For a More Perfect Union Campaign Neighborhood - CFNBA and Milwaukee Professionals Association/MPA salute Our Soldiers, Our Veterans! ---- Americans Low Income and High Unemployment Neighborhoods require an Economic Stimulus with Best Practice Accountability FinancialStability.gov On March 23, Treasury – in conjunction with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Federal Reserve – announced the PPIP as part of its efforts to repair balance sheets throughout our financial system and ensure that credit is available to the households and businesses, large and small, that will help drive us toward recovery. In order to ensure broad based participation in the program, Treasury will encourage small, veteran, minority- and women-owned businesses to partner with private asset managers. Treasury Department Provides Updated Guidance on Legacy Securities Public-Private Investment Program Financial Stability Plan About the Bank Bailouts

President Obama has picked federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor to be his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court. Obama called Sotomayor “an inspiring woman.” She would be the first Hispanic high court justice if confirmed. “I gratefully appreciate the honor you have given me,” Sotomayor said. ”Way to Go Mr. President” Track Stimulus Funding Welcome to Recovery.gov Recovery.gov is a website that lets you, the taxpayer, figure out where the money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is going. Department of Commerce Inspector General Issues Recovery Act Flash Report on the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program. The projects will support the President’s vision for a clean energy future, create jobs, and reinvest in our public buildings. Recovery Plans are now available Federal Agencies that have received Recovery Act funds have submitted overall plans detailing how the funds will be applied and managed. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) Your Money At Work

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Week of: June 22 - June 29, 2009 We love you Yvette, Charles Jr, Ruthie, UJames, ASadie, Marcus! Creating a Better Neighborhood For All to live, grow a family, work, do business, respect the environment and respect each other. From: * Campaign Neighborhood - CFNBA * MPA/Milwaukee Professionals Association

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Federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor is the first pick by President Obama to fill a seat on the Supreme Court.

If she is confirmed. She will be the first Latino and the 3rd female on the Supreme Court.

President Obama Introduction of Federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor

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(CNN) — Judge Sonia Sotomayor grew up in modest circumstances and faced adversity from an early age, but she says she considers her life to be “immeasurably rich.”
Sonia Sotomayor says the nomination is the “most humbling honor “ of her life.

Sonia Sotomayor says the nomination is the “most humbling honor “ of her life.

Sotomayor was raised by a single mom in a public housing project in the South Bronx, not too far from the stadium of her favorite team — the New York Yankees.

Her father passed away when Sotomayor was just 9, the year after she was diagnosed with diabetes. Her mother, whom Sotomayor describes as her biggest inspiration, worked six days a week to care for her and her younger brother, and instilled in them the value of an education.

Sotomayor later graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University and went on to attend Yale law school.

In her three-decade career, she has worked at nearly every level of the judicial system, and on Tuesday she became President Obama’s pick to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the Supreme Court.

The 54-year-old judge, born in the Bronx, is of Puerto Rican descent. If confirmed, she would become the first Hispanic to serve on the high court. She would also be the third female named to the Supreme Court, and the second on the current court.

Sotomayor is touted by supporters as a justice with bipartisan favor and historic appeal.

She is a judge on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The liberal-leaning justice was named a district judge by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 and was elevated to her current seat by President Clinton.
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• Obama picks Sotomayor for Supreme Court
• Toobin: Sotomayor will be voice for moderate liberalism

Supporters say that appointment history, along with what they describe as her moderate-liberal views, will give her some bipartisan backing in the Senate.

Robyn Kar, who clerked for Sotomayor from 1998 to 1999, described her as a “warm, extraordinarily kind and caring person.”

“She has an amazing story, but she’s also just an amazing person,” he said, adding that she has a knack for getting to know those around her. “She was the judge who, in the courthouse for example, knew all of the doormen, knew the cafeteria workers, who knew the janitors — she didn’t just know all of the other judges and the politicians. She really went out of her way to get to know everyone and was well loved by everyone.”

