California
Neighborhood Institute
Starting June
4th
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The Summer 2009 Neighborhood
Institute California class starts Thursday June
4th. The class will be held every Thursday
evening from 5:30 to 8:00 pm until August
6th. Dinner will be provided for each
meeting. This class is being held at the
Brandeis Apartments, on the corner of 26th Street
and Dade.
Click here for more information
about the California class. You can also find a
PDF version of our program brochure and class
application.
For more information,
contact Nancy Carrington at 589-0343 or at nancyc@centerforneighborhoods.org.
You may also visit our website at www.centerforneighborhoods.org.
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Center For Neighborhoods -
Membership
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We have officially kicked
off our first-ever grassroots membership
campaign. We hope you will become a member
to help Center For Neighborhoods by giving back.
Memberships are good for 1 year, are very
affordable and are tax deductible!
-
Household Memberships
- $12
(only $1
monthly)
- Optional Household
Membership- $20
(only $1 monthly,
Plus tote bag)
-
Association/neighborhood
membership - $24
($2
monthly)
Center For Neighborhoods has dedicated
37 years of service to the Louisville community of
neighborhoods, leaders, and residents. We
are asking for your support, because you are the
leaders we have served for many years and you
understand the value of our organization in this
community!
Please visit our website to make
a donation through PayPal, or simply click the
PayPal button in the right hand column of
this e-News blast. Making a donation and
signing up for membership is simple, safe, and
secure.
Thank you for supporting Center For
Neighborhoods and the important work we do in this
community!
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Community
Connectors
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Our
quarterly Community Connector in Tyler Park was on
May 13th. We had a great turn out, along
with delicious food from Smoketown USA!
There was great entertainment by the Kyene
Drum Ensemble.
The event was a
great opportunity for networking and reconnecting
with other neighborhood leaders and Neighborhood
Institute alumni, as well as kicking off our
membership campaign!
The next Community connector will be hosted
by the Crescent Hill Community Council.
Stay tuned for more details!
What is the Community
Connector?
The
Community Connector is a quarterly networking
event (4 times annually) that can help build and
strengthen your neighborhood and its
association. Center For Neighborhoods will
partner with a sponsoring neighborhood association
to host a social event at a location within the
neighborhood.
CFN is providing an
opportunity to connect with other grassroots
neighborhoods and leaders in a vital effort to
sustain the quality of our neighborhoods.
Neighborhood leaders will be able to develop
relationships between Neighborhood Institute
alumni, community leaders and neighbors who may be
referred to future Neighborhood Institutes.
What does the Center For
Neighborhoods supply for the Community
Connector?
CFN
will provide food and drinks for 40 people
including postcard mailings sent to all
Neighborhood Institute alumni. If musical
entertainment is appropriate and desired by the
sponsoring neighborhood association, then CFN will
work to fulfill that request. If the
sponsoring neighborhood would like to host a "pot
luck" dinner, then CFN could provide the meat
selection and drinks and each attendee could bring
a dish to share.
Different topics, themes
or membership meetings can be incorporated into
the Community Connector event and we are happy to
help you coordinate the event.
How to host a
Community Connector?
Contact
Lisa Dettlinger to schedule your neighborhood as a
host for an upcoming event.
lisad@centerforneighborhoods.org
or
589-0343
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Training on using CFN's
Internet message board system for Neighborhood
Topics
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Did you know
our website features
an online message board system (also known as an
online forum)?
- Do
you need a discussion platform for your
Neighborhood Association or Community Group?
The
Center For Neighborhoods Online Community welcomes
you and your group!
Set
up a forum to:
- --
Discuss neighborhood/group issues & concerns
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Post board meeting notes
- --
Host committee conversations
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Post documents and files
- --
Share information and resources
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Get feedback from others
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Ask questions
- --
Share links and websites
- --
Talk about your hopes, dreams, and wishes!
What
types of organizations could set up a forum?
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Neighborhood Associations
- --
Community Groups
- --
Community Centers
- --
Non-Profit Organizations
- --
Volunteer Efforts
- --
Resident and Homeowners Associations
Upcoming
Training
- July 18th
- 10 am - 12 pm
- Louisville Free Public Library,
4th and York
- Seating is limited based on the
number of computers.
