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- FW: Urgent - Black Elders in Dayton, OH are living in a Dangerous Situation
- (June 8) FW: [OFFICIAL-L] Clarification about budget presentation at Board of Trustees meeting,
with a related DDN article - (June 8) FW: Project Dawn Training
- (June 10) FW: Open House & Iftar at Fazle Umar Mosque in response to upcoming ACT marches
- (June 15 & 20) FW: Diversity Training at Sinclair
- (Save the Date: June 24) FW: Dunbar Birthday Party -Saturday 24th
- (Save the Date: June 27) FW: Celebratory Dinner in Honor of Paul Laurence Dunbar
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From: ProfVRandall
Subject: Urgent - Black Elders in Dayton, OH are living in a Dangerous Situation
Urgent - Black Elders in Dayton, OH are living
in a Dangerous Situation- Please Contact F & W Properties
We need you to contact F&W Properties of Columbus and ask them to reinstate 24-hour staffing of the Park Layne Apts. I will explain in detail below. You can contact them by email ( info@fwproperties.com ), by phone ( 614-224-6663 ) or on their facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/fwproperties/)
Below are the details:
On Saturday, May 27, a fire broke out in the Park Layne Apartments in Dayton, Ohio. The fire rendered 12 to 15 units uninhabitable. Five firefighters were injured and two residents were taken to the hospital, although it is not clear that the hospitalizations were directly related to the fire.
Black smoke and flames rose from the building. Windows shattered and metal plates fellto the ground.
Many of the residents of the building are disabled. Because the fire happened in the daytime instead of at night, the staff was available to assist residents from building. Firefighters and police officers carried people who could not walk out of the building. All of the staff and residents exited the building safely.
Had this happened at night, the outcome might have been tragic. When F&W Properties bought the building in September 2016, Park Layne Apartments had 24-hour doorman service. The doorman helped carry packages and was available to assist residents in the case of an emergency. If a fire broke out, the doorman notified all of the residents. A fire alarm would go off on each floor and people who were disabled would be assisted out.
Approximately one-third of the residents have limited mobility; they are in wheelchairs, on walkers, use crutches, or have medical conditions that preclude them from taking the stairs. After the fire, one employee estimated that 75% of the building would need some form of assistance. This is because Towne Property promoted this building as a better choice for people with disabilities even though the doorman service made it more expensive. For instance, my sister (who has physical mobility issues) chose to move here after Towne Properties rental agent told her that Park Layne would be better for her because of the 24-hour staffing.
Some residents have lived in this building for 45 years. I have lived here for five, largely because the building is secure and because the 24-hour doorman/staffing services allowed me to live independently even though age has affected my health and limited my mobility. When F&W bought the property, they immediately ended the 24-hour doorman service and replacing it with more limited hours. This reduction in services has placed a significant burden on people's ability to move and enjoy their apartment, to come and go as they please, to get packages, and to have groceries delivered.
More important than this, however, is that without the 24-hour doorman/staffing service, there is no one in the building after hours who knows where the disabled residents are, who they are, and who will help them out the building. Should a fire break out at night, there will be many more injuries and possibly even deaths. That said, F&W Properties and other landlords will probably argue that people who need special services should live elsewhere, but that is counter to the spirit and principles of the Fair Housing Act on disabilities.
Under the Fair Housing Act, services should not be offered in a way that discriminates against the disabled and limits their ability to have full enjoyment of their home. Moreover, landlords must make reasonable accommodations for the aging and disabled, even if doing so comes at an additional cost. In light of our concerns, several of us requested the restoration of the 24-hour doorman/staffing service but were denied. We then attempted to negotiate a reasonable accommodation and were again denied. As a result, we filed a Fair Housing complaint with the Dayton Human Relations Council. That complaint is working its way through the administrative process, but we know what F&W Properties and other landlords will argue. They will claim that doorman services fundamentally changes their business . That is not true for F&W Properties is already providing doorman service.
