| On February 21, 2009 a commitment was given | | | | wanted more Outreach Centers that will expand |
| to Youth Development and Capacity Building, Inc | | | | their skill levels and education. The previsions will |
| (YDCABINC) by Emory University of Decatur, | | | | help youth expand their power to grow and |
| Georgia to host the Youth Education, | | | | utilizes the outdoors instead of playing video |
| Communication, and Health-Finance Summit at the | | | | games all day. |
| White Hall building by Dr. Lynn Zimmerman, Senior | | | | We need One hundred percent (100%) reform |
| Vice Provost for External Academic Affairs | | | | and guidance's with our youth from Washington, |
| & Deputy to the Provost; Professor of | | | | DC to Wewoka, Oklahoma in a school system |
| Biology which was our host. Dr. Zimmerman has | | | | that is damage goods like (old books, schools with |
| been committed, like President Obama. The nation | | | | bad maintenance problems, musical programs |
| has joined hands to commit to our youth, | | | | deleted, inaccurate nutrition programs, and other |
| communities, socially disadvantage, and | | | | important needs to educate our youth. These |
| underserved communities to teach education | | | | problems are more damaging to the inner city |
| prosperity. However, we have so much to do to | | | | poverty underground communities. However, year |
| accomplish our goals in this Millennium fiscal year | | | | after year the Democratics and the Republicans |
| 2009 to develop better communities and | | | | especially Republicans do nothing to help these |
| teachings for our youth. The corporations and | | | | problems in our school system, except selling |
| government are still bringing in the clowns to | | | | dreams to our youth. Each school system is |
| entertain our youth but not allowing professional | | | | unique with similar problems across this nation, but |
| educators in Washington | | | | all of our youth are in the same boat of dreams. |
| DC to expose the problems in our society that | | | | The simple essentials that are required for our |
| entertainers and professional athletics can't do. | | | | youth to expand their learning and become great |
| Most of our athletics and entertainers will attend | | | | citizens are not being answered. However, the |
| program in major cities but many of the | | | | prison system is taken our young males off to |
| underground States, rural towns, and counties are | | | | prison camps for numerous violations committed |
| overlook and all of these youth remain without | | | | by them, but our young females are having too |
| resources to expand and grow as a nation. Many | | | | many babies by these daddy that are imprisoned |
| of these youth are not counted in our census for | | | | and not taking proper precautions to prevent new |
| reason that will take too long to discuss, but they | | | | birth. Many of these baby mommy issues are |
| all want the same a great education. We pay too | | | | because of both males and females not being |
| much attention to our athletes, actors, | | | | more careful and not being responsible for bringing |
| entertainers and very little time and money to our | | | | a another life into this world. There are many |
| Doctors, Surgeons, Health care providers, and | | | | babies that don't know who their daddy or |
| especially our Teachers that have a direct impact | | | | mother is because of the long term problems |
| to our youth and are willing to raise the bar. | | | | that face our communities "poverty and lack of |
| On April 12, 2009 President Obama spoke to the | | | | education". Reform and changes are the only |
| nation at Georgetown University, in Washington, | | | | foundation that should be address in 2009 of the |
| DC to explain the progress regarding the stimulus | | | | New Millennium. We need to give hope and |
| package and what he has achieve in the last 3 | | | | answers to our children problems and not |
| months sense taken office. Many are still outrage | | | | complicate their lives with lies from Congress, |
| regarding the bailout AIG, GMC, Banks, and others | | | | Corporate American, and Government. If you had |
| who received government bailout dollars, while our | | | | the pleasure as YDACBINC had to travel across |
| youth educational system in most states want to | | | | this country and talk with young people you would |
| layoff of teachers, counselors, trainers, nurse, and | | | | be surprise about the issues they have. I always |
| more, but more money continues to go to the | | | | said you learn a lot about our youth if you travel |
