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FAU One Trillion Dollar National Fairness & Growth request

In 2012 we are the Friends of the African Union Fairness and Growth Committee

Members of The National Fairness and Growth Committee and Occupy Cincinnati have reconstituted themselves as the Friends of the African Union Fairness and Growth Committee.

Friends of the African Union [FAU] partner, was founded on MLK Day in Jan, 2012, as a economic, social, humanitarian, charitable, educational and new media civil-society organizing body founded to work for the benefit of the African Union, the African Diaspora and its host countries. FAU will work with the allied peoples of the African Diaspora in the USA, non-governmental organizations and governments of the world who support the African Union and the people of the African Diaspora.

Some of the history of the National Fairness and Growth Campaign.....

CHAIRMAN'S UPDATE ON CAMPAIGN TODAY

National Fairness and Growth Conference Call

CHAIRMAN'S UPDATE ON CAMPAIGN

4PM EST

Dial-in Number: (605) 475-4850
Participant Access Code: 570587#

National Fairness Campaign Steering Committee

Our National Day of Service on 9/11/09

President Obama has called upon all Americans to participate in our nation's recovery and renewal by serving in our communities on September 11, 2009, National Service Day, as part of the United We Serve initiative and this is what we at through our Vice Chairman Hershel Daniels, Junior with Green for All through Green The Block and was proud to stand in solidarity with the President and United We Serve.

Continuing on the Road to Economic Recovery with Action on Media

Cincinnati, OH

September 11, 2009 12:00PM to 03:00PM

Hosted by Hershel Daniels

To: The Citizens of the United States

From: Fred Hargrove, Sr PE MBA of the National Fairness and Growth Symposiums and a Co-Chairman of the National Fairness and Growth Campaign Committee

50 years or is it 400 Years = less than 1% (ie .99%) nationally according to the US Census Bureau or less than a half of one percent (ie .4955%) in Ohio of all business revenue earned by African Americans. What has been the ramifications and implications of these shameful, tragic figures on the economic health of black communities and the country as a whole?

Now is the time for a change.

Development in Cincinnati should be for the people in the city who are in the place they are in the city. This is not to say that we should not have new people come into the city, but...what about those in place. In these times lets make the change for those who live here NOW!!!

Cincinnati Change is committed to development in line with The United Nations Global Compact and a superset of green regulations put forth by a committee enpanneled to the Congressional Black Caucus 25 September in Washington DC.

The United Nations Global Compact is a strategic policy initiative for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption

In this program we shall address the ramifications and the implications of the aforementioned shameful, tragic figures on the economic health of our black community.

We believe that this lack of economic parity has led to higher crime rates, higher rates of imprisonment, higher rates of unemployment and lower educational achievement. This downward spiral in the Black community effects the whole country.

This meeting was to inform regional and teleconference particpants leaders of the steps that our virtual organization has taken and our plans for the future. We think that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and its counterpart, other recovery initiatives, the general budget provides an opportunity to redress some of the systemic and personal economic equalities.

The National Fairness and Growth Campaign has created a grassroots campaign of practitioners who have a long term operational knowledge of past practices . These business people are very familiar with the philosophies, strategies, approaches, programs and projects ostensibly designed to address the history and practices of discrimination towards African Americans that levels the playing field. By extension we also address discriminatory practices towards other groups

The National Fairness and Growth Campaign will be a significant advocate for the "greening" of America especially in its vulnerable communities. The Campaign does not have negative presumptions regarding current planning or execution of the Congress or President Obama’s administration budget or initiatives.

We seek to provide solutions gained from the hard earned insight into potential enforcement of existing public laws, regulations, new initiatives and programs through the use of “Best Practices” that level the playing field(s).