- RSVP required. Call or
email Hallie Jones.
halliej@centerforneighborhoods.org
502-589-0343
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Attention Neighborhood &
Community Leaders!
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LIVE
UNITED Social Innovation Prize presented by Ernst
& Young
Do
you have a BURNING IDEA that will change our
community for the better? Metro
United Way's LIVE UNITED Social Innovation
Prize is designed for change makers in Kentuckiana
who are prepared to put their ideas into action.
Prizes totaling $25,000 will be awarded to the
innovators who gain the most support from the
community.
Everyone
deserves opportunities to have a good life: a
quality education that leads to a stable job,
enough income to support a family through
retirement, and good health. That's why Metro
United Way's work is focused on the building
blocks for a good life:
- Education -
Helping Children and Youth Achieve Their
Potential
- Financial -
Promoting Financial Stability and
Independence
- Health -
Improving People's Health
To
be successful, we need to harness the wide-ranging
talents of our best social pioneers-encouraging
them to innovate and pursue their visions. As in
the business sector, there is no shortage of
innovators, but there is not yet enough systematic
support available to social innovators.
Many
of the best know, most effective human services
that Metro United Way partners with were started
by social innovators in the 20th
century to solve the 20th century
problems. Metro United Way wants to encourage and
support the work of 21st century
innovators who achieve lasting social change
through a new invention, a different approach, a
more effective use of known technologies or
strategies, or a combination of these.
Purpose
To
attract social innovations and to highlight the
benefits of innovative approaches to solving
social problems, Metro United Way is creating the
LIVE UNITED Social Innovation Prize. We are
proud to have Ernst & Young join us as
sponsor.
Prizes
A
total of four prizes will be awarded. Three $5000
prizes will be awarded: one for the best solution
in each of the areas of education, income and
health. A grand prize of $10,000 will be awarded
for a solution that produces results in two or
more of these areas.
The
LIVE UNITED Social
Innovation Prize is for expenses directly
related to the implementation of the solution, and
will help attract funding and other resources and
support.
Finalists
will be offered nurturing and support to incubate
their solutions. Each finalist will be connected
to a "wisdom council" of mentors and advisors with
whom the finalist may meet regularly. The wisdom
council will be empowered to connect the finalists
with additional resources for advice, training,
and support.
For
many of the social innovators who participate in
the competition, the wisdom council and additional
connection to resources will be more valuable than
the prize.
Judging
Judging
will be done in two phases. Initial screening and
selection of finalists will be done by a panel of
volunteers who have indicated their willingness to
serve on wisdom councils.
Finalists
will be posted on Metro United Way's website and
assigned to education, income, health or
combination categories. Visitors to the
website will have the opportunity to donate
by credit card to one of more finalist. To
encourage broad participation, minimum
donation will be kept small.
The
winners would be determined by the highest total
donations in each category. All finalists will
receive the amount donated to their
solutions.
The
website for applying for the LIVE UNITED Social
Innovation Prize is open now.
Go to
www.metrounitedway.org/innovation
The
deadline for submissions is July 8.
If
you know a social innovator with a BURNING IDEA,
please ask them to visit the website and encourage
them to
apply. |
Crescent Hill Art Fair and
Outdoor Cinema
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Supplied
by: Pat Brinson, Cabrina Bosco and Lorie
Jacobs
Crescent Hill Art and Music
Festival
Crescent
Hill is having their 26th Annual Crescent Hill
Old-Fashioned 4th of July
Celebration!
- July 4th and 5th
- On the grounds of the Peterson-Dumesnil
House
located at 301 S. Peterson Ave
- Volunteers needed!
Because the event will be the 4th AND 5th
in 2009, more volunteers are needed to help things
run smoothly. The Crescent Hill Neighborhood
would love the opportunity to make new
friends through fun AND service.
There's a variety of spots to fill all
throughout the day and evening.
List
of spots that need to be filled:
- Brat/Drink Booth- grilling,
prepping, serving
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Cake Booth-
wheel spinning, number calling, change making,
cake running
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Fun Run-
registering, timekeeping, water
passing
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Membership-
info giving, volunteer check in, membership sign
up and kiddo
tattooing
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Kids Area- ONE
HOUR on Sat. 3-4 pm. Need eyes and ears
during kids' organized games.
