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- Social Scientist, Son, Father, Student, Educator, Mentor, Dad, Friend, co worker.Career, and personal life have included working in the community for 42 plus years. Starting at age 16 in the neighborhood housing authority projects, involved with gang control and summer day camp staff member (Raymond Rosen public housing complex). While a 11th grader at Thomas Edison high School, participated in the city wide walk out protesting for student rights in 1968. My high school has the dubious honor of being the high school with the most casualties then any other high school in the country.
Staff member of AFCOM, Afrikan community Learning centre, 25th Lehigh ave 19132. Commander , Save Our Land Community patrol, T. Milton Street, Zahir RA founders. Member of Association of Black Journalist. Former executive director Adelphos Civic association, a allegheny west program. Founder of PA One Congressional District Foundation , a member of the National Heritage Foundation.
Attended the first Black Panther national conference held at the Church of the Advocate , 18th Diamond Street. Where the first black woman was ordained a bishop.
My God father, Rev. Paul Washington, PhD shared life notes and became my teacher at a young age. http://www.fatherpaulwashington.com/
Born and reared, Philadelphia, North Philadelphia 17th & Susquehanna ave 19132. Worked hard on the campaign to elect the first black mayor of the city of Philadelphia, honorable W. Wilson Goode.
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surfing the web, internet research and development, coffee houses, people
watching, locating economic development options, uplifting people, civic values consumer, human rights advocate, x-offender, welfare to work advocate. Also, currently a blog reporter for the Philadelphia Independent Media organization http://phillyimc.org/ . Staff member for the http://philly1.com/
Moderator, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/parentpartner/ designed to help the single parents transition from the welfare roles to self sufficiency and independent living while creating multiple streams of income for themselves.
Past Equal partners in Change (EPIC) Wm Penn EPIC Stakeholders Group community organizer http://stakeholders.tribe.net/ , http://181Kidszone.tribe.net
Outreach Specialist ISCV, please visit our awesome resource site for the community, http://phillyneighborhoods.org/
In 2006 , The struggle continues personally when another physical disability arrived in my life, I am legally deaf , now my voice has weakened, I have not missed a beat, the enemy never takes a break, nor do I.
Understanding my voice disability visit here http://www.dysphonia.org/
With the blessing of the creator, treatment, understanding of family
and associates, people with disabilities can( I do) continue to be
a productive member of society.
Lived in Philly PA, St. Helena Island SC, Richmond VA, Atlanta GA.
schools include historic black college Virgina Union University, Temple University, Rutgers University (New Brunswick )
Here for networking.....Kasi
As a Real Philadelphia Stakeholder, born to serve the human race.
Creating positive interaction with the seasons, interaction with snow, rain, fire, which are the elements of the universe, that is my goal, most of all connecting , and being educated by all of the powerful people on the Blacklist site.
Clubs & Organizations Association Fund raising professional (AFP), National Assoc. Charitable Estate Counselors (NACEC), (Philanthropic Development Officer)
Community Economic Development Professional, Occupation Social Scientist, Outreach Specialist, Community Organizer teaching Civic Values, Institute for the Study of Civic Values. As a life long student and citizen of the world, have traveled on three continents. Past positions include
associations of fund raising professional, regional vice president, sports editor, photo journalist , support broker (MH/MR), executive director, Insurance producer, registered representative, umpire, coach, PA Alcohol Highway safety instructor (DUI)
Past companies and associations include:
Million Woman March security, Primerica, Quality of Work Life Coordinator Mail handlers union local 308 (QWL) United States Postal Service, North Philly Free Press, Wordsworth Academy, Youth Emergency Services, Adelphos Civic Association, Shalom Drug & Alcohol prevention and Intervention agency Inc, Self Determination Pilot Program, Philadelphia Police Department Advisory Council, (PMBC) Philadelphia More Bueatiful Committee, block captain 3rd PD.
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Philadelphia, PA > Affordable housing in the inner city? (NONE)
by Bob Shipman | 02.06.2009
The following is a excerpt from article written concerning a trend in my city and may be reflected across the nation. We have started a listserv elist yahoo group to begin to build a structure communication tool for the parents of color to the way the leaders o… Continue
Posted on February 8, 2009 at 5:51pm —
You are invited to The 'State and Future of Black Philly" Forums 2008
You are invited to The 'State and Future of Black Philly" Forums 2008
http://theblacklistpub.ning.com/events/event/show?id=2055350:Event:10480&xgi=8hIiHL5 Time: September 22, to September 28, 2008
Location: various locations throughout Philadelphia
Organized By: The Million… Continue
http://theblacklistpub.ning.com/events/event/show?id=2055350:Event:10480&xgi=8hIiHL5 Time: September 22, to September 28, 2008
Location: various locations throughout Philadelphia
Organized By: The Million… Continue
Posted on September 3, 2008 at 8:28pm —
This call for a General Strike is a non-violent, peaceful, and powerful
The ONLY way to stop those who would bleed our nation dry, dismantle our constitution, and dissolve our national sovereignty is to say
I will not work for you, buy from you, fight for you, or die for you, until the
criminals are gone from the halls of our government.
