All networks should re-air video footage of 9-11-01 and then see what people think of DUh-bama's Day of (lip) "Service".
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release June 17, 2009
President Obama Unveils ‘United We Serve,’
Calls on All Americans to Commit to Meaningful Volunteer Service in Their Daily Lives
President encourages Americans to visit www.serve.gov to find and create service projects in their communities, share stories about projects they’re working on
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, in a video message, President Obama unveiled United We Serve, an extended call to service challenging all Americans to help lay a new foundation for growth in this country by engaging in sustained, meaningful community service. The initiative will be led by the Corporation for National and Community Service, the federal agency dedicated to fostering service in communities across the country. Since his Inauguration, the President has called on all Americans to serve their communities and be a part of building a better future for our country.
The United We Serve summer initiative begins on June 22nd and runs through the National Day of Service and Remembrance on September 11th. The National Day of Service and Remembrance was created by the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, which President Obama signed in April to help encourage and facilitate community service across the country. During this summer, the President is renewing his call to all Americans to identify needs in their communities, engage in meaningful service to create change – and stay engaged with those projects long after September. The President’s call focuses on four key areas where everyone can have a continuing impact in their community: education, health, energy and the environment and community renewal. To create new service projects, to find service projects in their communities and to share stories about projects that are making a difference, Americans can visit the Corporation’s website, www.serve.gov.
President Obama’s video was distributed via email by the Corporation for National and Community Service. View President Obama’s full video message at www.serve.gov.
“The challenges we face are unprecedented in their size and scope, and we cannot rely on quick fixes or easy answers to put us on the road to recovery,” President Obama says in the video message. “In this new century, we need to a build a new foundation for economic growth in America. My Administration has already begun this work with dramatic new investments in education, health care and clean energy – investments that will create new jobs and lay the foundation for lasting prosperity. But we cannot do this alone here in Washington…’
‘Economic recovery is as much about what you’re doing in your communities as what we’re doing in Washington – and it’s going to take all of us, working together.”
The goal of United We Serve is to help make volunteerism and community service part of the daily lives of all Americans in order to help build a new foundation, one community at a time. Further details about the June 22nd kickoff are forthcoming
All networks should re-air video footage of 9-11-01 and then see what people think of DUh-bama's Day of (lip) "Service".
You know, I hope the “Jersey Girls” who were hysterical over Bushie get a group enema from the rest of the 9/11 families for promoting guys like Obamanation...my husband barely missed the “incoming” at the Pentagon so I volunteer to administer the enema if noone else will...POSs...
On September 11th, we should issue a statement to the effect pf “You are welcome to grovel is you wish sir, but we, the American people, are going to remember the 3,000+ people murdered my Islamist terrorists 8 years ago today.”
A pre-kwanzaa, psuedo holiday???
New September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance Website
we hope to create a lasting and forward-looking legacy — annually rekindling the spirit of service, tolerance, and compassion
It's a day for Americans to pledge their time to service, and to remember the outstanding work and compassion of the many people who formed together in the aftermath of the attacks.
Will Billy Ayers be the guest of honor at the parade?
United We Serve kicked off on June 22 and runs through September 11, which will be marked for the first time as a National Day of Service and Remembrance. The initiative focuses on five key areas: education, health, energy and the environment, community renewal, and safety and security. It is being led by the Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency that improves lives and strengthens communities through volunteering and service. www.serve.gov
The Recovery Act includes $201 million in funding for the Corporation for National and Community Service to support an expansion of AmeriCorps State and National and AmeriCorps VISTA programs. This investment is a strong vote of confidence in the value of national service in engaging citizens in addressing unmet needs and strengthening communities.
The president signed into law a measure in April that designated Sept. 11 as a National Day of Service, but it's not likely many lawmakers thought this meant that day was going to be turned into a celebration of ethanol, carbon emission controls, and radical community organizing.
A PETITION ON FACEBOOK FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RESTORATION
A 4TH OF JULY TEA PARTY SPEECH
...and on the lighter side, take your mind off the Obamanation for a few minutes and enjoy some beautiful Western US scenery slideshows.
Lennox Yearwood
July 8, 2009 Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr: "Healthcare must be our lunch counter moment for the 21st century"
By Kate Thomas
Today's hip-hop "Healthcare Remix" panel discussion at SEIU's headquarters in Washington, DC shed a bright light on the need for healthcare reform that does more than just expand insurance coverage--and why it is imperative that every community has a voice at the decision-making table.
"Healthcare Remix" panelists, from left to right: PJ Urquilla, artist and writer, Upset The Setup; Ms. Maureen "Ma Dukes" Yancey, the mother of producer J Dilla; Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., president and CEO of the Hip Hop Caucus; Mr. Malik "Phife Dawg" Taylor, member of A Tribe Called Quest; Dr. L Toni Lewis, president of Committee of Interns & Residents/SEIU Healthcare; Elizabeth Muniot, Director of Events for the Lupus Foundation of America and Casey Rae-Hunter, Communications Director of Future of Music Coalition
figure in both the peace and climate movements as an outspoken critic of the war in Iraq and our country's “dependence” on foreign oil
Yearwood was a co-creator of the 2004 campaign "Vote or Die" with Sean "Diddy" Combs. He was also the Political and Grassroots Director for Russell Simmons' Hip Hop Summit Action Network in 2003 and 2004, and a Senior Consultant to Jay Z's Voice Your Choice. In 2008, he created the "Respect My Vote!" campaign with T.I. and Keyshia Cole.
Yearwood organized a hip hop concert at 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. dubbed "Shut It Down", calling for the end of what Yearwood claims to be torture at the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp and for the camp's closure. The concert featured Dead Prez and several other hip hop artists. Amnesty International and the ACLU helped with the event
Yearwood was arrested by Capitol Hill police outside of a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee on 2007-09-10, and charged with disorderly conduct and assault on a police officer. According to Sgt. Kimberly Schneider, spokeswoman for the Capitol Police, Yearwood was stopped from entering the room after allegedly attempting to cut in front of people waiting to get in. “What he tried to do was jump to the front of the line. He was told he couldn’t do that,” Schneider said. “And he pretty much charged at the officers to get past them into the room, after he was told not to.”
We seek to create the national and political will to implement real solutions that lift up our urban core and dissolve and alleviate the unequal burdens of climate change.
The birth of Hip Hop culture was a response to the very policies and practices that have sustained a persistent cycle of poverty in our communities over the past forty years. The Hip Hop community can speak to these policies and practices from a position of expertise and an understanding of the profound urgency for change.
Barbara Lee, Advisory Board Chair
Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Programs, Liz Havstad at 202.293.5902.
What next, the 4th of July will be transformed to “thank god for Obama” day?
December 7th should now be what ... adopt a foreign citizen day?
This sacrilegious heathen has no concept of National Pride.
Dignity or reverence.
Maybe he should turn Arlington National Cemetery into a food co op open market???
Josef Goebbels was an amateur compared to the friends of President Zero.
And just who stopped the Dems from at least pretending to appear patriotic and to care about national security?
They're the ones who politicized 9/11 and tried to turn it into a political opportunity when they still had control of the Senate (before the 2002 elections). They are the ones who held the creation of the Dept of Homeland Security hostage by demanding some rather strong union protections for employees.
It was obvious since a long time the OBAMANIACS WANTED TO FORGET and make people forget 9/11 because it’s not in their agenda of singing Kumbaya with the iSSlamic world...
Good Ramadan to all(sarc)