accounts and appropriating funds.

Mallory says his 1st and 14th amendment rights were violated and he is asking the court to require that the WECC Executive Board and its members recognize him as the legal President of the organization.

Study Materials on Federal Lessons Learned

2006-02-26T03:04:00.001-05:00

Ms. Frances Fragos Townsend
Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism

"Frances Townsend has been a trusted advisor on global terrorism in my Administration. Her strong background in law enforcement, coupled with her experience in the intelligence community, makes her an excellent choice to be Assistant to the President and Homeland Security Advisor as we face the continuing challenges of protecting America from the terrorists who seek to do us harm," President Bush stated.

Ms. Frances Fragos Townsend was appointed Homeland Security Advisor by the President on May 28th, 2004. Ms. Townsend chairs the Homeland Security Council and reports to the President on United States Homeland Security policy and Combating Terrorism matters. She oversaw the creation of The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned Full PDF Document (3.19 MB) .

Every American policy maker should read this document -

Letter to the President from Frances Fragos Townsend
Foreword
Chapter One: Katrina in Perspective
Chapter Two: National Preparedness - A Primer
Chapter Three: Hurricane Katrina - Pre-Landfall
Chapter Four: A Week of Crisis (August 29-September 5)
Chapter Five: Lessons Learned
Chapter Six: Transforming National Preparedness
Chapter Seven: Epilogue
Appendices
Appendix A – Recommendations
Appendix B – What Went Right
Appendix C – List of Acronyms
Appendix D – Staff Page
Appendix E – Endnotes

Mrs. Kings Death

2006-02-07T18:47:00.000-05:00

Whats A Crime?

2006-01-23T20:08:00.001-05:00

This was a crime!!

In general a crime is in a broad sense an act that violates a political or moral law of any one person or social grouping.

In the narrow sense, a crime is a violation of criminal law; in many nations, there are criminal standards of bad behaviour. However, not all violations of the law are considered crimes, for example most traffic violations or breaches of contract.

In many languages, "crime" means "felony" in English, and are not to be mistaken.

Lets Tackle Crime

2006-01-23T19:34:00.000-05:00

CINCINNATI CHANGE believes that one of crucial root causes of crime is poverty and that we can change the conditions from which crime takes root. It is a mission of Cincinnati Change to change the conditions in which children live so that they can grow up and become adults in a nurturing and supportive community environment.

We started out the year recalling the number 2 event in the US, in our view. The War on Terrorism and the hope for Democracy.

We believe that the new phase the war is going in that it will have even a longer term affect on us as citizens of the United States of America. Our job is to make sure that the 8 trillion dollars spent since September 11th 2001 will rebuild America over the next five years as we spend $10 trillion dollars worldwide to bring about democracy, safe communities and peacefull coexistence.

We will create in Cincinnati a business headquarters for a African American owned professional Military corporation that serves clients from around the world.

We believe that our nation can stand as a shining example to all the world of freedom and democracy, a unique honor that comes with a responsibility to lead. First we must make our streets safe and our communities secure.

We can and have to win the War on Terror in Der Nati, first.

For mine and your children, grandchildren and those relatives known and unkown lets make 2006 a transition year.

Peace in the Hood with Jobs in the Hood

We don't have all the answers but through the net we hope to bring about change in greater Cincinnati that is, in part, coordinated through a public private faith based partnership called Nati Action Agency.

Cincinnati Change believes in America should preserve our national strength and pride while working to extend peace, freedom and human rights throughout the world starting with Cincinnati, Ohio.

Top 20 Meanest Cities to Homeless

2006-01-15T11:02:00.001-05:00

While most cities throughout the country have either laws or practices that criminalize homeless persons, some city practices or laws have stood out as more egregious than others in their attempt to criminalize homelessness.

The National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty have chosen the following top 20 meanest cities in 2005 based on one or more of the following criteria: the number of anti-homeless laws in the city, the enforcement of those laws and severities of penalties, the general political climate toward homeless people in the city, local advocate support for the meanest designation, the city’s history of criminalization measures, and the existence of pending or recently enacted criminalization legislation in the city.

Although some of the report’s top 20 meanest cities have made some efforts to address homelessness in their communities, the punitive practices highlighted in the report impede true progress in solving the problem.

1. Sarasota, FL
2. Lawrence, KS
3. Little Rock, AR
4. Atlanta, GA
5. Las Vegas, NV
6. Dallas, TX
7. Houston, TX
8. San Juan, PR
9. Santa Monica, CA
10. Flagstaff, AZ
11. San Francisco, CA
12. Chicago, IL
13. San Antonio, TX
14. New York City, NY
15. Austin, TX
16. Anchorage, AK
17. Phoenix, AZ
18. Los Angeles, CA
19. St. Louis, MO
20. Pittsburgh, PA

We are glad to see we did not make the list.

Some facts:

On any given night in America, an estimated 750,000 people are homeless, and between 2 million and 3.5 millions Americans will be homeless for some portion of the year, many of them single mothers with their children (Source: National Alliance to End Homelessness).

There are many factors contributing factors, including a shortage of affordable housing, job loss, disability, mental illness and domestic violence. And while homelessness is generally a temporary situation, some shelter waiting lists have grown from days to weeks. And the problem is getting worse.

According to the U.S. Conference of Mayors 2002 Survey on Hunger and Homelessness, across the 25 cities participating in the survey, requests for emergency shelter grew by 19% last year, including an increasing number of families with young children -- the steepest climb in a decade. For shelters already stretched beyond their limits, this translates to an urgent need for donations and volunteers.

IN CINCINNATI

1. 25,000 people experienced homelessness at some point during the year 2000.

2. The local homeless population is rising rapidly, from 10,000 in 1986 to 20,000 in 1993 to 25,000 in 2000.

3. Homelessness has increased locally by 150% in the last 15 years.

4. The top two reasons people report for becoming homeless in Cincinnati are loss of income and the lack of affordable housing.

5. 12% of homeless women in Cincinnati are homeless as a result of domestic violence, the third highest reported cause of homelessness for women.

6. One third of the homeless population in Cincinnati is children.

7. African Americans make up 68% of Cincinnati’s homeless population.

8. African Americans are 43% of Cincinnati’s population.

9. About 20% of the homeless in Cincinnati are drug abusers or alcoholics.

10. Ohio is #4 among states in hate crimes against the homeless.

11. 60% of homeless men in Cincinnati work at least part-time.

12. Almost 60% of homeless men here are high school graduates; almost 5% have college degrees.college degrees.

Nati Action Starts Operations in April with Annoucement in Washington Park at 11:30 on MLK Day 16 Jan. 2006

2006-01-11T04:57:00.001-05:00

On 16 January 2006 at 11:30 Cincinnati Change is creating a limited liability company called Queen City Development Group at Washington Park right across from Music Hall. Then we will walk in for the FREE 12:00 Martin Luther King Day event with Bishop E. Lynn Brown, Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Second District, Cincinnati.

E. Lynn Brown was elected the 46th bishop of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in 1986 in Birmingham, AL. He was born April 2, 1936. As a native of Jackson, Tennessee, Bishop Brown joins the sainted Bishop Isaac Lane as one of the only two bishops of the church born in Madison County, Tennessee, the birthplace of the CME Church. According to family lore, in 1870 his great grandmother was the cook for one of the bishops of the M.E. Church, South, during the organization of the CME Church. Thus, his nurture in the church from the "incipiency of his being" all the way through college on the very grounds where Christian Methodism originated is unique.

