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Mini Bio: Billy invades Great Britain! - Ridge Radio UK
https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/mini-bio-billy-invades-great-britain-ridge-radio-uk
2019-02-23T01:44:21.000Z
2019-02-23T01:44:21.000Z
Theophilus Jones
https://www.theblacklist.net/members/billyjonesbluez
<div><div class="_5pbx userContent _3576" id="js_9yt"><div id="id_5c709fa0e93b00b43536134" class="text_exposed_root"><div><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Mini Bio: Billy invades Great Britain! - Ridge Radio UK</span></div></div><div><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span> </span></div></div><div><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>..international airplay & commentary by British radio personality Keith Robinson on Ridge Radio UK</span></div></div><div><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span><a href="https://youtu.be/l4tl3ZLHfMI">https://youtu.be/l4tl3ZLHfMI</a></span></div></div></div></div><div class="_3x-2"><div><div class="_5r69 _sds _1hvl"><div class="mts"><div><div class="mtm"><div><div class="_5cq3 _1ktf"><div class="uiScaledImageContainer _4-ep" id="u_ps_jsonp_4_5_p"><img class="scaledImageFitWidth img" src="https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/52384608_10156637711891117_2404707663104442368_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=b804d861b19f48dabb1760d558840d11&oe=5CE7E993" alt="Image may contain: text" width="516" height="344" /></div></div></div></div></div><div class="mtm _5pcm"><span class="_1nb_ fwn fcg"><span class="fwb"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheBillyJonesBand/?__tn__=kCH-R&eid=ARCyf5UV2u-NyseVXaStq4lX8y9jUBqTJ-hQrRzluNRtaKXadWcqkPq564whlyHt8UWGUEf47n2V8knE&hc_ref=ARS5GpjQjWFSmWIulqge9sqRRJN0o8o8xkHyz0zjv9sxtmWaNTwduERiofSZwv-uBhk&fref=nf&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCIwEFkcrWoauxYzq-MNQ82iNEGS6MBqQsnflOb3FQjUeKlpnTH6AReXSTARcYFaRJW4vrRoauyFIqdJW1mW5_4PkozSXjdTpm7JlnQJunfLBfSssK8g3fev9fi7lqM5U67W6GsdMAqUFMn-rAHpRRhonCKrZURHdTJ4Mr4lvZC1KLZ6UtSYMJADZCYguIsHCr5vpJHpBNX_eIRWIZQiDNjizK7cBBKS02_8J-j14BXNo7hyY4vNRsLRvZiPFWhWAIw-IvcU736S2yQ3mW8LYZUwBQE0xtVtICehUvVIEPcWDimTreDZxupQlIL5-XfauttIC4Hg4RlRuz5"></a></span></span><div class="mtm _5pco"><div id="id_5c709fa0e96390831109090" class="text_exposed_root"><div></div><div><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span> </span></div></div><div></div><div><div class="_1mf _1mj"></div></div><div><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Download Full Album ...FREE!</span></div></div><div><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span><a href="https://we.tl/t-zVAI0OEoqy">https://we.tl/t-zVAI0OEoqy</a></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj"></div></div><div><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>--------------------------------------------</span></div></div><div><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span> </span></div></div><div><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>BIOGRAPHY:</span></div></div><div><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>The Billy Jones Story:</span></div></div><div><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>..the times and travels of an authentic american bluesman.</span></div></div><div><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span><a href="http://boogiesmusicreporters.ning.com/profile/billyjonesbluez">http://boogiesmusicreporters.ning.com/profile/billyjonesbluez</a></span></div></div><div><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span> </span></div></div><div><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>King Biscuit Blues Festival: Live Solo Performance - video 1:</span></div></div><div><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/carol.boss.54/videos/10215302541669442/">https://www.facebook.com/carol.boss.54/videos/10215302541669442/</a></span></div></div><div><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span> </span></div></div><div><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>King Biscuit Blues Festival: Live Solo Performance - video 2:</span></div></div><div><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/carol.boss.54/videos/10215129948394718/">https://www.facebook.com/carol.boss.54/videos/10215129948394718/</a></span></div></div><div><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span> </span></div></div><div><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span><a href="http://boogiesmusicreporters.ning.com/forum/topics/the-billy-jones-story-the-times-and-travels-of-an-american">http://boogiesmusicreporters.ning.com/forum/topics/the-billy-jones-story-the-times-and-travels-of-an-american</a></span></div></div><div><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span> </span></div></div><div><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span><a href="https://www.reverbnation.com/billyjonesbluez/songs">https://www.reverbnation.com/billyjonesbluez/songs</a></span></div></div><div><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>--------------------------------------------</span></div></div><div><div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>BOOK THIS AUTHENTIC BLUES ARTIST FOR YOUR FESTIVAL, SHOW OR EVENT: billyjonesbluez@aol.com</span></div></div></div></div><br /> <span>Mini Bio: Billy invades Great Britain! - Ridge Radio UK</span></div></div></div></div></div></div>
FACE THE NATION: ..State of the Union Address:
https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/face-the-nation-state-of-the-union-address-my-hometown
2019-02-11T00:30:00.000Z
2019-02-11T00:30:00.000Z
Theophilus Jones
https://www.theblacklist.net/members/billyjonesbluez
<div><div class="_5pbx userContent _3576" id="js_15"><div id="id_5c60be774e02d4408871356" class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><p>FACE THE NATION: ..State of the Union Address:</p><p>My Hometown - The Billy Jones Band<br /> <a href="https://youtu.be/WNEeHZwn1nA?fbclid=IwAR1Ocn2139U2irtygKL6nCYCVYBpAMK9y3JGQQt3ZnEBFaizhsVZek5kzmw" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/WNEeHZwn1nA</a></p><div class="text_exposed_show"><p><a href="https://youtu.be/T1bBwL5YeDc?fbclid=IwAR11Qntb3wFaiDW5POqnw4R4Q12JiVlEvS-a9t5O2oXtBrhoVpq_mN78KJo" target="_blank"></a></p></div></div></div><div class="_3x-2"><div><div class="_5r69 _sds _1hvl"><div class="mts"><div><div class="mtm"><div><div class="_5cq3 _1ktf"><div class="uiScaledImageContainer _4-ep" id="u_0_3f"><img class="scaledImageFitWidth img" src="https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/p235x350/51838908_10156612504486117_1613875592590000128_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=135bad4303c65326c9aa27669c95d3bf&oe=5CDCC7EE" alt="Image may 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The Billy Jones Story: ..the times and travels of an american bluesman.
