Chuck Bell interviews Frengiz Surty of Housing Action Council about how to qualify for a mortgage, purchase a home, and avoid financial problems such as foreclosure.
For more information, and/or to speak to a homeownership or foreclosure prevention counselor in Westchester County, NY, contact:
Housing Action Council
(914) 332-4144
www.HousingActionCouncil.org
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Home Ownership 101
Friday, September 18, 2009
Affordable Housing: Source of Income Legislation
Affordable Housing: Source of Income Legislation
Watch on ProgressiveNewsNet.Blip.TV
Dennis Hanratty interviews Karen Tenenbaum of Westchester Residents Against Income Discrimination and Meaghan Schoeffling of Westchester Disabled of the Move about proposed Westchester County legislation to prohibit discrimination against tenants and homeowners based on source of payment, such as the Federal Section 8 housing assistance program.
Contact:
Karen Tenenbaum
Westchester Residents Against Income Discrimination
(857) 928-9111
Meghan Schoeffling
Westchester Disabled on the Move
http://www.wdom.org/
914. 968.4717 ext. 13
Dennis Hanratty
Mount Vernon United Tenants
(914) 699-1114
Foreclosure Prevention
Foreclosure Prevention
Watch on ProgressiveNewsNetwork.Blip.TV
Chuck Bell interviews Frengiz Surty, Homeownership and Preservation Counselor with Housing Action Council, in Westchester County, NY about her work to help financially distressed homeowners avoid mortgage default and foreclosure.
Contact:
Frengiz Surty
Housing Action Council
www.HousingActionCouncil.org
(914) 332-4144
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Free Yourself from Debt!
airing on PNN this month:
Free Yourself from Debt, from Building Your Financial Future
A series of short videos regarding personal financial management skills on banking, credit, debt management, and money management.
Produced by: Community Capital Resources, 7 West Cross Street, Suite D, Hawthorne, NY 10532 Phone: 914.747.8020 Web: http://www.cchrv.org/
Opening Access
Opening Access: Denver Open Media
A half-hour special presentation of a bold new vision for community media. Combining archival footage with interviews and b-roll, Opening Access presents a compelling picture of an emerging model for alternative media that will engage new communities and new voices.
A half-hour special presentation of a bold new vision for community media. Combining archival footage with interviews and b-roll, Opening Access presents a compelling picture of an emerging model for alternative media that will engage new communities and new voices.
From: Denver Open Media
Faces of Foreclosure
Previous aired on PNN
Faces of Foreclosure
At the end of 2008, Consumers Union embarked on a special project to record the video stories of individuals in the United States experiencing a crisis as a result of the mortgage meltdown. These are the personal stories of several individuals whose experiences reflect the many ways in which abusive mortgages are taking a huge toll on individuals, communities and our economy.
In 2008, 2.3 million properties received a foreclosure filing in the United States. That's an 81 percent increase from 2007 and a 225 percent increase from 2006. (Source: RealtyTrac)
Beyond the statistics, these are real people, real families fighting to keep the most precious thing they own. Under pressure to make ends meet to pay their mortgages and feed their children, these are the stories of people targeted by predatory lending practices and forced to make difficult decisions.
To learn more about this issue, please read Consumers Union's platform: No More Mortgage Meltdowns!
Do you have a personal story you'd like to share? If you are afraid of losing your home or you already have, we want to hear from you.
If you are having mortgage difficulties, please see our tips section. There are many foreclosure counseling options and other resources available to you.
If you'd like to receive a copy of these videos to share with you friends and family, neighborhood association or community group please email Tim Marvin.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Iraqi Student Project: One Small Thing We Can Do
This video introduces you to the Iraqi Student Project (ISP), formed by two Americans to bring Iraqi refugees of college age to study at American universities without cost, as a small effort toward reconciliation and restitution. The ISP aims to help these refugee students achieve their educational dreams and contribute to Iraq's future on their return. This video shows ISP students meeting in Damascus for a Writer's Workshop, where the founders of ISP lead them in English language exercises to improve their writing skills and prepare them to enter American colleges. Six individual ISP students tell their personal stories.
