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·         FW: Good Health

·         FW: Fairchild Neighborhood Focus

·         (July 4) FW: DFA News and 4th of July Parade

·         (July 10 – Deadline) FW: Miami Valley Access to Justice Awards Nominations

·         (Aug. 22 – Save the Date) FW: Guest Speaker, DAACF Health Pavilion

·         FW: Dayton Fire department hiring information

·         FW: Dayton's African American History course

·         FW: My Insights Of Our Society!

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From: Cheryl Scroggins
Subject: Good Health

GOOD HEALTH:  Sound in Body, Mind, Spirit ……… Free from physical disease, physical pain, or emotional pain!
Know what it is …! It's never too late to work to attain it!

 

 

From: Fairchild for Dayton
Subject: Fairchild Neighborhood Focus

Dayton Neighborhoods is Darryl Fairchild's No. 1 Priority

There has never been a candidate like this! Darryl Fairchild is the one candidate for Dayton City Commission who is focused on Dayton's neighborhoods, making it his No. 1 priority.  Having lived in Dayton neighborhoods almost all of his life, and having worked hard for decades to improve the lives of residents, Fairchild knows Dayton's neighborhoods intimately.  He has traveled the streets of our city's neighborhoods listening to real people, registering people to vote, participating in community events and attending community meetings. 

Making Dayton neighborhoods a priority is a logical and necessary way to bring positive change to the city and to the region, Fairchild urges, pointing out that when employers investigate areas in which to locate new businesses, they carefully examine the quality of the local workforce.  And one thing that attracts quality workers to an area is the attractiveness of its neighborhoods and the quality of its schools. Good neighborhoods and jobs are linked. 

As a first step toward improving neighborhoods, Fairchild will bring the City Commission into   partnership with the Dayton Public Schools to bring to fruition a plan to make the city's elementary schools into neighborhood community centers.  Ten years ago Dayton invested in the building of some beautiful new schools, with the promise of making these schools function as community centers for the neighborhoods in which they are located.  Currently only five of the 21 schools have neighborhood center status. Fairchild recognizes that a strong alliance between the city and the school system is necessary to expand this vision to levels at which all neighborhoods will benefit.

To read more about Fairchild's vision for Dayton neighbhorhoods, go to http://www.fairchildfordayton.com/neighborhood_focus .

Support Darryl Fairchild in his vision to reweave the fabric of our neighborhoods into a beautiful tapestry.
http://www.fairchildfordayton.com/join

 

 

From: Donald Nguyen, MD, FAAP, Beavercreek, Ohio, Co-Directors for Doctors for America
Subject: DFA News and 4th of July Parade

First, Happy 4th of July to all! On this marvelous up-coming weekend, DFA will again march in the Beavercreek 4th of July Parade with our proud banner and you are invited to a cook out at our domicile (354 Ashleaf Lane, Beavercreek, OH) on Saturday at 1:00 PM to time of the parade. We will gather at the Parade starting point around 5:15PM. If there is a more perfect timing for DFA to be beaming and happy about the Affordable Care Act with all the positivity of this past week, this is it. We will have signs about SCOTUS rulings on the tax credits/subsidies, on expansion of Medicaid, etc. Please come out to march and be proud! Please RSVP (helpful but not required) so we can plan for food and beers! AND come to swim!

Secondly, DFA will be co-sponsoring a public showing of the Remote Area Medical Documentary on health care in the United States in 2015, at the Neon Movies Theater in downtown Dayton along with SPAN of Ohio!  See the advertisement here.The date is Sunday July 12th at 3:00 PM and it's FREE to the public (Please advertise!). Dr. Matthew Noordssij-Jones (aka Dr. NJ) and myself representing Doctors for America along with Bill Davis from SPAN Ohio and Cathy Levine from Columbus representing UHCAN will be on the panel to discuss the documentary at the end of the showing. The RAM documentary was first premiered at Boonshoft School of Medicine Wright State University earlier this year simultaneously with numerous medical schools around the nation, and most recently, it was shown at Dayton Children's Hospital and Miami Valley South Hospital to the Pediatric and Family Practice Residents. The universal feed back is that every American citizen, health care provider, concerned citizen, doctors, nurses, medical students, residents in training must watch this moving and eye opening depiction of the current health care system that still is in need of massive emergency intervention, such as states that stubbornly still refuse to expand Medicaid as part of the Affordable Care Act. You will not stop shaking your heads after watching this documentary!

