6th Day 25 May 2012 News From The Coalition, Inc.
News From The Coalition Inc
Greetings Friends and Members of The Coalition, Inc.,
The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours. - Lao Tzu
This weekend, while enjoying family, friends and the extra day off, please take a moment to remember those fallen in battle. It doesn’t matter how we personally feel about war and its purposes, these men and women have given their lives for something they believed in. Please acknowledge their sacrifice.
Our ninth annual Weekend Of Peace will be taking place July 27th through July 29th. As usual, we have myriad events at multiple sites observing this event and your organizations are invited to set up information tables free at any of these sites to get your message/services out to the community. Call 215.410.2859 or 215.738.5181 for a location near you.
Join your local block captains association and/or coalitions, regionally EPIC Stakeholders groups and globally National Block Club University. Networking allows you to extend your reach and increase your resources. We are all seeking to secure our neighborhoods and maintain or elevate the quality of life for ourselves and our loved ones. We need to support one another… ‘Communicate-Cooperate-Collaborate’
In 1972, several thousand African Americans, representing many different political persuasions, came together in Gary, Indiana for the National Black Political Convention. In addition to Black elected officials, who were automatically given delegate status, various states sent elected delegates to the convention. On the agenda of the convention were issues such as a national healthcare system, an urban-version of the Homestead Act, the Black United Front, a minimum wage, as well as the effective enforcement of anti-trust legislation.
Today, many of these issues remain relevant and unresolved. Others are coming into sharper focus. It is incumbent upon us to pick up the torch and carry on the mission to improve the lives of people of African descent. Our focus should be trained on empowering people who reside here in the Unites States, but also should address how America’s international policies impact people of color in other parts of the world. Make plans to join us in Chicago for the Historical National Black Agenda Convention July 13 – 14, 2012. For more information go to www.historic2012chicago.info
"It is, in a way, an odd thing to honor those who died in defense of our country in wars far away. The imagination plays a trick. We see these soldiers in our mind as old and wise. We see them as something like the Founding Fathers, grave and gray-haired. But most of them were boys when they died, they gave up two lives -- the one they were living and the one they would have lived. When they died, they gave up their chance to be husbands and fathers and grandfathers. They
gave up their chance to be revered old men. They gave up everything for their county, for us. All we can do is remember."-- Ronald Wilson Reagan
The Coalition, Inc. has been honored by the Moorish Unification Council of The World, The Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations, The Hon. Michael A. Nutter mayor of Philadelphia, the Million Woman March Movement and noted for service by The Marcus Garvey Movement.
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“Cooperation is the thorough conviction that nobody can get there unless everybody gets there.” ~ Virginia Burden
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