Monday, November 8, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
C3 Foundation Director Derek Haskell Jr. meets with Starbucks President
Photo: Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz Visits Leimert Park Store
June 29, 2010 at 05:12 pm Comments (0)
Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz, select members of the community and the Leimert Park Starbucks staff (Photo credit: Malcolm Ali)
LOS ANGELES, CA – On Friday, June 25, the Chairman and CEO of Starbucks, Howard Schultz, paid a visit to the Starbucks on Crenshaw and Coliseum in Leimert Park.
As part of his visit, Starbucks invited select community members and staff to attend a private meeting to talk about Starbucks’ commitment to the community and to brainstorm ideas for future development in the Los Angeles area beyond.
Pictured from left to right are: Asantewa Olatunji, Pan African Film & Arts Festival General Manager, local artist Patrick Johnson, Starbucks Barista Tameko Aubry, community organizer Derek Haskell, Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz, Crenshaw and Coliseum Store Manager Yolanda Reyna, political and communications consultant Jasmyne Cannick, and Starbucks Barista Alejandra Guerrevo.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Russel Simmons Blacks and Jews in Leimert Park in Leimart Park
There is no question about the well-documented history where the Black and Jews have stood together in their fight for civil rights, equality and political power. But not so much is said about the creative alliances in business where Blacks and Jews are and have been forging new businesses and ideas that have helped enable Blacks and Jews to enter the mainstream in American business. These are the partnerships that have and will create goodwill and change the future.
There are many examples of how Blacks and Jews have come together to fight against hatred and bigotry. In fact, as my friend Rabbi Marc Schneier at The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, often states (and he even wrote a book about it called Shared Dreams), Dr. King was an ardent supporter of Israel and the Jewish people, including taking part in efforts to ease discrimination against Jews in the Soviet Union and the safety and security of the State of Israel. Dr. King also spoke out strongly against anti-Semitism in the United States. We all know that no segment of the American population provided as much and as consistent support to Dr. King and to African Americans as did the Jewish community.
But, like any relationship, the bond between Jews and African-Americans has experienced its ups and its downs. However, despite claims to the contrary, the relationship between Blacks and Jews today remains strong.
Maybe it's because the Jewish community has suffered from tremendous anti-Semitism throughout history and as a result of their plight, Jews have been able to better sympathize with the struggles facing Blacks. Or maybe it is because the Jewish community knows that if it happens to the Black community it can also happen to them.
So for generations, Jews and Blacks have marched together in the streets of Birmingham and Washington, and shared the stage at venues in Harlem and elsewhere. Our two communities are not afraid to stand side by side, continually defying those who would prefer to see us behind solitary bars and forgotten, not in front of cheering crowds.
Rabbi Schneier and I travel the country sharing these stories, discussing our tale with anyone who will listen - Blacks, Jews, or otherwise. This is true in synagogues and churches as well as college universities like Queens College - which Rabbi Schneier and I will address next week.
Despite the years of anti-Semitism, the Jewish community has not let the hatred of others hinder their ambitions or drive for success. The Jews have been resourceful and have stood together and time and time again prospered in business, medicine, law and entertainment. This is a great example of what a tight knit family and education can accomplish even against a world filled with shut doors and hate.
While I have many first hand experiences in records, jewelry, fashion, internet, TV, film, financial services, and much more, I have also noticed Jay Z, Puffy, and most of hip-hop out-branding the record business that is dying its own death, and building partnerships in areas previously reserved for white men. Both Jay Z and Puffy are truly creative entrepreneurs, and both have learned a lot of these skills from their Jewish partners and suppliers.
Entrepreneurs are usually raised in cultures that feed that free spirit that allows them to dream up new ideas and break the mold. Without documentation I can still safely state that in most hoods, and certainly in mine, going to school to "get a good job" was the goal.
But I built many businesses with Jews who didn't let school dim down their dreams and they were comfortable with the idea to let go of the idea of job security and fly. This I learned from Orthodox Jews, Syrian Jews, Reform Jews and other sects of Judaism. All of these communities have welcomed me.
Since the days when the white gang "The Green Ways" in Queens chased me into the white housing development where the kids and mothers accepted me, and I learned the difference between the "different whites in Queens," the Jewish community has proven to be a safe haven and a place to empower myself and other Blacks.
