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We are in a crisis of affordable housing,..dense communities burn with fires from high taxes and people not able to change their electric while others have two acre zoning..lands of presidents and wanna presidents, governors and wannabe governors, all see affordable ownership as a problem in their affluent white towns..people running our towns and cities live further away for that American dream and NY is the most exited state in the country…something drastically wrong here folks….

Its time for change, that we build in every town and city…we have to ..lives and generations depend upon it…what we see in the  news today, is a clear lack of ownership,respect, understanding love, lack of opportunity and more….we continue…God bless our work, Habitat of Westchester, our volunteers and so many more…jim killoran

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Today we work in the inner city, transforming it with many people, many volunteers..50 plus in making it NMU..no more ugly.. a change so that there is relationship building, together..building community together…tomorrow another group works with me in MtVernon, we continue, to are blessed to help to see what we can do tpo help our Gateways neighborhood there improve to great beauty, so many great people. 

I have been blssed to work in the inner cities, the gateways, for a number of years…we work together to help change neighborhoods together, God celebrates diversity, no question.

As we look at what happened in Baton Rouge, Minnesota, Dallas, we pray and are more committed in the theology of the hammer, and the theology of  diversity, I  call it.. God celebrates diversity, no question…but many of our faith communities are not, and we need all to realize in Gods eyes we are equal, in our mission, all should go to bed at nite in a simple decent home!

To that end, we work harder than ever, we pray, and we move ahead..

jjk

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Early morning runs to our community gardens in #MtVernon and #NewRochelle.

The Gardens help to bring joy, NMU. No more Ugly a term I created, hope, beauty and love to people

We also have changed the Ashburton corridor as well with the gardens, green space is needed for sure..

Many volunteers help me from all over, no question..they plant, the clean, the come together in community knowing each others neighbors.

Last week I was invited to speak at the #Chappaqua community garden, helping to speak about community and home building there.

The leaders are making signs and on July 16^th they are helping to sell them at the Farmers Market.

 

Main St NewRochelle Ashburton Yonkers and Mt Vernon Avneue Mt Vernon are all our neighborhoods of Habitat, of Gods neighborhoods, of the people.

We have pushed hard to stop heavy traffic accidents, and we also help push for crosswalks, buttons, beauty, NMU…sometimes the they don’t like speaking up by us,

But they have to fix the problems…People have environmental injustice…..happening all the time….just this week three accidents on Main St….in SoNO Newrochelle

In the Gateways.. I ran out, two elderly people hit from behind in their car, and the driver was dizzy, falling into the street, walking in circles, I calmed him, had him sit back in

While calling the police and ambulance and ended up driving their car to the hospital, ….this happens often….it has to stop. A car went through our old restore, at 524 main

And then it went through two other storefronts, speeding at octavios and also the former clark realty..speeding,…they life.

Main st needs tobe Main St again……

Mt Vernon avenue, speeding happens too..our planter program…green planters, as green goes up crime goes down, changes the concrete jungles into streets and neighborhoods again..

Government responds slowly, too slow, but the people need to get involved in their neighborhoods..the lack of voting for officials is at a dismal low in NY, and in our neigbhborhoods,

We encourage voter registration too, and community participation……however elected officials come and go..but people stay and live.they are the main stay….like us..

Join us the excitement is building and growing and changing highways to neighborhoods again..

 

With that in mind we will have three cookouts in the our gardens in the abovementioned areas..join us!

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An honor to speak at ST Pauls Historic Church in MtVernon, a national historic site..

This was a ceremony about he declaration of independence, and I asked us all to be more vigilant, prayerful, faithful

And remember our freedoms..Freedom, Faith and the future..

We also need freedom from cars, computers and campaigns…they have been hurting us along with little or no affordable housing..to this end we work..

We continue..to help create green communities that will help us build and rebuild the future in ways that are great for all, from babies to elderly, from school workers to school principals..

A homeless woman called my phone this morning, jim I had to stay at the train station again..can you help get me a shower today…what a world..

We have to have a better way of helping those in need in our communities….from Veterans to retirees, from milleniels and more to others..

Its time! Join us in this vital work, life saving, community changing.. God bless America..