December 25, 2002 HOPE AND CHANGE COALITION, SHANE PRICE TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE DECEMBER 26, FIRST DAY OF KWANZAA, AT MINNEAPOLIS CITY HALL
For immediate release. For further information contact Angela Dawson (612) 522-6333, Nick Raleigh (651) 291-2806, or Florianne Wild (612) 251-3652 Shane Price and members of the Hope and Change Coalition will hold a press conference on the second floor of the Minneapolis City Hall on Thursday, December 26th at 11:00 a.m. to rally support for Mr. Price's campaign for the 3rd Ward City Council seat. December 26, or "Umoja," the day of Unity, marks the beginning of the week-long African-American celebration of Kwanzaa. Seeking to usher in a new year of unity and peace, co-chairs of the Hope and Change Coalition Dean Zimmerman and Natalie Johnson Lee are calling on residents of the 3rd ward of Minneapolis to get out the vote for Brother Shane in the primary on December 30th. A special election to fill the vacant 3rd Ward council seat will follow on February 3rd, 2003. Brother Shane Price and the Coalition have come together on the immediate needs of Minneapolis� 3rd Ward. Price's platform supports only urban development that comes with a plan to employ local people with sustainable, living wage jobs. Neighborhood-driven development will be a priority. "In order for the ward and the city to progress," he states, "everyone must progress." The peacemaking initiative developed by Price as an employee of Hennepin County, which addresses child abuse and neglect issues, is the first of its kind in the nation. Price, who is endorsed by ACORN, recognizes the need to tackle the problem of predatory lending, which is at its worst in the Jordan and Hawthorne neighborhoods. In response to neighborhood polluters such as the coal-burning plant on Marshall Avenue, Price will work with activists and experts to implement clean, renewable energy solutions that will not violate our responsibility to future generations. With respect to health and education, Price has developed a model engaging community partners with school administrators to invest their personal efforts in the education of students in the poorest neighborhoods. This model assigns a responsible adult to a school and matches the adult mentor with children. The Hope and Change Coalition, in formation since 2001, seeks to unite small businesses, non-profit agencies and social and environmental action groups working in the 3rd Ward. Members include the Minneapolis 5th District Green Party; ACORN; James Everett, owner of Sub-Zero, Tom Taylor, Mark Snyder, B.J. Smith of Mad Dads, David Zander of the Minnesota and Southeast Asia Project and city council representatives Natalie Johnson Lee and Dean Zimmermann. _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