| masters of corporate America . Perhaps President | | | | the school halls from class to class with them, |
| Obama is doing the right thing but many families in | | | | because you learn more in one day than you |
| American are still without food, clothing, money | | | | could in one month with counseling youth. |
| for bills, homes still foreclosing, bank raising the | | | | We will be fair and commend the likes of Russell |
| rates on good customers, causing many to close | | | | Simmons, Travis Smiley, Michael Dyson Clay, Hill |
| they credit card accounts, credit limits depleting | | | | Harper, Magic "Ewing" Johnson, and others for |
| because Bank want more of your money and | | | | doing a great job with our youth and the |
| providing less of it to the public. Many of those | | | | community, but we have millions of youth that |
| that had good credit before the banks raised the | | | | live in the forgotten towns and we have over |
| APR rate to double like Bank of America and | | | | 1500 plus sport and entertainment millionaires that |
| Capital One in some cases made it impossible for | | | | can do much more. However, we don't have |
| good credit holders to keep their credit cards. | | | | enough voices for youth as I stated in an earlier |
| However, if they are increasing our rates they | | | | articles regarding our youth and where their live. |
| should use the profits to fund higher education in | | | | You don't see the NBA Corporation, National |
| low income areas. But the new foundation that | | | | Urban League, Marshalls, Wal-Mart, Lowes, Home |
| being structured by President Obama still leaves | | | | Depot, GM, Toyota, Kodak, and Starbucks just to |
| socially disadvantage and underserved people out | | | | name a few in these underground communities. All |
| in the cold with nowhere to run mainly because of | | | | these forgotten towns purchase items from |
| the past Administration failures to help. However, | | | | these corporations, sport jerseys, entertainment |
| big Corporations and government are not stepping | | | | logos, etc. But none of them will come into these |
| up to the plate to fund Community Basic | | | | communities because corporations don't see them |
| Organizations (CBO's) and like Director, Jean | | | | contributing to their bottom- line directly. But |
| Harper of Winston Self Help Youth Group, Future | | | | Emory University a private institution works with |
| Generation 4H Group, of Louisville, Mississippi; and | | | | YDACBINC to help these youth of forgotten |
| keep teachers like the outstanding math teach | | | | towns and Dr. J. Lynn Zimmerman was the |
| Travis L Brown, at Peyton Elementary, of | | | | reason why some of these programs exist. Her |
| Atlanta, GA; or Deanna Gardner, Mentoring | | | | commitment is helping youth attend Emory |
| program for foster youth in Fairburn, Georgia, and | | | | University, Decatur, GA on full academic |
| Karon Etienne, Executive Director of The Zoe | | | | scholarships and summer programs to expand |
| Foundation ( ZOE Camp) in Brandywine, Maryland | | | | they growth. |
| and others that have been teaching our youth | | | | Georgia and the world need to thank Dr. Neil |
| every day. | | | | Shulman of Decatur, Georgia one of YDACBINC |
| These organizations have the skills and the | | | | good friends and partners as well as a Medical |
| promise to keep our youth alive to the next | | | | Professors and Doctor at Emory University, |
| Millennium and beyond however, President Obama, | | | | author: literacy of children books, medical books, |
| speech April 13, 2009 pledged funding for | | | | children educational television shows PBS, and |
| Education Achievement, New Inventors, Early | | | | movie writer/screenplay producers. During |
| childhood, and education development growth. But, | | | | YDACBINC 2009 Summit, Dr. Shulman presented |
| how are we going to achieve this when we are | | | | the youth with his latest book, Red Light Warning |
| still laying teachers off and not helping the | | | | Signal and a host of youth educational teaching |
| outreach programs in our community centers | | | | tools. In additional to his program "What's in A |
| across this nation. Many of these outreach | | | | Doctors Bag" Dr. Shulman kept the youth laughing, |
| communities voted for President Obama and | | | | learning, and participating in quizzes while explaining |
| wants him to succeed but how long will the BIG | | | | the different medical terms and what youth |