From Red Hill Films
http://andrewcourtney.blip.tv/
In February, Manhattanville College graciously agreed to provide a tuition refugee for an Iraqi refugee student, to enter in fall 2009. There are at least three other local colleges in the area-- Bard College, Mercy College and Sarah Lawrence College -- that may also be willing to admit an Iraqi student for study in the fall. To facilitate their entry, on February 3, volunteers formed a Westchester Support Group for the Iraqi Student Project, to help with fundraising and other support needs.
You can help! For more information, visit: www.WestchesterSupport.org
More Troops + Afghanistan = Catastrophe (Part 1)
New documentary on Afghanistan, from Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films
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More info: http://rethinkafghanistan.com/
Pakistan: "The Most Dangerous Country" (Part 2)
Part 2 of a documentary from Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films
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More info: http://rethinkafghanistan.com/
Journalists in Danger Despite Drop in Censorship
From: Alive in Baghdad
http://blip.tv/file/1803639
Journalism in Iraq is a deadly business. The Committee to Protect Journalism, an international NGO focusing on dangers for journalists worldwide, has repeatedly ranked Iraq as one of the deadliest countries for journalists to work in. Rayat al-Arab, an Iraqi newspaper associated with the Movement of Arab Nationalists, is no exception to these dangerous conditions.
In October 2006, Saed Mahdi Shlash, a journalist and administrator working for Rayat al-Arab, was murdered along with his wife. Gunmen entered his home in Baghdad's western neighborhood of al-Aamariyeh and executed Shlash along with his wife. The CPJ has previously highlighted the neighborhood al-Aamariyeh as a focal point of insurgent activity targeting journalists. In addition to militants and criminal gangs, journalists in Iraq are also alleged to have been targeted by the US military as well as their own government.
On April 8, 2003, indepedent journalists reporting from Baghdad's Palestine Hotel were attacked by US military units, killing cameraman Jose Couso of Telecinco and another photographer for Reuters, Taras Protsyuk. Though the US Department of Defense claimed they acted in "self-defense," a report issued by Reporters Without Borders states that their investigations concluded "exactly the opposite" of the Pentagon's statement.
All of these dangers combine to form a type of censorship for Iraqi journalists. While there haven't been specific laws infringing on Iraqi freedom of speech since the fall of Saddam Hussein, journalists are often intimidated by the steady stream of kidnappings, bombings and assassinations. Satellite news channels, the most popular media source in Iraq, are also monitored unofficially by the government and political parties trolling for criticism and unfriendly reporting. Newspapers and print media, for their part, are targeting much less by the government due to their low readership and distribution.
In this week's episode of Alive in Baghdad, we bring you an interview with Hassan Fadhel Allah al-Hussaini, the editor of Rayat al-Arab newspaper in Baghdad. He offers us a personal perspective on the wide variety of dangers facing journalists in Iraq. At the same time he reminds us of these dangers, Hassan remains faithful. "All Iraqis now are working by way of a miracle," he tells us. "Everyone who walks in the street, every student who goes to school or university...all of them are working by a miracle, because death is pursuing them in every moment and place."
Wall Street Watch Conference
Wall Street Watch Conference - some great info on the current financial crisis, from Demos and Essential Information -- videos are available for the entire conference from their site
The Raging Grannies, Captured Live on PNN
http://www.westchester.raginggrannies.org/
The Raging Grannies . . . and their friends of Westchester, NY, are part of the International Raging Grannies. We sing new words to familiar tunes about the issues of peace, the environment and social justice. Satirical and serious, we are politically conscious but non-partisan. Rehearsals/Meetings take place on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, 7 - 9 p.m., in the town of Ossining.
Blip TV link: http://blip.tv/file/1179393
Thursday, January 1, 2009
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