Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f9RL8c005252; Sat, 27 Oct 2001 17:08:38 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 17:08:38 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <002501c15f33$4439e420$cfa3aec7@junasfam> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "CSRalls" <csralls@earthlink.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:641] Fw: Extremely Long Story X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 5726 Lines: 130 ----- Original Message ----- From: "CSRalls" <csralls@earthlink.net> To: "SJU VISTAnet LIst" <VISTANET@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 7:43 AM Subject: Re: Extremely Long Story > Here is an update for all you list members who responded to my initial post > about my friend, the mother of 4, and her wrongful eviction. > > My friend had a medical emergency with the (absent) father of her sons. I > didn't mention that her boys' paternal grandmother had been ill for a very > long time and recently passed. The funeral was last Saturday. It seems the > boys' father has an enlarged heart and his mother's death has been > incredibly stressful. The boys are having to deal with alot of hard issues > for children.....loss of family income, death of their grandmother, > chronically ill father, being made homeless, and watching their good strong, > mother try her best to fight for their and her rights. And, let's not even > mention teenage angst and being black and poor. If anyone has any doubts > about the reasons these young men and others like them grow to create bigger > problems for themselves and others, surely, the source of their anger is > visible to all. I'd like to know how any thinking person cannot see that > these are just 4 of the forgotten, discarded, and devalued children who > "exist" in our nation of the free, brave and just. > > I get sick and tired of the rationalizations society gives to absolve itself > of its' responsibility to these and all children. How are they to > constructively contribute as adults if all they have ever known is > indifference, disrespect, disregard, and betrayal? You get back what you put > into these kids! > > My friend is a good mother trying to raise good sons in a world that doesn't > care about them or her. You can do all the "good" parenting in the world > but, when you and your children face obstacles that cannot be overcome, and > that no one wants to help you overcome, what then? And, you know what, it > ain't about colour.....it is about money. The only colour here is green. > > Poor is poor no matter what colour your skin is. > > It is about the haves and the have nots and what people will do to get and > keep money. It is despicable. Yet, the perpetrators are going to sit up on > their perches looking down on their prey like the vultures they are, and > condemn them for having to live they way they do...in the poverty. > > When visiting our state reps office (who called the owners attempting to > intervene), a mutual friend who had accompanied us there posed a question to > the staff member we were talking to......"We vote these people into office > but, when we need their help where are they?" What a brilliant, well-founded > question .....from an illiterate, poor, black single mother of 6 who has > known only a life of disappointment and strife. > > Well, in court yesterday AM, the owners' att was very smug and pleased with > herself (I know she sleeps very good at night...very green, I am sure). When > I tried to indicate to the judge that there were extenuating circumstances > to my friend's case, she continually interrupted and placating said in front > of him "I'll explain it to you outside in the hall." What she explained in > the hall needed no explanation because it was something I already knew. > She's a liar and a thief of people's rights. > > She explained.... "I have been doing this for 18 years" (which, if I were > her, and thank God I am not....I would truly be ashamed of myself and > fearful of judgment day) and that she had purposely written the 9-18 > "agreed" order to reflect the owner's would be granted immediate possession > of the property 10-31 if my friend wasn't out. When I mentioned that the > order circumvented my friend's right to due process and to her day in court > and that my friend had not understood, she said it WAS and "agreed" order. > Like, "Gotcha!" > > But, on the day of that agreement she had told all of us there that if my > friend did not move, the process would be started all over. Which at that > time, I was suspect of that statement but, the others present believed her. > > There have been incredible lies constructed and collusion on the part of > her, the legal aid agency, HUD and the owners throughout this whole thing. > They may not have all sat down together and said "let's get this woman and > her kids," but they just might as well have. The actions of all involved > based on personal relationships, political associations, etc. have come down > to that very thing. There's that kind of indifference and self-serving > behavior I previously mentioned. > > Last week, we faxed all of my friend's supporting documentation to the > Chicago ACLU office and mailed in pictures. I have tried to contact the two > Chicago offices of the NAACP and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition but, only got > their answering machines. We are sending copies of everything to the > Attorney General's office and plan to file a complaint with HUD's Fraud > division. They are definitely guilty of that one! > > A reporter from our local newspaper came out to view the conditions of my > friend's apt a week or two ago. They are doing a series of articles on "bad > landlords" and the owners will appear in there as subjects but, it won't run > for weeks. I did fax documentation to the ABC Chicago affiliate last week > also and I did have a call on my machine from their "I-TEAM" but, I tried to > call and got no answer. > > If I have left out any possible sources of help, please let me know! I do > plan to contact NBC and CBS as well. > > Suggestions are welcomed and needed. > > Blessings to All! > Cynthia > csralls@earthlink.net > > > > >
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