https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/the-billy-jones-story-the-times-and-travels-of-an-american-1
2019-02-04T04:42:18.000Z
2019-02-04T04:42:18.000Z
Theophilus Jones
https://www.theblacklist.net/members/billyjonesbluez
<div><p><em><b>..genuine road-hardened delta blues outlaws. ..southern soul meets blues funk</b>: </em></p><div><span>...BIOGRAPHY</span><br /><div><div id="AOLMsgPart_1.2.1_86d3e098-688f-41f5-95cc-3bb68fd53df1"><div class="aolReplacedBody"><div><span><i>...the times and travels of an american blues band.</i></span></div><p><img src="http://cache.reverbnation.com/widgets/buffer.gif" height="4" alt="buffer.gif" /><object width="434" height="228" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data="http://cache.reverbnation.com/widgets/swf/15/widgetPlayer.swf?emailPlaylist=artist_212945&backgroundcolor=EEEEEE&font_color=000000&posted_by=artist_212945&shuffle=&autoPlay=false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" ></param><param name="allowNetworking" value="internal" ></param><param name="wmode" value="opaque" ></param><param name="movie" value="http://cache.reverbnation.com/widgets/swf/15/widgetPlayer.swf?emailPlaylist=artist_212945&backgroundcolor=EEEEEE&font_color=000000&posted_by=artist_212945&shuffle=&autoPlay=false" ></param><embed wmode="opaque" width="434" height="228" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://cache.reverbnation.com/widgets/swf/15/widgetPlayer.swf?emailPlaylist=artist_212945&backgroundcolor=EEEEEE&font_color=000000&posted_by=artist_212945&shuffle=&autoPlay=false" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal"></embed></object></p><p> <a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnJldmVyYm5hdGlvbi5jb20vYy4vYTQvMTUvMjEyOTQ1L0FydGlzdC8yMTI5NDUvQXJ0aXN0L2xpbms="><img alt="Billy%20Jones%20Bluez" src="http://cache.reverbnation.com/widgets/content/15/footer.png" border="0" height="19" width="434" /></a></p><p><b>Funky Blues & Southern Soul - volume 1</b></p><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><a href="https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/thebillyjonesband" target="_blank">https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/thebillyjonesband</a></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><i>"Billy Jones brings back the Thrill. No one who I can think of has taken a truly contemporary look at traditional blues with the musical and lyrical intensity of Billy Jones. A refreshing blast of the really great sound of Healing Blues, Jazz, Funk Music. Loaded with Rich Blues Tradition. B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Even Johnny Winter Flavors. I'd recommend '<b>Funky Blues & Southern Soul - volume 1</b>' to any avid blues listener and I look forward to hearing more from the reclusive Billy Jones. This guy is the real deal and this is a great CD!"</i></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><font color="#1D2129">...here is a biographical interview of Billy Jones that was written by</font> <font color="#0000FF">Dave Harrison</font><font color="#1D2129">. ..</font></span><span><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">chief</font></span> <span>blues writer for <b>BluesNdaBlood Magazine</b>.</span></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3828608874,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" src="{{#staticFileLink}}3828608874,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-full" alt="3828608874?profile=original" /></a><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3828608723,original{{/staticFileLink}}"></a></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><div><font color="#1D2129"><span style="color:#0000ff;"> </span></font></div><div><font color="#1D2129"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><a href="http://www.boogiesmusicreporters.ning.com/profile/billyjonesbluez">http://www.boogiesmusicreporters.ning.com/profile/billyjonesbluez</a></span></font></div><div><font color="#1D2129"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Dave Harrison</span>: <b>Born into the segregated south, he was exposed to the driving beat of the Blues when he was still an infant. In the crib, he could hear it as it permeated the walls against which he slept. This sound which spoke to him gave him an early direction in life which he has pursued to this day.</b></font><font color="#1D2129"><b><br /></b></font></div><div><b> </b></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><b>His early memories are of a juke joint from where he would draw inspiration; the images, and the folks he knew then are the stuff of his song. They gave him a mind-set that would drive him to perfect his craft as a guitar slinging blues man.</b></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><b>Billy Jones is betting that the Blues can experience a revival of interest. What is needed is a fresh infusion of imagination. And to capture a bigger share of the Black music market, what is needed is for the Blues to once again become relevant to the African American experience.</b></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj">We spoke with him upon the release of his latest CD :</div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><b>Funky Blues & Southern Soul - volume 1</b></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS8oJyaE_hbo1hqHR0ADKq9ebhLTQ4Ytb" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS8oJyaE_hbo1hqHR0ADKq9ebhLTQ4Ytb</a></div></div></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><font color="#0000FF">Billy</font><font color="#1D2129">: <i>"I was raised from the age of six months in my grandfather's cafe and boarding house, The Cedar Street Cafe - 903 Cedar Street - North Little Rock, Arkansas. The room that we lived in was directly behind the wall of the main ballroom where the juke box was. My crib was on the other side of that wall, so as a baby I would be laying there listening to Elmore James, Big Joe Turner, Jackie Wilson, B. B. King, Muddy Waters, Sam Cooke and all the blues and soul greats while the cafe customers played records and partied well into the night. My bed would vibrate on the bass notes. That was my first exposure to the music. I absorbed the music as I could literally hear it in my sleep. One of the first thoughts that I remember having was that I wanted to be like B.B. King and Elmore James."</i></font></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><i>"There was this dangerous juke-joint/nightclub place down the road from my grandfather's cafe called Jim Lindsey's Place. Many of the big "chittlin' circuit" stars of the day used to perform there like Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson and Bobby Blue Bland. Sometimes at night when everyone else was asleep, I would sneak out of the room and climb up high in an old chinaberry tree and watch what was going on over at Jim Lindsey's Place. I could hear the band from there and pretend that it was me onstage."</i></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><i>"All the pimps, players, dealers, hoe's and gangsters used to hang out there and someone was always getting shot or stabbed on a regular basis. Remember that this was the segregated south, so whenever someone would call for an ambulance for a shooting, or fight, at the club, they would send a hearse from the black owned funeral home instead of an ambulance. If the victim was still alive they would take them to a black doctor. ...If not, they would take them to the funeral home."</i></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><i>"Of course I thought that these were the "beautiful people" and I wanted to be just like them when I grew up. Especially the musicians, with their tight-legged, sharkskin suits and Stacy Adams shoes, their jewelry and the way they wore their hair in a process. And the women! ...the way they used to dress back then was so glamorous! And of course Bobby Blue Bland's Cadillac. ...No medical school for me dad... I'm gonna be a blues star."</i></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><i>"The house band for Jim Lindsey's Place lived in an upstairs room over the club, and during the day I would go over there and try to hang out around them. They could tell that I really wanted to be a guitar player."</i></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><i>"There was this one musician who played at the club named Red Harpo... he told me that he was Slim Harpo's brother. I believed him. Whether he was or not, one thing is true, Red could play the hell out of a guitar! ... There was an air of excitement about him. Women would fight over him. He would let me come up to his room sometimes and talk to him while he would sip "Golden Rod" wine on ice and play and sing for me and show me how to play the new hit songs of the day, while I soaked-in all the information that he was giving me about being a real musician."</i></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><i>"By the time I was fourteen years old, I was hanging out at 'Williams Pool Hall.' One day this older guy pulled up in a 1957 Chevy station wagon packed full of amplifiers, microphones and drums He came in. He had that same air of excitement about him that Red had. He said that he was in a band and he had a gig booked in Lonoke, Arkansas that night and that he heard me play guitar and they were looking for a guitar player. He said that his name was Hosea Leavy and that he and his younger brother Calvin Leavy would pay me $6.00 if I played with them and Willie Cobb, Little Johnny Taylor and Larry "Totsie" Davis that night. I didn't tell him that I had never played in a band before. I was fourteen years old and I was going on the road! I was trying to be cool and I agreed to go with him. But I was so excited to be going to play with a real band!"</i></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><i>"That was the first day that I went on the road with the Leavy Brothers Band, and the beginning of a lifetime journey into the world of the blues . I've been on the road ever since. So it was 'on the job training' for me."</i></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><font color="#0000FF">Dave Harrison</font><font color="#1D2129">: <b>Now, how old were you when you first picked up the guitar? How did you become this accomplished musician that you are today?</b></font></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><font color="#0000FF">Billy</font><font color="#1D2129">: <i>"It's hard for me to remember when I didn't have a guitar... it's just something that I've always wanted to do."</i></font></span></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><i>"Because I loved guitars so much, around age four, or five years old, my uncle Vernon had given me a little plastic toy guitar with a music-box handle that played 'Pop Goes the Weasel' when you turned it. It was instant love. I used to stand in front of the juke box with that little guitar and pretend that I was every artist whose record was playing. I was always running around holding that guitar. I don't think I ever put it down."</i></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><i>"I think I really started getting serious about it during the summer between the 5th and 6th grade.</i></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><i>I didn't play with the other children in my neighborhood that much. I hung around adult musicians and spent most of my time learning songs from records and trying to sound like the guys on the recordings. Sometimes I would hang out with the winos and perform for them. Some of my family thought I was weird. But music is both my occupation and my recreation. And I spent almost every waking moment playing it and studying and imitating the artists that I idolized. ...I guess that I was kinda weird."</i></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><font color="#0000FF">Dave Harrison</font><font color="#1D2129">: <b>How did you start to playing gigs traveling from military installation to installation entertaining military members and their dependents? Were you in fact in the military at the time?</b></font></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><font color="#0000FF">Billy</font><font color="#1D2129">: <i>"No. I was not in the military. I've always regretted that I didn't join the Air Force. I think that I would have liked it. This was during my twenties, after I had started my own band and was playing a lot of Rick James, Cameo, Funkadelic, Stanley Clarke, Hendrix, Bar-Kays, Commodores, Gap, Zapp, and that kinda thing. At that time I was being booked by this big-shot "Clive Davis" type guy named Gene Williams, who was really hooked-up with the Grand Ol' Opry and the Nashville scene and was managing Ferlin Husky, Claude King and Donna Douglas, who played the part of Elly Mae on the television show The Beverly Hillbillies."