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May Power Breakfast and other News of Import
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APRIL 20, 2020
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Greetings!
Please see the following notice for the next Coalition Power Breakfast to be held, virtually, on Saturday, May 2, 2020 at our regularly scheduled time for the Breakfast Program.
During these deadly challenging times, there are activities and events we all would like to count on, things that are a part of our lives pre-pandemic; we want the COAL Power Breakfasts to be one of those for you - sharing knowledge, generating substantive conversation, facilitating networking and fellowship, working with you to identify actions toward improving the lives of black folk and, importantly, speaking truth, "
straight, no chaser
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lease join us for the May Breakfast, featuring the recognized Healthcare thought-leader, expert administrator and practitioner, Dr. Terry Mason. We expect an informative and engaging experience for all.
And please see included articles of import, as well as the TED video.
Respectfully,
COAL Board of Directors
"The time to work seriously and collectively, to improve the state of our Community, is upon us..."
Let's Get to Work
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The upcoming
Coalition (Virtual) Power Breakfast
is scheduled for
Saturday, May 2, 2020
Join / Reception 9:00am, Program 9:30am
ZOOM Master: Randolph Carnegie
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As we deal with the Covid-19 Pandemic, it is important that we engage with experts we've come to trust to provide information relevant to our community and with our community's best interests in mind.
To this end,
COAL is honored to host a conversation with Dr. Terry Mason at our first Coalition Power Breakfast, via ZOOM, on May 2nd. - Please
RSVP if you plan to join us. -
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ZOOM Assistance:
As a first step in preparing for the Breakfast, here are introductory videos on ZOOM meetings to review at your leisure:
-How to Join a Zoom meeting – Short vide
-Joining a Zoom meeting for the first time – 8:15 minutes in duration
How to use Zoom on a mobile device – 10:45 minutes in duration
The next notice will include information on a test session established for you to try out ZOOM a few days before the Breakfast, along with specific instructions for joining COAL and Dr. Mason on May 2, 2020.
Please remember to RSVP your plans to join the ZOOM Breakfast by replying to this notice or emailing publicpolicy@coalchicago.com.
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COAL strongly urges its members and community-of-interest to support our black owned businesses and self-employed professionals and tradesmen, throughout these deadly challenging times. As always, any adverse impact on our economy, disproportionately impacts our black-owned businesses. - We know this. -
Therefor, let's all step up and find safe ways to spend our dollars supporting black-owned businesses.
BTW - let's not forget that many across our community perform various odd jobs as their only source of income. Please keep these hard hit entrepreneurs in mind.
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Information provided by Daryl Newell, Kevin Truitt, and the
COAL Jobs and Economic Development Committee
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Self-Employed And Need A PPP Loan? The SBA Just Issued New Guidance For You
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Submitted by Cecile Johnson. M.A.
Hello Clients and Community
Please apply at your current bank but …
If you are a current 5/3rd customer I can input your request. Please complete the attached application and provide your payroll information.
Then reply back to me with the following and a direct cell phone number. I will need about 15 minutes and everything listed below. We might make an appointment but if I do not answer just text me. 312-757-0098.
ITEMS NEEDED:
Payroll Information, with breakdown of payroll benefits (vacation, allowance for dismissal, group healthcare benefits, retirement benefits, etc.)
Most recent Mortgage Statement or Rent Statement (Lease)
Most recent Utility Bills (Electric, Gas, Telephone, Internet, Water, etc.)
I need everything in one email and bare with me. This may take a moment to complete.
Thank you, Karl Riley II
VP | Small Business Community Lender II – Business Banking RM
Fifth Third Bank | 1420 East 53rd St G15631 Chicago, IL 60649
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Most important
Links
regarding the Payroll Protection Program.
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Fed Actions, Community Development, and Covid-19 Research
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Keeping Your Business Going Through Covid-19
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Submitted by Sylvia Jones
City schedules community webinar on plans for former Michael Reese hospital site
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The Department of Planning and Development (DPD) will host a community webinar next month to review updated plans from the GRIT development team for the former Michael Reese Hospital site on Chicago's Near South Side.
The webinar will take place at 6 p.m. on Monday, May 4.
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Read Notice
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Submitted by Revin Fellows / Cecile Johnson
Food for Seniors in Need, Who are
Quarantined
due to Covid-19
From The Midwest Food Bank / Salvation Army:
Seniors,
call 311 or 312-744-5000 or 312-744-4106 and ask for Senior Box. The city will deliver a large box of food for 7 days, including a bag with 6 frozen foods. to your home. You must provide your Name, Address, Phone number, and they will give you a confirmation number. You will receive a call before they come.
You must live in Chicago.
Please share.
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Effort to get masks to black communities on West Side starts at hair salon
People can swing by Creative Salon in the Lawndale neighborhood to pick up a mask or call to request free delivery.
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A group in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side wants people in the black community to wear face masks and is helping out by trying to provide them to whomever is in need.
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Read Article
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Is Our Government For Us or Against Us?
In April 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. told a group of striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee: “We’ve got to give ourselves to this struggle until the end. Nothing would be more tragic than to stop at this point in Memphis. We’ve got to see it through.” King believed that the struggle in Memphis exposed the need for economic equality and social justice that he hoped his Poor People’s Campaign would highlight nationally. Today, we have to reignite the Poor People's Campaign and come together to defeat attacks on the heart and soul of America's families.
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Hello 3rd Dist. Neighbors,
I am pleased to share that
Provident Hospital's Emergency Department will be reopening Monday, April 20 at 7:00am.
Thank you to the team at Provident who completed the necessary improvements for the Emergency Department ahead of schedule, allowing the space to be opened 1.5 weeks earlier than anticipated. Over the course of the last two weeks, a number of important improvements were completed in the Emergency Department including:
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Submitted by Clarence Wood
Featured Video
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As of April 20, 2020 3p.m.:
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What We Believe
The Coalition of African American Leaders believes that it is important to examine the critical issues confronting the African American community where injustice, inequality and the absence of access and opportunity continue to prevail, thereby negatively impacting us as a people. COAL is an assemblage that advocates and organizes for appropriate and responsible public policy change, system behavior change and equality of opportunity. We aim to achieve for all of our people the fullness of the life experience without any form of racism or exclusion as a deterrent. We believe we must prepare ourselves for the opportunity of this full participation, thereby achieving the necessary education and training to participate.
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