-
Groundskeeping-
during the day(s), after fireworks or before
booths open on Sunday, cleanup after celebration
is over.
-
Arts Festival-
help artists (including musicians) with various
tasks, setting up and tearing down booths, watch
merchandise
-
PD House-
greeters, history table, silent
auction
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FIGS- Our Fill
In The Gap folks, needed both
days.
Contact
Info
502-896-6820
502-648-8539
gloriebee@bellsouth.net
More
about the Art and Music
Festival
- Ride the free
Trolley!
- The Art Fair will feature
over 80 juried
artists who will be attending and booths
are open from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm or
later.
- A Zambelli Internationale
Fireworks show will be provided at 10:00 pm on
July 4th.
- 30+ live musical acts from
noon to closing over the two
days.
- Children's area will be up
from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm with pony rides,
activities and more.
- A cake
booth
- A silent
auction
- A historical
display
- An Antique Car
Parade
- Tours of Historic
Peterson-Dumesnil House
- and so much
more!
It is guaranteed great fun
for the whole family on the holiday weekend and a
great opportunity to volunteer.
Many thanks to Wakefield
and Reutlinger and Co. Realtors for the
Art Fair and to First Capital Bank of
Kentucky for the fireworks
show.
Crescent Hill
Community Council Forum presents the 2009 Outdoor
Cinema
- Saturday, June 20th - Jaws
- Friday,
July 10th - Breaking
Away
- Saturday,
August 1st - The
Ghost and Mr. Chicken followed by Casablanca
Movies start at dusk. Concessions will be
available, but we recommend bringing blanket,
chair, and bugspray.
Many thanks to Heine Brothers' Coffee,
Frankfort Avenue Business Association, Margaret's
Consignment, Wild and Woolly Video, and Tina
Ward-Pugh.
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| Germantown &
Schnitzelburg residents! |
Supplied by: Gary
Allen
Neighborhood
meeting for Germantown and Schniztelburg residents
on June 29 @
7:00 PM.
The meeting will be
held at the Schnitzelburg Senior
Wellness Center located at 1020 East Burnett
Street.
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Okolona Farmer's
Market
and Community Yardsale |
The Okolona Park Neighborhood
Association is working with Madonna Flood's office
to start a Farmer's
Market beginning on Tuesday, June
16th.
The Farmer's Market
will be at Okolona Elementary School, located at
7606 Preston Highway.
They are
currently recruiting vendors.
The
Okolona
Community Yardsale will be on Saturday, June 20th from
8am to 2pm.
The neighbors at
Briarcliff and Minors Lane (directly off the Outer
Loop, near Texas Roadhouse) will be hosting the
community yardsale.
Donations to the
Okolona Park Neighborhood Association will be
generously accepted.
For more
information, contact Dana Guyer at 502-961-9499 or
at cmguyer@aye.net.
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California Neighborhood
Meetings and a
Farmer's Market |
Here is a
list of meeting and events going on in or around
the California Neighborhood. The Farmer's
Market is listed below and they desperately need
volunteers. This is a little tidbit from
Michael A Dean of the California
Neighborhood:
Hello
Everyone,
I cannot stress enough that we
will need volunteers for the
Farmers Market on Saturday June 6th.
We will need volunteers for all three
locations.
The mobile market will be
at the California Community Center at about 10:00
and will need someone to help sell produce and the
mobile market will move to California Square at
about 11:30 and will need volunteers there to sell
produce. And of course, volunteers will be
needed at Victory Park.
Thanks for
everyone's help.
Michael A
Dean
Neighborhood Management
Coordinator
California Collaborative
(502)
719-7164
California Neighborhood June
Meetings:
California
Neighborhood Meetings
- Thursday, June 4, 2009 at
5:30 pm
California Collaborative
- Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 5:30
pm
The Neighborhood Institute at Brandeis
Apartments
- Friday June 5, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Farmers Market California Center - Art
room
- Saturday June 6, 2009
Farmers Market Grand opening day
- Sunday June 21, 2009
Fathers Day The
Admiral's Club will be on the Belle for Fathers
Day on Saturday
June 20, 2009
Donations $10.00. Hurry
and get tickets; they go
fast!