Conference Call Today on Comprehensive Plan for Nation by National Fairness and Growth Campaign

National Fairness and Growth Campaign

National Fairness and Growth Campaign Steering Committee

• General Chairman Joesph Debro Co-Founder, National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC) and Board Member of Housing Assistance Council
• Co-Chairwoman Pandora Ramsay, Founding President , Ohio Fairness Campaign
• Co-Chairman Fredrick Hargrove, Sr. PE, MBA. former Chairman of Cincinnati Change
• Co-Chairman Irvin Henderson, former Chairman, National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) and on the board of the CRA Fund and the National Trust for Historic Preservation
  
• Convener Dr. Robert Day PhD, President, Center for Urban & Rural Redevelopment

Steering Committee Advisor and Panel Moderator
Lawrence Auls, Chairman of MDi, Executive Director LISW, LTD

Symposium VII

July 31, 2009

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM EST

Dial-in Number: (605) 475-4850
Participant Access Code: 570587#

Opening by General Chairman

Introductions

Recap of Symposia to date.

New Statistics

Status of Initiatives, Health, Broadband, and Energy

Half Hour Break

Status of the Campaign Fundraising mechanism

General topics from teleconference participants

Announcement of Launch of Fundraising Effort on 7 August 2009

Announcement of Next Meeting in August in Detroit

Next Steps including a presentation at 1PM by Organizing for America on the Presidents Health Care Plans

Close of the National Fairness and Growth Campaign at 2 P.M.
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submitted by
Hershel Daniels, Junior
Chief of Staff to Fred Hargrove, Sr.

National Fairness and Growth Campaign Today

National Fairness and Growth Campaign

Symposium VI

June 26, 2009

10:30 PM - 1:00 PM EST

Dial-in Number: (605) 475-4850
Participant Access Code: 570587#

Opening by General Chairman
Introductions
New Statistics

Announcement of Launch of Fundraising Effort on 29 June 2009
Past Recommendations Revisited
Proposed Initiatives to be launched during this symposium -

• Faith Based
  
• Workforce
  
• Health

Focus on Energy Initiative

Featuring:
Curtis Maples volunteer Adviser and Student in Electrical Engineering
Danny Owen, Veteran and Pioneer in the fossil Fuel and Alternative Fuels industry

Announcement of Next Meeting last Friday of July [31] Philadelphia

Close

Happy Fathers Day 2009

Memorial Day 2009

President Barack Obama participates in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery Monday, May 25, 2009. White House Photo, Lawrence Jackson

President Obama honored America’s fallen service members at Arlington National Cemetery this morning and said that the men and women who choose to serve their country are the “best of America.”

The president laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington and said the cemetery, which is the final resting place for soldiers dating back to the Revolutionary War, serves as a reminder of the “meaning of valor.”

“With each death, we are heartbroken; with each death, we grow more determined,” he said.

Obama sent a wreath to the African-American Civil War Memorial in Washington, D.C. He is the first president to send a wreath to this memorial that honors the 200,000 African-American soldiers who fought for the Union Army.

We are here because they stood up and gave their last measure.

This May 25th is Africa Day, the official day of the African Union. It is an opportunity to celebrate African diversity and success, and join Africans around the world in highlighting the cultural, social and entrepreneurial energy of the continent and that of those of the African diaspora.

This year we will create a financial instruments to invest in the following African ventures:

1. Provide Architectural Design and Environmental along with Professional Engineering, Construction Management and General Contracting Services
   
2. Planned Unit Development centered around a building on such sites a full service Teaching Hospital and Orphanage supporting a K-12 School that specializes in AIDS orphans.
   
3. Water Works Construction
4. Waste Water Plant Development
5. Clean Burn Waste Disposal Solutions
6. Electrical Power Generation Plant Development
7. Electrical Distribution Networks
8. Next Generation Broadband Communications Solutions
9. Creating a in country next generation internet service and cloud computing solution
10. Safety Support for the above work and other Humanitarian Aid

The Obama Presidency has Change America in what ways?

