Chatham/Avalon Park Community Council

CAPCC FACT SHEET

Chatham Avalon Park Community Council est. 1955 FACT SHEET

Meets the 2^nd Monday of every month at Urban Partnership Bank, 7801 S. State, Chgo, Il

60619 at 6:30pm unless the facility is closed due to a holiday or hosting an internal event.

A 501-C3 Not For Profit Corporation

MISSION: “Lighting the Way to Personal Freedom, Civic Accomplishment & Economic Development, Addressing Quality of Life Issues.

NAME OF COMMUNITY SERVED:CHATHAM SERVICE AREA: 75th to 87th Street, Cottage Grove to State Street.

MANAGED BY: A volunteer Board of elected officers & committee chairpersons.

OFFICE LOCATION: 7927 ½ South King Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60619 . Office contact phone # 1-866-272-1215.

www.chathamavalonparkcommunitycouncil.blogspot.com

CAPCC GOOD NEIGHBOR PLEDGE

CHATHAM AVALON PARK COMMUNITY COUNCIL

GOOD NEIGHBOR PLEDGE

1. I WILL BECOME PART OF THE SOLUTION AND NOT PART OF THE PROBLEM.

2. IF I SEE SOMETHING, I WILL SAY SOMETHING.

3. I WILL ENGAGE MY NEIGHBORS TO ENSURE I KNOW WHO LIVES ON MY BLOCK.

4. I WILL BE A CONCERNED WATCHFUL NEIGHBOR.

5. I WILL ATTEND BLOCK CLUB MEETINGS, CHATHAM AVALON MEETINGS, CAPS MEETINGS & 6^TH WARD MEETINGS WHEN MY SCHEDULE ALLOWS.

6. I WILL WORK TOWARD IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN CHATHAM.

7. I WILL SHARE IMPORTANT INFORMATION WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS.

8. I WILL MAINTAIN MY PROPERTY TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND FOLLOW SET

CONSERVATION STANDARDS & ZONING REQUIREMENTS.

9. I WILL HOLD THE POWERS THAT BE (ELECTED OFFICIALS, PUBLIC SERVANTS ETC).

RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING MAINTAIN OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.

10. I WILL SET A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS BY CONDUCTING MYSELF IN A RESPECTFUL, MATURE & LAW ABIDING MANNER.

Est. 1955 CAPCC

Addressing Quality Of Life Issues Is What We Do!!

7927 ½ South King Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60619

1-866-272-1215

www.chathamavalonparkcommunitycouncil.blogspot.com

COMMUNITY TOWN HALL examining the problem of girl fights, Wednesday,June 18th Kennedy King College, 740 W. 63rd Street, 5-6:45pm

Grand Crossing Park Neighborhood Network

"...What YOU can do for YOUR Neighborhood

Neighbors and stakeholders:

COMMUNITY TOWN HALL
Wednesday, June 18th
Kennedy King College, Auditorium- Building U
740 W. 63rd Street, Chicago, IL

Schedule:
*Pre- Event Resource Fair: 4:30 p.m.
Town Hall: 5:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
*Post-Resource Fair & Reception - 6:45 -7:30 p.m.

Tickets Available
demoiselle2femme.org
Let’s examine the problem AND develop solutions to address the increasing violence among girls in the Chicagoland area. Don’t think the problem exists? Here are a few stats (YRBS, 2011):
- More than 10% of Chicago female high school students report that they did not go to school because of safety concerns;

- In Chicago, 45.6% of African American high school girls and 27.7% of Latina girls report being in a physical fight one or more times during a 12 month period;

- Black girls report the highest rate of injury from physical fights (7.8%) higher than Latina girls (3.2); and

- The total number of Black girls suspended only once from school almost doubled the number of White girls suspended only once and almost 4.5 times the amount of white girls suspended more than once for four to ten days.

* Resource Fair hosted by the South Side Coalition on Urban Girls featuring girl-serving organizations and programs in your community. Girls can register for summer programming and job opportunities!
Our panel includes:

Senator Jacqueline Collins, 16th Congressional District of Illinois
Alderman Latasha Thomas, 17th Ward, City of Chicago
Arshele Stevens, President, Kennedy King College
Phillip Hampton, Director, Office of Family and Community Engagement-CPS
Darlene Hill, Reporter, Fox 32 News
Malik Nevels, Executive Director, IL African American Coalition for Prevention
Lieutenant Ronald Forgue, 6th District, Chicago Police Department,
Pastor Phil Jackson, The House Covenant Church
Cristina Figueroa, United States Probation Officer
Necole Muhammad, Asst. Principal, Percy Julian High School
Tim Craddock, Asst. Principal, Bloom Trail High School
Gerald Morrow, Principal, Robeson High School
T-awannda Piper, Director of Programs, Demoiselle 2 Femme, NFP

Special Guest:

ALL GIRLS AGES 13-18! Bring the girls in your life/program to express their voice!