Bishop Brown's elementary and secondary education was from the public schools of Madison County, TN. He matriculated at Lane College in Jackson where he came under the directing influence of Chester A. Kirkendoll, the 35th bishop, who was the president. He earned the BA degree from Lane. His theological training was at Phillips School of Theology at The Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, GA which he entered as the recipient of a Fellowship Grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. He earned the M.Div. degree. Several honorary degrees have been conferred upon him. He has taught at the Lemoyne-Owen College in Memphis, lectured extensively, and has earned a national reputation as a preacher.

The hallmark of the entire ministry of Bishop E. Lynn Brown has been his community activism. He has been at the forefront in the struggle for justice. He received the Outstanding Community Service Award. As a bishop he has served as Chair of the Department of Lay Activities and has served as Chair of the Department of Evangelism, Missions, and Human Concerns.

He serves on the National Board of Directors of SCLC and the Board of Directors of the National Congress of Black Churches (NCBC). The NCBC repersent denominations with 65,000 churches and membership of over 20-million. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Phillips School of Theology.

Bishop Brown is married to Gladys (nee Stephens) Brown, and is the father of Alonzo Victor and Cheronda Patrice. His office and residence are in Cincinnati. Bishop E. Lynn Brown, is also the Chairman of the Board of The Center for Closing the Health Gap.

This year he leads the celebration of the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. as it's Chairman. This day is offen called Martin Luther King Day and is on Monday January 16, 2006 at the Cincinnati Music Hall for a free concert starting at noon.

The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr, Ph.D. (January 15, 1929 Â April 4, 1968) was a Baptist minister and political activist who was the most famous leader of the American civil rights movement. King won the Nobel Peace Prize and Presidential Medal of Freedom before being assassinated in 1968. For his promotion of non-violence and racial equality, King is considered a peacemaker and martyr by many people around the world. Martin Luther King Day was established in his honor.

We have established Cincinnati Change to adhere to many of the principles that he stood for.

Besides winning the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize, in 1965 the American Jewish Committee presented the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with the American Liberties Medallion for his "exceptional advancement of the principles of human liberty." Reverend King said in his acceptance remarks, "Freedom is one thing. You have it all or you are not free."r King Jr.,

Martin Luther king was aregisteredd Republican and may have supported affirmative action.

Among his comments:

"Whenever this issue [compensatory treatment] is raised, some of our friends recoil in horror. The Negro should be granted equality, they agree, but should ask for nothing more. On the surface, this appears reasonable, but is not realistic. For it is obvious that if a man enters the starting line of a race three hundred years after another man, the first would have to perform some incredible feat in order to catch up."

"A society that has done something special against the Negro for hundreds of years must now do something special for him, to equip him to compete on a just and equal basis. "

"... for two centuries the Negro was enslaved and robbed of any wages and potential accrued wealth which would have been the legacy of his descendants. All of America's wealth today could not adequately compensate its Negroes for his centuries of exploitation and humiliation. It is an economic fact that a program such as I propose would certainly cost far less than any computation of two centuries of unpaid wages plus accumulated interest. In any case, I do not intend that this program of economic aid should apply only to the Negro: it should benefit the disadvantaged of all races."

"You can't talk about solving the economic problem of the Negro without talking about billions of dollars. You can't talk about ending the slums without first saying profit must be taken out of slums. You're really tampering and getting on dangerous ground because you are messing with folk then. You are messing with captains of industry.... Now this means that we are treading in difficult water...."

On April 3, 1968, King prophetically told a euphoric crowd:

"It really doesn't matter what happens now.... some began to... talk about the threats that were out -- what would happen to me from some of our sick white brothers.... Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place, but I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land. And so I'm happy tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord."

King was assassinated the next evening, April 4, 1968, at 6:01 PM, on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, while preparing to lead a local march in support of the heavily black Memphis sanitation workers' union which was on strike at the time.

Over the next 5 years Queen City Development Group will create in the south over 2,000 acres of real estate developments that will serve as relief centers, under contracts, for a million people by 2010 with 1,000 Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana businesses lead by Fred Hargrove P.E., MBA whose Engineering Company is taking the point in a joint venture that will tread in thdangerousus waters of rebuilding the south and being ready when this happens again.

We will partnership with an Inter Faith Based Leadership lead by Pastor Wanda Lloyd-Daniels, of Ammons United Methodist Church who is also a journeywoman of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, owner of Lloyds General & Electrical Contractors, a Ohio company that is 20 plus years old general contracting and technology company that is a FBE/MBE/SBE and she is the head of the Cincinnati Hamilton County Black Republican Forum.

This company will create on Tuesday, 17 January 2006 a proposal to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a proposal for less than $100M in an IDIQ contract to care for 7,000 households and their facilities in the Gulf. Under the contract the federal government is paying the bill over 5 years ($100M or less) with companies drawn from around the nation, a 30% preference given to team like ours that located in the affected areas and are SBA 8A firms. The contract starts in March 2006.

Over the next five years we will recruit over 10,000 businesses and 100,000 people in the Gulf to pick up the bill afterwards, either through their representative government and constitutional right to redress grievances to the government and or direct contracts with our subsidiary Queen City Development Group and it's affiliate Gulf Change through the business process developed by Hershel Daniels, Junior.

Gulf Change will perform basadministrativeive functions as a contractor with Union workers through Lloyds General and Electrical Contractors, Inc., if we conclude a Cincinnati based planned labor agreement whereas we get access to pension funds to -

1 build homes for 100,000 people over next ten years; promote the establishment of substantial autonomy and self-government in communities through the use of fiber to the home enable community access technology master territory licensee's who use our patent in communications as their competitive advantage in the Gulf states demonstration;

2 facilitate a political process at a neighborhood level through the internet to determine regions future based on development from 16 Jan. 2006 till 19 June 2006 of a plan to house and rehabilitate the lives of 100,000 people and from then to create the financial and technical ability to implement the plan by December 31, 2006;

3 create 10 centers in the Gulf to provide for the coordinate humanitarian and disaster relief of all international agencies for a million people in the America's and as part of a internal effort lead by AID and Gulf Change, first headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio for a 18 month staff training period; Fred Hargrove Sr. and partner companies, educational institutions and governmental agencies who will support the reconstruction of key infrastructure with over 100 companies who will invest in the redevelopment including foreign companies who operate key urban infrastructure including phone systems, water works and sewage plants;

4 maintain civil law and order thought eh creation of a private military company that in Cincinnati has the public police powers empowered to them through the city of Cincinnati under it's laws, and;

5 promote human and civil rights for Americans and create a environment whereas American citizens can live safe and secure lives; and assure the safe and unimpeded return of all displaced persons to their homes in the Gulf.

Gulf Change is to be created on a model created by Hershel Daniels, Junior that e think is a business process that created a master holding company called Gulf Change as a for profit Business that is divided into nine holding companies which it calls "Change Agent Commands".

These Change Area Commands are:

CAC I: Public Safety and Security including NBC, Justice, Public Safety and Fire Protection

CAC II: Contract Civil Administration and Metropolitan Assets Utilization

CAC III: Neighborhood Democratization, Institution Building and Community Development

CAC IV: Reconstruction and Economic Development

CAC V: Public Private Partnership Agreement Monitoring Team

CAC VI: Lifelong Education and PLA Workforce Development

CAC VII: Health & Human Services and Support including assisted living faculties

NATI ACTION AGENCY

a operation of Cincinnati Change going on it's own in April 2006 as a seperate not for profit organziation who is provider to Gulf Change for the room and board, in Cincinnati, along with the training for 1,000 health care professionals from the Gulf over the next two years.

