Community activists protest DC athletes, and owner of three franchises, Ted Leonsis for not creating jobs for residents of the Nation's Capital.
Odd, isn't it?
DC sports franchise owners Mark Lerner (Nats), Dan Synder (Redskins), and Ted Leonsis on Capitol Hill this week.
Remember Donovan McNabb's commitment to helping rid the obesity rate of children in our Nation's Capital by providing the largest outdoor fitness event at FedEx Field that even the Guinness Book of World Records called astounding?
Remember when Caps, Mystics, and Wizards owner Ted Leonsis introduced Monumental Sports & Entertainment (see video) where he claimed he loved the city of Washington DC and would do whatever it would take for fans to have the best fan experience ever at the Verizon Center?
Our question to Leonsis at the presser was if he plans to get the city residents involved in his new venture by hiring the people of DC he claims he loves.
We never really got a response. (Perhaps it was our multiple questions that didn't allow Leonsis time to answer).
But today, community activists are calling upon team owners like Leonsis (and other owners who appeared this week on Capitol Hill), and professional athletes like Donovan McNabb (and their teammates) to answer the call to help end unemployment in the city.
Gives even more credence to the scripture, "For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required." (Luke 12:48).
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CITIZENS TO PICKET LEONIS, REDSKINS, WIZARDS AND CAPITALS AT DC UNEMPLOYMENT CENTER-FRIDAY (URGENT CALL FOR DONOVAN MCNABB TO LEAD OUT IN DRIVE TO HELP DC'S UNEMPLOYED).
If the members of these teams got more involved in helping the community, God just might see fit to bless the Redskins and give them the victory when they go to Philadelphia this weekend. McNabb has the power to take this project to the entire NFL).
CITIZENS URGE ALL AREA PROFESSIONAL TEAMS TO HOLD FOOD DRIVES AT ALL OF THEIR GAMES TO HELP THE METRO AREA FOOD BANKS WHOSE SUPPLIES ARE BEING DRAINED BY MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS-URGENT NEED)
This past Tuesday, the Skins, Caps and Wizards promised to get involved in the Prevent Child Obesity Campaign sponsored by Coke. Ted Leonis, owner of Caps and Wizards said that professional athletes have a social responsibility.
In view of this horrific situation in our area (Anacostia employment as high as 30%), the Pray at the Pump Movement (PAPM) WILL proudly carry picket signs critical of the the Washington Redskins, the Washington Capitals and the Washington Wizards for not using their fan based wealth to bring down the unemployment and stress of this difficult recession.
Protestors will gather at the DC Unemployment Center at 601 H Street N E from 10:30 AM to 1:00 PM on this Friday, October 1.
The goal is to dramatize the need for the wealthy individuals on these teams to stop wasting their money on diamond earrings, expensive gaudy outfits and other unnecessary extravagances and use their fan based wealth to help the large number of fans in the Washington metropolitan area who are suffering through this depression and cannot afford to attend their games.
THIS PROJECT IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE CHILD OBESITY PROGRAM PUSHED BY MICHELLE OBAMA. Our signs will carry such slogans as Redskins and Wizards, PAWN THOSE DIAMOND EARRINGS AND HELP YOUR UNEMPLOYED FANS NOW OR BEAT PHILLY AND BEAT UNEMPLOYMENT HERE.
Rocky Twyman, the founder of PAPM said that we are especially calling on Donovan McNabb whom many have said has a strong sense of spirituality and compassion (helped Michael Vick get hired on Eagles Team after his felony conviction)to step forward and lead out in this effort.
"We need these sports heroes to immediately invest in small business and create jobs for their fans and stop purchasing items which they and their families really don't need such as collections of luxury cars and furs. If the members of these teams got more involved in helping the community, God just might see fit to bless the Redskins and give them the victory when they go to Philadelphia this weekend."
PAPM ADVOCATES THAT ALL THREE PROFESSIONAL TEAMS SHOULD AVIDLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BRING FOOD ITEMS TO THEIR UPCOMING GAMES NOT JUST DURING THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS SEASON BUT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR. OUR METRO AREA FOOD BANKS ARE STRUGGLING BECAUSE MORE AND MORE MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS ARE USING THE SERIVICE. THIS IS A SEVERE RECESSION AND ALL CLASSES MUST CHIP IN TO HELP. WE MUST STICK TOGEHTER.
This Friday's event is a kick-off to PAPM's National Day of Prayer and Fasting that will take place on October 22 at the Lincoln Memorial.