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Americana Festival |
The
Americana Community Center, Inc. would like you to
join them at their 19th annual Americana World
Festival.
- Saturday, June 6th
- 11am to 10pm
- The Americana Community
Center
- 4801 Southside Drive
There will
be food, entertainment, international handcrafts,
a children's zone and much more. The
event is free and open to the public.
This year, the Americana World
Festival will have their 1st Annual Soccer
Tournament for players age 16 and up. For
more information about the tournament, rules, and
requisites, contact Helmer Duverge at
502-366-7813.
For more information
about the 2009 Americana Festival, call
502-366-7813 or visit the Americana Community
Center's website at www. AmericanaCC.org.
The festival is sponsored by Valu Market,
City of Louisville, UPS, Kosair Charities,
Whittenberg Construction, Family Health Center,
Sites and Harbison, PLLC, E-On U.S., TARC, Al Día
en América, Passport Heatlhcare Plan, and
University
Hospital.
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Louisville Sustainability
Forum |
David
and Carole Bretschneider are seeking to pull
together a community of people to support buying
farmland and potential farmland, recruiting and
developing farmers, and growing and promoting
healthy local food.
To participate
or learn more, contact David and Carole at chbret@bellsouth.net or (502)
893-5954.
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Ask
Bike Louisville to host a class in your
neighborhood
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By:
Darrell Anne Driskoll
Fun Classes Help
Bicyclists Overcome the Fear of
Traffic!
Motorists
and bicyclists learn
the facts about sharing
the road!
Host
your own free class!
Bicycling for Louisville would love to
provide a class for your neighborhood
organization. They are free, informative and
entertaining.
Call us at 502-582-1814 or
email us at ofcmgr@bicyclingforlouisville.org.
A great time to schedule Sharing the Road is after
a regularly scheduled monthly meeting - folks who
are interested just stay another 45 minutes and
always enjoy the presentation.
Can you ride a bicycle on city streets
without having a white knuckle experience?
Does fear of traffic keep you from using your bike
to commute or run errands? Do you want to save $$,
go green or teach your children how to ride
safely?
Louisville Metro government's
Bike Louisville program and Bicycling for
Louisville are here to help. This spring and
summer they offer three FREE programs to teach adults how to navigate
roads safely by bicycle. One will also help
drivers navigate safely around the
bicyclists.
Under
contract with Louisville Metro Department of
Public Works and Assets, the charitable civic
organization Bicycling for Louisville is providing
3 adult bicycling safety programs throughout
Louisville Metro this spring.
Sharing
the Road
(45 minutes) presents the most important safety
practices for on-street bicyclists and motorists.
Bicycling
Safely
(2 hours) shows how to make sure a bicycle is
safe, adjust a helmet, follow traffic laws, avoid
the most common crashes, and safely navigate
different types of streets and intersections.
Confident
Cycling (10
hours) includes the preceding topics plus hands-on
practice of skills needed for safe bicycling in
ordinary conditions and emergencies. It also
provides essential information on maintaining a
bicycle in safe operating condition, fitting
helmets, fixing flat tires, protecting oneself
from injury due to causes other than crashes,
riding safely in darkness and inclement weather,
choosing routes, and riding safely in groups.
Perhaps most importantly, it includes practice of
skills needed for safe bicycling in ordinary
conditions and emergencies. Over half of the
course time is devoted to riding and other
hands-on activities.
Click
here
for a complete list of dates and times for May and
June classes.
http://www.louisvilleky.gov/BikeLouisville
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Food for thought,
read:
Rethinking the Mall
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Opinion blog
article from the New York Times, June 1, 2009
http://arieff.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/rethinking-the-mall/?th&emc=th
Excerpts taken from
article:
At the 2009
International Council on Shopping Centers
convention held in Las Vegas last month,
pedestrian-oriented development was not top of
mind (though in a 3.2 million-square-foot
convention center, walking was a defining part of
the experience). Despite a nearly 50 percent drop
in attendance from prior years, most talk at ICSC
was of how business as usual could resume once
"things came back."
I've already seen
something akin to Crossroads City implemented on a
neighborhood scale.