F&W has also claimed that, because they are a new owner, they are not obligated to continue the practices of the former owner. However, if we allow new owners to disregard the disabled residents of their buildings, then the housing stock for disabled people will close up. As soon as the landlords do not want to provide services to the disabled, they will sell their property, and the new owners will claim that they are not obligated to continue the services because they are new owners. Furthermore, a person with a disability can’t just pack up and move. Many of them cannot afford to. Others may not have the physical strength or ability to move. Moreover, housing stock that accommodates people with disabilities is already limited. For instance, Park Layne is the only apartment complex in West Dayton that provided round-the-clock doorman/staffing service.
Ending the 24-hour doorman/staffing service is a violation of the Fair Housing Act, and limits the capacity for independent living among the elderly and disabled. Our building is home to many people over 65, over 70, and over 80. I know at least three people who are in their 90s, and one person has just turned 100. The doorman service makes it possible for these people to live independently. Without that service, these elderly people will have to try to find alternative housing or risk injury or death should there be another emergency.
As we all get older and as our family and friends age, it is against the public interest to allow new and long-term landlords to ignore the needs of their disabled tenants.
To go back to the original point, given the extent of the fire in the Park Layne Apartments, we are blessed that none of the disabled and handicapped residents in the building were injured. The only reason that they were safely removed from the building was because the fire broke out during the day when staff and doorman were available to assist. The doorman knocked on every door assuring that people vacated. The doorman assisted people down the stairs who were unable to walk them by themselves. In fact, a police officer carried one resident who normally uses a walker but who was trying scoot down the stairs.
If there is ever a fire in the building after hours, there will be injuries and casualties. F&W Properties could prevent this by reinstating 24-hour doorman service. To not do so in the face of a known high risk of harm to their residents is negligent.
Please Write an email to F&W Properties asking them to assure the safety of our elders by reinstating 24 hours doorman/staffing. You can contact them by email (info@fwproperties.com ), by phone ( 614-224-6663 ) or on their facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/fwproperties/)
From: owner-official_list@wright.edu [mailto:owner-official_list@wright.edu] On Behalf Of Larry Chan
Subject: [OFFICIAL-L] Clarification about budget presentation at Board of Trustees meeting June 8
The previous email announcement about the Board of Trustees meeting on June 8 should have listed the fiscal year of the university budget that will be presented as 2017-2018. Materials for the meeting will be available at https://www.wright.edu/board-of-trustees/meetings/meeting/52438
The agenda is as follows:
(Part 1) Executive Session: Thursday, June 8, 7:30 a.m., Wright Brothers Room, Student Union
I. Roll call; II. Conflict of interest statement; III. Proof of notice of meeting; IV. Announcements; V. Executive session on * Purchase or sale of real estate and * Contract bargaining; VI. Adjourn
(Part 2) Public session and budget presentation: Thursday, June 8, 8:30 a.m., Apollo Room, Student Union
VII. Reconvene: roll call; VIII. Report of the chair; A. Chair's comments, B. Financial governance policy, C. Policy on reduction in workforce for classified staff D. Limited waiver of privilege on investigation materials; IX. Presentation of 2017-2018 university budget, A. Current funds budget, B. Student fee increase, C. Approval of contracts $500,000 and above; X. Unfinished business; XI. New business; XII. Adjourn
This mailing list is maintained by the WSU Office of Communications and is used ONLY for official university announcements.
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/wsu-faculty-call-budget-proposal-disgraceful-absurd/DK8f6yGFY4xPWKA4RiDuWJ/
WSU faculty call budget proposal disgraceful, absurd
3:44 p.m Monday, June 5, 2017 News
Wright State faculty members have sent an angry letter to university leadership, calling WSU’s 2018 budget proposal “disgraceful” and “absurd” because of the emphasis placed on athletic spending.
The letter, bearing the names of 254 faculty members, comes just days before Thursday’s WSU Board of Trustees meeting, where the board is expected to vote on the budget proposal.
