Here in Nevada we have been hit hard by the Foreclosure crisis. Many of us have lost homes or know someone who has. With so much information out there many people are confused about what they should do. This Saturday there is a FREE event that is being offered to the public to educate homeowners on what options they have to prevent Foreclosure. If you or if you know anyone in this situation this a great opportunity to get some information and get your questions answered.
Are you a Home Owners who is worried about losing your home?
Foreclosure is not your only option!
Many people are walking away from homes when there are other alternatives that will allow them to keep their home
Come to one of our upcoming FREE financial classes to help you
Loan Modification Education Saturday April 4th 11am-3pm
Loan Modification can be an option for you and I can tell you howClasses are filling up fast to sign up and RSVP contact
Patrina McKinneyAAA Home Rescuers5888 W Sunset RoadLas Vegas, NV 89118(702) 578-4010
Our schools here in NV are in terrible shape and something must be done. Many parents don't seem to grasp the urgeny of the situations we find ourselves in right now. Our schools already rank in the bottom of the nation when it comes to funding, graduation rates, and test scores. Yet we rank high on all the things none of us should be proud of like drop out rates and teen pregnancy. We can do better for our kids and now is the time to stop sitting around and allowing our children to continue to be short changed. Our kids deserve the best education possible. Yet the state of Nevada has decided that educating our kids is not important. I'm looking for those parents who want to do something about the state of education in the state. On Sunday Feb 8th I'm holding a house meeting to organize parents to get involved in schools and start working to make our schools better. Come out and support our kids and the education initiatives facing our state. Let's put our brains together and figure a way to improve our schools. Each and every parent has a part to play and we need parents to get involved in our cause. In addition to our Adopt a Teacher initiative we are starting an email campaign to get our legislators to make education a priority in the state of Nevada. On Feb 8th join us in writing email to legislators to tell them to make education a priority. Our children need us to fight for them to improve education.
Many of you have heard the news regarding the budget cuts to Clark County School District. It is time for parents to stop standing by while education is cut yet again. If you are a parent with a student in the Clark County school district you need to act. You need to get involved. Our kids are counting on us to speak up for them. Contact your legislator and demand that they make education funding a priority. As parents we can no longer stand by and do nothing.
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On Feb 8th Adopt a Teacher by donating gift cards or office supplies to be donated to area teacher. Our teachers need our help to educate our kids.
Recently there was a news article which attempted to lay blame for NV education crisis on the feets of parents. As a concerned parent with two kids in the Clark County School District I was angered at the thought. But as I read I have to tell you some question came to mind. The article titled "Parents share blame for education woes". The authored asked many question which I feel we need to asking ourselves and those around us. How many parent are actually involved in our children's education? How many of us knows the names of our children's teacher? How many of us attend open houses? How many of us attend PTA meetings and actively participate? How many of us ensure the TV, video games, and radios are off and homework is done? Recently I was speaking to a parent and she was complaining about her kids having to take the proficiency exam. She explained that she didn't feel it was fair that her kids had to take a test on math that they didn't learn in school. That is the attitude of many parents and yet we have to ask why is there such low expectations for our students. Why is the test so hard for so many of our students and yet others are able to pass. Our students are not being prepared at home and sometimes in the schools. The fact that some are passing is an indication that some students are being taught what is on the test. Many parents are not ensuring that there students are taking math beyond algebra in school. So when it comes time to take the test the student is lost. I explained to that parent that if she knew the test contained algebra then it was her responsibility to ensure that her student was receiving help in algebra. She should have been monitoring her grades and when the student began to struggle she should have gotten her tutoring. The school district provides tutoring help for students and yet many parents don't utilize it. Many of our teachers are in the classrooms before school and stay late after school to tutor our kids. I get angry when I hear people complain about our teachers. They do a great job with limited resources and little thanks. They receive little if any support from many parents. The failures of our schools does to a degree lay on our feet and until we all step up and help our schools they are going to continue to fail.
Everyday our schools are struggling with limited resources. On Feb 8th I'm launching a Adopt a Teacher program to start helping to ensure that our teachers have the resources they need to be effective in the classroom. Join me by donating gift cards to be distributed to area teachers to ensure that our classrooms have what they need. If interested contact me at mspatrina@yahoo.com. It's time for our communities to get involved and stop complaining about our schools. It's time to go into our schools and make them better. I want to challenge anyone reading this to join a PTA. Any PTA for any school they can all use more help. Take time to go into the classroom and help. They can all use volunteers. Any investment in education whether by time or money is never wasted. This is the future of our state we are talking about!
On Feb 8th, 2009 I'm holding a community meeting to get parents, and the community more involved in the issues facing education. My house meeting is my attempt to get others to join me in Adopting our Teachers. We are all aware of what challenges our teachers and our schools face. Please join me in doing our part to show our teachers that we care about education here in Nevada. I'm attempting to purchase gift cards to be distributed to area teachers to be able to purchase the much needed school supplies. Many of you know about the budget cuts the school district is facing and the results of those are going to affect all our children. A dollar spent today on education is a dollar saved down the road by educating our young people. Please join me in doing something to assist our struggling school district and to show our teachers education does matter to us.
