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“ Whether you’re from South
Chicago or South Rhode Island,
you are all part of a new and
exciting movement in our country
to re-build our neighborhoods, to
re-build our cities and, in the
long-run, to re-build our nation.”
ANDREW MOONEY, executive director of
LISC/Chicago and conference host
“ This (NCP) is our best hope for
economic and cultural
sustainability … to provide the
resources necessary to create
and sustain communities of
choice. This is a dream no longer
deferred. … Granted there is still
a great deal of work to be done.
The 2000 Census found that
Woodlawn remains over 90
percent African-American with a
median family income of just
$21,000 … Yet we have now the
tools to make Woodlawn a
community of choice. Can we do
this Yes we can.”
BISHOP ARTHUR BRAZIER, chair of NCP/
Woodlawn, pastor of the Apostolic Church of
God and a 50-year veteran of community
development work
“ The NCP process begins here. It
steps into the world as it is, with a
vision of how it should or could
be … How could a relatively
unknown Muslim man from New
York come to Chicago’s
Southwest Side and help start a
health clinic at 63rd and
California There are many
reasons, but it is the NCP process
that made the connections,
provided the resources, and now,
lets an entity like ours become a
partner in our community’s
redevelopment.”
RAMI NASHASHIBI, executive director of
the Inner-city Muslim Action Network (IMAN)
and founder of an NCP-backed community
health clinic
“ Most of our (LISC) cities
represented here are currently
implementing a strategic
approach to comprehensive
community development. It’s an
approach that we at national LISC
call ‘sustainable communities’
and it is based on Chicago’s
New Communities model.”
MICHAEL RUBINGER, president,
national LISC
CITIES IN ATTENDANCE
St. Paul, Detroit, New York, Cincinnati, Bloomington (IL), Columbus, Milwaukee,
Indianapolis, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Aurora (IL), Huntington (IN), Philadelphia,
Jacksonville, Covington (KY), Washington (D.C.), Joliet (IL), Providence, Woonsocket,
Minneapolis, Houston, West Palm Beach, San Diego, Brooklyn, Kalamazoo,
Waukegan (IL), Des Moines, Richmond, Florence (KY), Vincennes (IN), San Francisco,
Flint, Evanston (IL), Tamaqua (PA), Atlanta, Crown Point (IN), Normal (IL), Miami,
Duluth, Rio Rancho (NM), Rockford (IL), Seattle, Batavia (OH), Oak Lawn (IL), Newark,
Boston, Albuquerque (NM), Hartford, Pittsburgh, Wheaton (IL), Grand Rapids,
Spokane, Little Canada (MN), Hazel Crest (IL), Uniontown (PA), Bethesda (MD)
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