The faculty pointed to a $1.6 million proposed budget increase for intercollegiate athletics at the same time that WSU is planning $30 million in cuts, $9.5 million of it at the school’s seven core colleges.
RELATED: Wright State discusses athletics budget proposal
“Putting athletics on a par with academics and thus before the needs of our students is disgraceful and a gross strategic blunder!” the letter reads. “It continues the misplaced priorities that have characterized WSU spending in recent years and, along with gross mismanagement, led to the present fiscal crisis.”
Doug Fecher, vice chairman of WSU’s board of trustees, said a big issue is the difference between budgeted numbers and reality. He said athletics went over budget by so much in previous years that 2018’s proposed $1.6 million budget increase would result in a $200,000 decrease in actual spending.
“In a comparison of Wright State University athletics against similar schools, Wright State actually spends a fairly modest amount on athletics,” Fecher said. “My belief is that it was never appropriately budgeted. It was budgeted much too low just to make an overall budget work on paper.”
The faculty letter — sent to the WSU Board of Trustees, Interim President Curtis McCray, and incoming President Cheryl Schrader — says spending on intercollegiate athletics totals about $10 million per year, but athletics revenue has been about $2 million. The letter said continuing athletics spending at nearly the same level is “absurd.”
RELATED: WSU hits low point with announcement of layoffs
“We’ve been complaining for more than a decade that they’ve been grossly overspending the athletics budget, basically since we switched to Division I,” said Marty Kich, president of WSU’s American Association of University Professors chapter.
For the second time in two weeks, Fecher left the door open to Wright State leaving Division I — the highest level of college athletics.
“Because athletics is a long-term decision that needs study, let’s put a budget number in that is realistic to what they need to spend to stay at a D-I level this year,” he said. “Then let’s have the conversation about what level they need to be at moving forward.”
RELATED: Budget analysis shows School of Medicine taking big hit
The faculty argued that WSU’s emphasis on athletics does not match student and community interest. Wright State’s most prominent sport, men’s basketball, draws 4,000 fans per game to the 10,400-seat Nutter Center, despite full-time students having access to two tickets to each home basketball game.
“Students come to Wright State looking for a quality education at an affordable price so that they can have rewarding careers rather than McJobs,” the letter says. “Taxpayers expect and need the research of our faculty and students to benefit our communities and foster economic development. None of these objectives are advanced by increasing spending on intercollegiate athletics.”
Fecher said he understands the sentiment of the faculty letter, adding that the university needs more time for long-range planning.
“Right now, the university doesn’t have what I would consider to be a comprehensive strategic plan,” Fecher said. “Athletics would be part of a plan. … After doing the required study, we may decide to make a change in athletics. To do it in 90 days in response to our current financial situation … I would rather take more time to study it in the context of what priorities do we want the university to have?”
Wright State’s Board of Trustees will meet Thursday at the WSU Student Union, with a closed executive session at 7:30 a.m., followed by a public meeting and budget presentation at 8:30 a.m. in the Apollo Room.
WSU Director of Communications Seth Bauguess said the board is reviewing budget comments from the university community, including the faculty letter.
From: Shelly Diaz
Subject: FW: Project Dawn Training
Cornerstone Project, East End Community Services and Project Dawn
have partnered to offer
FREE Narcan Training
Thursday June 8, 2017, 1:00 p.m.
East End Community Services
624 Xenia Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45410
Please R.S.V.P to (937) 522-0870
Naloxone/Narcan is a medication that can reverse an overdose caused by an opioid drug
such as heroin and pain medication such as oxycotin, hydrocodone, OpanaER, etc.
From: Dayton Muslims on behalf of Abdul Q. Shahid; President Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Dayton Ohio Chapter.
Subject: Open House & Iftar at Fazle Umar Mosque in response to upcoming ACT marches
Assalamoalekum Greetings of Peace,
On Saturday June 10th ACT, the nation's largest anti muslim group, has organized several marches across the country.