From our president to everyone in the hip-hop community, we have a strong history and partnership with the Jewish community and today I thought I would restate this fact in case there is any doubt about who else has struggled like Blacks and who else has stood by Blacks in our most difficult times. We know that we still have work to do, however, each individual must exude the kind of tolerance and love that we would want to receive ourselves. We must learn how to love everyone, not just within our own community, as the world is too small, and our potential is too great.
There are many examples of how Blacks and Jews have come together to fight against hatred and bigotry. In fact, as my friend Rabbi Marc Schneier at The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, often states (and he even wrote a book about it called Shared Dreams), Dr. King was an ardent supporter of Israel and the Jewish people, including taking part in efforts to ease discrimination against Jews in the Soviet Union and the safety and security of the State of Israel. Dr. King also spoke out strongly against anti-Semitism in the United States. We all know that no segment of the American population provided as much and as consistent support to Dr. King and to African Americans as did the Jewish community.
But, like any relationship, the bond between Jews and African-Americans has experienced its ups and its downs. However, despite claims to the contrary, the relationship between Blacks and Jews today remains strong.
Maybe it's because the Jewish community has suffered from tremendous anti-Semitism throughout history and as a result of their plight, Jews have been able to better sympathize with the struggles facing Blacks. Or maybe it is because the Jewish community knows that if it happens to the Black community it can also happen to them.
So for generations, Jews and Blacks have marched together in the streets of Birmingham and Washington, and shared the stage at venues in Harlem and elsewhere. Our two communities are not afraid to stand side by side, continually defying those who would prefer to see us behind solitary bars and forgotten, not in front of cheering crowds.
Rabbi Schneier and I travel the country sharing these stories, discussing our tale with anyone who will listen - Blacks, Jews, or otherwise. This is true in synagogues and churches as well as college universities like Queens College - which Rabbi Schneier and I will address next week.
Despite the years of anti-Semitism, the Jewish community has not let the hatred of others hinder their ambitions or drive for success. The Jews have been resourceful and have stood together and time and time again prospered in business, medicine, law and entertainment. This is a great example of what a tight knit family and education can accomplish even against a world filled with shut doors and hate.
While I have many first hand experiences in records, jewelry, fashion, internet, TV, film, financial services, and much more, I have also noticed Jay Z, Puffy, and most of hip-hop out-branding the record business that is dying its own death, and building partnerships in areas previously reserved for white men. Both Jay Z and Puffy are truly creative entrepreneurs, and both have learned a lot of these skills from their Jewish partners and suppliers.
Entrepreneurs are usually raised in cultures that feed that free spirit that allows them to dream up new ideas and break the mold. Without documentation I can still safely state that in most hoods, and certainly in mine, going to school to "get a good job" was the goal.
But I built many businesses with Jews who didn't let school dim down their dreams and they were comfortable with the idea to let go of the idea of job security and fly. This I learned from Orthodox Jews, Syrian Jews, Reform Jews and other sects of Judaism. All of these communities have welcomed me.
Since the days when the white gang "The Green Ways" in Queens chased me into the white housing development where the kids and mothers accepted me, and I learned the difference between the "different whites in Queens," the Jewish community has proven to be a safe haven and a place to empower myself and other Blacks.
From our president to everyone in the hip-hop community, we have a strong history and partnership with the Jewish community and today I thought I would restate this fact in case there is any doubt about who else has struggled like Blacks and who else has stood by Blacks in our most difficult times. We know that we still have work to do, however, each individual must exude the kind of tolerance and love that we would want to receive ourselves. We must learn how to love everyone, not just within our own community, as the world is too small, and our potential is too great.
Russel Simmons Blacks and Jews in Leimert Park in Leimart Park
There is no question about the well-documented history where the Black and Jews have stood together in their fight for civil rights, equality and political power. But not so much is said about the creative alliances in business where Blacks and Jews are and have been forging new businesses and ideas that have helped enable Blacks and Jews to enter the mainstream in American business. These are the partnerships that have and will create goodwill and change the future.
There are many examples of how Blacks and Jews have come together to fight against hatred and bigotry. In fact, as my friend Rabbi Marc Schneier at The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, often states (and he even wrote a book about it called Shared Dreams), Dr. King was an ardent supporter of Israel and the Jewish people, including taking part in efforts to ease discrimination against Jews in the Soviet Union and the safety and security of the State of Israel. Dr. King also spoke out strongly against anti-Semitism in the United States. We all know that no segment of the American population provided as much and as consistent support to Dr. King and to African Americans as did the Jewish community.
