Philadelphia has a serious gun violence concern that our elected officials are pretending to be concerned about. The proposed brutal 2021-2022 budget clearly shows the concern for ending gun violence being ignored. Typical of Philadelphia city government to work for corporations and developers against us the people. I testified at the recent budget hearing and asked that city government stop their business as usual of ignoring us the people and use The American Rescue Plan to rescue the people. I'm planning to connect with more of us concerned with why violence prevention is not fully funded for 2021-2022 budget items with proven violence reduction models and request a hearing on the use of The American Rescue Plan. "An Ounce of Prevention Is Always Worth a Pound of Cure, Especially in the Time of COVID-19!!"
May 29th 2021 1pm I participated in a walk from olney ave and ogontz to chew ave and sharpnack st; where i currently reside. i stopped outdoor protesting because of covid and people and their different mentalities about public safety during covid. The urgent need to address this crisis sits in my heart. I learned of Oronde McClain Foundation hosting "Take Back Our City Gun Violence Protest" in one of my fb groups. I had missed the first march, opening the post right as the protest was happening. Then saw another protest walk that i could join and reached out to Oronde to share resources. Oronde advocates to stop gun violence because he is a victim of flying bullets. At the age of 10 he was on his way to school when gun fire started spraying the streets. He was hit in the head and laid in his blood dead for 2 minutes. Advocating for healthy brains is another platform of mines, i've never heard of anyone totally recuperating from a gun shoot wound to the head. i had to be there to see the miracle for myself.
Before we begin to walk and protest gun violence, we start networking and exchanging information. i'm learning about "10 Men" a program designed by Dream Therapy Specialist James Villarreal M. A. Psychotherapy. Like yesterday was "All A Dream" for me that allowed connections with our spiritual world in the midst of the storm. Mr. Villarreal is telling us about his program when the director of CeaseFire Philly adds that the city already has a model program like what Mr. Villarreal is proposing and that maybe he should join them. i quickly add that the model from Chicago currently only helps 30 people so there is room to add funding for a model that helps 10 more people if violence prevention was fully funded. Problem is our city barely funds the nonprofits, kinda pits them against each other to get funding versus collective partnerships sharing resources. i also mentioned that our state senators have surplus budgets and we can reach out to them for funding as constituents to help address violence prevention.
We the people will be the change we want to see in Philadelphia, doing a little bit better than our sisters and brothers in Camden whose city government corruption is totally off the chain. We Philadelphians have to come together and hold these corrupt officials accountable for ignoring the American Rescue of the people. Mother Nature is doing her part, i'm told by Mr. Villarreal the dream therapist, that there were no murders in Philadelphia on May, 28th. i said, we need to find out what the factor was that could pause aka vaccinate violence. His reply was the rain storm!! Mother Nature kept hopeless people occupied in the house!! The fact that a rainy day halts murders is more than enough proof that our city needs to fully fund gun violence prevention like yesterday. So in the rain the young drummers began to beat the drums as we chanted "Stop The Violence", "Put The Guns Down", "Turn The Guns In", "Fully Fund Violence Prevention", one of our elders joined in shaking his drum!! #TheSpiritualWorldIsWithUs #gunViolenceIsAMentalHealthConcern
Government funding addresses a small portion of the problem. Community and what we allow in our community is the real solution. i heard a request from the music industry to be the vaccine for gun violence by taking the guns out of our music. So i'm reaching out to #REFORMAlliance to address taking guns out of our music as part of their justice reform platforms. Transformation starts with us!!
I'm connecting with street soldiers who are overwhelmed with concerns in keeping our city safe and productive. Why is Arnett Woodall praised by the media all over the world but gets attacked not funded by the city of Philadelphia? The violence and abuse we street soldiers endure in supporting our communities is a result of gentrified mentalities in city government. Arnett owns West Philly produce and is looked to by so many in the community as the Mayor of West Philly. Hopefully he will become the Mayor of Philadelphia 2023!! He provides support for nonprofits serving young adults but is not able to get any support from our city government supporting those nonprofits. Our city has truly dogged Arnett Woodall accomplishments and continued success. Shame on Philadelphia government.<br><br>
Sister Teleah Taylor founder of "The City of Dreams Coalition" often post of us coming together to help our vulnerable families. Her focus is on our young people and the broken homes they live in. i finally got a minute to call her and we were not able to connect because she was drowning in urgent concerns about our youth safety. She also gets media coverage and little to no support from the city.
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i'm working to see if connections can be made among Oronde McClain Foundation, West Philly Produce and The City of Dreams Coalition because we share the same concerns with different parts of the issue.
im putting together a social justice data mapping initiative to help tell our stories because policies are always created and imposed on us without us being at the policy creation tables. we are exploring who we are in our society, how we came to be and what would we like to be. Thanks to covid so many are taking this look at themselves and unmasking what is not wanted. this social justice data mapping initiative is a healing platform addressing the concerns and lack of supports killing our communities. we will explore the experimental society we live in by viewing "Coded Bias" and then do our part to add our stories to the datasets void of our realities. https://www.wmm.com/coded-bias-host-a-screening/thank-you-for-signing-up/ https://www.ajl.org/
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we will also explore what life looks like when we are at the table in virtual reality by joining the Mars Stem Challenge https://marssteamchallenge.org/ and right now reality by joining or following if some don't want to join "Lets Buy A Town"
Lets Buy A Town
I want this group to be a path for empowering our people. To encourage wealth-building for the African American People from North-South and East-West. There are opportunities available that could allow us to purchase and reestablish one or more towns. Collectively/Cooperatively we can invest and re-establish the municipal government.
If you are interested please click on the Link and complete the survey.
I will ask for a $5 donation to begin work on the process at a later time and we will eventually establish a $500 pledge opportunity that can be made in payments to make the actual purchases.
If 1 mil people donate $500 you can see how fast this can be accomplished. The towns range from $200k - up to $5 mil (most are $1-2 mil dollars.
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i also joined emontoring with CLICKS
CLICKS, or CLEO Legally Inspired College Kohort of Students, is a law-related mentoring program that promotes academic success, and college and career readiness. Its goal is to increase adolescents’ knowledge of the impact the law has on their everyday lives. We empower underserved youth to see beyond their current circumstances through consistent, healthy interactions with caring, compassionate adults.
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Finding ways to support our youth development is important. i was happy to learn about 4-H BabySitting Club for Youth and other great programs empowering our youth with basic skills to add to their life skills toolbelts.
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Adults need support also, so many were neglected and robbed of quality education and life skills to help them be productive. There's a huge void in support for adults that im working to fill. In Philadelphia we have Healthy Minds Philly offering intergenerational support. The Department of Behavioral Health also offers Parent Cafes in various locations. (215) P-A-R-E-N-T-S
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#WeHaveToBeVestedInUs #GetVestedInUs #Vested #ForUsByUs #StopTheViolence #PaVoterCourtWatch #hov1and2stronger #redhenexploring2021
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