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February 2008 News from By George & Company
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Presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have endorsed AFFIL's Six Principles of Fairness in Lending:
Responsibility, Justice,
Equality, Information, Accountability, and Law and Enforcement. Formulated collaboratively by the major national consumer advocacy
organizations, the Principles cover the basics of fair lending principles, reject predatory practices and support access to beneficial credit
products. Calls, emails and letters to Senator McCain have not been answered. Read the candidate statements here.
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On January 29, Bari George joined Maxed Out director James Scurlock, photojournalist Brian Palmer, videographer Jack Riccobono and the campaign staff from Americans
for Fairness in
Lending for an afternoon on Wall Street. Amazingly, Wall Street brokers and workers seem to agree - the solution to the mortgage industry
crisis is to regulate the lending industry and outlaw predatory practices and toxic products. Watch the video here. AFFIL and Scurlock's Maxed
Out -
holding the #3 spot on NetFlix for many weeks - are largely responsible for increasing public understanding that the myriad messes in the credit and
lending industry are all related. Lack of regulation has created a scene from the Wild West and a plethora of toxic products. We
expect our government to protect us from poison in our food - why not from poisonous loans and abusive credit card policies? Learn more and take
action at AFFIL's web site. Order your own
copy of Maxed Out here.
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By George & Company welcomes filmmakers James Nubile and Joseph Fox of Fly on the Wall Productions to the
Roster of Experts. James and Joe are veteran
journalists who have worked for some of the most respected publications in the US before bringing
their talents to the storytelling world of vignette documentaries.
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In addition to their extensive video work for nonprofits, James and Joe have just completed and released
the
independent feature documentary Passing Poston - the moving and haunting story of four former internees of the Poston Relocation Center, a
WWII
Japanese internment camp in Arizona. Visit www.passingposton.com
to view
the film trailer, screening schedule and film reviews.
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For the past four years, we have contributed our services to LI2Day Breast Cancer Walk to help raise
awareness of this unusual two-day community event that takes place each June in Suffolk County, NY and has so far raised $1.4 million for the women,
men and families of Long Island who are currently fighting breast cancer. On Tuesday, March 11, we will unveil the 2008 Poster Project at the Sunrise Westfield Mall with a press conference attended by state,
county and local officials and the numerous beneficiary organizations. The event, with complimentary catering contributed by California Pizza Kitchen, will feature the unveiling of the nine-foot poster
enlargements created and donated by Duggal Visual Solutions of Manhattan.
For more information - and to register for the 35-mile walk - please visit www.li2daywalk.org.
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LI2Day Poster Artist Amal Karzai is also the generous volunteer director of Art Supplies for Afghan
Children - http://www.artsac.org. Amal explains "Visual art is an integral part
of a child's education and painting and drawing are expressive
and therapeutic forms, especially for children who have experienced years of tragedy." Funds raised by Artsac buy brushes, paints and paper for
elementary school children of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. Artsac is an all-volunteer organization - every dollar raised goes
directly
toward purchase of art supplies. You can find out more, view the children's art gallery, and contribute at www.artsac.org.
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Attention Non-Profit Administrators: Be sure to visit Rethos.com - a unique social network
that offers issue-based organizations and other non-profits the opportunity to engage
socially conscious individuals. Rethos is the place where organizations and individuals share stories,
videos, press releases,
rants and more - all
vehicles that encourage involvement, enhance awareness and build support. For more information, contact Pablo Salzman, Rethos Director of Partner Relations.
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Yup, that's what you think it is. The photo is from Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic's (PPHP's)
participation in
SUNY Stony Brook's V-Day production of Eve Ensler's fabulous Vagina
Monologues. We're happy to congratulate our friends at PPHP on their 2008 milestone 75th anniversary. KUDOS on 75 years of
information, activism and medical services to the women of Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland and Putnam Counties. Find out more about PPHP at www.pphp.org
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By George & Company is happy to welcome Judy Aronica-Wessels as Office Manager and Research
Assistant. Judy
brings her incredible organizational and interpersonal skills from early childhood
education, social work, and non-profit management.
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On a personal note, we wish to thank the community of Port Jefferson, NY for their incredible
generosity. When Bari's daughter traveled to Bolivia in January, she planned to use her baggage allowance to carry contributions of clothing
and toys to the children of the orphanage where she volunteered in 2006, and to which she was returning. A quick email to Port Jefferson
elementary school teacher Donna Conforti and a few friends yielded a bit more than expected. Four days, 27 boxes and 900 pounds of donations later,
Cybil arrived in La Paz with enough clothing and toys for 350 children in four locations of the Voces Libres orphanage. HUGE thanks to the
children and families of Port Jefferson and to American Airlines for shipping all of the cargo free of charge. Tie-dye artist Monica Reig was among
the dozens of generous helpers and contributors to the effort.
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