But, like any relationship, the bond between Jews and African-Americans has experienced its ups and its downs. However, despite claims to the contrary, the relationship between Blacks and Jews today remains strong.
Maybe it's because the Jewish community has suffered from tremendous anti-Semitism throughout history and as a result of their plight, Jews have been able to better sympathize with the struggles facing Blacks. Or maybe it is because the Jewish community knows that if it happens to the Black community it can also happen to them.
So for generations, Jews and Blacks have marched together in the streets of Birmingham and Washington, and shared the stage at venues in Harlem and elsewhere. Our two communities are not afraid to stand side by side, continually defying those who would prefer to see us behind solitary bars and forgotten, not in front of cheering crowds.
Rabbi Schneier and I travel the country sharing these stories, discussing our tale with anyone who will listen - Blacks, Jews, or otherwise. This is true in synagogues and churches as well as college universities like Queens College - which Rabbi Schneier and I will address next week.
Despite the years of anti-Semitism, the Jewish community has not let the hatred of others hinder their ambitions or drive for success. The Jews have been resourceful and have stood together and time and time again prospered in business, medicine, law and entertainment. This is a great example of what a tight knit family and education can accomplish even against a world filled with shut doors and hate.
While I have many first hand experiences in records, jewelry, fashion, internet, TV, film, financial services, and much more, I have also noticed Jay Z, Puffy, and most of hip-hop out-branding the record business that is dying its own death, and building partnerships in areas previously reserved for white men. Both Jay Z and Puffy are truly creative entrepreneurs, and both have learned a lot of these skills from their Jewish partners and suppliers.
Entrepreneurs are usually raised in cultures that feed that free spirit that allows them to dream up new ideas and break the mold. Without documentation I can still safely state that in most hoods, and certainly in mine, going to school to "get a good job" was the goal.
But I built many businesses with Jews who didn't let school dim down their dreams and they were comfortable with the idea to let go of the idea of job security and fly. This I learned from Orthodox Jews, Syrian Jews, Reform Jews and other sects of Judaism. All of these communities have welcomed me.
Since the days when the white gang "The Green Ways" in Queens chased me into the white housing development where the kids and mothers accepted me, and I learned the difference between the "different whites in Queens," the Jewish community has proven to be a safe haven and a place to empower myself and other Blacks.
From our president to everyone in the hip-hop community, we have a strong history and partnership with the Jewish community and today I thought I would restate this fact in case there is any doubt about who else has struggled like Blacks and who else has stood by Blacks in our most difficult times. We know that we still have work to do, however, each individual must exude the kind of tolerance and love that we would want to receive ourselves. We must learn how to love everyone, not just within our own community, as the world is too small, and our potential is too great.
There are many examples of how Blacks and Jews have come together to fight against hatred and bigotry. In fact, as my friend Rabbi Marc Schneier at The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, often states (and he even wrote a book about it called Shared Dreams), Dr. King was an ardent supporter of Israel and the Jewish people, including taking part in efforts to ease discrimination against Jews in the Soviet Union and the safety and security of the State of Israel. Dr. King also spoke out strongly against anti-Semitism in the United States. We all know that no segment of the American population provided as much and as consistent support to Dr. King and to African Americans as did the Jewish community.
But, like any relationship, the bond between Jews and African-Americans has experienced its ups and its downs. However, despite claims to the contrary, the relationship between Blacks and Jews today remains strong.
Maybe it's because the Jewish community has suffered from tremendous anti-Semitism throughout history and as a result of their plight, Jews have been able to better sympathize with the struggles facing Blacks. Or maybe it is because the Jewish community knows that if it happens to the Black community it can also happen to them.
So for generations, Jews and Blacks have marched together in the streets of Birmingham and Washington, and shared the stage at venues in Harlem and elsewhere. Our two communities are not afraid to stand side by side, continually defying those who would prefer to see us behind solitary bars and forgotten, not in front of cheering crowds.
Rabbi Schneier and I travel the country sharing these stories, discussing our tale with anyone who will listen - Blacks, Jews, or otherwise. This is true in synagogues and churches as well as college universities like Queens College - which Rabbi Schneier and I will address next week.