</i></font></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><i>"Since he couldn't book a black band in the Country Music Capitol of the World, he started booking me into NCO and Officer's clubs on Naval Stations, Air Force Bases, Army Posts and military installations all over the United States. I lived the military lifestyle without actually being in the military. GI women are great!"</i></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><i>"I learned a lot and made a lot of friends... to this day I have the highest respect for military personnel. They are great people. They work hard and they play hard... and they love hard."</i></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><font color="#0000FF">Dave Harrison</font><font color="#1D2129">: <b>Where did this traveling take you?</b></font></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><font color="#0000FF">Billy</font><font color="#1D2129">: <i>"To over 42 states... countless times. ...and to Europe sometimes ...and to many clubs and shows that were booked off-base when we were in whatever city. I did that for ten years. I loved it!"</i></font></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><font color="#0000FF">Dave Harrison</font><font color="#1D2129">: <b>How did you come to refer to your music as "Bluez"? Is this to differentiate your music from the music created by the record industry?</b></font></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><font color="#0000FF">Billy:</font> <font color="#1D2129"><i>"Yes, it is...I have studied many types of music, including jazz, country, rock, funk, R&B, punk, new wave or whatever, and I wanted to incorporate some of the elements from all of these styles into my original music."</i></font></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><font color="#0000FF">Dave Harrison</font><font color="#1D2129">: <b>How long have you worked to infuse an urban element into your music? How has it been received by your audience?</b></font></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><font color="#0000FF">Billy</font><font color="#1D2129">: <i>"I never intentionally set out to "urbanize" my music. I just wanted to learn everything that I could about my craft and how to please the audience that was in front of me that day. It was just natural evolution. The reception has been overwhelmingly positive from the general public."</i></font></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><font color="#0000FF">Dave Harrison</font><font color="#1D2129">: <b>Presently a number of Black artists are working to merge Blues music with Hip-hop. This would include artists such as Billy Branch, Russ Greene, Chris Thomas-King, among others. In fact, R L Burnside even did his take on this cross-infusion of the Blues, which was met with mixed reviews. Do you see your music going in this direction?</b></font></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><font color="#0000FF">Billy</font><font color="#1D2129">: <i>"What these artists understand... and the reviewers and "experts" probably don't, is this:</i></font></span></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><i>Hip-Hop has evolved from blues and is very much a part of it.... Hip-Hop is the blues of today.</i></span></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><i>If you analyze the greatest hip-hop songs of all time, like "The Message" by Grand Master Flash and The Furious Five, or "How Do You Want It?" by Tu Pac Shakur ...(which is based on the bass hook from "Body Heat" by Quincy Jones), ...it's easy to hear that these songs are pure blues with African/Jamaican bass lines and drum beats. Of course, the stories that these songs tell are undeniable blues themes that reach deep into the heart of the African American experience. I love a little gangsta in my blues every now and then."</i></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><font color="#0000FF">Dave Harrison</font><font color="#1D2129">: <b>Do you agree with the assertion that the white artist has been more closely bound by tradition, whereas the Black artist has always been more progressive in their approach to the music, looking for the "next big thing"? This, perhaps, can be seen more in Jazz than in Blues.</b></font></span></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><b>Are these attempts at cross-infusion done more for the music, or is it being done for the rewards that the urban artist seems to be enjoying, the "bling"?</b></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><font color="#0000FF">Billy</font><font color="#1D2129">: <i>"Definitely for the music. I don't think that it has very much to do with the "bling".... little if anything.</i></font></span> <i><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">...</font><span>Of course any artist wants to be well compensated for their work... I certainly do."</span></i></div></div><div><i> </i></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><i>"But the battle between the blues purist and the blues artist has gone on long before now. The artist wants to be artistic and create and innovate.... the purist doesn't want anything to change. No new instruments, no synthesizers, no drum machines, no new nothing. If Muddy didn't do it... it's wrong."</i></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><i>"But when Bob Dylan and Muddy Waters switched from acoustic to electric guitar the purists said that they were ruining the art-form. Look at all the great classics that were created because they ignored the so called experts."</i></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><i>"What the artist is trying to do is stretch the boundaries of the music and infuse elements that will appeal to a contemporary audience and to bring something new and relevant to the table."</i></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><i>"However, if these experts want to tell the artist what the song should sound like before it is written, there probably won't be much "bling" forthcoming. They won't sell many to people who buy cd's today. If an artist can reach the public and they love the music, then the bling will be just a pleasant side-effect."</i></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><i>"In order to compete effectively in the music business you have to stay on top of current events. That means that you have to have an understanding of contemporary musical styles and trends."</i></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><i>"I remember reading in a biography of Elvis that no matter where he was he was always listening to the radio in order to monitor musical trends and to hear what his competitors were doing. And he was Elvis!"</i></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><i>"Music is about constantly learning. ...and I want my music to appeal to a mass audience."</i></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><font color="#0000FF">Dave Harrison</font><font color="#1D2129">: <b>Is this image (the rewards) a creation of the "corporate entertainment business"?</b></font></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><font color="#0000FF">Billy</font><font color="#1D2129">: <i>"No, it is not... it's a creation of the hip-hop industry and the age of music video. It is an expression of what the young audiences wants to see. What they want to be."</i></font></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><font color="#0000FF">Dave Harrison</font><font color="#1D2129">: <b>Do you feel that the urbanization of Blues music is an effective way of reaching a younger market? To what market are you ultimately hoping to appeal?</b></font></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><font color="#0000FF">Billy</font><font color="#1D2129">: <i>"Definitely... it's the only way to reach the younger market."</i></font></span></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><i>"I want my music to appeal to everyone. That's what seems to be happening. The stories that I tell on this cd are true and universal. People across all genres are embracing the music."</i></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><font color="#0000FF">Dave Harrison</font><font color="#1D2129">: <b>In light of prevailing social and economic conditions that exist today, do you still feel that music can be a vehicle of change?</b></font></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><font color="#0000FF">Billy</font><font color="#1D2129">: <i>"I know that music can be a vehicle for change. Music is a gift from the creator who wrote the song of life. If you do it right it gets you on a level that is primal. And the right story can change the world."</i></font></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3828608841,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}3828608841,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="685" class="align-full" alt="3828608841?profile=original" /></a></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><div class="aolmail_envelope" align="left"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3828608841,original{{/staticFileLink}}"> </a></div></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><font color="#FF0000"><b>.</b></font><br /> <br /><div> ------------------------------------</div><div>\</div></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span><i>...these are some of my favorite quotes</i>:</span><span><br /></span></div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span>"Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure."</span></div></div><div><div class="aolmail__1mf aolmail__1mj"><span>"We are the masters of our own destiny. 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Check out Ha Phuong @HaPhuongArtist current single 'Memories of Love'
https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/single-haphuongartist-memories-of-lov
2018-07-27T20:30:00.000Z
2018-07-27T20:30:00.000Z
Amanda MzOnPoint Goldben
https://www.theblacklist.net/members/AmandaMzOnPointGoldben
<div>Ha Phuong, a petite dynamo with a huge heart and a big name in her native Vietnam, now a deeply entrenched New Yorker!! An accomplished actress, singer, philanthropist and movie producer. She is more determined than ever to help make the world a better place, inspired by her not only her daughters but her childhood in Vietnam.<br /><center><img width="400" height="327" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-14593" alt="[Single] @HaPhuongArtist 'Memories of Love'" src="http://streetsonpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Capture.jpg" /></center>Ha Phuong is one of three daughters in a musical family. Ha Phuong discovered the power of using her talents as a singer, dancer and entertainer to express herself and connect with people around the world. To date she has released 12 solo albums and numerous CDs in Vietnam and the US.<br /><br />In April 4, 2008 Ha Phuong unveiled the Ha Phuong Foundation. The Foundation is the culmination of Ha Phuong’s passion for music and her fierce devotion to supporting children’s causes. In an extraordinary demonstration of her commitment to helping others, Ha Phuong pledged 100% of her future earnings including DVD/CD sales, concert revenue and royalties from her music and acting career to the Foundation.<br /><br />Ha Phuong is also an integral part of the Vietnam Relief Effort, a non-profit organization that her husband, Chinh Chu, formed with his sister in 1999 which is dedicated to giving back to Vietnam and some of its poorest citizens.<br /><br />The couple returns regularly to Vietnam to personally deliver money and supplies to deserving recipients. Everywhere you look, Ha Phuong is leaving her mark. Last year she added “top donor to UNICEF” to her list of good works.<br /><br />Check out Ha Phuong’s current single “Memories of Love” today on Soundcloud!!<br /><br /><center><iframe width="100%" height="166" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/477195618&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe></center> <br /><br /><div style="text-align:center;">Follow her on social media today:<br /> Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HaPhuongArtist/">https://www.facebook.com/HaPhuongArtist/</a><br />Twwitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/haphuongartist?lang=en">https://twitter.com/haphuongartist?lang=en</a><br />Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/haphuongartist/">https://www.instagram.com/haphuongartist/</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.haphuongworld.com/">http://www.haphuongworld.com/</a></div></div>
BLACKS ARE GLUTTONS FOR PUNISHMENT AND THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT IT! AT SOME POINT BLACKS HAVE TO WAKE UP!