We just met with Congressman Steve Driehaus ,,,, "we are writing regulations now"

This is our congressman and we support him as a change agent who sits in the federal government. We met with him April15th 2009 and look forward to his leadership as we change Cincinnati NOW!!

We don't need 4,000 to make a change, with our Congressman we will Change Cincinnati NOW.

Steve Driehaus was sworn in on January 6, 2009 as the Member of Congress for Ohio’s First District. Representative Driehaus sits on the House Financial Services and Oversight and Government Reform Committees, and he has begun work to improve the First District’s aging infrastructure, to bring sensible ideas to the country’s mortgage crisis, and to reverse the nation’s economic decline.

Prior to his service in Congress, Steve served eight years in the Ohio House of Representatives. He was chosen by his peers to serve as House Minority Whip in 2003 and took a leadership role on issues such as election law and redistricting reform.

A fiscal conservative, Representative Driehaus was the sponsor of legislation that would force a review of the billions of dollars that Ohio foregoes in "tax expenditures." He served on the Finance and Appropriations, Insurance, Public Utilities and State Government and Elections committees in the State House. In addition, Steve served on the Governor’s Foreclosure Prevention Task Force and the Clean Ohio Council. Representative Driehaus was named legislative “Rookie of the Year” by the

Cincinnati Enquirer during his first term, and was named “Legislator of the Year” by both the Ohio Association of Elections Officials and the ARC of Ohio in 2007. Representative Driehaus is a 1984 graduate of Elder High School in Cincinnati, and earned a degree in political science from Miami University. He holds a masters degree in public affairs from Indiana University and later served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal, where he worked with village groups and local schools to promote sustainable environmental practices.

Steve directed the Community Building Institute, a collaborative effort of Xavier University and the United Way and Community Chest that promotes citizen-led, asset-based community development. Steve, his wife, Lucienne, their two daughters Alex and Clare, and son Jack, live in Cincinnati.

An American Gov debt of 5% is sustainable, in my view.

Japan’s attempts to stimulate its domestic economy will not be able to change the fact that its biggest trading partners, from the United States to China and the European Union, are also wallowing in recession, and a period of low demand will last for some time.

Japan, like many countries, miscalculated its 2008 budget, winding up with a 47.8 percent deficit (rather than the predicted 35 percent). In 2008, Tokyo’s expenditures leaped above predictions by 7 percent (to 88.9 trillion yen, or US$952 billion), while revenues fell a shocking 15 percent below expectations (to 46.4 trillion yen or US$497 billion). The value of the deficit amounted to 8 percent of Japan’s GDP of 510.2 trillion yen (US$5.5 trillion).

The proposed 2009 budget, which includes the aforementioned 2008 supplementary budget plus further stimulus efforts, will be Japan’s biggest yet at 88 trillion yen (US$942 billion). If it is approved, Tokyo’s total fiscal stimulus to the financial crisis will amount to 12 trillion yen (US$128 billion) or about 2.3 percent of GDP, a full percentage point higher than similar efforts by Japan’s peers.

Japan’s central and local government debt is expected to jump to 157 percent of GDP in 2009, up from 154 percent in 2008.

In worst case the Obama budget would push us to 5%, so lets be about it and rebuild America.

U.S. International Reserve Position

U.S. International Reserve Position

The Treasury Department has stated this month that the U.S. reserve assets data for the past week. According to the US Treasury the U.S. reserve assets totaled $74,132 million as of the end of that week, compared to $73,683 million as of the end of the prior week.

Notes:

1/ Includes holdings of the Treasury's Exchange Stabilization Fund (ESF) and the Federal Reserve's System Open Market Account (SOMA), valued at current market exchange rates. Foreign currency holdings listed as securities reflect marked-to-market values, and deposits reflect carrying values.

2/ The items, "2. IMF Reserve Position" and "3. Special Drawing Rights (SDRs)," are based on data provided by the IMF and are valued in dollar terms at the official SDR/dollar exchange rate for the reporting date. The entries for the latest week reflect any necessary adjustments, including revaluation, by the U.S. Treasury to IMF data for the prior month end.