Despite the years of anti-Semitism, the Jewish community has not let the hatred of others hinder their ambitions or drive for success. The Jews have been resourceful and have stood together and time and time again prospered in business, medicine, law and entertainment. This is a great example of what a tight knit family and education can accomplish even against a world filled with shut doors and hate.
While I have many first hand experiences in records, jewelry, fashion, internet, TV, film, financial services, and much more, I have also noticed Jay Z, Puffy, and most of hip-hop out-branding the record business that is dying its own death, and building partnerships in areas previously reserved for white men. Both Jay Z and Puffy are truly creative entrepreneurs, and both have learned a lot of these skills from their Jewish partners and suppliers.
Entrepreneurs are usually raised in cultures that feed that free spirit that allows them to dream up new ideas and break the mold. Without documentation I can still safely state that in most hoods, and certainly in mine, going to school to "get a good job" was the goal.
But I built many businesses with Jews who didn't let school dim down their dreams and they were comfortable with the idea to let go of the idea of job security and fly. This I learned from Orthodox Jews, Syrian Jews, Reform Jews and other sects of Judaism. All of these communities have welcomed me.
Since the days when the white gang "The Green Ways" in Queens chased me into the white housing development where the kids and mothers accepted me, and I learned the difference between the "different whites in Queens," the Jewish community has proven to be a safe haven and a place to empower myself and other Blacks.
From our president to everyone in the hip-hop community, we have a strong history and partnership with the Jewish community and today I thought I would restate this fact in case there is any doubt about who else has struggled like Blacks and who else has stood by Blacks in our most difficult times. We know that we still have work to do, however, each individual must exude the kind of tolerance and love that we would want to receive ourselves. We must learn how to love everyone, not just within our own community, as the world is too small, and our potential is too great.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Suspense Builds Over Census for New Orleans
By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
Published: April 7, 2010
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NEW ORLEANS — Nobody really knows how many people live here.
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Chris Bickford for The New York Times
A census form hangs from the doorknob of a seemingly unoccupied house in New Orleans.
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Times Topics: Hurricane Katrina | Census
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Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times
Since Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans in September 2005, the true size of the city has been a matter of wild uncertainty.
Ever since this city was full of water and nearly empty of residents in September 2005, the true size of New Orleans has been a matter of wild uncertainty. Even today, population estimates can swing by the tens of thousands.
“There’s a range out there that might be as big as 50,000,” said Ken Hodges, chief demographer for Nielsen Claritas, a market research firm. “There is still a substantial amount of uncertainty.”
By early 2011, however, the city’s population will finally become an official number, if not a hard fact.
This year’s census will be revealing and important in every city, of course, according to the crude math that each citizen equals a certain amount of government money and political clout. But the stakes of the census here, as in other hurricane-battered cities and towns from Moss Point, Miss., to Galveston, Tex., are more profound.
The final numbers, no matter how much people here may challenge them — and challenges are almost a certainty — will go far in determining how New Orleans thinks about itself, whether it is continuing to mount a steady comeback or whether it has sputtered and stalled, how far it has fallen in the ranks of the country’s cities, and how quickly it is likely to rise again.
Determining how many people live here will not be an easy task, given the thousands who are still homeless or living with relatives as they await permanent housing, and the bureau is allowing some unconventional counting practices. The results should show who the city’s residents are, answering one of the most agonizing questions that has lingered after Katrina: What is the true size of the city’s black majority, once as large as two-thirds of the population?
In neighborhoods like Gentilly Woods, it is still difficult to tell by sight exactly which houses are occupied but badly in need of repair and which have been abandoned. The city’s excessive housing stock, built for a population that was once more than half a million, obscures the dimensions of the current populace like an oversize coat.
To local officials, the uncertainty about New Orleans’ size has been as convenient as it is has been frustrating. Per-capita murder rate too high? No, the population estimate is just too low.
Mayor C. Ray Nagin and other officials have routinely challenged census estimates as too low, and have generally been successful. The Census Bureau’s official number has steadily risen with each revision, and today stands at just under 355,000, or nearly 75 percent of the population of 484,674 in the 2000 census.
These estimates have their critics but are generally seen as the best available portraits of the city until this year’s census is complete.
“I would be surprised if the count came in much differently from what the estimates are,” said Allison Plyer, the deputy director of the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center, a local nonprofit group. Still, she added, “don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched.”