CAC VIII: Faith Based Leadership and Family Support & Development

CAC IX: Professional Services Support

Our Action On Crime

2006-01-06T15:11:00.000-05:00

The Peace Bell is a symbol, nuff said.

Lets talk about action. It’s a new year and lets get down with the new City Council. They got right down to business right away on the budget. They passed a budget and set the stage for a consensus to develop on how we define public safety.

We would go about achieving it when City Council Law & Public Safety Committee reviewed the shooting incident that occurred on Christmas Eve, in depth. This is after the CCA does it’s jon and we have a ruling from Dr. O. Who shot who?

Remember public saftey is the issue we pay over 120M a year for, we can ask questions - we own the city. Before anyone has a problem with what we say you should know one of us wrote the OPTA training manual and started for a College in Ohio their Criminal Justice course.
This incident in Roselawn which resulted in the death of one 19 year old Chanel Jordan, who was coming to pick her brother up, fact or fiction. Lets put it in the Blog on uptown security - here.

Cincinnati Change and partners will create dances for teens starting in April at our 20,000 sq. ft. building.

Cincinnati Councilman Cecil Thomas, chair of the Committee, has said it was a productive meeting, but now a holistic approach is needed to attack the problem, with council, police and parents working together. A number of community members spoke about the violence in the community and the need to take action against the problem. Cincinnati Change has declared 2006 as the year of Peace In the Hood along with Jobs in the Hood.

What that means is that we are bringing 100 Cincinnati Change Agents together to do teen dances by April. At these dances we will address the racial division in the city. Join us in this. We need all the help we can get. Goto to web site and give us the word on what you want to change in Cincinnati.

In 2005 racial division has not been reduced under previous leadership, but we have hope for 2006. We still had to much disconnect between the African American and poor in Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Police Department even with the Department of Justice Memorandum of Understanding (DOJ) and the Collaborative Agreement (CA). The Big story is the change in leadership of the FOP and the coming together of the African American community around the issue race and crime.

The image of police officers and the city as a whole is still recovering from race riots that erupted in April 2001, following the shooting death of an unarmed black man who ran from a white police officer trying and subsequent police slow down. The perception that emerged has been said to have embarrassed Specialist Kathy Harrell, the first woman elected president of Queen City Lodge No. 69 of the Fraternal Order of Police.

“The whole city got a black eye from it,” she said in an interview. “But did we grow from it? Yes. Have we proven we’re still an excellent city? Yes. Are there concerns that have to be dealt with? Definitely.” We hope to work with her and other interested parties who believe that we can have Peace in the Hood along with Jobs in the Hood.

We will create those jobs based on the construction of new buildings and the rehab of other buildings we own.

Cincinnati Change was incorporated Juneteenth 2005, June 19th 2005, as a not for profit organization. Development efforts, that succeeded and failed in 2005, set the state for the mission of Cincinnati Change. We will serve as an innovative, proactive partner in supporting comprehensive economic development, workforce needs creation along it’s development, quality housing development that is lead free and environmentally safe, supportive of historic conservation efforts where they make sense, land use management based on creating a land trust for the city.

Cincinnati Change will become supportive of creating in Cincinnati a worldwide arts and cultural amenities infrastructure that is a tourism destination managed by an African American owned and managed company. It would also support the creation of a comprehensive human and social services infrastructure for all Cincinnati’s citizens through established programs along with the creation of a new unified command and control agency for the residents of the city to be called The Nati Action Agency.

In 2005 Cincinnati Change bought interest in it’s headquarters at 2439 Auburn Avenue in preparation for starting operations in February 2006. Cincinnati Change believes that the strength of our nation lies with the individual and that each person’s dignity, freedom, ability and responsibility must be honored by each other and those who we elect.

Cincinnati Change believes in the equal rights, equal justice and equal opportunity for all, regardless of race, creed, sex, age or disability, including, if needed, timed affirmative action. Cincinnati Change believes in free enterprise and encouraging individual initiative have brought this nation opportunity, economic growth and prosperity through creating content for the third frontier - join us, help us change Cincinnati NOW.

Blog with US at http://cincinnatichange.blogspot.com/

A YOUNG MOTHER IS DEAD

2005-12-31T06:15:00.000-05:00

The City of Cincinnati Law & Public Safety Committee met on Friday

NOTICE – SPECIAL MEETING LAW & PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE

The Law & Public Safety Committee did meet

Friday, December 30, 2005 at 10:00 a.m.

in Committee Room B (Room 312, City Hall)

801 Plum Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202

The committee reviewed the shooting incident that occurred on Christmas Eve in the Roselawn community, which resulted in the death of one young woman, who was coming to pick her brother up and was not at "dance", and the wounding of another youth.

Committee Members:

Cecil Thomas, Chair

Leslie Ghiz, Vice-Chair (Did Not Show)

Jeff Berding, Member

John Cranley, Member

Chris Monzel, Member

Jim Tarbell, Member (Did Not Show)

Cole who is not a member did show.

Abigail Imn

Clerk to Committee

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The Story.... so far

The story includes "Security slim at teen dance, owners say" in the Cincinnati Enquirer. The promoter of the Christmas Eve teen dance that turned into a deadly shooting on the street about a block away, failed to provide the adequate security promised in his contract with The Legacy, said an attorney for the Roselawn banquet and conference center Tuesday."It's unfortunate the promoter dropped the ball here," said attorney Richard Goldberg.

Not only should the promoter of the Christmas Eve dance party that turned deadly at The Legacy be question but all others releated to this. Where is the CCA? When the "dance" turned rowdy it resulted in the death of 19 year-old Chanel Jordan.

Cincinnati council is looking at holding a stop the violence summit early next month to address the problems of violence and guns in the city. The Law and Public Safety committee held a special meeting yesterday to discuss the Christmas Eve shooting that left a 19-year-old Chanel Jordan dead and her child motherless.

Chair Cecil Thomas says it was a productive meeting, but now a holistic approach is needed to attack the problem, with council, police and parents working together. A number of community members spoke about the violence in the community and the need to take action against the problem.

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At 3 PM at world peace Bell on Saturday 31 December 2005 we will bring in the year of Peace in the Hood....Jobs in the Hood.

Directions to peace bell

425 York St

Newport, KY 41071-1639

For more information email nubianoracle@cincinnatichange.com or call the office at 513.381.5111 ext 3.

CINCINNATI CHANGE AID

2005-12-29T20:00:00.000-05:00

TAX DEDUCTION FOR AID

A New Tax Law Could Give You Twice the Deduction Until Dec. 31, 2005

A charitable cash gift made to Cincinnati Change this calendar year could be twice as advantageous from a tax perspective than in the past. Through Dec. 31, 2005, donors may deduct qualified cash gifts up to 100 percent of their Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) rather than the usual 50 percent limit.

In addition, cash gifts will not be subject to the 3 percent reduction rule applied to itemized deductions when AGI exceeds $145,950.

This change is a result of the Katrina Emergency Act of 2005 (KETRA) enacted by Congress and the President to encourage contributions to the relief effort and charitable organizations that may have experienced a decline in gifts because of the hurricane devastation.

Another incentive is available to donors with IRAs who are at least 59 1/2 years old. They can withdraw funds, make a contribution to Cincinnati Change or another charitable organization (we will be glad to help you do so) with those funds, and offset nearly all of the income tax liability on the withdrawal.

Cash gifts can also be used to establish Charitable Gift Annuities (CGAs).