The
Ainsworth Collective, a group of some 50
households in Portland, Oregon's Cully
neighborhood that came together out of a mutual
interest in sustainability and community, have
created a micro-economy within their few square
blocks.
They've published a
directory of services provided by neighbors (from
tax preparation to massage services to
cat-sitting), encouraging local transactions.
They've instituted tool-sharing, car-sharing, bulk
food-purchasing and even own a farmer's market
that sells produce, baked goods and other items
made by its members. There may always be
mega-malls, but developers and architects would be
remiss in not exploring grassroots solutions like
this.
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Schnitzelburg
Senior
Center Needs Funding!! |
Dear Members
and Friends of the Senior Center,
Funding
for the MUSCL Senior Wellness Center at
Schnitzelburg comes entirely from the Louisville
Metro Government.
Friday, May 29th,
Mayor Abramson announced his recommended budget
for fiscal year 2010 which starts on July 1,
2009. Unfortunately, the Mayor's budget does
not contain ANY funds for this Senior
Center.
What that means is that our
Center will have no money to operate on as of July
1, 2009, unless the Mayor's budget is changed to
include funding for the Center. In other
words, if we sit back and do nothing there is a
good chance this Center will cease to exist on
July1st.
The good news is
that there is something we can do to try to
change this situation.
Email me
(Mbcast06@aol.com) to obtain a petition entitled
SAVE THE MUSCL
SENIOR WELLNESS CENTER AT
SCHNITZELBURG.
I urge you to
print it, take it with you wherever you go, and
get people to sign it. When you have your
petition filled. bring or mail it to the Senior
Center. Friends in Metro Government assure
us that the Mayor and the Metro Council pay
attention to public outcry. So let's make a
racket with these petitions!
If each one of
you would get one petition filled with signatures,
it would be very difficult for our elected
official to ignore our concerns.
I
firmly believe that the MUSCL Senior Wellness
Center at Schnitzelburg can be saved.
Councilman Jim King was a champion for the
creation of this Center and has fought hard for
our continued funding in the past. I know
that Jim will continue to fight for us but we need
to show our support for his efforts with these
petitions filled with names.
So if
this Center is important to you, get busy with
this petition and stay tuned. When the Metro
Council has open hearings on the budget, we'll
want to pack the chambers with seniors who want to
this Center to continue on. We will keep you
informed regarding this.
YOU are the
MUSCL Senior Wellness Center at
Schnitzelburg. Thank you for what you are
and what you do.
Sincerely,
Brad
Castleberry
Director
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| BBB: Look Out for Census
Scams |
While
it is uncertain that census scams are really going
on, it is always a good idea to keep your guard up
and protect your assets. A census scam,
according to snopes.com, is when people
impersonate a member of the census bureau.
They attempt to obtain your social security
number, your banking and financial information,
money or other person information.
It's a
hot topic right now, and with the 2010 Census
coming up, it is something to be made aware
of. It is true that real census workers do
call by phone or arrive in person to obtain
information from people who filled out the form
incorrectly or did not fill it out at all.
However, they do not ask for money, financial and
banking information or your social security
number.
Reanna Smith-Hamblin of
Louisville's Better Business Bureau was kind
enough to submit this article to me on census
scams for our newsletter. Read this article
on how to differentiate between a legitimate
census worker and a con
artist.
-Brittney
BBB Warns: Don't
Fall for Census Scams
For years, the Better
Business Bureau has educated consumers about not
giving out personal information to anyone you
don't know whether it is over the telephone or to
anyone who shows up at your front door. As the
2010 U.S. Census process begins, the BBB advises
you to cooperate carefully so you do not become
the victim of a scam.
The U.S. Census is
conducted every ten years. On April 6, 2009, the
first phase of the 2010 U.S. Census began with
workers verifying addresses of every household in
the country. Over the next 18 months, 1.4 million
U.S. Census workers will survey the population of
the United States to gather important demographic
information about every person living at each
address including name, age, gender, race, ethnic
origin, birth date, marital status, employment
status and other relevant data.
U.S. citizens
are required by law to respond to the U.S. Census
Bureau's requests for information. Census data
will be used to allocate more than $300 billion in
federal funds every year and is used to determine
a State's number of Congressional
representatives.
