The Best of Philadlephia Front Page News with James Sullivan and Friends 2007

The Best of Philadlephia Front Page News with James Sullivan and Friends 2007

Malik Aziz, of Ex Offenders Association of PA & wife Antoinette Jackson-Aziz calls for elected officials to communicate about their launch to end withholding ex offender's needed ability to help stop the drug-related and gun related-violence. Building anew, Summer Camp, Town Watch, Construction Business Fairs and Youth Programs West Philly Leaders join in. From middle R to L: Abudul Malik Aziz, Co-chair Men United, Van Stone, Founder, Camp VPAL, Imam Naadim Abdulkhabiyr, Police Clergy Pres., Bessie Woods, X Park Friends, Deshawn Brown, Teen Supporter, Stephanie Booker, Myrikal's Teen Star Mom, Myrikal, Teen Hip-Hop & Soul Star, Gregorio Pac Cojulun Jr., X Park Pres., Antoinette Aziz, Ex Offenders Association of PA, James Sullivan, Camp VPAL, Director, Karen Miller, K & W Construction OSHA Instructor, Ylemia Fatima Aziz, Studious Daughter.


Malik Aziz & Antionette Aziz Anew Violence-Stop; Free Summer Camp
by Van Stone vspfoundation@yahoo.com (215) 747-8746

Abdul "Malik Aziz" co-chair of Men United for A Better Philadelphia? Yup, just about everyone knows just what that means. The Beautiful hearted and highly incredibly talented, much earned to be respected, can't be duplicated, Mrs. "Antoinette Jackson-Aziz" the wife of Malik Aziz? Yes, just about everyone knows just what that means too.

But to hear about Malik Aziz and strong support for anew violence-stop, we need a bit of understanding just what anew is about. Well, straight to the point, over again in a new form or way. So, Malik Aziz and Antionette Aziz, you can be sure that they both wrote the story about Ex Offenders voting rights, calling to stop the homicide involved with drugs and or gun violence and case management anew. For the moment though I focus on Malik Aziz. "Men United for a Better Philadelphia, the Ex Offender Association of Pennsylvania, Lifer Public Safety Initiative and the Exodus Tour and the New Elders Council are all organizations that I am directly affiliated with," says Malik about help.

Malik Aziz, truly a community activist continues to say, "advocate the point that only the community can make the change for peace and harmony when it is so deeply seeking crime prevention, gang prevention and intervention." This is his violence-stop CARE.

From the words Cooperative for) A(merican) R(elief) E(verywhere), Malik is on a mission to make, "drug and alcohol treatment, employment, education, housing, street cleaning on a daily basis, recreation and sports," as he says, is a much needed Pennsylvania success story. Delivery of certain kind of anti-hero men and women, that has a criminal record of some illegal offense yet do crime fighting against evil, "who are from daily street life that the violence has invaded our mental state," according to Malik are the last hope for Philadelphia and the state of PA. They're Ex Offenders against evil.

"Malik tells me, "the re-entry of men and women coming back to our community from incarceration, creating viable employment and career opportunity" is the key to ending street violence. Adding that "using livable wages construction jobs and benefits, self employment with technical assistance, with new start up businesses created to jump start an energy depleted community would allow Ex Offenders to work with our troubled youth and life coach and mentor," he said. Aziz knows from personal experience that Ex Offenders thing will be about letting youth know to make the right choices in life."

Why these folks above all others are a pressure point of street life that would bust the pipes of drug and gun related killing? "Teaching morals, respect for others and self-respect, cleanliness, cultural love for each other and those of other culturally all have a role in the development and redevelopment of our community," says, Aziz. Ex offenders have the will and desire to end gang tuff violence. Many ex offender, like Antoinette Jackson-Aziz have a strong history of community and social change and absolutely nothing to do with killing just because there is a lack of jobs. What's also important is "having our elected officials in tune so that we get adequate resources to help our youth develop properly," says Malik Aziz, who in his own eyes, is often encouraged about his goals by the first lady of the Ex Offender Association of PA, -Mrs. Aziz. Youth do need camp?

Malik Aziz is leading this effort of positive will against sense less brawn by Partnership Power. There is a free summer camp in the West Philly area. Malik Aziz and Camp VPAL will begin the week of June 25, for ages 5 to ages 12 at 52nd Pine St with support of the Malcolm X Park leadership. To find out dates for Malik Aziz's camp enrollment and when summer sessions end anyone may call Mr. James Sullivan, Program Director at: (215) 416-0862 or visit Malik Aziz on the web at: www.frontpagenews.us