https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/blacks-are-gluttons-for-punishment-and-there-is-no-question-about
2016-10-29T22:39:16.000Z
2016-10-29T22:39:16.000Z
Tziona Yisrael
https://www.theblacklist.net/members/TzionaYisrael
<div><p align="center"><span class="font-size-4"><b>BLACKS ARE GLUTTONS FOR PUNISHMENT</b></span></p><p align="center"><span class="font-size-4"><b>AND THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT IT!</b></span></p><p align="center"><span class="font-size-4"><b> </b></span></p><p align="center"><span class="font-size-4"><b>AT SOME POINT BLACKS HAVE TO WAKE UP!</b></span></p><p> </p><p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>If Blacks want justice, don’t vote for crooks! </strong></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>If Blacks want to vote for someone with a track record of compassion for Blacks, it isn’t Clinton.</strong></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>If Blacks want a person to end this inferior lifestyle it isn’t Hillary Clinton.</strong></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">Hillary Clinton has never done ANYTHING for Blacks. She talks a good game, but without substance. Her husband, Bill Clinton, ended programs that aided Blacks just so he could gain recognition for a budget surplus. Under these circumstances, she has said that if she is elected, she will put Bill Clinton head of the economy in her administration. Hillary has all but said she will not give REPARATIONS, so why do Blacks need her? She has said that she will follow President Obama’s policies. Do Blacks need another four years of Obama Policies that have done nothing to end racism, police murder of Blacks with his very own Department of Justice, improve the Ghetto, or better the school systems in Black communities?</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">And worse, now there is evidence that President Obama is in collusion with the lies, the corruption, and fraud committed by Hillary Clinton in her efforts to control government and be above the law. It is reported that the Clinton Foundation and Hillary’s criminal acts along with the dishonest and deceptive Federal government investigation are proving to be worse than Watergate and the worst crime in US history. But really isn’t the worst crime of all in history the Slave Trade in Blacks forcibly migrated and what this country many others have done to Slaves and to their descendants? Nevertheless, it is important to know that Hillary Clinton is a member of this evil establishment, and we can only expect a continuum of this cruel status quo if she is elected president of the US. </span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><b>HOW CORRUPT AND HOW MUCH OF A LIAR IS HILLARY CLINTON?</b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUZo69w7owU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUZo69w7owU</a></b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">The more serious problem involving Hillary Clinton and Blacks entails her corrupt dealings with the Haitians. Billions of dollars were donated by foreign countries to Haiti after the devastating Earthquake that occurred there in 2010. That money, in the billions, went into the hands of Bill and Hillary and their Clinton Foundation, and unto this day the Haitians live in destruction and their horrific dilemma continues. How in the Hell did they get their hands on this money??? </span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><b>Haitian President EXPOSES the Clinton Foundation: "Hillary Clinton tried to bribe me!"</b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phKO2T2pMjM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phKO2T2pMjM</a></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><b>Hillary Clinton & The Rape of Haiti - SPECIAL REPORT</b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqVIs-4EM-w">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqVIs-4EM-w</a></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">If Hillary Clinton has stolen money from the Blacks in Haiti, and has gotten away with it, how much do you think this corrupt and evil woman will do for Blacks in the US?</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">Do not be so naïve to vote for this woman. If Blacks cannot get REPARATIONS out of their vote, then DO NOT VOTE, as you are putting a pimp in the White House by voting for Hillary Clinton – the epitome of greed.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">For the sake of our children for generations to come, we have got to determine our own lives, and it cannot involve staying in the US. Descendants of Slaves must acquire REPARATIONS and establish another Black Wallstreet in another country. There are several places seeking investment in their countries, and after we receive the justice we so deserve (REPARATIONS), that we cannot acquire from President Obama’s Department of Justice (DOJ), it behooves descendants of Slaves to invest in projects wherein Blacks will benefit.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">The United Nations has said Blacks deserve REPARATIONS, and we must not allow them to shove their declaration aside. At the following link can be found several articles regarding the United Nations settling on the US paying REPARATIONS for the Slave Trade.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><b><a href="https://www.google.jo/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=United+Nations+claim+Reparations+for+descendants+of+Slaves">https://www.google.jo/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=United+Nations+claim+Reparations+for+descendants+of+Slaves</a></b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">There are many wealthy Blacks, socialites, celebrities, and sports figures who are very happy in the US, but there are millions of others who are suffering in gross impoverishment and have no voice or means to improve their predicaments. With REPARATIONS we can help our own and become a people of distinction, honesty, and credibility. We have to help ourselves, as not one elected official (not even Black President Obama) has done anything substantial to improve Black Lives in these United States.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><b>VOTE FOR THE CREATOR GOD that DELIVERED the Children of Israel out of Ancient Egypt.</b> HE is the GOD that scattered us to these shores <b>FOR REJECTING HIM</b>, and HE is the ONLY GOD that has promised to GATHER us from the lands of our enemies. Sounds crazy, right? Well, let me show you something else that sounds crazy!</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">The “Old Testament” speaks of the Slave Trade: Leviticus 26<sup>th</sup> and Deuteronomy 28<sup>th</sup> Chapters and proves the true identity of the Biblical Israelites. Read these chapters and see which people are described in these curses. Then see how easy it is for us to turn the tide and rise about being a subjugated people who have no power.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><i>“</i>I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. And <b>I WILL BREAK THE PRIDE OF YOUR POWER…</b><b>”</b> Leviticus 26:17 - 19</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><i>“</i>And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.” Isaiah 11:11,12</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><i>“</i>Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither. They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, HE THAT SCATTERED ISRAEL WILL GATHER HIM, AND KEEP HIM, AS A SHEPHERD DOTH HIS FLOCK. FOR THE LORD HATH REDEEMED JACOB, AND RANSOMED HIM FROM THE HAND OF HIM THAT WAS STRONGER THAN HE.<i>” </i> Jeremiah 31:8 - 11</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">The Children of Israel are the CREATOR GOD’s Covenant People who are subject to the terms of this Covenanted Agreement: The Israelites must worship ONLY the GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and live by HIS Book of the Law (Genesis-Deuteronomy: Exodus 24:12). They did not honor this Everlasting Covenant and violated GOD’s First Commandment to have no other gods before HIM. Thus, the Slave Trade is a result of the Children of Israel turning to other gods and rejecting HIS acclaimed WALK of Life, as it is written in these Hebrew Scriptures. But neither the powers-that-be nor does the Church enlighten us to the WORD of the JEALOUS GOD or HIS WAYS of Righteousness. Rather, the powers-that-be boast of a man-made religion that is based on absolute paganism.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><a href="http://loveforlife.com.au/content/08/02/23/forged-origins-new-testament-tony-bushby">http://loveforlife.com.au/content/08/02/23/forged-origins-new-testament-tony-bushby</a></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">All we need to do is return back to Our GOD of Israel that scattered us in the first place, ACCEPT and OBEY HIS WAYS of Righteousness, and HE will save us out of this great misery. Oppression, and injustice. We have to give HIM that chance, as the White Man’s JC god has done nothing to help us since the Slave Trade and since the end of Slavery 240 years ago.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">Blacks have a lot to learn, and we should know this because we have been brainwashed since the Slave Trade, and assimilation has only strengthened brainwashing. Until we wake up and seek the big picture, we will forever remain in this captivity. There are many, many messages on The LawKeepers WebSite that prove enlightening and beneficial in learning about what Thus Saith the LORD (not found in the “New Testament”), GOD’s VOICE, and HIS WORD at the mouth of HIS PROPHETS (AGAIN NOT FOUND IN THE “NEW TESTAMENT”). </span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">We can be gluttons for punishment and suffer under the control of another cruel and heartless nation and government, or we can be the wiser and take the reins to control our own lives with the help of Our Own “Old Testament” GOD!</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">“And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for <b>I AM THE LORD THEIR GOD. BUT I WILL FOR THEIR SAKES REMEMBER THE COVENANT OF THEIR ANCESTORS</b>, <b>whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God:</b> <b>I am the LORD. These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.”</b> Leviticus 26:44 – 46</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><b>“</b><b>Fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, <u>I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity</u>;</b> and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: <b><u>THOUGH I MAKE A FULL END OF ALL NATIONS WHITHER I HAVE SCATTERED THEE</u>, YET WILL I NOT MAKE A FULL END OF THEE:</b> but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.” Jeremiah 30:10,11 </span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">We have a GOD, and HE is Our ONLY SAVIOR, but HE will not help us if we call upon another god. Try HIM and see that HE hears us when we CALL UPON HIM! But know that HIS WAYS are not likened to the ways in which we live. </span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><b>“SEEK YE THE LORD WHILE HE MAY BE FOUND, CALL YE UPON HIM WHILE HE IS NEAR:”</b> Isaiah 55:6</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">October 30, 2016</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><a href="http://www.thelawkeepers.org">www.thelawkeepers.org</a></span></p><p> </p></div>