Others are less confident in the numbers, and think a general desire for good news about New Orleans is distorting both the estimates and the census itself. Elliott Stonecipher, a political analyst and demographer from Shreveport, points out that the Census Bureau is allowing departures from traditional head-counting practices, because of the extraordinary circumstances of the Gulf Coast.
This year, for example, the bureau has distributed census forms to people who are not at verified addresses, a practice usually reserved for remote rural areas.
Mr. Stonecipher also cites public appeals by local leaders to count those who intend to return to the region as if they were already living here, though federal officials insist that is not how the census is supposed to work.
All of this, Mr. Stonecipher said, could lead to an overcount, or at least an unreliable tally.
“Everyone desperately needs a real and fair count of New Orleans,” he said, “and we’re not going to get it.”
But even the rosiest result could come as a jolt. New Orleans will officially be much smaller than it was in 2000, at best barely making the list of the 50 largest cities in the country. Much of the federal money apportioned to the city will reflect that for the next decade, as recovery dollars dwindle and the Katrina evacuees continue to trickle back, prompting calls by Mr. Nagin, who leaves office next month, and officials in neighboring parishes for a special census in 2011 or 2012.
“Whatever our population is, we are still acting like a 450,000-person city,” said James Perry, director of the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center, a private, nonprofit civil rights group. “The money is going to take us out of denial pretty quickly.”
The city could see a drain of its political power as well. The Louisiana Legislature faces what promises to be a thorny redistricting session in 2011, and New Orleans is all but guaranteed to lose seats in the Statehouse.
The potential political shift is tied up in what could be the most charged finding of the census: the true size of the city’s black majority. Some say the size of that majority could turn out to be lower than it appears in current estimates, which have it at roughly 62 percent.
“I think it’s going to be a big shock,” said Trupania Bonner, the executive director of Moving Forward Gulf Coast, a nonprofit organization founded after Katrina to aid the rebuilding effort.
The people who have faced the toughest obstacles to returning, like low-income renters and the elderly poor, are most likely to be black, Mr. Bonner said. They are trying to return from places like Houston or Atlanta, but without some of the advantages given to those who owned homes before the storm. “We are penalizing folks who have to rebuild at their own pace,” he said.
As of Wednesday, the rate at which census forms were being returned from New Orleans stood at around 39 percent, far below the national average of 63 percent. Mr. Bonner, who has been holding community meetings about the census throughout the region, said that many poor people felt that the federal government had continually let them down over the last five years, and they have a hard time understanding why they should participate now in a federal census.
But even if the response rate jumps, Mr. Bonner said he was not optimistic about a high final count, at least not here.
“We’re going to watch Texas gain four seats and Georgia gain two,” he speculated, referring to Congressional districts. “Those are our folks, man.”
A version of this article appeared in print on April 8, 2010, on page A19 of the New York edition.
Published: April 7, 2010
o
NEW ORLEANS — Nobody really knows how many people live here.
Enlarge This Image
Chris Bickford for The New York Times
A census form hangs from the doorknob of a seemingly unoccupied house in New Orleans.
Related
*
Times Topics: Hurricane Katrina | Census
Enlarge This Image
Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times
Since Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans in September 2005, the true size of the city has been a matter of wild uncertainty.
Ever since this city was full of water and nearly empty of residents in September 2005, the true size of New Orleans has been a matter of wild uncertainty. Even today, population estimates can swing by the tens of thousands.
“There’s a range out there that might be as big as 50,000,” said Ken Hodges, chief demographer for Nielsen Claritas, a market research firm. “There is still a substantial amount of uncertainty.”
By early 2011, however, the city’s population will finally become an official number, if not a hard fact.
This year’s census will be revealing and important in every city, of course, according to the crude math that each citizen equals a certain amount of government money and political clout. But the stakes of the census here, as in other hurricane-battered cities and towns from Moss Point, Miss., to Galveston, Tex., are more profound.
The final numbers, no matter how much people here may challenge them — and challenges are almost a certainty — will go far in determining how New Orleans thinks about itself, whether it is continuing to mount a steady comeback or whether it has sputtered and stalled, how far it has fallen in the ranks of the country’s cities, and how quickly it is likely to rise again.