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Lisa Binder

Local protester - JSOnLine

ASSOCIATED BANK Failed Milwaukeeans of the Concentrated Poverty neighborhoods but Johnny-on-the-spot with $1.65 Million to Lisa Binder, President/COO.

by
Mary Glass -Milwaukeean

Back in April, 2009, Milwaukee Professionals Association sought the wisdom, goodwill and follow-thru per the U.S. Treasury Sustainability Plan by asking Lisa Binder, President and Chief Operating Officer and Paul Beideman, Chairman & CEO to participate on the panel with Federal Reserve Heavy Hitter speaker Collete Fried, to provide seats for neighborhood level businesses to attend the Stimulus Summit to help with the viability of the businesses and to help with the high unemployment in the Concentrated Poverty neighborhoods in Milwaukee.

Both Beideman and Binder could not find time to even respond in a courtesy response.

In fact, the public relations person in Milwaukee appeared to be too busy and only responded when my office continued to contact Binder and Beideman. At which time, they called upon a local African American attorney to provide recommendations. The end results was that Beideman and Binder refused to attend and refused to assist the neighborhood level business owners to attend the summit on April 20, 2009.

U.S. Treasury
I know that they did not want the U.S. Treasury to treat them like they did my office Invitation. According to Appendix I - U.S. Treasury Department Office of Financial Stability - TARP, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Transaction Report for Period Ending December 31, 2008, Associated Bank received $525,000,000. Perhaps this is where Binder is getting her hefty pay-off of $1.65 MIllion - $137,500 per month, with an ending payment of $275,000 on March 15, 2010.

Milwaukeeans have been in chronic/Concentrated Poverty in un-employment and under employment with NO BAILOUT or PAY-OFF of any consequence, yet Associated Bank shows such arrogance.

We will add this to our first Open Letter to Federal Chairman Ben Benanke, Tim Geitner, U.S. Treasury and the Twitter public at-large.

We feel that we must also raise the tempo by adding the activities seen by the above protester (Carl Rove - Milwaukee Athletic Club), media scrutiny and public and private outcry to see that those at these various banks such as Associated get the message - They have a responsibility to do their part to provide a “Stimulus2Recovery” for the neighborhood businesses and employable population.

They are showing that they are “Undeserving” of TARP funding of $525,000,000 dollars. Yes. Five hundred twenty-five MILLION dollars.

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DIAMONDS in the Rough Initiative

The 14 DIAMONDS in the Rough and Cultural Competency “service” groups are:

• Auto Repair & Car Technology
• Barber - Cosmetology
• Child Care Provider
• Culinary Arts – Baker/Cook/Chef/Catering
• Food Services - Grocer/Grower/Supermarket1
• Graphic Arts - Office Automation/Informatics
• Health Care Provider
• Hospitality – Bartending/Housekeeping/Waitron2
• Mortuary Science
• Public Security - Security Guard
• Restaurateur & Tavern Owners
• Service Stations - Filling Station & Convenient Store
• Teller
• Weatherization

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The DIAMONDS in the Rough Initiative seeks to:

(1). provide a hands-on “corporate consortium” relationship with banks and neighborhood corporate businesses for leadership, especially the banks participating in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - Capital Purchase Program.

(2). standardize and corporatize the 14 “vetted” neighborhood level service industries.

(3). deploy all resources appropriate from both federal, state and local government for Recovery of Concentrated Poverty neighborhoods.

(4). provide a recognized and documented “bullish” market economy to impact Concentrated Poverty sited in the 2008 Federal Reserve and Brookings Institution report about Milwaukee.

(5). provide connection to the national economy for image change, standardization, corportizing and rightful place in the economy.

(6). connect neighborhood businesses with skilled talent groups.

(7). provide “under-“ and “un-employed” citizenry with options in-their-neighborhood.

(8). eliminate the “spatial mismatch” mentioned in the 2008 report by the Federal Reserve and Brookings Institutions.

(9). lay the foundation for literacy and access for each business’s connectivity to the world wide web.

(10). roll out the professional network that represents the industries welfare as a majority entity.

The General Services Administration will spend $5.55 Billion on over 250 construction projects in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and two U.S. territories. The projects will support the President’s vision for a clean energy future, create jobs, and reinvest in our public buildings.

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To help middle-class families get back on their feet and restore some fairness to the tax code, President Obama in February signed one of his signature issues into law – the Making Work Pay tax credit. As a result, families across the country are seeing more money in their paychecks.

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On Tuesday, March 3, 2009, President Obama and Transportation Secretary LaHood announced the release of $27 billion in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to help states create a 21st century infrastructure. Learn more about where your taxpayer dollars are going.