Available to those age 60 and older, CGAs provide a steady stream of income at a fixed rate for life. The gift establishing the annuity, $10,000 or more, qualifies for an income tax deduction, and a portion of the annual income is tax-free.For details contact hershel daniels at h.daniels@cincinnatichange.com.

The City of Cincinnati Law & Public Safety Committee will meet Friday

2005-12-28T23:12:00.001-05:00

NOTICE – SPECIAL MEETING LAW & PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE

The Law & Public Safety Committee will meet

Friday, December 30, 2005 at 10:00 a.m.
in Committee Room B (Room 312, City Hall)

801 Plum Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202

The committee will meet to review the shooting incident that occurred on Christmas Eve in the Roselawn community, which resulted in the death of one young woman and the wounding of another youth.

Committee Members:

Cecil Thomas, Chair

Leslie Ghiz, Vice-Chair

Jeff Berding, Member

John Cranley, Member

Chris Monzel, Member

Jim Tarbell, Member

Abigail Imn
Clerk to Committee
_______________________________________________
The Story.... so far

The story includes "Security slim at teen dance, owners say" in the Cincinnati Enquirer. The promoter of the Christmas Eve teen dance that turned into a deadly shooting on the street about a block away, failed to provide the adequate security promised in his contract with The Legacy, said an attorney for the Roselawn banquet and conference center Tuesday."It's unfortunate the promoter dropped the ball here," said attorney Richard Goldberg.

Not only should the promoter of the Christmas Eve dance party that turned deadly at The Legacy be question but all others releated to this. Where is the CCA? When the "dance" turned rowdy it resulted in the death of 19 year-old Chanel Jordan.

2005-12-08T04:18:00.000-05:00

When the Nazis arrested the Communists, I said nothing; after all, I was not a Communist. When they locked up the Social Democrats, I said nothing; after all, I was not a Social Democrat. When they arrested the trade unionists, I said nothing; after all, I was not a trade unionist. When they arrested the Jews, I said nothing; after all, I was not a Jew. When they arrested me, there was no longer anyone who could protest.

Cincinnati Change Proclamation on December 7th as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

2005-12-07T23:27:00.000-05:00

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 2005

A Proclamation by the Chairman of Cincinnati Change. On this day we celebrate a national remembrance for those lost on December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor. We at Cincinnati Change honor the courage of a generation of Americans who devoted themselves to one of the great missions in our country's history – global democracy and freedom.

After the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor took more than 2,400 American lives, millions of our citizens answered the call to defend our liberty, and the world witnessed the power of freedom to overcome tyranny.

During this global fight for survival America's ultimate triumph was far from clear in the early days of World War II. When our country was attacked at Pearl Harbor as in Asia and Europe, country after country had fallen before the armies of militaristic tyrants. However, the brave and determined men and women of our Nation maintained their faith in the power of God to support our freedom and spread democracy.

They fought and won a world war against two of the most ruthless regimes the world has ever known. In the years since those victories, the power of freedom and democracy has transformed America's enemies in World War II into close friends. This is the greatness of America the ability to reach out it's hand in friendship to those who are our today our enimies as our friends tomorrow. Witness Japan and Germany.

Cincinnati Change is dedicated to the spread freedom and democracy around the world. We are a organization dedicated to secure a more peaceful world for our children and grandchildren. We are grateful to the men and women who are defending our flag and our freedom in the first war of the 21st century. We look forward to the days of peace like our forefathers have done in the past.

These patriots are protecting our country and our way of life by upholding the tradition of honor, bravery, and integrity demonstrated by those who fought for our Nation in World War II and that is continued to this day by our military.

The Congress, by Public Law 103-308, as amended, has designated December 7 of each year as "National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day." The service and sacrifice of our World War II veterans continue to inspire people across our country and set an example of sacrifice. Cincinnati Change remains deeply grateful for all that these heroes have done for the cause of freedom.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this Seventh Day of December , in the year of our Lord two thousand five, and of the two hundred and thirtieth year in the Independence of the United States of America.

FREDERICK HARGROVE SENIOR
PE, MBA
Chairman of Cincinnati Change

Martin Luther King Coalition Chorale

2005-12-02T17:41:00.000-05:00

Martin Luther King Coalition Chorale

Call for Members

Sing for King

Contact Hershel Daniels at h.daniels@cincinnatichange.com

The Cincinnati, Martin Luther King Coalition Chorale is calling for singers. The MLKCC welcomes women and men of all ages, races, and diverse beliefs from area churches, mosques, synagogues, and choral groups to gather and sing together in honor of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Coalition rehearses every other Tuesday from October 2005 through January 2006 at House of Joy and will perform in the King Day Program at Music Hall on January 16, 2006. The first rehearsal, held Tuesday, October 11, drew 100 singers, and the Coalition hopes to increase its membership on Tuesday, 10/25.

Rehearsals are held from 7-9pm at House of Joy (5918 Hamilton Avenue in College Hill) on the following dates:

Tuesday, December 6

Tuesday, December 20

Tuesday, January 3

Tuesday, January 10

Saturday, January 14 (Dress Rehearsal from 10:00am to 12:00pm)

Performence, January 16 at Cincinnati Music Hall

MLKCC Director, Dr. Catherine Roma, who teaches Arts for Peace and Justice at Wilmington College, says, “I choose articles and essays by or about King, and each semester I remain amazed how his prophetic words work so profoundly for our present times….[The Coalition] coming together to sing means so much to me in these times of great challenge and national turmoil.”

According to Dr. Roma, “Many [Coalition members] have expressed deep joy that comes as we set aside a few hours from our busy lives, demanding work schedules, varied religious backgrounds and beliefs, and divergent neighborhoods to sing and honor the life and legacy of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.”

Quotes from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

"We must demonstrate, teach, and preach, until the very foundations of our nation are shaken. We must work unceasingly to lift this nation that we love to a higher destiny, to a new plateau of compassion, to a more noble _expression of humaneness."

"Hatred and bitterness can never cure the disease of fear; only love can do that. Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illumines it."

NAA new start new Mayor 1 December 2005

2005-12-02T16:48:00.000-05:00

Mayor and City Council in Cincinnati

Our plan is based on this speech by the new mayor for development in the Nati.

Good Evening Cincinnati.
I want to thank everyone for joining me here at the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal this evening to share this momentous occasion.

I want to start by thanking the people of Cincinnati for placing their trust in me to be their Mayor. I am honored and humbled by that trust and I will work hard to make you proud.

I would also like to thank (the categories on the back of the program).

I want to thank my staff.
And, I want to thank the countless volunteers who devoted so much of their time to our efforts to bring change to the city. I would not be here today without them.

Finally, I would like to thank my wonderful family for their support and sacrifice throughout the exhausting campaign. My entire family has been dedicated to public service, and they serve as my inspiration for all that I do.

The city of Cincinnati was named after the Society of the Cincinnati, a fellowship organization for Army officers. However, the top priority of the society was to take care of the members of the society and their families.

Their motto was “He abandons everything to serve his country.” Thus our city is founded on the ideals of taking care of each other and selfless service to the city.
I believe that these founding principles should serve as the basis for how we conduct our everyday lives.

Over the last year, as I visited every neighborhood in this City, I was always impressed by the sense of hope around the city.

Everywhere, people would share their feeling that things needed to get better, and how they truly believed things would get better.

The fantastic thing about living in a democracy is that citizens are able to let their opinions be heard and make changes if they think that we can do better.

Elections are an excellent opportunity to start fresh and set a new course for our city. On Election Day, Cincinnati called for a change in the way that business is done in our city.