Thirdly, I am proud to announce that the Op-Ed piece on the SCOTUS decision on the Affordable Care Act provision of the tax credits and subsidies will be published in the Dayton Daily News tomorrow (Tuesday June 30th). I will send the electronic link when it's available, but you can read it here:

------------------ Op-Ed Article ------------------

THE US SUPREME COURT RULED IN FAVOR OF PATIENTS IN KING V. BURWELL

On June 25th, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled 6-3 on King v. Burwell and emphatically declared the Affordable Care Act is here to stay. It upheld the provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that provides subsidies to millions of Americans in the 36 states, including Ohio, where the Health Insurance Marketplaces are set up by the federal government.

Why are doctors involved in this fight? Doctors are in the front line of fire and we care that patients have coverage and access to care. For those who do not have health insurance through their workplace or through Medicare, the ACA provides two options. There is Medicaid for the very lowest income citizens and there are competing private health insurance plans available for purchase from health insurance exchanges, also called marketplaces. Thanks to the ACA, last year 8.8 million Americans received health coverage through health exchanges and over 16.4 million remarkably have signed up as of 2015. A key strategy of the ACA's goal of expanding coverage, especially to the working poor, is to use a sliding scale to subsidize the cost of premiums for the private plans purchased through the exchanges.

In King v. Burwell, King claimed that the ACA requires such subsidies only in state health care exchanges. Thirty six states, including Ohio, declined to set up their own exchanges and instead decided to let the federal government set up exchanges for their states. Most legal experts agreed that King v. Burwell is about semantics. It is clear from the rest of the ACA that the law means to provide subsidies to Americans in states such as Ohio where the exchange was created and is run by the federal government as well as to provide subsidies in states such as Kentucky that set up their own exchanges. This case is about focusing on a few words in one sentence of the law and ignoring the clear intent of the rest of the law. This case is about hurting those who need health care and who would lose their health insurance without a tax credit. Because King v. Burwell was not upheld by the Supreme Court, over 8 million Americans can stay with their insurance and 10,000 would not have to die annually because of lack of health coverage.

Our country has struggled for over 100 years to find a way to make sure that patients don't die because they don't have enough money. We have made progress we can all be proud of. In 1965, the Medicare and Medicaid Act was signed into law and thousands of lives are saved every year because of it. On March 23, 2010, the landmark ACA was passed. For the first time in American history, our country can say that it will no longer accept anyone dying for lack of money. The 6-3 ruling confirmed and reaffirmed that the ACA is about improving health and saving lives, not to worsen or destroy them. The SCOTUS has now spoken twice! The ACA is the law of the land, and it is here to stay. So, let's stop the frivolous repeal attempts, let's work on expanding Medicaid to the rest of the nation, and build on the success of countless benefits and protections of millions of Americans.

As a physician, I am proud of my profession and thank you to the US Supreme Court for siding with my patients.

 

 

From: Karla Garrett Harshaw
Subject: FW: Miami Valley Access to Justice Awards Nominations

Access to Justice Awards Nominations

Nominations are now being accepted for the Miami Valley Access to Justice Awards. The deadline for entries is July 10. This is your opportunity to nominate individuals, organizations and businesses for their extraordinary assistance in helping low-income Miami Valley residents to receive fairness and equal justice and gain stability in their lives.  Nominations may be submitted for the Lloyd O'Hara Public Interest Law Award for attorneys, the Community Advocacy Award for activism and Community Impact Award for long-term enhancements for low-income area residents. Honorees will be recognized at the 2015 Miami Valley Access to Justice Awards Gala. The Gala will be held November 12, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. at Sinclair Community College, Ponitz Center.

Submit nomination online at: ablelaw.org/a2j-mv-2015.

A selection committee comprised of community leaders will choose the honorees.  Proceeds from the Access to Justice Awards Gala and Justice on Tap! will contribute to the Campaign for Equal Justice, and are divided equally among the Greater Dayton Volunteer Lawyers Project, Legal Aid of Western Ohio, and Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, organizations that provide free legal assistance to individuals who cannot afford to hire an attorney in civil cases.  To donate, please make checks payable to the Campaign for Equal Justice and mail to Campaign for Equal Justice, C/O ABLE and LAWO, 130 W. Second St., Suite 700E, Dayton, OH 45402, or put your donation to work faster by making a secure online donation today.