| CATS get money and we the people never see | | | | should be looking for before running to the |
| the fruits from it. President Obama speech inform | | | | emergency room. Dr. Shulman, mentioned during |
| the country that it will continue to get worse | | | | his teaching; if we knew what is going on in our |
| before it gets better, but how long will our children | | | | bodies before we go to the emergency room we |
| in the forgotten states, towns, and rural counties | | | | can save lives and prevent unwanted diagnosis |
| see some relief, because most of them have | | | | which will allow our emergency room to services |
| already hit rock bottom some 6 years ago. | | | | real emergencies. President Obama health care |
| Corporate and government should commit to | | | | program only reflects the BIG pharmaceutical |
| Ebone Mays an outstanding student at Louisville | | | | companies that don't want to help the people. |
| High School with the hope of going to Harvard | | | | Why are we so greedy that we don't want to |
| University in August 2009, but they turn her | | | | keep our youth, families, and communities |
| down because they couldn't except anymore low | | | | healthy? How is President Obama going to provide |
| income students or something like that. Ebone | | | | health care for the nation when the powers to be |
| Mays has been waiting 2 years to get into | | | | don't want it anyhow? Let's face the facts when |
| Harvard University and have worked hard in her | | | | the United States of America wants something it |
| community and has been loyal and committed to | | | | get it by taken it or give away the kitchen not |
| the promise set by this nation. Youth | | | | the hold sink but enough of it. Reference former |
| Development and Capacity Building, Inc | | | | President Bush. What is this nation going to do |
| "YDACBINC" has worked with youth like Ebone to | | | | when the simple people just trying to pay their |
| get them into Universities and colleges so that | | | | bills are forces in the streets, like many in |
| these youth can excel to the highest level ever, | | | | California, Arizona, New York, Chicago, and small |
| but the system said NO. What do we tell the | | | | towns as well? We know what happen to the |
| Ebone's of the nation that you can't get into | | | | youth of Iraq, we the people are paying for it and |
| Harvard University when you have work so hard | | | | we had nothing to do with the decision to go to |
| to achieve greatness? YDACBINC and others | | | | war. |
| keep it going because someday the Stimulus | | | | CNN tells us every day from 4pm to 7pm where |
| Package and all of its great wealth will get to | | | | this country is headed during the Iraq war, |
| them, one day. Why don't big corporations take | | | | election, congressional abuse, and more. However, |
| their big bonus checks and assist these youth in | | | | new movies and television shows that hit the |
| attending college or universities. They won't miss it | | | | screen provide us with a snap shoot of the |
| because they have already set the stage for their | | | | problems in this country, but again and again the |
| own child to attend the BIG colleges because of | | | | underserved and socially disadvantage youth in |
| increase in government bailout funding. We can't | | | | our community land on the road to nowhere. If |
| blame President Obama for the problems that this | | | | we can't keep on sharing the wealth with the |
| country has inherited, but we need to make | | | | wrong people because we will be in the same |
| those accountable for this collapse to pay dearly | | | | place all the time. President Obama is a welcome |
| for destroying our nation and allowing our children | | | | change in America but even he has to see that |
| to suffer in this way. One of the questions asks | | | | the light is not shinning on the people that work |
| to youth in YDACBINC survey; "was what our | | | | the hardness in this country. We are working too |
| youth would like the stimulus package to bring to | | | | hard for others that don't live here or are here |
| their town or community. The reply "improving | | | | illegally and our youth, families, and communities |
| the community's lively hood. Chris replied" quoted | | | | are suffering. Reaching Our Youth and Making |
| by saying" he would like more places to have | | | | them Our Priority" should be the mission in this |
| youth programs in his town of Louisville, MS and | | | | country. We need to stop leaving them behind. |
| youth in Washington, DC to Wewoka, Oklahoma | | | | |