The citizens selected four new City Council Members and elected me the first Mayor not to come from Council since the 1930s.
We have the opportunity to have the fresh start that our city has desperately needed for a while. We have the opportunity to turn away from our past and chart a course for a new future.

This is a great city. We need to seize this unique opportunity for a fresh start and recommit ourselves to the founding principles of our city: taking care of each other and selfless service to the city.

We have the power and ability to create the change that we all know our city needs.

We share that sense that we are all part of the same brotherhood. In order to make that feeling of brotherhood stronger, we need to focus on the issues that unite us as one Cincinnati.

The desire for nice, safe neighborhoods.
The desire for good schools and opportunities for our children.
The desire for good jobs with quality benefits
The desire for a vibrant city where we can all have fun.

If we focus on these issues of commonality, it will allow us to put aside our lesser differences and work together to improve our city for everybody.

I believe that we have all felt the enthusiasm in the community. There is a sense that we are about to turn a corner and once again move forward.

People are optimistic that the time is right for a major change in this city. People are ready for that change and they believe that it can and will happen.

I share this belief. I think that in the next few years, we have an incredible opportunity to transform our city for the better and set in motion the type of progress that will once again make Cincinnati a city that is admired across the country.

But, we cannot passively sit and wait for change, we must control our destiny. If we truly want to see change then we must actively make that change happen.

Our city has taken the first step. We have elected an excellent group of talented and motivated Council Members to help us take begin down the road of change.

From my discussions with the Council Members, I can tell you that they are deeply committed to doing what is necessary to turn this city around.

Now we must turn this positive energy and commitments into accomplishments.

Change is sometimes difficult but it is absolutely necessary. This Administration will make decisions that are in the best interest of the common good.

We must seize the opportunity that we have been given a make a fresh start. It is only through our hard work that we can make that change happen.

I am dedicated to creating a team on City Council that will come together to put the best interest of the city ahead of all else. The common element that unites all of the Council Members is that we love our city and we want very badly to make it better. Much better.

Now, I would like to recognize our next City Council.
Vice Mayor Jim Tarbell
Jeff Berding
Chris Bortz
Laketa Cole
John Cranley
David Crowley
Leslie Ghiz
Chris Monzel
Cecil Thomas

This leadership team you have entrusted to turn our city around. We are going to capitalize on the energy in this room and across the city and make the necessary changes to turn our city around and make it better.

You are looking at the future of the City of Cincinnati. I am completely confident that this team will do great things for all of us in the city of Cincinnati.

But we cannot do it along. You, the citizens of Cincinnati, are part of this team as well. If we are going to truly change our city for the better, we need your help as well. We can only make this city better if we work as a team, from the Mayor’s Office all the way down to very last citizen. All working to move the city forward.

So, I want to make a challenge to you. My challenge is to get involved and be an ambassador to the city.

You must ask yourself…
What are you going to do to turn Cincinnati around?
What are you going to do to make our city better?

We are on the verge of a great turn around in the City. By working together as a team, Mayor to Council to the city departments to the neighborhoods, and not letting anything get in our way, we can create the type of change and improvement that we all know that Cincinnati is ready for.

The 10 of us standing in front of you will work hard for you everyday. I ask you to commit yourself to also working hard. Together, I know that Cincinnati will live up to its amazing potential and become the city that our country looks up to once again.

I want to thank you all for coming. Good night and God Bless Our City

Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory's Inaugural Address

We have to get around how we deal with Public Safety is more police.

2005-11-04T01:28:00.000-05:00

We have to get around how we deal with Public Safety is more police. We need to deal with the root causes of crime in the African American community that deal with a history that is based on over 300 years of slavery, 100 years of government as your foe at all levels and 40 years of finding your way through integration.

Background: CINCINNATI CHANGE understands the Tri-state is politically fragmented and segregated by race and class. Many poor Cincinnati residents have a high degree of desperation and hopelessness along with the belief that things cannot change. Cincinnati Change was created to “change this perception” by taking action to change Cincinnati NOW on June 19th 2000 and took it's first action at the 2000 Black Family Reunion.

In 2001, the founders of Cincinnati Change submitted a request to the Cincinnati Empowerment Corporation (CEC) that they set out procedures to issue $100M of revenue bonds. The request was updated in 2002 and 2003. In 2004, the CEC set the procedures to issue the bonds through the Cincinnati Hamilton County Port Authority.

Background: CINCINNATI CHANGE understands the Tri-state is politically fragmented and segregated by race and class. Many poor Cincinnati residents have a high degree of desperation and hopelessness along with the belief that things cannot change. Cincinnati Change was created to “change this perception” by taking action to change Cincinnati NOW on June 19th, 2000 and took its first action at the 2000 Black Family Reunion.

In 2001, the founders of Cincinnati Change submitted a request to the Cincinnati Empowerment Corporation (CEC) that they set out procedures to issue $100M of revenue bonds. The request was updated in 2002 and again in 2003. In 2004, the CEC set the procedures to issue the bonds through the Cincinnati Hamilton County Port Authority.

All citizens of the city of Cincinnati, Ohio should read Independent Monitor's Eleventh Quarterly Report, Sept. 30, 2005.

Current Plan: In 2005, Cincinnati Change assembled a team to meet its organizational objectives through creation of a mutual fund to fund its mission to Change Cincinnati NOW. On June 19th, 2005 Cincinnati Change received its charter from the State of Ohio and stands ready to change Cincinnati NOW.

Cincinnati Change is creating a limited liability company called Uptown Security. This company will implement the Cincinnati Change vision as the lead developer of safe neighborhoods in 20 Communities in the city of Cincinnati.

Lloyd Daniels Development Group Inc. (“LDG”) a majority minority owned company located in Mt Auburn at 2439 Auburn Avenue, Cincinnati Ohio 45219 will licensee to Uptown Security, a company who will create a new security, safety and support holding company. It will be a global communications, computing and professional services operation that is to be a high technology real estate development company for a million homes in the Americas and a million around the world.

It will provide distance learning, facility security monitoring, total media management system for audio, video, digital entertainment, and communications related technology. The company will sell over 10,000 SKU security equipment sales partnership with eBay and security and safety built into buildings as a professional engineer. It will do this through a tiered sales force that uses established communications networks to sell products and services to a potential global market of over 500 million people by 2009.

Mission: CINCINNATI CHANGE has adopted a mission that encourages increased economic stability in Hamilton County along with the development of an third frontier creative class information highway infrastructure.

Cincinnati Change will create memberships that which will provide jobs through the acquisition, and development of businesses, intellectual property and real estate properties through this lead developer of a private security forces which will provide to corporate partners with 100,000 employee's in the region an security, safety and support organization including remote security with companies like Tyco, Microsoft, CISCO, Lucent, Samsung, Sprint, Motorola, GE and overseen by a joint venture between Lloyd Daniels Development Group (LDG) and IBM.

Purpose: CINCINNATI CHANGE will implement a licensed business process from LDG and a patent license from MDDG LLC that will create a service that will provide security services to a market of 500 million people and a million businesses. We will develop a workforce that will number over 4,000 who are employed and empowered by developing the following objectives:

Schools - Working with the Cincinnati Public Schools and Wilson Military Academy will create a school infrastructure for the 20,000 disenfranchised school students from Ohio. The county will save over a million dollars a year starting in the 2006/7 school year with a focus on youth in Hamilton County needing this service.

By 2014 we will serve a global student population in military schools through a alliance with already established schools in Ohio. We will build facilities that will house over 100,000 Ohio students and a million students around the world.

