Data has always been there. Who is interpreting the data? Militarization of U.S. police. A new report produced by Brown University’s

Reactionary approach only focused upon due to current events.

Strategic Intelligence lacking.

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Militarization of U.S. police. A new report produced by Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs details how the militarization of U.S. police forces has ballooned since the September 11 attacks, arguing that it should be counted as one of the long-term costs of the United States’ post-9/11 War on Terror. The attacks, the report says, provided a new justification to funnel massive amounts of military equipment, funding, and personnel to local and state law enforcement, all in the name of counterterrorism and national security.

The study also argues that the intensive militarization of the police could have helped produce the current political crisis in the United States. “Visibly militaristic tactics and imagery breed fear and mistrust, particularly among poor and hyperpoliced communities of color. This can erode police legitimacy.”

HBCUs do you have the KSAs. Affordable Housing. SCRAPS AS USUAL. $250K Closing Date: 01/05/2021

https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=329028 Document Type: Grants Notice Funding Opportunity Number: FR-6400-N-55 Funding Opportunity Title: HBCU Cooperative Research in Housing Technologies Opportunity Category: Discretionary Opportunity Category Explanation:   Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and Development Category Explanation:   Expected Number of Awards: 4 CFDA Number(s): 14.506 -- General Research and Technology Activity Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No Original Closing Date for Applications: Jan 05, 2021  The application deadline is 11:59:59 pm Eastern Standard time on Current Closing Date for Applications: Jan 05, 2021  The application deadline is 11:59:59 pm Eastern Standard time on Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,000,000 Award Ceiling: $250,000 Award Floor: $200,000 Agency Name:    Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentDescription: HUD is funding co-operative agreements for pre-competitive research in homebuilding technologies that provide the homebuilding industry with new, innovative construction products or practices that lead to more affordable, energy efficient, resilient (in this sense, durable, disaster resistant, adaptable for future requirements, and maintainable), and healthier housing. HUD is specifically interested in receiving applications that focus on aspects of residential construction related to factory-built housing and components and/or resilience. Only Historically Black Colleges and Universities may apply. Link to Additional Information:                https://https://www.huduser.gov/portal/about/pdrabout.htmlhttps://www.hud.gov/program_offices/spm/gmomgmt/grantsinfo/fundingopps   Grantor Contact Information:                  If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: Ophelia Wilson Ophelia.Wilson@hud.gov

September 2020. Confront the reality that we are still dealing with the after effects of American Slavery and fix the foundation

I will say again my brother until we are willing to confront the reality that we are still dealing with the aftereffects of American Slavery and fix the foundation right now, generation will continue to fall through the cracks.  Before you or your organization can even begin to clean up someone else backyard you must clean up your own first. 

This is real talk. Hosea 4:6 - my people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge.  We must stop rejecting knowledge. 

Watch video my brother,

https://vimeo.com/453064687/01400307bb

Our communities are at War (Internally & Externally). Major Urban and Rural within the U.S. Nationally and Globally.

 WE MUST BE ABOUT ACTION

 D.C., Los Angeles, Atlanta, Richmond, Chicago, NYC, Baltimore, Boston.  North, South, East, West Coasts and Regions within the U.S. many of our next generation\children in K12 level battle a presence within their own communities from a friend, neighbor, and even family members.  Even as a constant threat from police activities that are constantly a threat over natural and man-made disasters, threats of the impacts of climate change, water & food insecurity, and inequity, to a simple minimum wage job.

 Even on the continent of Africa ‘1K or More Gun Gangs’ are active in Nigeria, and youth activities and other African Nations.

 24-hour, seven days a week threats and vulnerability in the U.S., Caribbean, and on the continent of Africa.

 A Plea……11-minutes of your time.….  Please listen…

https://www.facebook.com/1433139891/videos/10217891068695033/?extid=JM5W5ZfB6NS1vLvD    BACKGROUND https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2020/9/10/21430874/mail-carrier-usps-shot-south-side-shooting-ellis

 

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Survival by Zip Code. Funding. FEMA Is Not Effectively Administering a Program to Reduce or Eliminate Damage to Severe Repetitive Loss Properties

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FEMA Is Not Effectively Administering a Program to Reduce or Eliminate Damage to Severe Repetitive Loss Properties

FEMA is not adequately managing SRL properties covered by NFIP. FEMA has not established an effective program to reduce or eliminate damage to SRL properties and disruption to life caused by repeated flooding.

First, FEMA does not have reliable, accurate information about SRL properties. This deficiency occurred because of ambiguous FEMA forms to request removal of SRL designation, poor organizational structure, and unassigned roles for ensuring SRL data integrity. As a result, FEMA is using inaccurate information to make funding-related decisions, including requesting appropriations from Congress, deciding where to implement large-scale mitigation projects, and determining which residential mitigation projects to fund through its Flood Mitigation Assistance grant program (FMA). Additionally, not all NFIP policyholders who have mitigated their SRL property have benefited from reduced policy premiums.

Read Report No. OIG-20-68