Nieman Marcus - Slick Rick
https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/nieman-marcus-slick-rick
2014-10-16T16:36:51.000Z
2014-10-16T16:36:51.000Z
Miller Time
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<div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;"><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rZqfi7oDLR8/VDvDP54a-WI/AAAAAAAAFVU/03iPKj_AAME/s1600/Slick_Rick2.jpg" style="margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rZqfi7oDLR8/VDvDP54a-WI/AAAAAAAAFVU/03iPKj_AAME/s1600/Slick_Rick2.jpg" height="240" width="320" alt="Slick_Rick2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;">A while back, the producer out of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.7408333333,-84.115&spn=0.1,0.1&q=40.7408333333,-84.115%20(Lima%2C%20Ohio)&t=h" target="_blank" title="Lima, Ohio">Lima, Ohio</a> said he will be releasing music in the name of the great <a class="g-profile" href="https://plus.google.com/113477780387207512045" target="_blank">+Slick Rick</a>. Well now I am glad to tell you, here is a snippet of the song. 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style="background-image:none;display:block;height:83px;line-height:12pt;overflow:hidden;padding:5px 2px 0 2px;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank">Nieman Fellowships for journalists, Harvard university, USA</a></li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background:none;display:block;float:left;font-size:11px;list-style:none;margin:2px 10px 10px 2px;padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:84px;"><a href="http://www.visithi.com/2014/10/garden-of-love/" style="display:block;padding:2px;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.zemanta.com/noimg_67_80_80.jpg" style="border:0;display:block;margin:0;padding:0;width:80px;" alt="noimg_67_80_80.jpg" /></a><a href="http://www.visithi.com/2014/10/garden-of-love/" style="background-image:none;display:block;height:83px;line-height:12pt;overflow:hidden;padding:5px 2px 0 2px;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank">Garden of love</a></li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image 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Paying Tribute To Dr. King's Legacy With $500,000 Small Business Loans
https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/paying-tribute-to-dr-king-s-legacy-with-500-000-small-business
2011-08-23T22:33:19.000Z
2011-08-23T22:33:19.000Z
Mark S. Allen
https://www.theblacklist.net/members/MarkSAllen
<div><div align="center"><div><font size="3"><em>The Rev. Al Sharpton calls Mark Allen "One of Chicago's legendary political activists"</em></font></div><div><p style="text-align:center;" class="yiv1792460236MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:'sans-serif';font-size:13.5pt;"><span class="yiv1792460236messageBody"> </span></span></p></div></div><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:10pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:14pt;" align="center"><strong><font size="4"><em>MARK S. ALLEN, Daily News Blog/Commentary</em></font></strong></div><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:14pt;" align="center"><em>AND THE ORDINARY PEOPLE SAID</em></div><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:14pt;" align="center"><em><a title="http://www.chicagonow.com/" target="_blank" href="http://www.chicagonow.com/"><font color="#0000FF"><span id="yiv1792460236lw_1310507602_0" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts">www.chicagonow.com</span></font></a></em></div><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:14pt;" align="center"><span id="yiv1792460236lw_1309465154_0" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span id="yiv1792460236lw_1309903766_1" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;" id="yiv1792460236lw_1310507602_1" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;" id="yiv1792460236lw_1311342949_0" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;" id="yiv1792460236lw_1311894645_0" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;" id="yiv1792460236lw_1311927177_0" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;" id="yiv1792460236lw_1311929052_0" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;" id="yiv1792460236lw_1312139363_0" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;" id="yiv1792460236lw_1312147525_0" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;" id="yiv1792460236lw_1312404108_0" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;" id="yiv1792460236lw_1313530144_0" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;" id="yiv1792460236lw_1313979913_0" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:2px dotted #366388;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1314137728_0">773-392-0165</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;" class="yiv1792460236yshortcuts"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div><div><h2 class="yiv1792460236uiHeaderTitle">Seminar Friday August 26th On How To Apply For $5,000-$35,000 Small Business Loans From Southside Community Federal Credit Union</h2></div><div class="yiv1792460236clearfix"><div class="yiv1792460236mbs yiv1792460236uiHeaderSubTitle yiv1792460236lfloat yiv1792460236fsm yiv1792460236fwn yiv1792460236fcg"><span style="font-style:italic;">In the true spirit of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's last "Poor People's Campaign</span>" <span style="font-style:italic;">and "Operation Breadbasket" Community Economic Empowerment Campaign I am humbled and pleased to be a part of this key economic empowerment effort to use a grassroot community developed financial institution and provide $500,000 in small business development loans for small business development and local job creation</span> <span style="font-style:italic;">in poor neighborhoods</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">This community economic empowerment campaign in poor neighborhoods was the last campaign of Dr. King's "Operation Breadbasket"</span> <span style="font-style:italic;">and I remember being a part of the youth consumer clubs that taught poor communities how to use their</span> <span style="font-style:italic;">economic power to build business and jobs and so this effort is a true reflection of how to celebrate Dr. King and the "substance" of his real work and not just the usual symbolism that comes with his annual tributes. <br /><br />"Keeping a slice" of the economic bread in poor communities to sustain and increase new Black business and local jobs is the best example to pay real tribute to the last campaign of Dr. King's as well as commemorating the 90th Year Anniversary of the 1921 Race Riots of the original Black <span style="border-bottom:2px dotted #366388;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1314137728_1">Wall Street</span> District of <span style="border-bottom:2px dotted #366388;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1314137728_2">Tulsa Oklahoma</span> and an example of what the substance of a Black Wall Street movement represents today, We want to use this local example as what poor communities can do like this across the country with the economic partnerships that Dr. King promoted in his Poor People's Campaign and The Black Wall Street Movement"</span><br style="font-style:italic;" /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />Mark S. Allen</span>, <span style="font-style:italic;">Veteran Civil Rights Activist, member The <span style="border-bottom:2px dotted #366388;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1314137728_3">Monroe</span> Foundation, community organizer for The Southside Community Federal Union, and a national spokesperson for the National Black Wall Street <span style="border-bottom:2px dotted #366388;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1314137728_4">USA</span></span> (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.blackwallstreetdistrict.com/"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1314137728_5">www.blackwallstreetdistrict.com</span></a>)<br style="font-weight:bold;" /></div></div><p> </p><p style="font-weight:bold;"><font size="5">Attention Small Business Owner/Entrepreneurs !!<br /></font></p><p> </p><p>The Monroe Foundation is pleased to collaborate with the Southside Community Federal Credit Union to present a Q & A seminar on how YOU can apply for a micro-loan between $5,000-$35,000 from the Southside Community Federal Credit Union Micro-Loan Program.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>When:</p><p style="font-weight:bold;"><font size="5">Friday, August 26, 2011</font></p><p style="font-weight:bold;"><font size="5">Where:</font></p><p>Southside Community Federal Credit Union</p><p>5401 South Wentworth Avenue, Suite 25 (In the Plaza-55th Off the Dan Ryan)</p><p> </p><p>Time:</p><p>6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.</p><p>RSVP</p><p>Name:</p><p>Name of Company:</p><p>Phone:</p><p>Email:</p><p>To: <span style="border-bottom:2px dotted #366388;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1314137728_6">omonroe@themonroefoundation.org</span></p><p> </p><p>Questions? Gregg Brown, CEO, Southside Community Federal Credit Union</p><p><span style="border-bottom:2px dotted #366388;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1314137728_7">(773) 548-5533</span></p><p>Email: <span style="border-bottom:2px dotted #366388;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1314137728_8">ssfcu@sbcglobal.net</span></p><p>The Small Business Bootcamp is generously supported by Citibank.</p></div>
Illinois State Treasurer Victory !