Businesses - To create a community business development program with the SBA, private sector, non-profit organizations, and government agencies to support over 100 small and medium businesses that will employ students who go to and or graduate from our schools. Included will be guard services, digital security services, remote security, patrol and cab services, fire school, HRT training center, custom command and control vehicles, NBC Command Center Construction, Urban Emergency Command Center Network, AEC Hargrove Williams Daniels & Hefley lbo fund, and other services that will oversee the education of one million students in franchised public schools.

The first phase business model is based on the creation or acquisition of buildings that will house technology that is under contract to our company for at least ten years in 20 communities in Cincinnati that by 2014 is to cover the whole city. LDG will make money as the developer of the buildings, the supplier of the technology built into the buildings and the services used by the users of the buildings. LDG will prove our business model in Cincinnati that will serve as a global prototype. Here we will develop the infrastructure model that’s needed to reach a market of over 500 million people.

The Uptown Security MAM Global Total Media Management System goal is to consolidate by 2009 all of the information resources that touch a media project property during its life cycle through a partnership with companies producing over 100 million SKU for sale by our network and employees over 200 million people.

Uptown Security will at its core the complete digital control of the various assets associated with the media property, be they episodes of broadcast television, Internet based distribution, marketing key art, magazine articles, publicity stills of recording artists, concert access, ticket sales, video on demand, and HDTV displays. The MAM Global Total Media Management System is much more than digital ingest and archiving, it will be a universal secure network and facilities that will be managed from a world headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The Uptown Security MAM Global Total Media Management System will drive customers to chose us as one of the company’s major objectives is the synchronization and collaboration of all departments security. Through IBM and 39 other partners we will create a strategically invaluable profile of each of all of our clients media properties (and their ancillary properties such as sequels, soundtracks, and cross-promotions) across the full sweep of distribution platforms, formats, and outlets.

By providing a real-time snapshot of a media property, The Uptown Security MAM Global Total Media Management System will allow media managers, licensee’s, franchisees and affiliates to make the best short- and long-term decisions, which ultimately affect their investments in development, production, licensing, programming, and marketing.

Homes - To create 20,000 homes in Greater Cincinnati with a focus on developing 12,000 homes for low and moderate-income households whose children will attend our schools along with homes for those who work, build and or teach in them. these homes will generate over 2 million dollars a year in revenue for 30 years. Each home is a camera site with over 70% being wired to monitor their community.

Each home will be HDTV based systems whereas the 16:9 display is backed up by a Microsoft IBM Fiber network with Hitachi, Sharp and Samsung technologies. We will use Dolby technologies and a adjustable 5:1 sound system through nuTECH. nuTECH is built into homes as our application of established patents.

Each home will be able to earn money through a variety of channels with over 2 Gigi bytes worth of bandwidth. We will oversee the creation of over two million homes across the globe for first responders based on the development of housing for the employees of Uptown Security.

Jobs - To create over 9,000 jobs in distance learning on jobs n public saftey, private securty and as a first responder along with high school education, first responder health care, seceiruty and saftey technology, hospitality security, entertainment and personal seciruty, real estate development and construction through partnerships with businesses that serve the public saftey and homeland security marketplace through Uptown Security and it's Empowerment Zone business, Renewal City business, MBE, DBE, FBE and HUB zone partners.

A primary job generator will be the 20,000 homes built that Uptown Security will monitor. we will also provide security to over 40 million square feet of retail, food service and mixed use space including a regional entertainment security zone that reaches into other states.

Uptown Security will work with Nati Action Agency to create training opportunities for over 1,000 uptown kids a year by 2007 through a alliance with the Cincinnati Public Schools. We will do that by creating a military school at the Riverfront, Uptown and in Bond Hill. By 2009 this infratsructure will employ over 4,000.

Capital: In the newest report on Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) agreements, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) finds that $4.2 trillion dollars have been infused into minority and lower income neighborhoods since CRA passed in 1977. Banks have committed to 430 CRA agreements, instituting multi-year programs covering loans, investments and banking services to communities in need.

LDG will implement a business model under the CRA IDIQ Business Process developed by Hershel Daniels, Junior starting at 2439 Auburn Avenue. From a lot on 2439 Auburn Uptown Security will build a urban prototype of our NEBS Sigma Six Quality Secure, Environmentally Safe and Life Supportive personal dwelling - each to cost no less than $330,000 and up to millions.

Uptown Security will enter into a agreement to be the implementation agent to start a military school in Cincinnati in January 2006 at 444 West Third Street that is to open in September 2006. Till then the school will rent space at an authorized building.

Uptown Security Cincinnati will create affiliates of Uptown Security in over 250 Empowerment Zones and Renewal Communities domestically and in over 250 foreign locations. Over 100 locations with company equity will be in operation within the next five years as master territory licenses - Uptown Security (city name).

Each with equity based on already IRS established revenue bonds, which are not volume capped – in the case of Cincinnati that is a multi million dollar investment by the end of 2005 in Uptown Security Cincinnati.

We would create Uptown Security with equity held in trust for the residents of the Uptown Alliance whereas Cincinnati Change would be the implementing agent. By 2010 we expect that over 4,000 staffers would provide education to over 1,000,000 students in military schools around the world.

In Cincinnati we have the resources to do this. Join us in Changing Cincinnati NOW.

Copyright 2005 Hershel Daniels, Junior

English is to be the national language.

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English is to be the national language in the United States of America, but if you want to speak something else we are free country - have at it.

America is about to spend $200B

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America is about to spend $200B to rebuild the area affected and the people who live there. If anyone wants to have a say in that and create jons for the poor in Cincinnati then go to this web-site = http://gulfchange.blogspot.com/ and help.

For Immediate Release
Contact: Fred Hargrove, Sr., PE, MBA
Cincinnati Change
2439 Auburn Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45219
Phone: (513) 381-5111 Ext 3
E-mail: mam@cincinnatichange.com

Cincinnati Change believes that Cincinnati can be prepared to handle mass emergency situations that will include blacks and the poor residents of Hamilton County.

Many of Cincinnati Change program officers are veterans and experienced executives who will not be a witness to the kind of desperation witnessed in New Orleans.

We will work in Cincinnati so that no citizen of this great and generous nation should have to call out for food and with vulnerable people left at the mercy of criminals who have no mercy.
We will work with those who want to defend our homes and the people who live here.

In recognition of the communities across the nation that have welcomed displaced students in need, the President is proposing to provide funding to school districts enrolling significant numbers of displaced children.

This funding would be used to reimburse school districts for the unexpected costs associated with educating additional children for the 2005-06 school year, such as teacher salaries, transportation, materials and equipment, special services for children with disabilities, supplemental educational services, and counseling.

To ensure that displaced families have maximum flexibility to meet the education needs of their children, the President's proposal would provide compensation to displaced families for enrollment in private, including parochial, schools.

We propose to create infrastructure to support over 100,000 kids in the Gulf Coast through alliances with over 100 companies in support of over 100 school systems.

WE NEED YOUR HELP

Text of President Bush's address Thursday, as released by The White House:

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Text of President Bush's address Thursday, as released by The White House:

BUSH: Good evening. I am speaking to you from the city of New Orleans, nearly empty, still partly underwater, and waiting for life and hope to return. Eastward from Lake Pontchartrain, across the Mississippi coast, to Alabama and into Florida, millions of lives were changed in a day by a cruel and wasteful storm.

