[Peace-discuss] re: foreclosure prevention and Champaign City Council's view on the poor

[Laurie at advancenet.net]

> However, those who care about Habitat and the Center need to be aware
> of how members on the city council are voting, and how those votes
> affect the poor.

I would figure that those who are actively involved with these operations
already are aware of those things and have their figure on the pulse of
community enough to know what the issues are, how the Council Members are
voting on those sorts of things, and how they impact the poor and their own
clients.  I am equally sure that those who are involved in the operation of
those two organizations are and have also made those who care about those
organizations aware of these things.  If this is not the case, then I have
to wonder if they are doing their jobs.  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: peace-discuss-bounces at lists.chambana.net [mailto:peace-discuss-
> bounces at lists.chambana.net] On Behalf Of Karen Medina
> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 5:15 PM
> To: Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
> Subject: RE: [Peace-discuss] re: foreclosure prevention and Champaign
> City Council's view on the poor
> 
> Peace Discuss,
> 
> Laurie wrote: >What sorts of things would you [...] expect to gain by
> contacting them [Habitat for Humanity and Center for Women in
> Transition]?
> 
> The first 2 options you list are good and parts of the 3rd, namely:
> * support,
> * assistance in getting the word out, and
> * information from their perspectives.
> 
> With regards to the rest of the 3rd option you mention (your complete
> statement can be read below), no.
> 
> However, those who care about Habitat and the Center need to be aware
> of how members on the city council are voting, and how those votes
> affect the poor. With this information, the people who support Habitat
> and the Center can better decide who they want to stay on the city
> council and who they would like to replace, and with what type of
> person they would like to replace them.
> 
> -karen medina
> ----
> Laurie Solomon's complete paragraph was:
> >What sorts of things would you or anyone else expect to gain by
> contacting them - support, assistance in getting the word out, new
> information and arguments to present to the public and the City Council
> of Champaign concerning the issues that they have already decided so as
> to try and get them to reopen the questions, volunteers to canvas the
> neighborhoods to get out the vote for the referendum, or something
> different?
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