President elect Obama is about to be sworn in as the next President of the United States of America. For many of us who voted for Obama we are overjoyed to see that this day is upon us. Especially those of us within the black community, although his presidency is not merely about him being a black man. For us in the black community it is a proud moment to be shared with every American regardless of race. Over the last few weeks I have had numerous conversations with many different types of Americans from all different races, background, income level, and educational level. They all have so much enthusiasm for President elect Obama and what change he will bring to this country. Many of us know that the problems we will face will require more than four or even eight years to fix. But we know that we must be on the right path for us to see progress. The people have spoken and decided that we want the direction of our future to be President elect Obama's vision. The vision he spoke of during the campaign. I know that I didn't go into the voting booth looking for quick fixes to our nations problems. My vote was for the voice who believed in the same sense of responsibility and obligation to leave my children a better future than that which is being given to them today. When I speak to people about what Obama's Presidency will be I am quick to remind those who are looking to him to solve the problems we face in this country that our country's problems were not created by one man or one administration. The success of his Presidency rests on the shoulders of all of us who voted for him and his vision for our country. I am always quick to ask others what is there role in making his presidency successful? The education of our children must be a focus in this administration as the problems we face today will probably not be completely corrected in our lifetime. But we can change the direction of this country and prepare each generation that is too come to be prepared for the challenges to be faced. I am often amazed at how little importance is placed on educating our children. Why do we not educate our children to be good citizens and not just good standardized test takers. Why are our children allowed to graduate from high school within being prepared for life. Why are our kids not taught about money management in math? Energy conservation in science? Function of our government in Social Studies? Maintaining a healthly lifestyle in physical education? Now that I have addressed what our kids are not learning let's look at why they should be. Americans spend more save less and are living beyond their means. The result of this fiscal irresponsibility is the mortgage, credit, and lending crisis. The next generation needs to be able to budget, manage money, and maintain credit. Global warming is affecting all of us and yet we don't teach our kids about the importance of alternative energy. The next generation needs to be taught to conserve water, energy, and waste. We need to educate our children not just on wars fought hundreds of years ago but they need to be educated on issues facing us now. Healthcare is a major issues right now for many Americans. Why are we not doing more to educate our kids on what poor eating choices and not being physically fit will impact their lives in the future. To anyone reading this ask yourself what I am doing to improve education in my community? Are you involved in PTA? Are you coaching youth sports? Are you mentoring young people? Our most precious resource is our children and we must sacrifice in order to prepare them to lead. Please lend your voice to making education important in your community. It's not about getting hand outs from Washington anymore. Our children need each and every one of us to sacrifice to ensure that education is made a priority in our communities.
I ask each of you again-What are you doing to improve education in your community?
As your inauguration day approaches I wanted to send you some words of thanks. As a 30 year young, African American woman and mother two that day will forever hold special meaning in my heart. I am looking forward to the day when me and my children and my family will be glued to the TV to watch you take the oath of office to become the President of the United States of America. I want to say Thank You for the sacrifice that I and every American is asking of not only you but of your entire family. God bless you and keep you and your family under his protection. It is at this time that not only does America need change but so does the rest of the world. Here at home many of us went to the polls for the same reasons regardless of age,race,religion, or income we are tired of working harder and getting less. So now we look to you to lead at a time when the stakes are so high and the rewards for you are so very few. I will watch you be sworn in with a sense of pride in knowing that you went to Washington to speak for me, my children, my dreams, and my future. When you arrive in Washington go knowing that while many there will be about the business of exploiting the American people. Many of those same Representatives which we sent to Washington to speak for us have chosen to speak for themselves. Go there knowing that we have sent you there to give our goverment back to us. Thank you again for the burdens, headaches, and worries you have taken our your shoulders for me and my children. Thank you for the decisions you will make which I won't agree with as long as they are made with conviction. During the campaign I watched you stay cool under enormous pressure and I am asking that you take that same calm into the storm of what is Washington. We have chosen you Mr. Obama to go to Washington to put those on notice that our divine destiny is upon us. You have assembled a strong team of advisors and I am confident of the great job you will do. Just know I am not looking for immediate change but more of a progression of change in the attitude of Americans about the challenges we face. Just be honest. Let your decision by your own. It is time for America to get to the business of creating a better America not you alone. The future of this country is resting on the shoulders of our children. If I can ask anything of you please ensure that the next four years sets us on a path towards repairing out broken education system. Please make education is less about test scores and more about learning and innovation. Can we rebuild our tax system so that the government, states, corporations, school districts and communities that investing in education are rewarded. Can we make education more about learning and less about lessons. Why so much importance placed on math but not credit, money management, and debt? Why so much importance being placed on energy and health care and not on investing in science for the generation who correct global warming and cure aids? Can we spend the next four years not exploring space but rather exploring energy from the sun and wind? Can we spend less money overseas fighting wars in foreign lands against terrorism and finally win the war on drugs and poverty here in the streets of America? We will face so many challenges as a nation and Thank You for accepting the job to lead. Now is the time that we must redefine what it is to Patriotic. Is it being Patriotic when Americans refuse to buy American cars while being angry that they seek a bail out? Is it Patriotic to build bridges in Iraq but let our bridges fall apart? Is being Patriotic wanting to stop terrorists from entering our borders from Mexico? Is it Patriotic for a corporation to call itself American and want American money to bail itself out when they ship jobs overseas? The next four years are going to involve some difficult discussions which we must all have which are long overdue.
