| | | | As we look to our history in this country and in this county to figures like Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, W.E.B. Dubois, Fannie Lou Hamer, Barack Obama, even our own Wayne Curry, the tempting question to ask ourselves is what would we have done if we were them back then? The more important and more powerful question is: what will each of us do now. While our community has made undeniable progress, the vicissitudes of racism and discrimination from redlining to school underfunding to violence in our communities remain too prevalent for us to ignore. As the Social Innovation Fund, we choose to do the only thing that has ever triumphed over those ills and that is to draw a body of committed people together to combat them. That is why in this month, this whole year and our life as a Fund we are going to bring as many of our fellow Prince Georgians together to tackle so much of the unfinished work of the heroes that we celebrate. |
| | | Kirk Mensah
Kirk Mensah is currently a member of the finance committee and formerly served as the Chair of Forty Under 40. In his day job, Kirk oversees the timely processing, payment, and review of mortgage claims for insurance benefits for the US Department of HUD. In addition to working at HUD, Kirk tutors and mentors young superstars across the metro DC area, and partners with his Executive Coaching clients to accelerate their progress on specific areas of professional and personal development.
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| | | | | On January 29th, PGCSIF and guests, gathered at Busboys & Poets to hear the inside scoop on what the 2020 Legislative Session has in store. Everything from marijuana, criminal justice, business issues to education was covered and of course who's going to pay for the Kirwin Commission education reforms! Special thanks to Fabulous Forties who sat on stage: Chike Aguh, Pokuaa Owusu-Acheaw, Davion Percy, Keecia Allen and Alonzo Washington. Also thank you to County Council leaders Jolene Ivey and Calvin Hawkins Jr. |
| | | | | | Rise Prince George’s
Rise Prince George’s is an emerging group of county residents and allies advocating for policies and practices that build a shared, sustainable prosperity in Prince George’s County by creating safe, walkable, inclusive and transit-oriented communities. If you attend the meeting, let us know how it went.
Rise Prince George's Next Meeting's Details are below: February 11, 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Capitol Heights Town Hall, Community Room 1 Capitol Heights Boulevard, Capitol Heights, MD
Guest speaker: Jim Hamre, Director, WMATA Office of Metrobus Planning The creation of safe, walkable, inclusive and transit-oriented communities is particularly timely given proposed improvements and cuts to Metrobus, including the details on our region's Bus Transformation Project and updates on the progress of the implementation of the County's Transit Vision Plan and Vision Zero Prince George's. |
| | | | | PGCSIF’s mission is to build social capital and invest in new ways of solving old challenges in Prince George’s County. |
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