During the U.S. Census,
you may receive a letter, telephone call, or visit
from a U.S. Census worker who will inquire about
the number of people living in your
household. Unfortunately, people may also be
contacted by scammers who are impersonating Census
workers in order to gain access to sensitive
financial information such as Social Security,
bank account or credit card numbers. Scam artists
take advantage of things like this because they
know there is confusion. Law enforcement in
several states have issued warnings that scammers
are already posing as Census Bureau employees and
knocking on doors asking for donations and Social
Security numbers.
Scam artists know
that the public is more willing to share personal
data when taking part in the Census and so they
take advantage of this opportunity by posing as
government workers to get access to your financial
information. The big question is - how do you tell
the difference between a U.S. Census worker and a
con artist? The BBB has this advice:
- U.S. Census workers will have
identification, a handheld device and a
confidentiality notice. If a Census worker
knocks on your door, ask to see their
identification before answering their questions.
However, you should never invite anyone you
don't know into your home.
- U.S. Census workers will not
ask you for your social security number or your
banking and financial information. Census
workers may ask for basic financial information,
such as a salary range.
- Do not ever give your social
security number, credit card or banking
information to anyone who contacts you, even if
they say it is for the
Census.
- U.S. Census workers will not
ask you for money or tell you that you owe
money. They will not harass you or intimidate
you into paying money or giving them your social
security number.
- U.S. Census workers may contact
you by telephone, mail or in person at
home. However, they will not contact you
by email, so be vigilant about email scams
impersonating the Census.
For more information, please visit the
U.S. Census online at www.cenus.gov or The Better
Business Bureau online at www.bbb.org. You can also call
the BBB at
1-800-388-2222.
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Opinion
- Michigan Reverend Fighting for Justice,
Seeking National Support
|
By: Brittney
Wilcutt
An
African American reverend of Benton Harbor, MI is
fighting for justice. Reverend Edward
Pinkney is fighting for an appeal after he was
falsely convicted on charges of buying votes and
improper handling of absentee ballots. He is
currently being accused of threatening his trial
judge.
Pinkney's
ordeal began back in 2005 when he successfully put
together a recall campaign against a corrupt
political leader who was working with major
corporations in turning some of Benton Harbor's
finest riverfront area into a luxury resort and
residential place. It would deprive the poor
of Benton Harbor access to many places on Lake
Michigan and the riverfront property. The
charges were brought when the prosecution found
Benton Harbor citizens who were willing to testify
in court that Pinkney had improperly handled
absentee ballots or offered to pay people to vote
absentee ballots during the recall
election.
This
is both injustice towards the African American
community and injustice towards entire poor
community of Benton Harbor. Please visit the
Black
Autonomy Network Community Organization (BANCO)'s
website to read more about Rev. Pinkney's
ordeal or to make a donation to his court appeals
hearing on June 6th.
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| Your Support Matters!
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Show your support for Center
For Neighborhoods mission, vision, and values by
making a contribution.
Your help allows us to
continue serving the neighborhoods and grassroots
leaders of Louisville.
Mission
Center
For Neighborhoods supports and empowers
neighborhoods to create stronger and more vital
communities.
Vision
We
envision a greater Louisville community with
caring and empowered people, making and renewing
neighborhoods that are strong and
vital.
Values
- Civic engagement and community
progress
- Community building from the ground
up
- Participative processes that are genuine,
broad-based, and productive
- Grassroots leadership and neighborhood
initiative
- Diversity of culture, thought, and
ability
- Placing the needs of neighborhoods and the
good of the community before all other
interests
Financial support for
Center For Neighborhoods mission and values
is an
investment in strengthening our
community!
Please consider
giving one of the following amounts:
NeighborlyUp
to $99 Grassroots
Cultivator$100 - $249
Community
Connector $250 - $499 Visionary$500
- Above Center For
Neighborhoods is a non-profit 501(c)3
organization. All contributions are tax deductible
in accordance with the IRS.
If your
employer has a matching program,
or to request more information, please contact
Nancy
Carrington by email:
nancyc@centerforneighborhoods.org or phone her at
502-589-0343.
Your valuable contribution
is considered an unrestricted gift and will be
pooled in a general fund, to be allocated toward
the area(s) where the greatet need exists.
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