You can find more detail about these marches at this link: http://www.actforamerica.org/rally
In response to these marches, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, across the United States wants to make sure that the muslim perspective on these marches, that are clearly based on a misunderstanding of the Sharia Law by ACT, is presented with equal if not greater force. However as always our stance is based on peace and love and we have arranged for a discussion program and community Iftar (breaking of the fast) on that very day, June 10th in order to explain what Sharia Law really is and how Islam upholds all the rights of all living beings.
This being the holy month of fasting, Ramadan, muslims fast during the day by observing total abstinence from food and drink, among other things, and break the fast at sunset with a meal and prayer. This is called iftar.
We invite all community members to join us on Saturday June 10th for a candid discussion on Islam, Sharia Law, rights of mankind as described in Islam and any other questions you would like to discuss. Please arrive by 7pm for the discussion and plan on staying till 9 pm when we will have dinner or breaking of the fast.
The address of the mosque is as follows:
637 Randolph St. Dayton Ohio 45417
We have free well lit parking across the street from the mosque. Children are welcome.
Please help us spread the word by forwarding this email to anyone who might not have received it but would like to come.
Also do not forget to RSVP. We would like to know how many guests to prepare for.
You can do so by replying to this email or calling me at this number: 937 344 7569.
We look forward to sharing a meal with you as well as answering any of your questions on Islam.
From: NCCJ of Greater Dayton
Subject: Diversity Training at Sinclair
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From: Dayton's National Park
Subject: (June 24) Dunbar Birthday Party -Saturday 24th
Paul Laurence Dunbar Birthday Party
Saturday, June 24, 2017; 11:00am to 3:00pm
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Dayton's National Park, in collaboration with the Dunbar Branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), will be hosting a birthday party to commemorate the life of Paul Laurence Dunbar, Saturday, June 24 from 11:00am to 3:00pm.
The event will feature tours of the home, hot dogs and chips, veggie burgers, salad, cake and ice cream, music, storytelling and Dunbar's poetry. Everyone is invited! The event is FREE.
The Paul Laurence Dunbar House Historic Site is located at 219 N. Paul Laurence Dunbar Street, Dayton, Ohio. Please enter through the visitor center entrance on Edison Street (around the corner from the Dunbar House).
Tours of the home are free and available from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday (last tour at 3:30 pm).
For more information call 937.224.7061. From Monday to Thursday call 937.225.7705, ext 224 or email Ranger Gregg at Gregg_Smith@nps.gov
From: Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
Subject: (June 27) Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park to Host Celebratory Dinner in Honor of Paul Laurence Dunbar
DAYTON AVIATION HERITAGE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
TO HOST DINNER IN HONOR OFPAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR
Internationally acclaimed African American poet and author Paul Laurence Dunbar was born on June 27, 1872. In celebration of the one hundred forty-fifth anniversary of his birth, Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, in conjunction with the Paul Laurence Dunbar House Historic Site, will host a dinner to honor his legacy. The dinner will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel located at 33 E. Fifth Street across from the Dayton Convention Center on Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 6:30 P.M. Participants will have an opportunity to celebrate Dunbar's life and raise A Toast to Dayton.
Participants will have an entrée choice of rosemary lemon chicken, grilled salmon, New York strip steak, or a vegetarian dish and will receive a commemorative wine glass. There will also be a moving presentation by Mitchell Capel, nationally known for his portrayals of Dunbar's works.
Tickets for this biennial event are available for $50 and can be purchased from the Wright Dunbar Interpretive Center located at 16 S. Williams Street in Dayton. Tickets may be paid for with cash or by check, payable to Aviation Trail, Inc. We are unable to accept credit card payments at this time, but two installment payments of $25 each by cash or check will be accepted.
For more information about this event, please contact Bob Petersen at 937-225-7705 or robert_w_petersen@nps.gov.
For information about other programs and events at Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, please visit www.nps.gov/daav.
For more information about the Paul Laurence Dunbar House Historic Site, please contact Gregg Smith gregg_smith@nps.gov or call: 937-224-7061.
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