Determining how many people live here will not be an easy task, given the thousands who are still homeless or living with relatives as they await permanent housing, and the bureau is allowing some unconventional counting practices. The results should show who the city’s residents are, answering one of the most agonizing questions that has lingered after Katrina: What is the true size of the city’s black majority, once as large as two-thirds of the population?
In neighborhoods like Gentilly Woods, it is still difficult to tell by sight exactly which houses are occupied but badly in need of repair and which have been abandoned. The city’s excessive housing stock, built for a population that was once more than half a million, obscures the dimensions of the current populace like an oversize coat.
To local officials, the uncertainty about New Orleans’ size has been as convenient as it is has been frustrating. Per-capita murder rate too high? No, the population estimate is just too low.
Mayor C. Ray Nagin and other officials have routinely challenged census estimates as too low, and have generally been successful. The Census Bureau’s official number has steadily risen with each revision, and today stands at just under 355,000, or nearly 75 percent of the population of 484,674 in the 2000 census.
These estimates have their critics but are generally seen as the best available portraits of the city until this year’s census is complete.
“I would be surprised if the count came in much differently from what the estimates are,” said Allison Plyer, the deputy director of the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center, a local nonprofit group. Still, she added, “don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched.”
Others are less confident in the numbers, and think a general desire for good news about New Orleans is distorting both the estimates and the census itself. Elliott Stonecipher, a political analyst and demographer from Shreveport, points out that the Census Bureau is allowing departures from traditional head-counting practices, because of the extraordinary circumstances of the Gulf Coast.
This year, for example, the bureau has distributed census forms to people who are not at verified addresses, a practice usually reserved for remote rural areas.
Mr. Stonecipher also cites public appeals by local leaders to count those who intend to return to the region as if they were already living here, though federal officials insist that is not how the census is supposed to work.
All of this, Mr. Stonecipher said, could lead to an overcount, or at least an unreliable tally.
“Everyone desperately needs a real and fair count of New Orleans,” he said, “and we’re not going to get it.”
But even the rosiest result could come as a jolt. New Orleans will officially be much smaller than it was in 2000, at best barely making the list of the 50 largest cities in the country. Much of the federal money apportioned to the city will reflect that for the next decade, as recovery dollars dwindle and the Katrina evacuees continue to trickle back, prompting calls by Mr. Nagin, who leaves office next month, and officials in neighboring parishes for a special census in 2011 or 2012.
“Whatever our population is, we are still acting like a 450,000-person city,” said James Perry, director of the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center, a private, nonprofit civil rights group. “The money is going to take us out of denial pretty quickly.”
The city could see a drain of its political power as well. The Louisiana Legislature faces what promises to be a thorny redistricting session in 2011, and New Orleans is all but guaranteed to lose seats in the Statehouse.
The potential political shift is tied up in what could be the most charged finding of the census: the true size of the city’s black majority. Some say the size of that majority could turn out to be lower than it appears in current estimates, which have it at roughly 62 percent.
“I think it’s going to be a big shock,” said Trupania Bonner, the executive director of Moving Forward Gulf Coast, a nonprofit organization founded after Katrina to aid the rebuilding effort.
The people who have faced the toughest obstacles to returning, like low-income renters and the elderly poor, are most likely to be black, Mr. Bonner said. They are trying to return from places like Houston or Atlanta, but without some of the advantages given to those who owned homes before the storm. “We are penalizing folks who have to rebuild at their own pace,” he said.
As of Wednesday, the rate at which census forms were being returned from New Orleans stood at around 39 percent, far below the national average of 63 percent. Mr. Bonner, who has been holding community meetings about the census throughout the region, said that many poor people felt that the federal government had continually let them down over the last five years, and they have a hard time understanding why they should participate now in a federal census.
But even if the response rate jumps, Mr. Bonner said he was not optimistic about a high final count, at least not here.
“We’re going to watch Texas gain four seats and Georgia gain two,” he speculated, referring to Congressional districts. “Those are our folks, man.”
A version of this article appeared in print on April 8, 2010, on page A19 of the New York edition.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Black History Cultural Youth Experience 2010
City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks Pacific Region, South District
Pressline Entertainment Presents llc.
Black History Fundraiser 2010 for Saint Andrews Park
BHF 2010
Tag Line: Visiting cultural legends of the past to determining the urban development of the future.
