180th District PA 2013-2020
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- “Vision” Plan for the 180th District
- Goals and Outcomes for the 180th District
- Strategic Objectives to Achieve the Goals for the 180th District
- Who Am I
I. Vision for the 180th District
The
“Vision” Plan for the 180th District will provide programs and
services to youth, adolescents, adults and families to excel through
academic and social achievement. The “Vision” Plan is dedicated to
achieving sustainable human development in the 180th District in which
residents are able to enjoy a full range of “human basic rights and
services” which will free them from illiteracy, violence, and poverty.
Further, the “Vision” Plan will create job opportunities, senior
citizen and after school programs and address safety concerns in the
180th District.
The “Vision” Plan is guided by
the principles of building creative and trusting relationships with the
residents, community and faith based organizations, school officials,
and public servants to provide the highest quality of services and
programs which will:
- Give priority to the needs and interests of the residents of the 180th District.
- Encourage & Promote Community Unity.
- Authentic
participation of organizations that provide resources that affect
the lives of residents and families of the 180th District.
- Respect and foster human rights, both socioeconomic and civil-political of the 180th District.
- Seek to enhance multicultural equality of the 180th District.
- Understand and respect the history and culture of the residents of the community of the 180th District that I serve.
II. Goals and Outcomes
The “Vision” Plan targets
several goals and the outcomes for the 180th District that will be
effectively addressed to transform a crime infested, uneducated,
impotent community scarce on resources into a thriving neighborhood.
The goals are as follows:
Goal 1: Eradicate Illiteracy
Goal 2: Promote Community Unity
Goal 3: Develop Effective Partnerships with Local Businesses
Goal 4: Create a Safe Community
Goal 5: Improve and Create Grassroots Programs.
Goal 6: Re-implement extracurricular activities back into the public schools in the 180th District.
III. Strategic Objectives to Achieve the Goals
For
far too long individuals seeking elected office in the 180th District
have focused on the problems in the community but in most cases provide
ineffective solutions to address them. However, I believe that just as
it is important to highlight the detriments in the 180th District; I
will be creating strategies, initiatives and outcomes to eradicate
poverty, illiteracy, high unemployment and crime. These are issues which
are equally vital and viable that will benefit the quality of life for
the residents.
Strategies to achieve the goals in the 180th District are as follows:
My
“Vision” Plan will create a coalition of grant writers to obtain
funding for necessary services for the 180th District although the
state government is planning to eliminate many of the needed services
in Philadelphia that will also affect the 180th District. Instead of
waiting for the governor to decide on providing the necessary funding
for economic growth in the 180th District, my administration will be
proactive by obtaining funding through the grant process.
By obtaining funding through grant writing I will address the following:
Goal: 1
- Decrease illiteracy and the dropout rate
- Extra-curricular Programs
- Increase Senior Citizens Programs
- Decrease Obesity
- Safety
Outcomes
- Increase high school graduation rate in the 180th District 20% by 2020.
- Increase
extra-curricular programs, i.e. mentoring, fencing, rugby, golf,
and soccer in the schools located in the 180th District 35% by
2020.
- Increase senior citizen programs in the 180th District 15% by 2018.
- Reduce obesity among youth and adolescents between the ages of 10 years old-18 years old 40% by 2020.
- Increase safety by expanding the Town Watch program and increase police presence in the 180th District 16% by 2015.
Goal: 2
Formulate a coalition of local businesses to promote employment opportunities for residents.
Outcome:
Improve employment opportunities for residents interested in obtaining employment in local business 14% by 2018.
Goal: 3
Create a coalition of community based and faith based non-profit organizations.
Outcome:
Implement free extra-curricular and after school programs in public and charter schools located in the 180th District by 2016.
Goal: 4
Organize
training workshops, professional development seminars, and facilitate
peer reviews with school officials, residents, and stakeholders.
Outcome:
Provide these services to 100% of the residents in the 180th District by 2020.
Goal: 5
Commission
research analysis on issues in aid and development in the 180th
District by conducting regular surveys/interviews with residents to
identify “specific” needs for programs and services as well as gather
statistical information about current and future programs that are of
interest.
Outcome:
Based
on the research and analysis, each year create and update a community
resource manual and distribute to the residents in the 180th District.
IV. Who Am I?
I
am a resident of Juniata, and a Human Services lead instructor in a
post-secondary school. I am also the Executive Director of Dream Field
Academy, a non-profit community organization dedicated to helping youth
through academic enhancement, and leadership training and
non-traditional sports such as golf, soccer, rugby and fencing.
I
am a community activist determined to bring positive changes to the
neighborhood. As a former Block Captain, I am constantly seeking
solutions to empower the 180th District.
As a Human
Service professional, Grant Writer, Entrepreneur, Instructor, Author,
and Scholar; the “Vision” Plan was created for the sole purpose of
providing effective programs and services to the residents of the 180th
District.
I am the co-founder of the “180th
Watchdog Coalition.” Our mission is to ensure that the elected
officials of the 180th District and the District Attorney represent the
needs and concerns of our residents by fulfilling the promises they
made to our community during their political campaigns. It is our
responsibility to monitor our elected officials and hold them
accountable. Through the coalition’s efforts we’ve accomplished the
following:
- Currently working to implement a new traffic light and new lane at G Street and Wyoming Avenue.
- “180th Watchdog Coalition” 2010-2011 Voter Registration Drive.
- 1st annual “Keeping the Neighborhood Beautiful” clean-up day.
- Provided Holiday Turkeys & Non-Perishable Food Drive for the holidays.
As
the Executive Director of Dream Field Academy, a 501 (C)(3) mentoring
program, I am humbled that my efforts in the 180th District and
throughout Philadelphia are endorsed and supported by partnerships,
affiliations and community collaborations with the following
individuals and organizations as follows:
1. President Barrack Obama
2. Citizens Bank
3. United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania
4. WOAR (Women Organized Against Rape)
5. Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health & Mental Retardation
6. Better Days
7. Black Women in Sports Foundation
8. Caregivers Choice Mentoring Program
9. Daddy’s Right Here, Inc.
Released June 23, 2011 Copyright 2011