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On Friday, March 6, 2009, President Obama and Attorney General Holder announced the allocation of $2 billion in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to control crime and improve the criminal justice system.
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TRACKING STIMULUS FUNDING IN WISCONSIN

TRACKING WISCONSIN STIMULUS FUNDING

Transportation: $529,111,915
President Obama and Transportation Secretary LaHood have announced that $27 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds are headed to states to provide critical repairs to our nation’s crumbling roads and bridges.

Parts of the allocation are set aside to make sure that urban, suburban, and rural areas alike all get a share. But since local leaders — mayors and governors — know their communities best, much of the money is left to states’ discretion. And if states don’t use it, they lose it. To make sure that funds go out quickly to give our economy the jolt it needs, states have 120 days to assign the funds to specific projects.

Byrne/JAG: $29,303,206
The JAG Program allows states and local governments to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime and improve the criminal justice system. Those activities include:

• Law enforcement programs.
• Prosecution and court programs.

* Prevention and education programs.
* Corrections and community corrections programs.
* Drug treatment and enforcement programs.
*Planning, evaluation, and technology improvement programs.
*Crime victim and witness programs (other than compensation).

We are specifically interested in the items above in green.

Details of Urban Area Distribution (Population over 200 K) for Wisconsin
Urban Area — Amount ($ Millions)

Madison - $9.75

Milwaukee - $38.74

Round Lake Beach—McHenry—Grayslake - $0.59

Total: $49.07 Million

Your Money At Work

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Partnering is our way of outreach, sharing of information, transparency, accountability, inclusiveness, consensus and GROWTH.

Our Partnership FOCAL points include:
• apprenticeship enhancement
• business industry guidelines and decision making
• career advancement
• corporate Imaging
• DIAMONDS in the Rough Initiative
• education attainment
• environmental GREEN
• gainful employment
• government empowerment in policies and resource development
• improve image
• industry standards of customer care and best practices
• licensure and certification requirements
• second language - Conversational focus
• SERVICE INDUSTRY BUSINESSES (11)
• Smart Growth Signature Plan (2005–2010)
• technology and communications connectivity

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The Honorable Ruben Anthony Jr., Deputy Secretary
WI Department of Transportation

Well-respected in the Milwaukee and Southeastern Wisconsin area for his leadership in the inclusion of diversity businesses in the Marquette Interchange Project.

Mr. Anthony Jr. is the chief operating officer for a state agency with over 3,300 employees, dozens of field offices and a $3 billion annual budget.

On February 11 2009, Deputy Secretary Anthony attended the 50-member Transportation Stimulus Summit in Washington, DC hosted by U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Ray La Hood.

The agenda: To prepare for spending billions in transportation funding that’s expected to be included in the public works stimulus package.

Mr. Anthony Jr. plays an active role in supporting Governor Jim Doyle’s efforts to revitalize the Milwaukee central city.

February 11, 2009 - Secretary LaHood Summit

• Deputy Secretary Ruben Anthony Jr. - L-R, 3rd person

Wisconsin Department of Transportation

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Economic Recovery - Organizing America

MPA-Milwaukee Professionals Association has taken serious President Obama’s request for each American to join in the Call to Service.

As part of the Organizing for America campaign, MPA has included “CALL TO SERVICE” to the Stimulus-2-Recovery Plan of MPA.

MPA Outreach for “Partnering” requires volunteerism from the universe of stakeholders; from the banking boardrooms to the high school classrooms, the works of Stimulus-2-Recovery is an infrastructural plan.

Digital Divide - Technology
Due to the huge “digital divide” for large urban and rural neighborhoods, we are focusing on what is needed to what is desired by stakeholders of Southeastern Wisconsin - 13 counties for high-speed connections.

We seek Twitter to public sites for stakeholders use to communicate from room-to-room to across the globe.

Exploring opportunities in the stimulus package, our work with social networks, FreePress and connectivity with the FCC are three ways we are exploring for recommendations for closing the digital divide in Southeastern Wisconsin.

Telephone and cable outlets are not providing access.
Elected officials are not providing access yet, they have put all communications online, discontinued “print”. How are we to have an educated workforce and competitive business environment at the neighborhood level?