https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/illinois-state-treasurer
2011-05-06T20:57:40.000Z
2011-05-06T20:57:40.000Z
Mark S. Allen
https://www.theblacklist.net/members/MarkSAllen
<div><p> </p><div><p><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000" id="rolx_document"><font face="Times New Roman"><strong><font size="5"><font face="Georgia">Call To Action WIN!<span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;font-size:18pt;"> </span></font></font></strong></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000"> </font></p><p></p><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;font-size:18pt;"><strong> Illinois Treasurer Rutherford Re-Adopts Citizen</strong></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;font-size:18pt;"> CRA Complaint Form!</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford has re-adopted and re-posted the Citizen CRA (<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1304710683_0" style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;">Community Reinvestment Act</span>) Complaint Form, negotiated by the Community Reinvestment Organizing Project (COP), two years along as a <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1304710683_1">bank accountability</span> process for Illinois citizens with concerns by limited or non-existent CRA activity of state depositories. <b>(SEE ATTACHED).</b><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">COP leaders became aware that the form was no longer on the website of the Illinois Treasurer's Office in February during a meeting with senior officials of the City of Chicago Treasurer's Office to discuss a similar CRA policy for municipal depositories.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">Leaders of COP met with Treasurer Rutherford and urged re-adopting the policy and commitment to hold banks that receive public deposits and investment accountable to Illinois citizens and communities struggling with the impact of foreclosure, rising fees, branch closings, and abandoned properties that taxpayers pay to maintain.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1304710683_2" style="border-bottom:medium none;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Illinois Senator Kimberly Lightford</span> arranged the meeting.<br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><strong><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1304710683_3" style="border-bottom:medium none;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Mark Allen</span>, chairman of the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1304710683_4">Community Banking</span> Coalition,</strong> a COP affiliate group, stated, "We fought too hard and long for this bank accountability policy to no longer continue as policy for the new treasurer, and now that the policy of a process for filing a compliant on legitimate grounds and concerns of reinvestment is back in place, we must begin to use it to effectively win commitments that offer hope and change for economically struggling communities, urban and rural".</span></div><div><b><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">The Community Reinvestment Organizing Project is funded by a grant from the Woods Fund of Chicago.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1304710683_5" style="border-bottom:medium none;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">Otis Chandler</span> Monroe, III</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">CEO</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">The Monroe Foundation</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.themonroefoundation.org/"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1304710683_6"><font color="#0000FF">www.themonroefoundation.org</font></span></a></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><b>(<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1304710683_7" style="border-bottom:#366388 2px dotted;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">773) 315-9720</span></b><br /></span></div></div></div>
Chicago PNC Bank Day April 30th For Low Income Families
https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/chicago-pnc-bank-day-april
2011-04-29T20:30:00.000Z
2011-04-29T20:30:00.000Z
Mark S. Allen
https://www.theblacklist.net/members/MarkSAllen
<div><p> </p><table width="600" border="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="preheaderContent" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><div><div><br /><em><strong>Tomorrow's PNC Bank Day<br />- an opportunity to open a<br />"Second Chance" Bank Account</strong></em></div></div></td><td valign="top" width="190"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="600" border="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" align="center"><table width="600" border="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="headerContent"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="center"><table width="600" border="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="bodyContent" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><div><div><div><p><br />Get A Second Chance Tomorow, Saturday, April 30<sup>th</sup> at PNC Bank<br />– <em><strong>listen</strong></em> to find out how<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://themonroefoundation.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=203f1c0a59cc7c5c1244020aa&id=86f6bb8b9a&e=0baa98edea"><br /></a><a target="_blank" href="http://themonroefoundation.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=203f1c0a59cc7c5c1244020aa&id=2a31f7f205&e=0baa98edea"><strong>"Get Your Second Chance At PNC Bank" Message</strong></a><br /><strong>_______________________________________________</strong></p></div> <br /><p><b><br />For More Information Contact:<br />Otis C. Monroe, III,</b> <b>CEO<br />The Monroe Foundation<br /><span class="skype_pnh_print_container">773.315.9720</span> <span dir="ltr" class="skype_pnh_container"><span class="skype_pnh_mark">begin_of_the_skype_highlighting</span> <span dir="ltr" title="Call this phone number in United States of America with Skype: +17733159720" class="skype_pnh_highlighting_inactive_common"><span class="skype_pnh_left_span"> </span><span title="Skype actions" class="skype_pnh_dropart_span"><span class="skype_pnh_dropart_flag_span"> </span> </span><span class="skype_pnh_textarea_span"><span class="skype_pnh_text_span">773.315.9720</span></span><span class="skype_pnh_right_span"> </span></span> <span class="skype_pnh_mark">end_of_the_skype_highlighting</span></span><br /><a target="_blank" href="mailto:omonroe@themonroefoundation.org">omonroe@themonroefoundation.org</a> </b></p><p><b>PNC</b> <b>“Bank Day Saturday” Event Seeks to Promote “Second Chance” Banking Services to 100 Low-Income</b></p><p><b>And Unbanked Families in</b> <b>Chicago</b></p><p><b><u>PNC</u></b> <b><u>“Bank Day Saturday” Slated for April 30<sup>th</sup> at</u></b> <b><u>PNC</u></b> <b><u>Bank, Southside of</u></b> <b><u>Chicago</u></b></p><p><b>A campaign launched through a collaboration between community reinvestment advocacy group, The Monroe Foundation, and leading Chicago area lender,</b> <b>PNC</b> <b>Bank, to promote financial services to low-income families and individuals who have been denied banking services or are using currency exchanges for financial transactions. The collaborative program is called</b></p><p><b> “</b><b>PNC</b> <b>Bank Day Saturdays”.</b></p><p><b>Details of the Event:</b></p><p><b> What:</b> <b>PNC</b> <b>“Bank Day Saturday”</b></p><p><b>When:</b> <b>Saturday,</b> <b>April 30, 2011</b></p><p><b>Where:</b> <b>PNC</b> <b>Bank, 7300 South Stony</b> <b>Island</b></p><p><b>Time:</b> <b>8:30a.m.</b> <b>Registration</b></p><p><b> The program provides an opportunity for low-income individuals, to come to a</b> <b>PNC</b> <b>Branch location, take a “</b><b>PNC</b> <b>Money Management Seminar”, earn a certificate and open a</b> <b>PNC</b> <b>“Second Chance” checking account on the same-day for only $25, and qualify for a $25 matching deposit grant from The</b> <b>Monroe</b> <b>Foundation.</b></p><p><b> Paul Labonne, VP and Community Reinvestment Officer for PNC Bank states: <i>“Financial literacy is no longer an option in our communities. Every one should be financially informed and be given an opportunity to reenter the financial mainstream”.</i></b></p><p><b> Otis Chandler Monroe, III,</b> <b>CEO</b> <b>of The Monroe Foundation, and lead community partner with</b> <b>PNC</b> <b>for the program, stated, “<i>This is what a forward thinking financial institution does when it’s committed to community investment……..provide low-income families and those who are struggling economically to become part of and stay a part of the financial services mainstream”</i>. “Bank Day” Saturdays will take place several times during the year at various branch locations, and is clearly a path forward to helping the unbanked gain economic security and a second chance.</b></p># # # #<br /><p><b><i>THE</i></b> <b><i>MONROE</i></b> <b><i>FOUNDATION:</i></b> The Monroe Foundation is a 20-year old not-for-profit community and enterprise development agency that facilitates community reinvestment partnerships and collaborations. The Monroe Foundation was formed in 1991 to provide technical assistance in starting community and economic development projects within low-income communities, and provide emerging groups with seed grants through the PACT Project (Partnership for Assisting Community Transformation).</p>To Find Out More About Tomorrow's Bank Day Please Visit<br /><strong> <a target="_blank" href="http://themonroefoundation.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=203f1c0a59cc7c5c1244020aa&id=b25be98068&e=0baa98edea">April 30th Money Smart Saturday At PNC</a></strong></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="center"><table width="600" border="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="footerContent" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="middle"><div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=731153153">friend on Facebook</a> | <a target="_blank" href="http://us2.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=203f1c0a59cc7c5c1244020aa&id=7e7dfef1bf&e=0baa98edea">forward to a friend</a> </div></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="350"><div><em>Copyright © 2011 The Monroe Foundation, All rights reserved.