In the aftermath, we have seen fellow citizens left stunned and uprooted, searching for loved ones, and grieving for the dead and looking for meaning in a tragedy that seems so blind and random. We have also witnessed the kind of desperation no citizen of this great and generous nation should ever have to know - fellow Americans calling out for food and water, vulnerable people left at the mercy of criminals who had no mercy, and the bodies of the dead lying uncovered and untended in the street.

These days of sorrow and outrage have also been marked by acts of courage and kindness that make all Americans proud. Coast Guard and other personnel rescued tens of thousands of people from flooded neighborhoods. Religious congregations and families have welcomed strangers as brothers and sisters and neighbors.

In the community of Chalmette, when two men tried to break into a home, the owner invited them to stay and took in 15 other people who had no place to go. At Tulane Hospital for Children, doctors and nurses didn't eat for days so patients could have food, and eventually carried the patients on their backs up eight flights of stairs to helicopters.

Many first responders were victims themselves - wounded healers, with a sense of duty greater than their own suffering. When I met Steve Scott of the Biloxi Fire Department, he and his colleagues were conducting a house-to-house search for survivors. Steve told me this: "I lost my house and I lost my cars, but I still got my family ... and I still got my spirit."

Across the Gulf Coast, among people who have lost much and suffered much and given to the limit of their power, we are seeing that same spirit: a core of strength that survives all hurt, a faith in God no storm can take away and a powerful American determination to clear the ruins and build better than before.

Tonight so many victims of the hurricane and the flood are far from home and friends and familiar things. You need to know that our whole nation cares about you, and in the journey ahead, you are not alone. To all who carry a burden of loss, I extend the deepest sympathy of our country. To every person who has served and sacrificed in this emergency, I offer the gratitude of our country.

And tonight I also offer this pledge of the American people: Throughout the area hit by the hurricane, we will do what it takes. We will stay as long as it takes to help citizens rebuild their communities and their lives. And all who question the future of the Crescent City need to know: There is no way to imagine America without New Orleans, and this great city will rise again.

The work of rescue is largely finished; the work of recovery is moving forward. In nearly all of Mississippi, electric power has been restored. Trade is starting to return to the Port of New Orleans, and agricultural shipments are moving down the Mississippi River. All major gasoline pipelines are now in operation, preventing the supply disruptions that many feared.

The breaks in the levees have been closed, the pumps are running, and the water here in New Orleans is receding by the hour. Environmental officials are on the ground, taking water samples, identifying and dealing with hazardous debris, and working to get drinking water and wastewater treatment systems operating again. And some very sad duties are being carried out by professionals who gather the dead, treat them with respect and prepare them for their rest.

In the task of recovery and rebuilding, some of the hardest work is still ahead and it will require the creative skill and generosity of a united country.

Our first commitment is to meet the immediate needs of those who had to flee their homes and leave all their possessions behind. For these Americans, every night brings uncertainty, every day requires new courage and the months to come will bring more than their fair share of struggles.

The Department of Homeland Security is registering evacuees who are now in shelters, churches or private homes, whether in the Gulf region or far away. I have signed an order providing immediate assistance to people from the disaster area. As of today, more than 500 thousand evacuee families have gotten emergency help to pay for food, clothing and other essentials.

Evacuees who have not yet registered should contact FEMA or the Red Cross. We need to know who you are, because many of you will also be eligible for broader assistance in the future. Many families were separated during the evacuation, and we are working to help you reunite. Please call 1-877-568-3317 - that's 1-877-568-3317 - and we will work to bring your family back together, and pay for your travel to reach them.

In addition, we are taking steps to ensure that evacuees don't have to travel great distances or navigate bureaucracies to get the benefits that are there for them. The Department of Health and Human Services has sent more than 15 hundred health professionals, along with over 50 tons of medical supplies, including vaccines, antibiotics and medicines, for people with chronic conditions such as diabetes. The Social Security Administration is delivering checks. The Department of Labor is helping displaced persons apply for temporary jobs and unemployment benefits. And the Postal Service is registering new addresses so that people can get their mail.

To carry out the first stages of the relief effort and begin the rebuilding at once, I have asked for, and the Congress has provided, more than $60 billion. This is an unprecedented response to an unprecedented crisis, which demonstrates the compassion and resolve of our nation.

Our second commitment is to help the citizens of the Gulf Coast to overcome this disaster, put their lives back together and rebuild their communities. Along this coast, for mile after mile, the wind and water swept the land clean. In Mississippi, many thousands of houses were damaged or destroyed. In New Orleans and surrounding parishes, more than a quarter million houses are no longer safe to live in. Hundreds of thousands of people from across this region will need to find longer-term housing.

Our goal is to get people out of shelters by the middle of October. So we are providing direct assistance to evacuees that allows them to rent apartments, and many already are moving into places of their own. A number of states have taken in evacuees and shown them great compassion, admitting children to school and providing health care. So I will work with Congress to ensure that states are reimbursed for these extra expenses.

In the disaster area and in cities that have received huge numbers of displaced people we are beginning to bring in mobile homes and trailers for temporary use. To relieve the burden on local health care facilities in the region, we are sending extra doctors and nurses to these areas. We are also providing money that can be used to cover overtime pay for police and fire departments while cities and towns rebuild.

Near New Orleans, Biloxi and other cities, housing is urgently needed for police and firefighters, other service providers and the many workers who are going to rebuild those cities. Right now, many are sleeping on ships we have brought to the Port of New Orleans, and more ships are on their way to the region. And we will provide mobile homes and supply them with basic services, as close to the construction areas as possible, so the rebuilding process can go forward as quickly as possible.

And the federal government will undertake a close partnership with the states of Louisiana and Mississippi, the city of New Orleans and other Gulf Coast cities so they can rebuild in a sensible, well planned way. Federal funds will cover the great majority of the costs of repairing public infrastructure in the disaster zone, from roads and bridges to schools and water systems. Our goal is to get the work done quickly. And taxpayers expect this work to be done honestly and wisely, so we will have a team of inspectors general reviewing all expenditures.

In the rebuilding process, there will be many important decisions and many details to resolve, yet we are moving forward according to some clear principles. The federal government will be fully engaged in the mission, but Governor Barbour, Governor Blanco, Mayor Nagin and other state and local leaders will have the primary role in planning for their own future. Clearly, communities will need to move decisively to change zoning laws and building codes, in order to avoid a repeat of what we have seen. And in the work of rebuilding, as many jobs as possible should go to men and women who live in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

Our third commitment is this: When communities are rebuilt, they must be even better and stronger than before the storm. Within the Gulf region are some of the most beautiful and historic places in America. As all of us saw on television, there is also some deep, persistent poverty in this region as well. And that poverty has roots in a history of racial discrimination, which cut off generations from the opportunity of America. We have a duty to confront this poverty with bold action. So let us restore all that we have cherished from yesterday, and let us rise above the legacy of inequality.

When the streets are rebuilt, there should be many new businesses, including minority-owned businesses, along those streets. When the houses are rebuilt, more families should own, not rent, those houses. When the regional economy revives, local people should be prepared for the jobs being created. Americans want the Gulf Coast not just to survive, but to thrive, not just to cope, but to overcome. We want evacuees to come home for the best of reasons, because they have a real chance at a better life in a place they love.

When one resident of this city who lost his home was asked by a reporter if he would relocate, he said, "Naw, I will rebuild but I'll build higher." That is our vision of the future, in this city and beyond: We will not just rebuild, we will build higher and better.

To meet this goal, I will listen to good ideas from Congress, state and local officials, and the private sector. I believe we should start with three initiatives that the Congress should pass.