3/ Gold stock is valued monthly at $42.2222 per fine troy ounce.

4/ The short positions reflect foreign exchange acquired under reciprocal currency arrangements with certain foreign central banks. The foreign exchange acquired is not included in Section I, "official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets," of the template for reporting international reserves. However, it is included in the broader balance of payments presentation as "U.S. Government assets, other than official reserve assets/U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets."

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's Broadband

The U.S. Congress has appropriated $4.7 billion to establish a Broadband Technology Opportunities Program for awards to eligible entities to develop and expand broadband services to rural and underserved areas and improve access to broadband by public safety agencies. Of these funds, $250 million will be available for innovative programs that encourage sustainable adoption of broadband services; at least $200 million will be available to upgrade technology and capacity at public computing centers, including community colleges and public libraries; $10 million will be a transfer to the Office of Inspector General for the purposes of BTOP audits and oversight. Up to $350 million of the BTOP funding is designated for the development and maintenance of statewide broadband inventory maps.

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Our [MDi Co-Founder(s)] network proposal of a fiber to the edge network with a million dynamic bandwidth spread spectrum frequency hopping wireless network access points serving American's 200 million undeserved people while creating over 200,000 jobs through 2010 that last through 2020 as we erase the digital divide in America and again make us Number 1.

Treasury Announces Auto Supplier Support Program

Treasury Announces Auto Supplier Support Program

Program Will Aid Critical Sector of American Economy

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced a new program to help stabilize the auto supply base and restore credit flows in a critical sector of the American economy. As the President's Task Force on the Auto Industry continues to review restructuring plans submitted by General Motors and Chrysler, Treasury announced an Auto Supplier Support Program that will provide up to $5 billion in financing, giving suppliers the confidence they need to continue shipping parts, pay their employees and continue their operations.

As rising unemployment and contracting credit continue to threaten economic recovery, today's announcement will support an industry employing more than 500,000 American workers across the country. Because of the credit crisis and the rapid decline in auto sales, many of the nation's auto parts suppliers are unable to access credit and are facing growing uncertainty about the prospects for their businesses and for the auto companies that rely on the parts they ship. This program will help break this cycle and provide confidence in the supplier base at an important time for the domestic auto industry. It is part of the Administration's broader efforts to ensure that our Financial Stability Plan reaches the main street businesses that create good jobs for American workers.

"The Supplier Support Program will help stabilize a critical component of the American auto industry during the difficult period of restructuring the lies ahead, " said Treasury Secretary Geithner. "The program will provide supply companies with much needed access to liquidity to assist them in meeting payrolls and covering their expenses, while giving the domestic auto companies reliable access to the parts they need. "

An overview of the Auto Supplier Support Program is below. A full fact sheet on the program can be found here:

http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/docs/supplier_support_program_3_18.pdf

• The program will provide suppliers with access to government-backed protection that money owed to them for the products they ship will be paid no matter what happens to the recipient car company.
  
  
• Participating suppliers will also be able to sell their receivables into the program at a modest discount. This will provide suppliers with desperately needed funding to operate their businesses and help unlock credit more broadly in the supplier industry.
  
  
• The program will be run through American auto companies that agree to participate in the program. Suppliers to those companies that agree to maintain qualifying commercial terms will have the opportunity to request this government backed protection. If granted, the supplier will pay a small fee for the right to participate in the program.
  
  
• The Treasury Department has made available up to $5 billion in financing under this program.