</em><br /><br />Mission Statement: The Monroe Foundation is a publicly supported not-for-profit organization that seeks to educate, link and fund community development projects benefiting Low-income communities in the State of Illinois<br /><br /><strong>Our mailing address is:</strong><br /><div class="vcard">The Monroe Foundation<div class="adr"><div class="street">1547 South Wolf Road</div><div class="extended"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.themonroefoundation.org/">www.themonroefoundation.org</a></div>Hillside, IL 60162</div><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://themonroefoundation.us2.list-manage.com/vcard?u=203f1c0a59cc7c5c1244020aa&id=3b8e7e4c46" class="hcard">Add us to your address book</a></div></div></td><td valign="top" width="190"><div><div><a target="_blank" href="http://themonroefoundation.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=203f1c0a59cc7c5c1244020aa&id=444bc25a26&e=0baa98edea"><br /></a></div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" valign="middle"><div> <a target="_blank" href="http://themonroefoundation.us2.list-manage1.com/unsubscribe?u=203f1c0a59cc7c5c1244020aa&id=3b8e7e4c46&e=0baa98edea&c=7e7dfef1bf">unsubscribe from this list</a> | <a target="_blank" href="http://themonroefoundation.us2.list-manage1.com/profile?u=203f1c0a59cc7c5c1244020aa&id=3b8e7e4c46&e=0baa98edea">update subscription preferences</a> | <a target="_blank" href="http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=203f1c0a59cc7c5c1244020aa&id=7e7dfef1bf&e=0baa98edea">view email in browser</a> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><center><table width="600" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td align="center">Sent to marksallen2800@yahoo.com: <a target="_blank" href="http://themonroefoundation.us2.list-manage1.com/unsubscribe?u=203f1c0a59cc7c5c1244020aa&id=3b8e7e4c46&e=0baa98edea&c=7e7dfef1bf">unsubscribe</a> | <a target="_blank" href="http://themonroefoundation.us2.list-manage1.com/profile?u=203f1c0a59cc7c5c1244020aa&id=3b8e7e4c46&e=0baa98edea">update profile</a> | <a target="_blank" href="http://us2.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=203f1c0a59cc7c5c1244020aa&id=7e7dfef1bf&e=0baa98edea">forward to a friend</a></td></tr></tbody></table><a target="_blank" href="http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?aid=203f1c0a59cc7c5c1244020aa&afl=1"></a><br /></center></div>
CHASE Bank Still Refuses To Meet With Community Banking Coalition Over Their Plans To Raise Fees On Poor People's Accounts
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2011-01-20T22:27:22.000Z
2011-01-20T22:27:22.000Z
Mark S. Allen
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<div><div style="border:medium none;text-align:left;background-color:transparent;color:#000000;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;"><h1 class="entry-title">CHASE Bank Still Refuses To Meet With Community Banking Coalition Over Their Plans To Raise Fees On Poor People's Accounts !</h1><div class="entry-header pkg"><div class="entry-meta"><div class="userpic pkg"><a><img alt="user-pic" src="/cgi-bin/mt/mt-static/support/assets_c/userpics/userpic-23645-100x100.png" width="24" height="24" /></a></div><span class="vcard author"><a class="fn url" href="http://www.chicagonow.com/profiles/Marksallen">Marksallen</a></span> on <abbr class="published" title="2011-01-20T15:51:18-06:00">01.20.11 at 3:51 PM</abbr> | <a class="comment" href="http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/and-the-ordinary-people-said/2011/01/chase-bank-still-refuses-to-meet-with-community-banking-coalition-over-their-plans-to-raise-fees-on-poor-peoples-accounts.html#comments">no comments</a> |</div><div class="about-the-blogger pkg"><div class="userpic-large pkg"><div class="userpic pkg"><a href="http://www.chicagonow.com/profiles/Marksallen"><img alt="user-pic" src="/cgi-bin/mt/mt-static/support/assets_c/userpics/userpic-23645-100x100.png" width="62" height="62" /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-info"><span class="vcard author"><a class="fn url" href="http://www.chicagonow.com/profiles/Marksallen">Marksallen</a></span><p class="short-bio">One of the first community organizers to work with Barack Obama in Chicago for over 20 years. 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id="yiv1030406580"><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><span id="lw_1295560227_0" class="yshortcuts">Dear Community Reinvestment Coalition Partners</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">As of this week, it has been one month since we have respectfully asked for a coalition delegation to meet with senior representatives of <span style="border-bottom:2px dotted #366388;" id="lw_1295560227_1" class="yshortcuts">JP Morgan Chase</span>, and, after some back and forth email responses, assuring us of a date, none has been offered.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">However, since our request, we have mobilized significant legislative support for our coalition advocacy efforts here in <span id="lw_1295560227_2" class="yshortcuts">Chicago</span>, and I doubt Chase will take its time responding to elected officials who will be moving on our behalf soon.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">Additionally, we are making plans to launch an aggressive alternative banking option outreach with the goal of pulling away disgruntled Chase and <span id="lw_1295560227_3" class="yshortcuts">Urban Partnership Bank customers</span> <b>AWAAAAAAAAAAAy</b> from both institution in the Bronzeville and Mid-South communities.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:18pt;"><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><span style="font-size:18pt;"><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">Join The Campaign!</span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">CITYWIDE CALL TO ACTION ON BANK TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY<br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">WHEN:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">Mondays, January 24, 2011</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">TIME:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">1p.m. to 3p.m.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">WHERE:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">Bronzeville Visitor and Information Center</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">411 East 35th Street</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">RSVP</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">Name:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">Organization:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">Email:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">Phone:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">To: <a href="/mc/compose?to=omonroe@themonroefoundation.org" target="_blank"><span id="lw_1295560227_4" class="yshortcuts">omonroe@themonroefoundation.org</span></a><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">AGENDA</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">-Update on NEW BANKING OPTION Meeting W/Elected Officials</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">-UPDATE on Upcoming <span id="lw_1295560227_5" class="yshortcuts">Chicago City Council Hearing</span> on Bank Fees, Branch Closings, and Municipal CRA Ordinance</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">CONTACT PERSON:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">Otis Monroe</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">The Monroe Foundation</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><span style="border-bottom:2px dotted #366388;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;" id="lw_1295560227_6" class="yshortcuts">(773) 315-9720</span><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="entry-footer pkg"><p>Tagged <a href="http://www.chicagonow.com/tags/Chase+Bank">Chase Bank</a>, <a href="http://www.chicagonow.com/tags/Monroe+Foundation">Monroe Foundation</a></p></div><br /><br />Read more: <a style="color:#003399;" href="http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/and-the-ordinary-people-said/2011/01/chase-bank-still-refuses-to-meet-with-community-banking-coalition-over-their-plans-to-raise-fees-on-poor-peoples-accounts.html#ixzz1BcIWlTE0">http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/and-the-ordinary-people-said/2011/01/chase-bank-still-refuses-to-meet-with-community-banking-coalition-over-their-plans-to-raise-fees-on-poor-peoples-accounts.html#ixzz1BcIWlTE0</a></div></div>
PNC Bank Sponsorship Allows "Every Day Women" To Attend "Take Back Your Life" Event
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2010-11-01T16:52:13.000Z
2010-11-01T16:52:13.000Z
Mark S. Allen
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<div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1288629445_0">PNC Bank Sponsorship</span> Allows "Every Day Women" To Attend</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">"Take Back Your Life" Event<br /><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;" class="yshortcuts">PNC Bank Sponsorship</span> Allows "Every Day Women" To Attend</span></b><div><b><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">"Take Back Your Life" Event</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><span style="border-bottom:2px dotted rgb(54,99,136);" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1288629445_1">PNC Bank</span> provided the Monroe Foundation with tickets to distribute to low-income"everyday" women to attend WVON's "Take Back Your Life" event, held onSaturday, October 30th in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1288629445_2">Tinley Park</span>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">What makes this important is that the event, priced at $ 60 per person, andwas focused on issues of empowerment for women, are being held often toengage women in workshops, seminars and promote images of empowerment,but seldom provides pricing or offers sponsorships that "empowers"everyday women, particularly African-American women with limitedfinancial resources, to actually attend.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1288629445_3">PNC Bank market</span> leaders Paul Labonne, vice president and <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1288629445_4">Community Reinvestment Officer</span>, and Gloria Gayle, branch manger for PNC Bank, 87th & Cottage Grove,are to be commended for providing the Monroe Foundation with ticketsto distribute to low-income women involved in the Monroe Foundation'sP.A.C.T Project (Partnership Assisting Community Transformation).</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">Please consider learning more about the community involvement and leadership role in urban <span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1288629445_5">Chicago</span> of PNC Bank by contacting:</span></div><div><b><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">Paul A. Labonne</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">Vice President & Community Reinvestment Officer-Community Involvement<br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><span style="border-bottom:2px dotted rgb(54,99,136);background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1288629445_6">(312) 338-2209</span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><a target="_blank" href="mailto:paul.labonne@pnc.com"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1288629445_7">paul.labonne@pnc.com</span></a></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">Gloria Galye</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1288629445_8">Vice President & Branch</span> Manager</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;">PNC Bank\87th & Cottage Grove</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family:georgia, palatino;"><a target="_blank" href="mailto:gloria.gayle@pnc.com"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1288629445_9">gloria.gayle@pnc.com</span></a></span></b></div><br />..<br /></div></div>