EXIT STRATEGY:
General Strike … Continue
I will not work for you, buy from you, fight for you, or die for you, until the
criminals are gone from the halls of our government.
EXIT STRATEGY:
General Strike … Continue
Posted on September 2, 2008 at 11:25am —
The Nutter Administration's Agenda and Non-Profit Funding
On Monday, I reported that the City of Philadelphia--for the moment, at least--had informed the Institute for the Study of Civic Values that the city contract that supports PhillyBlocks would not be renewed for the coming year.
We asked everyone on our lists who values what we do to u… Continue
Posted on August 27, 2008 at 8:50pm —
The Nutter Administration's Agenda and Non-Profit Funding
On Monday, I reported that the City of Philadelphia--for the moment, at least--had informed the Institute for the Study of Civic Values that the city contract that supports PhillyBlocks would not be renewed for the coming year.
We asked everyone on our lists who values what we do to u… Continue
Posted on August 27, 2008 at 8:49pm —
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Great works BOB SHIPMAN JR
Thanks for mentioning the BlackList. I'll take a look at the ParentPartner group at Yahoo.
Florence
Thank you very kindly for the invite. Very important info you are sharing with the family here.
Sistah Q
Tags: partners, philly, community, home, parents, resources, school, tanf
Even thought the 4th Amendment was 216 years old, it died a violent and untimely death. Locally Philly may seem like the killing fields, but this killing is far more important than any other death
happening in the last few years or so maybe ever. - rmship
Now, with the new law granting immunity to telecom companies and granting the federal government wide discretionary powers in spying on our communications (which has become far simpler in this electronic day and age), the Imperial rubber stamp arm of the federal government has brutally murdered another of our precious rights: the 4th Amendment which states: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
-- Glenn Greenwald
"What the Democrats did today in Washington is nothing short of treason. ... More than ever, America needs an opposition party!" -- Cynthia McKinney statement over the phone issued Friday evening, June 20 (a full statement from Sister McKinney, presidential candidate of the Power to the People campaign, will be available first thing in the morning on June 21 -- Alan B.) http://www.runcynthiarun.org
It was time to take a stand during this 4th Amendment killing. Some thought if Obama remains missing much longer, it may be necessary to issue an Amber Alert for him, in regards to showing leadership, by rallying his team to kill this bill. Some 40 lawsuits have been filed against the telecommunications companies by groups and individuals who say the Bush administration illegally monitored their phone calls or e-mails.
"The White House got a better deal they even they had hoped to get." The administration should know better by now than to underestimate the complete cravenness and eagerness to please the White House on the part of Congressional Democrats.
-- Glenn Greenwald
This bill allows for mass and untargeted surveillance of Americans' communications.
So basically, one day in the near future, we're all going to learn that one of our federal courts dismissed all of the lawsuits against the telecoms. But we're never going to be able to know why the lawsuits were dismissed or what documents were given by the Government to force the court to dismiss the lawsuits. Not only won't we, the public, know that, neither will the plaintiffs' lawyers. Nobody will know except the Judge and the Government because it will all be shrouded in compelled secrecy, and the Judge will be barred by this law from describing or even referencing the grounds for dismissal in any way. Freedom is on the march.
Statement from Cindy Sheehan, Independent Candidate for U.S. Congress in Nancy Pelosi's District of San Francisco
We are calling on a non-partisan group to march with us on Tuesday, June 24th in a "Funeral for the 4th Amendment"
As you know, Congress killed the 4th amendment today and we need to raise our voices loudly against this clear violation of the rule of law (again).
-- Cindy Sheehan
http://www.cindyforcongress.org
Many compared the bill to the era of former FBI head J. Edgar Hoover. "We already remember how Dr. [Martin Luther] King and his family were the victims of the government's most shameless wiretapping. We must never go down this road again."
The roll call vote is here. Of the Republicans: 188 voted YES, and a grand total of 1 -- a single lone soul (Rep. Tim Johnson of Illinois) -- voted NO (Ron Paul wasn't present). For the Democrats: 105 voted YES and 128 voted NO.
The Democrats voting YES included all of our current targets -- Hoyer, Barrow and Carney -- as well as Pelosi, Hoyer, Emanuel and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Silvestre Reyes. Voting NO -- to their credit -- were Democratic Senate candidates Rep. Tom Allen (Maine) and Rep. Tom Udall (New Mexico).
Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers also voted NO, along with most of the Congressional Black Caucus. That's not hard to understand why. As Rep. Barbara Lee said today:
"This bill scares me to death and I urge a no-vote," said Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), co-chair of the House's Progressive Caucus.
"A final deal has been reached" on FISA and telecom amnesty " I've now just read a copy of the final "compromise" bill. It's even worse than expected. When you read it, it's actually hard to believe that the Congress is about to make this into our law. Then again, this is the same Congress that abolished habeas corpus with the Military Commissions Act, and legalized George Bush's warrantless eavesdropping program with the "Protect America Act," so it shouldn't be hard to believe at all. Seeing the words in print, though, adds a new dimension to appreciating just how corrupt and repugnant this is.
-- Glenn Greenwald
The provision granting amnesty to lawbreaking telecoms, Title VIII, has the exact Orwellian title it should have: "Protection of Persons Assisting the Government." Section 802(a) provides:
[A] civil action may not lie or be maintained in a Federal or State court against any person for providing assistance to an element of the intelligence community, and shall be properly dismissed, if the Attorney General certifies to the district court of the United States in which such action is pending that . . . (4) the assistance alleged to have been provided . . . was --
(A) in connection with intelligence activity involving communications that was (i) authorized by the President during the period beginning on September 11, 2001, and ending on January 17, 2007 and (ii) designed to prevent or detect a terrorist attack, or activities in preparation of a terrorist attack, against the United States" and
(B) the subject of a written request or directive . . . indicating that the activity was (i) authorized by the President; and (ii) determined to be lawful.
So all the Attorney General has to do is recite those magic words -- the President requested this eavesdropping and did it in order to save us from the Terrorists -- and the minute he utters those words, the courts are required to dismiss the lawsuits against the telecoms, no matter how illegal their behavior was.
Bill of Rights http://www.billofrights.com/bill_of_rights.htm
This bill allows for mass and untargeted surveillance of Americans' communications. The court review is mere window-dressing -- all the court would look at is the procedures for the year-long dragnet and not at the who, what and why of the spying. Even this superficial court review has a gaping loophole -- "exigent" circumstances can short cut even this perfunctory oversight since any delay in the onset of spying meets the test and by definition going to the court would cause at least a minimal pause. Worse yet, if the court denies an order for any reason, the government is allowed to continue surveillance throughout the appeals process, thereby rendering the role of the judiciary meaningless. In the end, there is no one to answer to; a court review without power is no court review at all.
Meanwhile, had anyone seen Barack Obama?
The two presumptive presidential nominees have differed over the issue. A senior aide to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., recently indicated the senator would support granting immunity to the phone companies. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.., was among the most vocal opponents of immunity in the Senate debate last year.
Great Bipartisan Compromises of the Bush era and demonstrated that they are characterized by one common attribute: namely, they are supported by almost all Republicans and then enough Democrats from a split caucus to ensure its passage.
But more importantly, "bipartisanship" is already rampant in Washington, not rare. And, in almost every significant case, what "bipartisanship" means in Washington is that enough Democrats join with all of the Republicans to endorse and enact into law Republican policies, with which most Democratic voters disagree. That's how so-called "bipartisanship" manifests in almost every case.
When the Congress was controlled by Bill Frist and Denny Hastert, the administration tried to get a bill passed legalizing warrantless eavesdropping and telecom amnesty, but was unable. They had to wait until the Congress was controlled by Steny Hoyer, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid to accomplish that.
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Every day it become clear to me (IMHO), why independent communication sites like the Philadelphia Independent Media http://phillyimc.org/ are so valuable. Although we are not alone in these efforts but our editorial team works tirelessly from their hearts and soul to keep the site operational and as current as possible.
We must continue to keep a watchful eye from here in the cradle of liberty, the City of Brotherly Love, to keep the community in the fight for democracy, human rights, and social justice. Reading those articles made me so mad at the time I slammed my clenched fist on the kitchen table. Above I have gathered, Excerpts from resources across the nation – Bob Shipman
As a road weary warrior, I am in need of community. As I was taught, one must respect the rules of the village. No matter what stage in life one obtains, this is a law. With Respect and humility i ask the village to accept this humble weary warrior.
Like many of you I have been on this journey for many decades, 5 & half. It is time to be, feel safe in a community of like minded people. I too need to be lead and feed, mental and physical treatment maybe necessary. I crave the humanity that this village has to offer, fore I too want & need to smile.
As while in the journey, experiencing many battles most won but many injuries weakens a brother warrior being. Thus this village is a way station, a safe haven where I can stop looking over my shoulder and back. To be able to let my guard down and not being politically correct. As I have found, projecting a image over vast periods of time, tends to dilute the true person and weaken the prowness needed to return to self and or defend one's self.
As a merchant that has not sold many wares for self determination those skills are dull as well.
Thus is why I believe the creator carried me here today. Asante Sanna
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