Tonight I propose the creation of a Gulf Opportunity Zone, encompassing the region of the disaster in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Within this zone, we should provide immediate incentives for job-creating, investment tax relief for small businesses, incentives to companies that create jobs, and loans and loan guarantees for small businesses, including minority-owned enterprises, to get them up and running again. It is entrepreneurship that creates jobs and opportunity, it is entrepreneurship that helps break the cycle of poverty and we will take the side of entrepreneurs as they lead the economic revival of the Gulf region.

I propose the creation of Worker Recovery Accounts to help those evacuees who need extra help finding work. Under this plan, the federal government would provide accounts of up to $5,000, which these evacuees could draw upon for job training and education to help them get a good job and for child care expenses during their job search.

To help lower-income citizens in the hurricane region build new and better lives, I also propose that Congress pass an Urban Homesteading Act. Under this approach, we will identify property in the region owned by the federal government, and provide building sites to low-income citizens free of charge, through a lottery. In return, they would pledge to build on the lot, with either a mortgage or help from a charitable organization like Habitat for Humanity. Homeownership is one of the great strengths of any community, and it must be a central part of our vision for the revival of this region.

In the long run, the New Orleans area has a particular challenge, because much of the city lies below sea level. The people who call it home need to have reassurance that their lives will be safer in the years to come. Protecting a city that sits lower than the water around it is not easy, but it can and has been done. City and parish officials in New Orleans and state officials in Louisiana will have a large part in the engineering decisions to come, and the Army Corps of Engineers will work at their side to make the flood protection system stronger than it has ever been.

The work that has begun in the Gulf Coast region will be one of the largest reconstruction efforts the world has ever seen. When that job is done, all Americans will have something to be very proud of, and all Americans are needed in this common effort. It is the armies of compassion - charities and houses of worship and idealistic men and women - that give our reconstruction effort its humanity. They offer to those who hurt a friendly face, an arm around the shoulder and the reassurance that in hard times, they can count on someone who cares. By land, by sea and by air, good people wanting to make a difference deployed to the Gulf Coast, and they have been working around the clock ever since.

The cash needed to support the armies of compassion is great, and Americans have given generously. For example, the private fundraising effort led by former Presidents Bush and Clinton has already received pledges of more than $100 million. Some of that money is going to governors, to be used for immediate needs within their states. A portion will also be sent to local houses of worship, to help reimburse them for the expense of helping others. This evening the need is still urgent, and I ask the American people to continue donating to the Salvation Army, the Red Cross, other good charities and religious congregations in the region.

It is also essential for the many organizations of our country to reach out to your fellow citizens in the Gulf area. So I have asked USA Freedom Corps to create an information clearinghouse, available at usafreedomcorps.gov, so that families anywhere in the country can find opportunities to help families in the region or a school can support a school. And I challenge existing organizations - churches, Scout troops or labor union locals - to get in touch with their counterparts in Mississippi, Louisiana or Alabama, and learn what they can do to help. In this great national enterprise, important work can be done by everyone, and everyone should find their role and do their part.

The government of this nation will do its part as well. Our cities must have clear and up-to-date plans for responding to natural disasters, disease outbreaks or terrorist attack, for evacuating large numbers of people in an emergency and for providing the food, water and security they would need. In a time of terror threats and weapons of mass destruction, the danger to our citizens reaches much wider than a fault line or a flood plain. I consider detailed emergency planning to be a national security priority. Therefore, I have ordered the Department of Homeland Security to undertake an immediate review, in cooperation with local counterparts, of emergency plans in every major city in America.

I also want to know all the facts about the government response to Hurricane Katrina. The storm involved a massive flood, a major supply and security operation, and an evacuation order affecting more than a million people. It was not a normal hurricane and the normal disaster relief system was not equal to it. Many of the men and women of the Coast Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the United States military, the National Guard, Homeland Security and state and local governments performed skillfully under the worst conditions. Yet the system, at every level of government, was not well coordinated and was overwhelmed in the first few days. It is now clear that a challenge on this scale requires greater federal authority and a broader role for the armed forces, the institution of our government most capable of massive logistical operations on a moment's notice.

Four years after the frightening experience of September 11th, Americans have every right to expect a more effective response in a time of emergency. When the federal government fails to meet such an obligation, I, as President, am responsible for the problem, and for the solution. So I have ordered every Cabinet secretary to participate in a comprehensive review of the government response to the hurricane. This government will learn the lessons of Hurricane Katrina. We are going to review every action and make necessary changes, so that we are better prepared for any challenge of nature, or act of evil men, that could threaten our people.

The United States Congress also has an important oversight function to perform. Congress is preparing an investigation, and I will work with members of both parties to make sure this effort is thorough.

In the life of this nation, we have often been reminded that nature is an awesome force, and that all life is fragile. We are the heirs of men and women who lived through those first terrible winters at Jamestown and Plymouth, who rebuilt Chicago after a great fire, and San Francisco after a great earthquake, who reclaimed the prairie from the dust bowl of the 1930s. Every time, the people of this land have come back from fire, flood and storm to build anew and to build better than what we had before. Americans have never left our destiny to the whims of nature and we will not start now.

These trials have also reminded us that we are often stronger than we know, with the help of grace and one another. They remind us of a hope beyond all pain and death, a God who welcomes the lost to a house not made with hands. And they remind us that we are tied together in this life, in this nation, and that the despair of any touches us all.

I know that when you sit on the steps of a porch where a home once stood or sleep on a cot in a crowded shelter it is hard to imagine a bright future. But that future will come. The streets of Biloxi and Gulfport will again be filled with lovely homes and the sound of children playing. The churches of Alabama will have their broken steeples mended and their congregations whole. And here in New Orleans, the streetcars will once again rumble down St. Charles, and the passionate soul of a great city will return.

In this place, there is a custom for the funerals of jazz musicians. The funeral procession parades slowly through the streets, followed by a band playing a mournful dirge as it moves to the cemetery. Once the casket has been laid in place, the band breaks into a joyful "second line" symbolizing the triumph of the spirit over death. Tonight the Gulf Coast is still coming through the dirge, yet we will live to see the second line.

Thank you, and may God bless America.

Support for the Americans Most Affected by Katrina

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Opening Day of the
Cincinnati Hamilton County Black Charter Plan of Action in Support for the Americans Most Affected by Katrina

The start of a plan of action

By Hershel Daniels Junior

Copyright 2005 ã Hershel Daniels, Junior

All rights reserved to Lloyd Daniels Development Group

Out partnership is with a method is based on the faith in God and a business process created and licensed for development as Queen City Development Group. Cincinnati Change will host at its headquarters a Pastoral Leadership Conference that will bring together partners for a $2.76 Billion Federal state local contract for two years for 20,000 people. Over 50,000 church members can benefit from this as we create for them a electronic commerce network to support American relief efforts to the people of the south. This effort will be lead by Frederick Hargrove PE and Tashio Jenner, AIA. It will built by a team lead by general Contractor Wanda Lloyd Daniels.

These partners would be trained by a coalition lead by a member of the international brotherhood of electricians and is a Pew pastor in Ammonds United Methodist Church. She will lead under my leadership 200 NGO's like the National Community Reinvestment Coalition to be part of the workforce that renews, rehabs and re-establish neighborhoods of Ownership within a ten mile radius from ground zero and or other location in New Orleans in cooperation with Frederick Hargrove PE, MBA in alliance with AUMC. INC.

Fred Hargrove Sr.

PE, UC; MBA, Hood

Chairman of Cincinnati Change

http://www.Cintinnatichange.com