Moderators:

Marcella Jones,Radio Personality, Inspiration 1390 & WKKC 89.3
Sherida Morrison, Founder/CEO, Demoiselle 2 Femme, NFP

***SPACE IS LIMITED. PLEASE REGISTER TO ATTEND***

Service providers will receive a FREE tool kit to address violence among girls. You must register in advance to reserve a toolkit and present a business card representing a faith or community-based organization for which you registered on the day of the event.

Register at demoiselle2femme.org

For more information, contact us at (773) 779-9371

Demoiselle 2 Femme, NFP – 9415 S. Western Avenue, Suite 200 – Chicago, IL 60643- www.demoiselle 2femme.org

Jesse Jackson: LBJ's legacy under assault

LBJ’s legacy under assault

BY JESSE JACKSON
June 2, 2014

Fifty years later, former President Lyndon Johnson got the tribute he more than earned. Four presidents praised his contribution. The Great Society, the War on Poverty, Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act opened doors that had been locked. “I lived out the promise of LBJ’s efforts,” said President Obama, rejecting the cynicism of those who would dismantle Medicare and food stamps, signature LBJ achievements. Bill Clinton praised LBJ for demonstrating “the power of the presidency to redeem the promise of America.”

Getting our history right is vital. For decades, LBJ’s achievements have been slighted. Liberals scorned him because of the war in Vietnam, and finally drove him to not seek re-election. Conservatives loathed him because of the Civil Rights achievements, with Republicans moving to displace Democrats as the party of the South. The War on Poverty, which dramatically reduced poverty in America, was dismissed as a failure, as the anger of the cities exploded. New Democrats dismissed him for believing in big government, as they tacked to a conservative era.

In fact, as the Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Library in Austin, Texas, recognized last week, Johnson was a giant, standing with Franklin Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln as presidents who saved America. Under Johnson, the scourge of segregation was finally ended, and equal protection under the law moved from a lie to a promise. Millions were lifted from poverty, as the poor were provided a ladder up out of despair. Johnson’s reforms — Civil Rights, Voting Rights, Immigration, Medicare, child nutrition, food stamps and more — were nearly as great as those of FDR, and never matched since.

Johnson was propelled by a massive movement for Civil Rights, as Americans moved at the courage and dignity of ordinary heroes willing to stand up or sit down, protest or march, suffer abuse and jail for their rights. He was helped by allies like Dr. Martin Luther King. In the wake of the assassination of JFK, he had a legacy that he could invoke. But his leadership, passion, energy and skill were indispensable. President Obama invoked one of LBJ’s famed lines: “what the hell is the presidency for if not to fight for causes you believe in?”

Acknowledging Johnson’s greatness in our rearview mirror is important in part because it may help our vision looking forward through the windshield.

Today, America is more unequal than ever. Our schools are segregated, by race and by class, separate and unequal. We rank second to the lowest among industrial nations in the assistance we provide to the poor. In LBJ’s time, we enjoyed a broad middle class — for many, there were good jobs and good benefits. Now the middle class is sinking; we suffer mass unemployment with the jobs that are being created too often low pay and part-time. The millennial generation is graduating into the worst economic straits since the Great Depression.

And across the country, basic rights are under assault. State after state, particularly across the South, are passing measures to suppress voting — limiting voting days, ending Sunday voting, demanding voter ID, stripping the right to vote from non-violent drug offenders who have served their time, and more. The Supreme Court has weakened the Voting Rights Act, and is rolling back affirmative action. Republicans in the Congress want to turn Medicare into a voucher, gut Medicaid and turn it into a block grant, slash food stamps, Pell grants and other support for the vulnerable. A detailed analysis by the Center of Budget and Policy Proposals finds 69 percent of the cuts in the budget just passed by Republicans in the House come from programs from poor and low wage workers.

We do well to honor Lyndon Johnson. He understood the power of government to make America better. But it is not enough to honor his legacy. It is time to stir ourselves, as he pushed himself, to not simply defend his contributions, but to extend them to meet the challenges of our day.

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