Sponsorship opportunities & advertising reservation forms also available: ·         Sponsorship Opportunities and Contract (PDF) ·         Advertising Reservation Form (PDF) For additional information, contact Karla Garrett Harshaw at (937) 535-4432 or at kharshaw@ablelaw.org

ABLE LAWO GDVLP

 

 

From: Cheryl Scroggins
Subject: FW: Guest Speaker, DAACF Health Pavilion, 8/22, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

2015 DAYTON AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL FESTIVAL
HEALTH PAVILION – GUEST SPEAKER

Dr. Surender Neravetla – Cardiologist (Heart Physician)
Saturday, August 22, 2015, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

COME AND TALK WITH THE HEART DOCTOR AND GET HIS BOOK - FREE!
Book Title: "Salt – Black America's Silent Killer"

Check out his video on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlxhBGokeXM

 

 

From: Steve Burden, B. A., 4th Dan, North West Priority Board Parliamentarian
Subject: FW: Dayton Fire department hiring information

To All and Our C of D Mayor,

After a careful review of these statistics provided and talked about at the recent NWPB, I find the statics as related to African Americans actually on the Dayton Fire Department more than deplorable and embarrassing. These statistics demonstrate egregious, outrageous and demeaning inability to reach the general population of African Americans as they have been reared in the Dayton area and the invitation of those in the greater Miami Valley. To say that over the last many decades that these statistics show us there is more than a failing of young African Americans not being able to pass a back ground check.

I realize the DFD is just past the Federal oversight due to legal actions of the past. We need a VERY strong and thorough public outcry to the African American population in the ninety minute market for a great job  with the Dayton Fire Department and what that has to offer! No offense to the current recruiter(s), BUT, we need a strong Dayton African American voice publicly communicating by every means possible to right this clear wrong! Where is Mayor Nan Whaley on something so incredible as this has been and now is on her door step as she moved from being a City Commissioner to the Mayor's seat? She can make tremendous outcries and make her office available for the new changes in Ohio Law as it pertains to the 'gay' (LGBT, if that is currently accurate) community. This is age old, clearly while she was a Commissioner, now as Mayor what steps shall she take to solve this inequality?

From: Jeremy F. Carnes, Recruiter, Dayton Fire Department
To: David Greer

Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to speak with you northwest priority board last week. Talking with citizens who care about the city of Dayton as much as I do is one of my most favorite parts of my job.  As you requested I have attached to this email the information packet about the hiring process to become a fire recruit.  I have also attached to this email a spread sheet that shows the current demographics of the Dayton fire department. I hope you find all of this information helpful.  Feel free to print out the attachments and spread the word. We need all the help we can get.  If you have any questions about any information contained in these documents feel free to contact me any time..

Have a blessed day.

 

 

From: MARGARET PETERS
Subject: Dayton's African American History course

SINCLAIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR LIFELONG LEARNING
15.FA.HIS.2297.GL Special Topics - Open to all seniors 60 or better!

Dayton's African American Heritage and You

Instructor – Margaret Peters
Author – Dayton's African American Heritage and You



Adjunct Professor Margaret Peters, members of the class and guest speaker Jerome Haney
Photograph by student Nozipo Bam Glenn

SCHEDULE: Wednesday 9:00 am: - 11:30 am, August 26 – December 9, 2015
CLASSROOM: Northwest Recreation Center, 1600 Princeton Drive
REGISTRATION: Call 937-512-5184 (Sinclair College for Lifelong Learning) for information.

There is a $20 fee.
Those who enroll exclusively in 6000 level, non-credit courses will receive free parking at all Sinclair locations beginning Fall 2015.
Bring photo identification.

On-line www.sinclair.edu/lifelong
Contact: mpeters0312@sbcglobal.net

 

 

From: David K. Greer
Subject: My Insights Of Our Society!

When I awoke this morning and was blessed with another day of life, God placed on my heart the following sentiments. Through all of the atrocities we have been inundated with such as the killings of African Americans one by one by some law officers; the hate crimes such as the killings in Charleston, South Carolina and church burnings; and those incidents that we have not been made aware of through the selective process of those media outlets we depend on daily, it is still my belief that time brings about change.  Even those changes conducive to the mindsets shrouded in evil results and motivation, that continues to be the cancer of our society in the guise of racism, is included!  Interwoven with the love of money and greed, those civilized components such as our governmental bureaucracy and our institutional systems, are tainted and sequestered in a biased equation!  This equation does not include the well-being of those who are used and positioned to be left out, by being placed in the category of poverty, lower classes, and in a lot of cases not considered human.  This thinking and placement is nothing but evil!  During my tenure of being involved in the progress and implementation of methodologies in the City of Dayton, I have lived long enough and have been involved long enough to see a change in the thinking of our Government infrastructure.  Whether or not if it is due to there not being a choice for our Government infrastructure to change and be more inclusive or if it is because of the change of the mindsets of those individuals who have come into leadership positions of our City Government infrastructure, I am not certain.  But the methodologies are changing.  The initiatives and publically spoken conversations have changed and appear to be genuine in scope, at least for now!  We have to take advantage of these opportunities by being more engaged as residents more so now than ever.  Our participation and attendance in those sessions where the decision making process emanates, must be attended and our voices raised to be heard in more numbers than ever!  May God continue to bless us all!

 

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