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Jamaica "Downtown" Revitalization Initiative

2 years ago By Verda

Register for the Redistricting Hearing to KEEP JAMAICA "VILLAGE" INTACT!!!

Then work together to bring in Senior Centers, Day Care Centers, Community Centers for Families, Job Training and Career Preparation at York College, Talented Junior High graduate admission into Thomas Jefferson High School for Career Preparation Targeted Technical Training - for Students and Adults...EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES for an ECONOMICALLY THRIVING JAMAICA FOR US BY US.

Gerrymandering

2 years ago By Verda

Reapportionment is the process of determining how many Congressional seats each state receives.

Redistricting is the redrawing of districts within each state.

Gerrymandering is the manipulation of the redistricting process for political gain.

Stay Woke!!! Prevent Gerrymandering as They Redistrict Our Communities

3 years ago By Verda

Opposition to and control of gerrymandering in the process of Redistricting, requires the untiring, unified, multi-sector coalition, deep scrutiny, physical documentation – in writing, and consensus this year from communities of voters.  Redistricting will impact community political control of grants, resource allocation, development projects, and more... for the next 10 years – based on the 2020 Census. 

Video Presentation -- "ORI: All About the Soul"

4 years ago By Verda

The ancient philosophy of Ifa teaches us that Ori is an ancient theology powered by individual ethics, good character, and corrective behavior.  We care for Ori by working in patience and harmony with others throughout our lifetimes.  Bringing this ancient model forward, we can apply our conscious collective awareness of Ori engagement and work together to activate social change as we break the barriers to our community well-being.  The collective build-up of Ori Power ensures the Salvation of Our Individual Souls for All Time.

Changing the Conversation

5 years ago By Verda

Let’s Change the Conversation, nationally, in a wide swath of the USA.  Change Agents can focus on targeted needs for individuals, families, and/or communities.  Solutions organizations and groups can form coalitions to enforce well-being in all of its manifestations.  Bring together groups of Everyday People with similar needs working together - Improving Life’s Situations. 

Discussion Topics

5 years ago By Verda

Community Well-Being

“Well-being” as it pertains to health came out of the United Nations where some countries included it in their definition of optimal health.  I became aware of this reality around 2004 as a consultant on an integrated physical and mental health project.  The majority of recent research in this area comes from a Global perspective.  We can easily apply this concept to inner-city development.

Local Research For Focused Change

How I Became a Research Scientist

5 years ago By Verda

How I Became a Research Scientist

I am a product of the Socio-Economic Movements of the 1960’s and 70’s also known as Civil Rights, Anti - (Vietnam)War, College Student’s, Black Power and Urban Unrest.  In 1968, I entered Brooklyn College as a single parent, visual artist and classical pianist / symphony and jazz bassoonist from a household where my father was an Educator / established visual artist and master pianist.  I was among the students who formed the Afro-American Studies Department and the Brooklyn College Day Care Center.

Biography in Brief

5 years ago By Verda
Biography in Brief Verda H. Olayinka was inspired to write, (2016) Activating Social Solutions: Essential Keys to Progress, (2nd Ed. 2020) after observing the nationwide “Occupy” and “Black Lives Matter” Movements.  She was concerned that folks were demonstrating and returning home to social conditions that were the same as when they left.  The book attempts to cultivate another strategy for developing Change Agents and Social Solutions Groups that would meet in a safe space, and work with people they already know, to plan and execute local change projects.  Activating Social Solutions... provides the ground work in understanding of the role of the social sciences needed to take place in order to reinforce and ensure focused continued success.