Five Days on the Digital Dirt Road
listen to what rural stakeholders are saying about “dial-up” vs “high-speed”.
Click here

Take a look at Internet for Everyone

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Federal Focus

There are five (5) federal agencies and the Federal Communications Commission that we will work to create dialog, direct actions and “accountability” at the neighborhood level for REAL RECOVERY and transparency for neighborhood service industries. They are:

Attorney General Eric Holder

• U.S. Department of Justice

Secretary Gary Locke

• U.S. Department of Commerce

Secretary Arne Duncan

• U.S. Department of Education

Secretary Shaun Donovan

• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Secretary Hilda Solis

• U.S. Department of Labor

Secretary Ray LaHood

• U.S. Department of Transportation

Secretary Tom Vilsack

• U.S. Department of Agriculture

Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski

Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, Commissioner Michael Copps, Commissioner Robert McDowell

• FCC Commissioners

Chairman Earl E. Devaney
Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board

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National CALL TO SERVICE by Mary Glass

Roles & Responsibilities rather the lack of specific roles and responsibilities tied to regular monitoring and accountability, has allowed city, county, state and national elected, appointed and hired staff of Wisconsin to fail its citizenry.

The roles, responsibilities, monitoring and accountability is also “glaringly” lacking on the stakeholders side.

Accountability of our tax dollars, entitlements, and justice for ALL is a “daily” job for the stakeholders. We help our elected, appointed and hired officials do their job, take their job more seriously; and yield customer care through BEST practices.

When we fail to learn about, create, update and exercise our rights and privileges, we get what we are getting:

- AN EROSION OF BASIC VALUES
- ARBITRARY and CAPRICIOUS DECISION MAKING
- ARROGANCE
- BAIL-OUTS
- BRUTALITY
- CRONYISM
- DISCRIMINATION
- DISREGARD FOR RULES and LAWS
- DISRESPECT
- DYNASTIES OF CORRUPTION
- FAVORITISM
- GREED
- HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
- INFLATED BUDGETS
- LACK OF DUE PROCESS
- LAWYERS RULING THE ROOST
- LOBBYIST MAKING DECISIONS FOR THE PEOPLE
- MISUSE OF OFFICE
- OVER-POPULATED PRISONS USED FOR “ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT”
- OVER-PAID ADMINISTRATORS, SUPERVISORS AND STAFF
- PITTING ONE GROUP AGAINST ANOTHER
- POPULATIONS w/GENERATIONS OF ILLITERACY
- PORKY PORK
- POVERTY
- SELLING GOVERNMENT ENTITLEMENTS
and yes, CRIME.

President-elect Barack Obama has issued a CALL TO SERVICE challenge.

He has hit-the-pavement with bold leadership, high speed strategic planning, BILLION dollar agendas, and bringing “willing” minds together for a NEW paradigm shift and public works stimulus program for the nation.

Candidate Obama talked on the campaign trail about the need to revamp the nation’s regulatory structure, especially in housing and finance, areas in which lapses contributed to the current economic crisis.

He has selected Cass R. Sunstein,the administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. This post is in charge of government regulation. Hilda Solis, has been tapped for lead position at the Department of Labor.

Additionally, he has created a NEW position, Chief Performance Officer. This position is held by Nancy Killefer.

If he can take on 2 or more wars, a country in shame, a country feared and hated, a country with it economy in shambles, a country with its historic car industry one step from bankruptcy, and the stench of greed and mismanagement out-of-control, he has my office assistance on the local level of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

My office will work religiously on what I see can and should be done “infrastructurally” and “systemically” to make the City of Milwaukee and Southeastern Wisconsin a better place for ALL to live, be educated, work, worship, grow families and build businesses.

We would like to hear about your examples of conduct unbecoming the person or organization listed, other incidents by office holder. We welcome leads.

The pages will share Open letters, Exposé, reports, letters of Requests, blogs and direct contact regarding requested public information, transparency, misuse of office, lack of due process, lack of customer care, violation of Mission and lack of best practices.

We feel this is part of our National Call to Service.

I’ll be back.
Mary Glass - Milwaukeean

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MPA

MILWAUKEE PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION

MPA-Milwaukee Professionals Association is a Milwaukee-based Consortium with regional focus on Southeastern Wisconsin.||

It is designed to empower Cultural Competency businesses and Apprenticeship Training/Education at the neighborhood level for economic stimulus in all neighborhoods, with a special focus on low income and poverty based areas.

DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH - DNR CULTURAL COMPETENCY - CC Stimulus Initiative This initiative focuses on empowerment of neighborhood businesses and enhancement of skilled talent pools vetted by the neighborhood through pay-for-service. 10 Service Industries selected.

The DIAMONDS in the Rough Initiative is an outgrowth of Campaign Neighborhood -CFNBA 5-Year Signature Plan (2005–2010) to link businesses.

The process calls for selecting neighborhood-level businesses in low income and urban neighborhoods for GROWTH empowerment, enhancement and stimulating the economic base of the neighborhoods.

The selected businesses require a license to operate, usually through the State of Wisconsin Regulations and License agency.

$STIMULUS SUMMIT

The College Bank will commence the 2nd quarter of 2009.

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EDUCATION ATTAINMENT - MPS/Milwaukee Public Schools Academic-Focus - Parents and Students, Technical Colleges and UW-M System are state-supported systems that are The Bedrock

Campaign Neighborhood - CFNBA will continue to review, research, evaluate and report on the the following:

• 1. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - Starting with University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
• 2. WISCONSIN TECHNICAL SCHOOLS - Gateway Technical, Milwaukee Area Technical and Waukesha County Technical Colleges.
• 3. MPS DIFI/SIFI - PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT 2008/09, - Thirty-two Schools AND PROJECT LEAD THE WAY‘ - 17 schools’‘

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CN-CFNBA No Child Left Behind Table Top Meeting
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
UW-M Union, 2200 W. Kenwood
6:00pm - 8:00pm

For List of Schools, go to:
32 Schools

• No Child Left Behind

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CN-CFNBA is a FreePress supporter and Media Reformer

The 2009 Stimulus Summit, April 20–21, 2009, will include a Communication component.

Click here for Freepress
Click here for “Article on Freepress Hearing in Milwaukee & Mary Glass - Panelist, September 6, 2006 - Common Dreams.org

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Aids Awareness Ribbon

Hear how America outrank Africa in Aids Epidemic.
CNN Report

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Today Aids is a major health problem in Milwaukee and the USA for African Americans.

CN-CFNBA will run a series on information for AWARENESS.
We have added in partnership the Black Health Coalition and Milwaukee Health Department for starters, to help ensure that sex without condones is not an option and awareness for aids through use of needles.

We need you to share! Tell a Friend. Tell the Family. Be sure you are embracing and practicing the safe methods.

For more information, go to:
Black Aids Institute

AND
ESSENCE Magazine

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BOOK & ARTICLE REVIEW

Below are four (4) books for your review and perhaps adding to your “personal library”. They are at your local library and book stores.

Author Daniel Pink talks about the job market, career advice, trends of the world of work.

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Daniel Pink
Daniel H. Pink is an American writer. He is the author of the New York Times best-seller A Whole New Mind, Free Agent Nation, and the first American business book in manga, The Adventures of Johnny Bunko. He also wrote, A Whole New Mind: Moving From Technology.

Pink worked previously as Vice President Al Gore’s chief speechwriter from 1995–97, and before that as an aide to Secretary of Labor Robert Reich.[1]

Daniel Pink received a BA from Northwestern University and a JD from Yale Law School.

For more info, click on:
Book Review

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2008 CN-CFNBA SNAPSHOTS

CN-CFNBA SNAPSHOTS

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KEY FOCAL POINT: INFORMATICS

CN-CFNBA/Campaign Neighborhood - CFNBA looks at information processing/computer technology as core and basic for education attainment, gainful employment, skilled talent pools, communication, GROWTH and sustainability.

Therefore, we have adopted INFORMATICS as one of the key skill sets we promote in the College Bank debate and DIAMONDS in the Rough Initiative with 10 Service Industries.

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For more Info about MPA

• “inclusiveness”
• “neighborhood level decision making”
• “neighborhood empowerment”
• “FOR-PROFIT neighborhood level service industries”
• “BOOM Stimulus”
• “Bottom Up Approach”
• “DIAMONDS in the Rough Initiative”

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We support the following organizations and campaigns:

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Bond-Walker