AfriCan
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2010-09-30T04:06:49.000Z
2010-09-30T04:06:49.000Z
Raynard Jackson
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<div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri">September 30, 2010</font></font></font></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><b><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Raynard Jackson</font></font></font></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#000000;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">During the past two weeks I have been asked to be involved in two projects relating to Africa. While dealing with Africa can sometimes be very frustrating, after the past two weeks, I am very high on the future of Africa.</font></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="color:#000000;">Last month I was asked to help put together the first ever Seychelles Investment Forum in New York. The event was held last week and was a great success. The Seychelles is off the east coast of Africa, surrounded by the Indian Ocean</span> <span style="color:#FF0000;">(<a href="http://www.seychellesembassy.com/">www.seychellesembassy.com</a></span><span style="color:#000000;">).</span></font></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="color:#000000;">After the Seychelles event, I then had the opportunity to participate on a panel during the African Policy Forum, hosted by the Leon H. Sullivan Foundation in Atlanta, GA (</span><span style="color:#FF0000;"><a href="http://www.thesullivanfoundation.org/"><font color="#800080">www.thesullivanfoundation.org</font></a></span><span style="color:#000000;">).</span></font></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#000000;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">I have been flying back and forth to the continent for many years, but this immersion in all things Africa has restored my optimism in the future of the continent.</font></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#000000;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">The Seychelles event was an opportunity for American businessmen and media professionals to become acquainted with investment possibilities and to learn more about this quiet, tropical paradise.</font></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#000000;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">The delegation was led by the vice president of the Seychelles, the Honorable Danny Faure. He is simultaneously serving as the minister of finance. Relatively young, he has lots of experience within government. He is extremely personable and has the charm of Bill Clinton. I see him being a “fix-it” man throughout the continent in the future. Remember his name. You will hear it many times in the future.</font></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#000000;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Other members of the delegation included ministers Peter Sinon (Investments, Natural Resources and Industry), Jean-Paul Adam (Foreign Affairs), and their permanent representative to the United Nations & ambassador to the U.S., the honorable Ronny Jumeau.</font></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#000000;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Mr. Sinon is a former executive director for the African Development Bank. He is a great strategic thinker and has an enviable rolodex of friends that spans the globe. I hope his president, James Michel, takes full advantage of Mr. Sinon’s great mind and rolodex. I am a political animal at heart, thus had a great time talking global politics with Mr. Adam. He reminds me greatly of our former secretary of state, James A. Baker. He has worked within various levels of the government and is a close personal advisor to the president. Mr. Jumeau is the well seasoned statesman that is very comfortable with change and has the uncanny ability to bridge the gap between the old and the young. He definitely has the skill set to be a great diplomat.</font></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#000000;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Gregory Simpkins (vice president of the Leon H. Sullivan Foundation and one of the foremost experts on Africa in the entire U.S.) asked me to participate on a panel called “The Media’s Africa May Not Be Your Africa: Exploring Fact and Fiction.” This was part of the Sullivan Foundation’s Africa Policy Forum in Atlanta, GA.</font></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="color:#000000;">The goal of the foundation is to “</span><span lang="en" xml:lang="en"><font color="#000000">bring the corporate and governmental communities together for the economic benefit of all, and invite businesses and individuals to create partnerships with Africa with our ultimate goal being a peaceful, prosperous, and powerful Africa.”</font></span></font></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en" xml:lang="en"><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">The foundation is led by Ms. Hope Sullivan Masters (daughter of the great Leon Sullivan). She has taken the organization from a dream to reality. She put together one of the most substantive programs on Africa I have ever been a part of.</font></font></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en" xml:lang="en"><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">As I indicated on the panel, African leaders should not expect the American media to accurately portray the totality of all the continent has to offer. Typically the media only show stories that deal with famine, war, or poverty. They never show the great education system of Botswana, the middle class wealth of Nigeria, or the modernity of Ethiopia.</font></font></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en" xml:lang="en"><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">But, I also faulted African heads of state for not building relations with Black media in the U.S. How many African leaders have ever been interviewed by Black newspaper owners, magazines, or blogs? </font></font></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en" xml:lang="en"><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">To my amazement, even former U.N. ambassador Andy Young and former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo agreed with my assessment. </font></font></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en" xml:lang="en"><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">President Obasanjo, now an elder statesman, is a travelling trouble shooter throughout the continent. He is called on by world bodies to mediate various conflicts on behalf of the U.N., the African Union, etc. </font></font></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en" xml:lang="en"><font color="#000000"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">I had the opportunity to spend some private time with him in his suite this past weekend. He is a remarkable, walking history of Africa. I hope my good friend Isaiah Washington (former star of Grey’s Anatomy) will one day do a film on the life of president Obasanjo. </font></font></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="color:#000000;">I have known Isaiah a few years now and can visibly see the transformation that he has undergone since he began his travels back and forth to the continent. He served as honorary chairman of the African Policy Forum. You can see and feel the spirit of our ancestors speaking through him when he talks about Africa. One of my favorite scriptures from the Bible came to mind when I was listening to him. Ironically enough, it is Isaiah 61:1-2: <b><i>“</i></b></span><b><i><span style="color:#001320;">The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our Got; to comfort all that mourn.”</span></i></b></font></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#000000;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Expect Isaiah to be one of the leading voices on Africa during the next generation.</font></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#000000;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">With young leaders being groomed for the future in the Seychelles; with elder statesmen like President Obasanjo imparting his wisdom to the next generation; and voices like Isaiah Washington conjuring up spirits from our ancestors, you should understand why it is up to all of us to put the can in AfriCan!</font></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"></p><i><span style="font-family:Calibri, 'sans-serif';color:#0000FF;font-size:10pt;">Raynard Jackson is president & CEO of Raynard Jackson & Associates, LLC., a D.C.-public relations/government affairs firm. He is also a contributing editor for ExcellStyle Magazine (</span></i><span style="font-family:Calibri, 'sans-serif';font-size:11pt;"><a href="http://www.excellstyle.com/"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;">www.excellstyle.com</span></i></a></span><i><span style="font-family:Calibri, 'sans-serif';color:#0000FF;font-size:10pt;">) & U.S. Africa Magazine (<a href="http://www.usafricaonline.com">www.usafricaonline.com</a>). </span></i></div>