by Van Stone vspfoundation@yahoo.com, (610) 931-8810
Kenyatta Johnson, State Representative
Some say that poverty is a state of mind. But according to State Representative Kenyatta Johnson, House of Representatives, 186th Legislative District, and Philadelphia City councilman Curtis Jones Jr. few people are in position to dictate just what poverty is. Rep. Johnson and Councilman Jones are preparing to study Black family difficulties like joblessness and poor schooling. Unnecessary and necessary incarcerating in a home, jail or prison by district, city, county, and state will be examined too. For sure, poverty and blacks must be a separate subject than the struggling of struggling white youths and adults. Both Rep. Kenyatta and Councilman Curtis have the experience to explain the difficulties, and have the ability to come up with an effective strategy to deal with it today. Let's look at a main cause for poverty in the black family.
A main cause for poverty in Philadelphia and most big cities in the state of Pennsylvania is that ninety percent of people experiencing poverty refuse to care about other social-welfare issues. And in the Black American community, black elected officials meet constituents who often make weak claims that they are for proaction to help reduce poverty. A main reason for this is blacks have a deep-seated feeling that they will most likely let others around them down no matter what they say or do. So, blacks develop distinctive attitudes, values and lifestyles that say to one another, "Let's not rely on studies about the low-incomes, joblessness, poor schools and high incarcerating in a home, jail, or prison." Many are in the talk-about-problems of business instead of facing difficulties.
Rep. Johnson has targeted joblessness and reading skills at a time when such skills are really required, regardless if it’s a white-collar job, blue-collar job, or what’s called a green-collar (save the environment) job. To change poverty of black neighborhoods, as we have known them since the 1960’s, Rep. Johnson is for studying at least three things: 1.)just what will end the inability to find jobs, 2.) what will end illegal activities, and 3.) finding out why black folks so often ending up in prison. What is not working for blacks is a deep-seated feeling that we will not let others around us down no matter what is going to happen. Councilman Jones and State Rep Johnson are looking in to how parents in black neighborhoods are dealing with children not receiving extra support in school. Missing legislative issues deal with school age child support. These issues are what is creating poverty for urban black neighborhoods, not absence of wealth.
Councilman
Curtis Jones
Councilman Jones and State Rep. Johnson seem to be using the same road map to better education. Councilman Jones wants to make blacks more literate developing a structure for work- shop skills, like home improvement, computers, and green energy training classes. State Rep Johnson wants to make blacks who are ex-offenders, incarcerated since youth, as well as females and males who merely completed an eight grade education, successful turn-around stories. It would be a happy summer season to see both State Rep. Kenyatta Johnson and Councilman Curtis Jones change urban black neighborhoods into an awesome new achievement for Philadelphians.