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Odd, isn't it?
DC sports franchise owners Mark Lerner (Nats), Dan Synder (Redskins), and Ted Leonsis on Capitol Hill this week.Remember Donovan McNabb's commitment to helping rid the obesity rate of children in our Nation's Capital by providing the largest outdoor fitness event at FedEx Field that even the Guinness Book of World Records called astounding?
Remember when Caps, Mystics, and Wizards owner Ted Leonsis introduced Monumental Sports & Entertainment (see video) where he claimed he loved the city of Washington DC and would do whatever it would take for fans to have the best fan experience ever at the Verizon Center?
Our question to Leonsis at the presser was if he plans to get the city residents involved in his new venture by hiring the people of DC he claims he loves.
We never really got a response. (Perhaps it was our multiple questions that didn't allow Leonsis time to answer).
But today, community activists are calling upon team owners like Leonsis (and other owners who appeared this week on Capitol Hill), and professional athletes like Donovan McNabb (and their teammates) to answer the call to help end unemployment in the city.
Gives even more credence to the scripture, "For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required." (Luke 12:48).
###
CITIZENS TO PICKET LEONIS, REDSKINS, WIZARDS AND CAPITALS AT DC UNEMPLOYMENT CENTER-FRIDAY (URGENT CALL FOR DONOVAN MCNABB TO LEAD OUT IN DRIVE TO HELP DC'S UNEMPLOYED).
If the members of these teams got more involved in helping the community, God just might see fit to bless the Redskins and give them the victory when they go to Philadelphia this weekend. McNabb has the power to take this project to the entire NFL).
CITIZENS URGE ALL AREA PROFESSIONAL TEAMS TO HOLD FOOD DRIVES AT ALL OF THEIR GAMES TO HELP THE METRO AREA FOOD BANKS WHOSE SUPPLIES ARE BEING DRAINED BY MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS-URGENT NEED)
This past Tuesday, the Skins, Caps and Wizards promised to get involved in the Prevent Child Obesity Campaign sponsored by Coke. Ted Leonis, owner of Caps and Wizards said that professional athletes have a social responsibility.
In view of this horrific situation in our area (Anacostia employment as high as 30%), the Pray at the Pump Movement (PAPM) WILL proudly carry picket signs critical of the the Washington Redskins, the Washington Capitals and the Washington Wizards for not using their fan based wealth to bring down the unemployment and stress of this difficult recession.
Protestors will gather at the DC Unemployment Center at 601 H Street N E from 10:30 AM to 1:00 PM on this Friday, October 1.
The goal is to dramatize the need for the wealthy individuals on these teams to stop wasting their money on diamond earrings, expensive gaudy outfits and other unnecessary extravagances and use their fan based wealth to help the large number of fans in the Washington metropolitan area who are suffering through this depression and cannot afford to attend their games.
THIS PROJECT IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE CHILD OBESITY PROGRAM PUSHED BY MICHELLE OBAMA. Our signs will carry such slogans as Redskins and Wizards, PAWN THOSE DIAMOND EARRINGS AND HELP YOUR UNEMPLOYED FANS NOW OR BEAT PHILLY AND BEAT UNEMPLOYMENT HERE.
Rocky Twyman, the founder of PAPM said that we are especially calling on Donovan McNabb whom many have said has a strong sense of spirituality and compassion (helped Michael Vick get hired on Eagles Team after his felony conviction)to step forward and lead out in this effort.
"We need these sports heroes to immediately invest in small business and create jobs for their fans and stop purchasing items which they and their families really don't need such as collections of luxury cars and furs. If the members of these teams got more involved in helping the community, God just might see fit to bless the Redskins and give them the victory when they go to Philadelphia this weekend."
PAPM ADVOCATES THAT ALL THREE PROFESSIONAL TEAMS SHOULD AVIDLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BRING FOOD ITEMS TO THEIR UPCOMING GAMES NOT JUST DURING THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS SEASON BUT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR. OUR METRO AREA FOOD BANKS ARE STRUGGLING BECAUSE MORE AND MORE MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS ARE USING THE SERIVICE. THIS IS A SEVERE RECESSION AND ALL CLASSES MUST CHIP IN TO HELP. WE MUST STICK TOGEHTER.
This Friday's event is a kick-off to PAPM's National Day of Prayer and Fasting that will take place on October 22 at the Lincoln Memorial.
Related
Wizards Camp Continues at Patriot Center
Skins vs. Philly
Caps Convention this Saturday!
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