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Northeast EPIC Stakeholders Meeting on 6/28

From Kim Washington:

Thank you to everyone who attend last month’s EPIC Stakeholder meeting.  For those who could not make it, please find the meeting minutes attached.  As usual, we have a full agenda of speakers and resource information to share with you.  Unfortunately, we don’t have our meeting space this month, so the meeting will be relocated to Campbell AME Church 1657 Kinsey Street, Phila, Pa. 19124.  We will still meet at our regular time which is 5:30pm – 7:30pm.

At the top of our agenda is a presentation from DHS about their new Improving Outcomes for Children initiative.

The  Improving Outcomes for Children initiative is a community partnership approach to child welfare aimed at further improving the safety, permanency, and well-being of the children and families DHS serves. The primary objectives of IOC are to create an enhanced model of service delivery with distinct, clearly defined, and well-understood roles for DHS and provider staff; and engage communities as integral partners in our work in order to strengthen the services provided to children and families in these neighborhoods.  Frankford has been selected as the next neighborhood to be a part of this new initiative.

The Mayor’s Office of Civic Engagement and the Mayor’s Office of Community Service will be giving a brief presentation on the changes to the summer feeding program and other programs and services offered through the city.  Sonya Mendelo will be joining us from the Northeast Treatment Center to talk about the programs that her organization offers for folks who are in recovery.

Kimberly Washington, Esq.

Northeast EPIC Stakeholders, Coordinator
CORA Services, Inc.
8540 Verree Road
Philadelphia, PA. 19111
(215) 701 – 2588
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Financial Education Tops Northeast EPIC Stakeholders Meeting

EPIC Stakeholders meeting had a heavy dose of financial education last Thursday night.

Gonza Graham

The meeting was moved from Aria Health to the Sankofa Freedom Academy for this meeting which began at 5:30 PM.  Featured speakers were Gonza Graham from the National Motor Club and Erin Montrose of Pathways PA.  Mr. Graham gave a presentation on the National Motor Club and it financial benefits.  Ms. Montrose spoke on the basis of savings and investing.  She got into retirement planning and saving options for education and home ownership.

Erin Montrose

Leon Brantley spoke on the First Annual Frankford Freedom Fighters event being lead by NUAMVAW (Neighbors United American Member Veterans and Warriors) which will be held on May 30th.  There will be more from Leon in a future post here about that event.

The next Northeast EPIC Stakeholders meeting will be held on May 31st at a time and place to be announced.

 

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Northeast EPIC Stakeholder Meeting

Stakeholders,

Thank you to everyone who attended our last stakeholder meeting.  For those of you who could not attend, please find the meeting minutes attached.  I would also like to thank everyone who attend and/or volunteered for our 2012 Northeast EPIC Summit last month.   We had a wonderful turnout and an awesome panel of speakers. 

Our next EPIC Stakeholder meeting will be held on Thursday, April 26th at SANKOFA FREEDOM ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL (4256 Paul Street) from 5:30 – 6:30pm.  Unfortunately our regular meeting space at Aria Hospital is not available this month so we will be meeting at Sankofa.  If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me.  Also, if you know of anyone else who planned on coming but is not currently on our listserv please pass along this information.

Saving & Investing 101, Thursday, April 26th

Chris Rhametulla is back for a series of financial management workshops.  This month Chris is going to talk about saving and investing.  If you just received a lump sum of cash from a tax return or you just happen to have a few dollars in savings and are not sure how or where you should be investing your money, then you can’t miss this workshop.

Tree Philly Give-A-Way, Wednesday, April 25th and Saturday, April 28th

With the help of our local park groups, gardening club, and other volunteers, 341 residents will receive Free Yard trees this week.  If you signed up for a Free Yard Tree through the Parks & Rec Tree Philly Program you can come and pick up your tree at Wilmot Park (1800 Meadow Street) on Wednesday, April 25th from 4 – 7pm or on Saturday, April 28th from 10 – 1pm.  If you have any questions or concerns you can contact Erica Smith, Tree Campaign Manager at 215 683 0217.

 For more information visit www.treephilly.org

Love Your Park, Saturday, May 12th and Saturday May 19th  

We had a great turnout on Saturday, April 14th for the 5th Annual Philly Spring cleanup at Overington Park and at Wilmot and Hedge Street Park.  The ladies from the Frankford Garden Club and other volunteers did an excellent job planting flowers, trees, and helping to get a community garden started on a vacant lot at Wilmot and Tackawanna Streets.  However, we have to “keep up the sweep up” .  The Frankford Parks Group, The Overington Parks Group and the Frankford Garden club will be out trying to beautify our neighborhood once again for the Annual Love Your Park Event.

May 12th Events

  • Hedge Street Park Cleaning and Flower Planting
    • 4600 Hedge Street (Corner of Hedge and Orthodox); 9am – 2pm
    • Community Gardening
      • 1846 Wilmot Street (Corner of Wilmot and Tackawanna Streets); 9am – 2pm
      • Frankford Garden Club Annual Day-Before-Mother’s Day Plant Sale
        • Frankford Branch of the Free Library, 4634 Frankford Avenue; 10 – 1pm

May 19th Events

  • Overington Park Flower Planting, Seed Give-A-way and Perennial Plant Sale
    • Orthodox & Leiper Streets; 10 -1pm
    • Wilmot Park Cleaning and Flower Planting
      • 1801 Meadow Street (Corner of Mulberry and Meadow Street); 9am – 2pm
      • Community Gardening
        • 1846 Wilmot Street (Corner of Wilmot and Tackawanna Streets); 9am – 2pm

For more information visit www.loveyourpark.org

Thanks,

 Kimberly Washington, Esq.
Northeast EPIC Stakeholders, Coordinator
CORA Services, Inc.
8540 Verree Road
Philadelphia, PA. 19111
(215) 701 – 2588
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Northeast Health and Economic Development Summit

The 2012 Northeast Health and Economic Development Summit held on Saturday March 31st was formed out of a partnership between three Faith Based Organizations (Campbell AME Church, Second Baptist Church, and Faith Assembly of God), and representatives from the elected official offices, (Councilwoman Maria D. Quinones Sanchez and State Representative Tony Payton Jr.) to address the issues of hunger, health and economic opportunities in our neighborhood. Pastor Richard Smith, was the  keynote speaker and addressed the issues of hunger in the community and the supply demand for our local pantries.

See below for some pictures of the event.


 

 

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EPIC Stakeholders Meeting 2/23/2012

The EPIC Stakeholders meeting on the 23rd was once again packed with a large crowd.  The presentation by Chris Rhametulla of Pathways, PA on “Understanding your credit report” was informative to even those of us who thought we did understand our credit report.  He spent a lot of time answering specific questions from the audience.

Other speakers at the meeting were a State Trooper (sorry I missed your name) who was making it known that the Pennsylvania State Police are actively recruiting minority applicants.  Jim Stanton of American Paradigm Schools talked about their educational system and a proposal to take over Harding Middle School.  Netanel Portier talked about the Mural Arts program in Frankford.  Julie Slavet of the Tookany/Tacony – Frankford Watershed Partnership Inc. and Mike Verla of Rebuilding Philadelphia Together talked about their upcoming events.  Anbrose Liu of Arts Rising talked about the dedication of the Beautify Harding banners.

The next EPIC Stakeholders meeting will be held on March 29th at Aria Health.