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Treasury Announces Auto Supplier Support Program

U.S. Department of the Treasury · 1500 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, D.C. 20220 · (202) 622-2000

Obama Administration Launches New Consumer Website For Responsible Homeowners Seeking Relief

Administration Launches New Consumer Website For Responsible Homeowners Seeking Relief

MakingHomeAffordable.gov Features Self Assessment Tools, Calculators
to Help Borrowers Determine Eligibility, Payment Reductions
under Administration's Refinancing and Loan Modification Program

Washington, DC-- The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today launched a new website for consumers seeking information about the Obama Administration's Making Home Affordable loan modification and refinancing program. MakingHomeAffordable.gov offers features including interactive self-assessment tools that will empower borrowers to determine if they're eligible to participate and calculate the monthly mortgage payment reductions they could stand to realize under the Making Home Affordable program.

First announced by President Barack Obama in February, Making Home Affordable will offer assistance to as many as 7 to 9 million homeowners making a good-faith effort to make their mortgage payments, while attempting to prevent the destructive impact of the housing crisis on families and communities. MakingHomeAffordable.gov is a joint effort of the Department of the Treasury and HUD.

"Education and outreach is central to the success of our Making Home Affordable program," said Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner. "Putting resources and tools directly in the hands of homeowners will expedite the process of delivering relief to responsible borrowers, and stabilizing the housing market is central to our overall economic recovery."

"The tools offered on this site will help American families access the help they need even faster," said HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan. "Communicating how this program works and who is eligible to those who need it is critical to the program's success, and this website does just that."

Since releasing the guidelines to enable servicers to begin modifications of eligible mortgages under Making Home Affordable on March 4^th, representatives from Treasury, HUD and other members of a broad interagency task force have conducted detailed briefings and training sessions for mortgage loan servicers and investors, nonprofit housing counselors and nationwide borrower advocacy groups. Through these early and aggressive efforts to arm those interacting directly with borrowers with information, interagency representatives have briefed more than 2,500 participants on the Administration's plans in the last two weeks.

A wide array of large banks to small lenders have already agreed to participate in Making Home Affordable, and servicers have undertaken steps to proactively engage borrowers and respond to their inquiries related to the new program. For example, JP Morgan Chase has put several special tools into place and initiated proactive solicitations to eligible borrowers around the Making Home Affordable program, including an online site to provide program details and allow borrowers to download a new financial information package; increased staffing in a dedicated service center that provides simple entry point for all borrowers, including CHASE, heritage Washington Mutual and EMC; a partnership with Fannie Mae to solicit over 125,000 eligible borrowers; and solicitation to an additional 180,000 non-GSE eligible borrowers.

With those wheels in motion, the Administration is now accelerating efforts to communicate directly with borrowers about the Making Home Affordable program. Features of the MakingHomeAffordable.gov website launched today include:

• Extensive information about the Administration's Making Home Affordable plan
• Self assessment tools to allow borrowers to determine if they are eligible for the program
• A calculator feature that allows homeowners to estimate the reduction to their monthly mortgage payment that they might stand to realize under the plan
• Resources to find free, HUD-approved counseling services for borrowers who have additional questions
• A handy checklist to ensure homeowners collect all the documents they need before calling their servicers

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Administration Launches New Consumer Website For Responsible Homeowners Seeking Relief

LINKS

• MakingHomeAffordable.gov

Recovery.Ohio.gov has been updated - Transportation

Important new information has been posted on the web site. Please click on the headline: 2.27.09 Important New Information and Deadlines Regarding Transportation Projects and Federal highway Administration Dollars at www.recovery.ohio.gov

CDFI Fund Update: New Webpage Created for CDFI Fund's Recovery Efforts

To comply with requires related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the Recovery Act), the CDFI Fund has created a new section to its public website that will be the source of all information related to the CDFI Fund’s implementation of the Recovery Act.

The new webpage is located at: http://www.cdfifund.gov/recovery/.

The CDFI Fund will be releasing its detailed implantation plan, via this new webpage, in the very near future.

President Obama's FY 2010 Budget Request Doubles Funding for CDFI Fund

National Fairness Campaign Session III Washington DC March 9 2009

National Fairness Campaign Session III Washington DC

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