[Marxism] Fw: [LAAMN] Black Churches Take Lead in Demanding Jobs- "United Job Creation Initiative"

["John A Imani" <johnaimani2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: John A Imani 
To: LAAMN 
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 5:57 PM
Subject: [LAAMN] Black Churches Take Lead in Demanding Jobs- "United Job 
Creation Initiative"


Black Churches Take Lead in Demanding Jobs

 

"An unprecedented leadership alliance of Los Angeles 'mega churches'" is the 
self-description of "leaders representing their many thousands of members" from 

 

            City of Refuge Ministries

            First AME

            Second AME

            West Los Angeles Church of God in Christ

            Clarence E McClendon Ministries 

            Baptist Ministers Conference of LA & Southern California

            LA Metropolitan Churches
 
               

 

Representatives of these churches and other community organizations held a 
press conference today, June 20th, in front of LA City Hall "to make a public 
request of elected officials and employers to put our people to work."  Bishop 
Noble Jones of City of Refuge stated, "We must have viable employment and 
livable wages to effectively dismantle the 
'cradle-to-prison-to-early-death-pipeline.'"  The solution put forward by this 
group is "The United Job Creation Initiative", a resolution seeking to mandate 
that a percentage of public and private construction jobs within the areas of 
its jurisdiction will be set aside for local residents.  Especially to be 
targeted for training into these jobs are residents who are classified as 
'At-risk'.  These are those who:

 

1) did not complete high school 

2) history of substance abuse 

3) household income below median 

4) homeless 

5) welfare recipient 

6) history of involvement with the justice system 

7) ex-gang affiliated 

8) chronically unemployed

 

The alliance issued a call to "Faith based organizations and other community 
service, civic and labor organizations' to join this development program.  They 
are seeking to gather 100,000 signatories to the petitions by August 31st.  
Those interested may call 

 

            Tony Massengale             626-485-3612 

            

            Rick Stoff                       310-392-4117 X 322

 

 (Note the petition will be sent in a separate e-mail if requested by the 
reader of this post.)








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