I solemnly pledge to the best of my ability

As a State of Ohio not for profit organization, Cincinnati Change, I am proposing , as a lifetime trustee, that solemnly pledge that we, as individuals and directors of Cincinnati Change, will faithfully execute the office of citizen of the United States, and that we will, to the best of our ability, help create a truly democratic world by:

(1) pledging allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all;

(2) going beyond mainstream corporate news media to seek out information about important political, economic, and social issues and publish it starting this Friday from our blog - Imani News;

(3) engaging fellow citizens, including those who disagree with us, in serious discussion and debate about those issues and create, in Cincinnati, a unified plan of action based on it being the center that drives the region;

(4) committing as much time, energy, and money as possible to continue building our grassroots political organizations that has and can pressure politicians, government officials and the interests behind them to put the interests of American people over worldwide profit and power, and;

(5) connecting these efforts to global political and social movements that support the American constitutional ideals and will support the expansion of American democracy and human rights while opposing those fighting to destroy the United States of America.

We will continue to resist control of the world that has led to wars that have killed millions of people and have potential to kill billions of people, resist needless military spending yet support defense of the American people that is embedded in new policy that puts people first, resist any roll-back of civil and human rights domestically and work to enforce human rights worldwide, along with supporting resistance to illegitimate authority in all its forms. We will commit to collective efforts in Greater Cincinnati and Southern Ohio to help build an alternative infrastructure in support of the American homeland while preparing for Global Climate Change.

Here I quote and agree with our 44th President,

We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.

We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year. Our capacity remains undiminished. But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions - that time has surely passed. Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.

For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act - not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology’s wonders to raise health care’s quality and lower its cost. We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age. All this we can do. And all this we will do.

Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions - who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short. For they have forgotten what this country has already done; what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose, and necessity to courage.

What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them - that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply. The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works - whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end. And those of us who manage the public’s dollars will be held to account - to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day - because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.

Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill. Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched, but this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market can spin out of control - and that a nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous. The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our Gross Domestic Product, but on the reach of our prosperity; on our ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart - not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good.

As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience’s sake. And so to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman, and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more.

Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions. They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please. Instead, they knew that our power grows through its prudent use; our security emanates from the justness of our cause, the force of our example, the tempering qualities of humility and restraint.

We are the keepers of this legacy. Guided by these principles once more, we can meet those new threats that demand even greater effort - even greater cooperation and understanding between nations. We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people, and forge a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan. With old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat, and roll back the specter of a warming planet. We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you.

To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds. And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to suffering outside our borders; nor can we consume the world’s resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it.

Furthermore, we at Cincinnati Change believe that their must be a additional trillion dollar investment in the United States this year and at least 600 billion dollars must be invested in 6 million American families in trouble. We believe that through this our society can be maintained and improved.We have 20 demonstration cities picked out and Cincinnati is the headquarters where we and or our partners own the land.

We will host a review of a proposal this Friday for investing $130 million dollars over the next two months this Friday at the William Howard Taft National Historic Site in Mt. Auburn in Cincinnati starting at 9 AM where we will hold a week of review of a proposal for his investment over the next two months. there is over a half million dollars [$500,000] in the bank to do this planning and implementation, held by a contracted agency of the city of Cincinnati who has the federal contract that controls the $130M in non volume cap bonds.

Also we will review WHAT WORKED? WHAT DIDN'T? WHY NOT?

Among the issues to be reviewed -

· War On Poverty: Community Action Agencies, Metropolitan Cities Demonstration Act (Model Cities)

· Black Capitalism, Philadelphia Plan, Selected Contractors

· Executive Order 8802 Fair Employment Practices and follow-on actions

· Public Law 95-507 and modifications

· Ohio House Bill 584 Set Aside and its descendants such as EDGE

· The Small Business Investment Act and Minority programs such as Small Business investment Comaopny [SBIC's] and Specialized SBIC's [MSBIC'S]

· CETA, New Careers, Jobs Corps, Military Service, Peace Corp, Vista

· National and Regional Purchasing Councils including the National Minority Purchasing Council

· Positive capacity building pass-throughs, joint venture, and mentor protégés

· Non capacity building pass-through, fronts, and joint ventures

· Community Reinvestment Act and a 100 year review of banking, finance, insurance, securities and exchange laws

· Public Law 110- 343 known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program [TARP] and other programs of the last years of the Bush Administration