Los Angeles, California February 2010- City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Park Pacific Region, south District (Saint Andrews Park) in conjunction with Pressline Entertainment host the : Invention to Innovation, See Yourself-See the Future; Black History Cultural Youth Experience 2010 at Saint Andrews park-8701 Saint Andrews Place. Los Angeles, Ca, 90047 on Saturday February, 27, 2010 from 1P.M.-4:30P.M.
Armed with a mission to empower today’s youth to build their future through design and critical thinking. Derek Haskell and his team at Pressline Entertainment seek to educate, motivate, and encourage today’s youth to engage themselves in entrepreneurial thinking. We aim to expose urban youth to occupations which are not dominantly exposed in their community through providing meaningful relationship connections between our urban youth members and corporate America.
This Day includes: Black Inventor and youth Art show, Urban business Panel, reveling of Saint Andrews Park Green Garden. The Hip Hop Generation's Audacity of Hope Reality T.V. Show Exposure. Over 300 participants are expected to attend and walk for better health.
Pressline Entertainmnet has made itself a key partner in the efforts to rebuild New Orleans; to address the deficit of L.A. Unified School District in reading, writing, and math by integrating these concerns through community involvement and resources that inform people of know-how and what-to do.
Black History Cultural Youth Experience 2010 is another episode in the effort to serve people locally and remind the world that New Orleans/Katrina devastation is parallel to all of the devastation that effects all of our inner city community that still need intervention in the areas I expressed above, still needs everyone's helping hands nearly 5 years after the tragedy caused by Hurricane Katrina.
Currently traveling between New Orleans and Los Angeles to produce Pressline’s 2010 reality T.V. show “OPERATION N.O.” Pressline's Founder Derek Haskell stretches himself pretty thin. "It has to be done. New Orleans can only be rebuilt through the involvement of the City's people and the health of the people in this community improves when people know how and what to do", Derek explains.
Pressline Entertainment is a film and music production company that develops, consults and manages artists, who finically donate to organizations like Pressline to bring about world wide exposure to projects that uplift underserved communities.
Publicity Contact Derek Haskell
323-596-5177 or presslineent@gmail.com
Pressline Entertainment Presents llc.
Black History Fundraiser 2010 for Saint Andrews Park
BHF 2010
Tag Line: Visiting cultural legends of the past to determining the urban development of the future.
Los Angeles, California February 2010- City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Park Pacific Region, south District (Saint Andrews Park) in conjunction with Pressline Entertainment host the : Invention to Innovation, See Yourself-See the Future; Black History Cultural Youth Experience 2010 at Saint Andrews park-8701 Saint Andrews Place. Los Angeles, Ca, 90047 on Saturday February, 27, 2010 from 1P.M.-4:30P.M.
Armed with a mission to empower today’s youth to build their future through design and critical thinking. Derek Haskell and his team at Pressline Entertainment seek to educate, motivate, and encourage today’s youth to engage themselves in entrepreneurial thinking. We aim to expose urban youth to occupations which are not dominantly exposed in their community through providing meaningful relationship connections between our urban youth members and corporate America.
This Day includes: Black Inventor and youth Art show, Urban business Panel, reveling of Saint Andrews Park Green Garden. The Hip Hop Generation's Audacity of Hope Reality T.V. Show Exposure. Over 300 participants are expected to attend and walk for better health.
Pressline Entertainmnet has made itself a key partner in the efforts to rebuild New Orleans; to address the deficit of L.A. Unified School District in reading, writing, and math by integrating these concerns through community involvement and resources that inform people of know-how and what-to do.
Black History Cultural Youth Experience 2010 is another episode in the effort to serve people locally and remind the world that New Orleans/Katrina devastation is parallel to all of the devastation that effects all of our inner city community that still need intervention in the areas I expressed above, still needs everyone's helping hands nearly 5 years after the tragedy caused by Hurricane Katrina.
Currently traveling between New Orleans and Los Angeles to produce Pressline’s 2010 reality T.V. show “OPERATION N.O.” Pressline's Founder Derek Haskell stretches himself pretty thin. "It has to be done. New Orleans can only be rebuilt through the involvement of the City's people and the health of the people in this community improves when people know how and what to do", Derek explains.
Pressline Entertainment is a film and music production company that develops, consults and manages artists, who finically donate to organizations like Pressline to bring about world wide exposure to projects that uplift underserved communities.
Publicity Contact Derek Haskell
323-596-5177 or presslineent@gmail.com
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