Thank You Mr. President for all you have done to inspire this country and world. And Thank You for the great work you have yet to do.
With the constant news of the bail outs of wall streets, automakers, airlines, etc. I have to ask the question that should be on the minds of every parent in this country. WHO is going to BAIL OUT our KIDS? I understand the politics of why the financial system and US automakers need to be protected. But who is going to stand up and say enough is enough and sound the alarm for the lack of protection of our educational system in this country. Is the fate of our country not a direct result of the young people who are today not being educated in schools across this country. Doesn't public education deserve to be saved the same way we are writing blank checks to corporate america. What good does saying wall street do when we aren't preparing the next generation of young people to be able to do math at a level that would allow for them to become stockbrokers, financial advisors, and accountants. With the level at which our students perform on standardized test in math I'm not sure I want my money in the stock market. Where is the big balloon payment falling out of the sky for education in this country. So much is being said about these companies not being able to failed because of the impact on the entire nation. Why is the failure of our school system, which is going to be the driving force behind any and all advancements in science, health, and the enviroment viewed as dispensable. When I look at education I see the generation that is going to cure disease, stop the destruction of our enviroment, create wealth as bankers, educate the generation behind them as teachers and parents themselves. I'm disgusted with the amount of money being thrown at these industries to ensure they don't fail. I want that same security blanket for education in this country to ensure it doesn't fail. I want education funding to become a priority in this administration and I believe that we will have a President who knows the value of education but each of us must do our part to ensure that education is not allowed to fail. The failure of our education system means we are letting our children fail. With Jan 20th around the corner I think each of us needs to take a moment to contact our Representatives to let them know if education is not made a priority by them by both their funding of education but also by their votes to not allow education to be cut they will feel our wrath when it comes to these Representatives being re-elected. Please contact your Representatives and let them know we have had enough of Nevada Politicians not spending money to educate our kids.
Join me in letting Gov. Gibbons know we want our children's education to be fully funded. http://www.house.gov/gibbons/contact_feedback.asp
Recently I was having a conversation with an older family member in which they stated that before the election they viewed our generation as lazy, not caring about our future, and being uneducated when it came to politics. They expressed how impressed they were with the young people and how we organized and got involved to elect the first African American President of the United States of America. This family member spoke of how before the election they often worried that our generation lacked leaders and any sense of direction. And yet the victory of President elect Obama was in such large part to all the young people from all across this country, of all races, religion, education, and financial background making the statement that we wanted a change in the direction of this country and it's leadership. This family member explained that in prior generations the movements were lead by individuals but that our generation is a more team oriented. They spoke of the election being less about individual leaders creating the movement but that what they witnessed was more like a wave of people from all across this country standing up together to say we have had enough. In the past we may have seemed to be uninterested in the direction in which the country was going and yet it was on our backs that the debts were stacked up, wars were fought, and we began to realize what was at stake for us. I am proud to be a part of this generation and I look forward to doing my part to ensure that my children's generation is given to them better than I found it. We saw past the divisions which held back progress in our parents to see Dr King's dream become a reality. On Nov 2008 it was our generation that decided that it is not about the color of a person's skin but rather the content of their character. When President Obama takes office in January we all must do all that we can to ensure he is successful by getting to work in our own communities to change the directions of our schools, children, economy, and our enviroment. Thank you to every person who voted and now I ask that we now organize in those same numbers that lined the polls in November to now take our country in the direction which this country desperately needs.
Why is Sarah Palin allowing herself and her family to be paraded in front of the American people for the sake of the Republicans getting women to vote for them. Desperate move and her willingness to go along makes me question her judgement. The reality is that there are still many women angry at our campaign willing to throw the issues important to them by the way side just to have a candidate in the White House who wears a skirt. The Democratic Party needs to mobilize every woman City council member, Mayor, Governor, Senator, and Congress woman on the campaign trail NOW. We need to remind woman what is at stake in a McCain/Palin administration. I also wish that the men of the Democratic party would stop speaking to her in experience for the job. This woman is accomplished let's face it she is a Governor with a 80 percent approval rating. The arguement of experience is weak for our candidate as well. But that's the reason most of us supported this campaign. We didn't want the experience in Washington. More focus needs to be put on the issues and what is our vision for what direction an Obama/Biden administration will take this country. Stop attacking this woman you're just fueling the fire Democrats! Put more women out on the campaign trail to talk to women about the issues.
