Coalition
for Equitable Community Development
Promoting an Economically and Racially Diverse
Community in Chicago's Hyde Park-Kenwood Neighborhood
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
Here: Mission,
Membership/founders, Officers and Committees,
Contacts and Co-sites, Meeting/other
reports
Meetings, Events, Publications:
Board: February 20, 2012 ,4:30 pm, Concord House, 5225 S. Blackstone (3rd
Mondays)
CECD'S 2012 ANNUAL MEETING AND FORUM FEBRUARY 25,
Saturday, 10 am-noon. -
What's Happening to RENTAL HOUSINGin
Hyde Park-Kenwood: Who Can Afford to Live Here Anymore?
Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn.
Speaker: Geoff Smith of the Depaul Housing Institute (which has recently
issued a report on rental housing in Cook County); panel of local rental
real estate management; questions may be submitted on cards at the start.
Free, with refreshments.
THE DECEMBER 2011 UPDATE NEWSLETTER.
APPEAL:
On Wednesday, January 18th, please call Attorney General Madigan at 312-814-3000
and tell her:
My name is _______________ and I am an Illinois voter.
I am urging that you pull out of the 50 state Attorney General settlement
unless the big banks pay the $700 billion they cost defrauded homeowners,
and are only absolved of liability for robosigning* and nothing else.
Do not let the Wall Street banks off the hook!
(* "robosigning" was the set of widely-considered fraudulent
methods by which buyers were steered from conventional mortgages for which
they may have qualified to unconventional, and/or documents fraudulently
executed and processed by hired persons with no knowledge of procedures
or applicants.)
RECOMMENDED: March
26, Monday, 11:15-2 pm. Kick-off Luncheon of the Chicago Hyde Park Village.
$12. Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn.
2011 CECD ANNUAL MEETING AND
4 TH ALD. CANDIDATES FORUM WAS HELD SATURDAY FEBRUARY 5 2011.
Report is with the following.
REPORT
ON THE 4TH WARD ALDERMANIC CANDIDATE FORUM and annual meeting
minutes.
Membership dues and contributions are also timely. $20 individuals, 100
orgs. Send to CECD 1525 E. 53rd St. #907 60615
SEE THE PRESIDENT'S
LETTER
Report:
October 18, 2008 Public CECD forum: "Will the Olympics Affect
OUR Housing in Hyde Park-Kenwood?"
Report:
February 28 2009 Annual Meeting: Updates on state
and federal efforts to make homes affordable and keepable.
In "2008-2009 Agenda"
see outcome of push for afforable housing in Olympics benefit agreement,
current board and committee actions.
View/print CECD 2009
in Review (presented to 2010 annual meeting).
****View/print CECD Summer
2010 NEWSLETTER
CECD
Brochure in pdf
Olympics issue
paper
Read article on Sr.
Affordable rental options in the city and area.
Read Draft
16 of proposed ordinance allocating 20% of total city TIF fund to
affordable housing. Read about in http://www.hydepark.org/affordablehousing/affhsginfo.htm.
Vote on rival ordinances deferred to at least Jan 13.
September 20 2010 the CECD board
voted to endorse this ordinance- see
letter and more about this evolving issue.
Read Letter Sept. 2011 from CECD to Hyde Park Herald on Metra
fare increases.
THREE MEMBERS OF THE CECD BOARD
SERVED ON THE TRANSITION TEAM OF ALD. ELECT WILL BURNS:
Gary Ossewaarde, George Rumsey, and Pat Wilcoxen
Membership and founding members/institutions
The Coalition for Equitable Community Development (CECD) is a 501c3 membership organization consisting of individuals, organizations, congregations, and businesses that live or do business in Hyde Park and Kenwood.
If you live or work in Hyde Park-Kenwood, you can become
a member. Just download the membership
application and send it in with your membership dues made out to Interfaith
Open Communities (our fiscal agent .) Membership page and appeal.
Checks can be made out to Coalition for Equitable Community Development (or CECD) and sent to CECD at 1525 E. 53rd St. #907, Chicago, IL 60615. Phone - leave messages at 773 955-4455.
Our starters:
Winston Kennedy
John and Brenda Murphy
Pat Wilcoxen
Organizational Charter Members
| Hyde Park Cluster, Interfaith Open Communities |
| Hyde Park and Illinois chapters Older Women's League |
| Hyde Park and Kenwood Intefaith Council- Peace and Social Concerns |
| Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference |
| Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce |
| K.A.M. Isaiah Israel Social Justice |
| University of Chicago Office of Community Affairs |
| Racial Justice Task Force and Social Justice Task Force, First Unitarian Church Chicago |
| 57th Street Meeting of Friends |
| University Church Chicago |
Officers and Committees
| President | Pat Wilcoxen | Board of Directors- elected February 5, 2011 |
| 1st Vice President | Linda Thisted | |
| 2nd Vice President | George Rumsey (leave of absence from board) | membership chair |
| Secretary | Gary Ossewaarde | |
| Treasurer | Allison Hartman | |
Board Members |
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| Martha Crosby (students/Southside Solidarity Network) | ||
| Steven Flowers | ||
| Mark Granfors | ||
| John Harlan | ||
| Allison Hartman | ||
| John Murphy | ||
| Rahsaan Morris | ||
| David Nekimken | ||
| Gary Ossewaarde | ||
| (George Rumsey- on leave of absence) | ||
| Linda Thisted | ||
| Pat Wilconxen | ||
| Committee chairs | ||
| Affordable Housing Advocacy (AHA) | Linda Thisted | |
| Community Planning | Pat Wilxoxen | |
| Fundraising | John Murphy | |
| Membership | George Rumsey | |
| Research | Mark Granfors | |
| Liaison-Interfaith Open Communs | Ken Oliver |
Contacts and Complementary Sites
| CECD | President Pat Wilcoxen, |
1525 E. 53rd St. #907, Chicago, IL 60615, |
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| Interfaith Open Communities & Transitional Hsg. | http://www.iocillinois.org/ |
| Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference- hydepark.org coalition info (links to more) | www.hydepark.org/affordablehousing/HPKaffordSteeringC.htm hpkcc@aol.com |
| Sputhsiders Organized and United for Liberation | |
| Illinois/Hyde Park Older Women's League (OWL) | http://www.owlillinois.org Allison C. Hartman |
General Meetings and Reports
| April 29 2006 Forum | (See announcement at top for upcoming meetings) |
| May 19 2007 Summit | |
| December 5 2008 CECD Organizational Meeting | |
| To Dec 5 State of Hsg HP Report- Ken Oliver | |
| February 20 2008 Kickoff | |
| May 14 2008 1st General Mtg (in preceding) | |
| May 14 Statement on the 53rd Cornell development (in preceding) | |
October 18 How Will the Olympics Affect Affordable Housing in HPK? |
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| Issue Paper on Olympics and Housing- Oct. 2008 | |
| Reports February 28 2009 Annual Meeting |
|
Stimulus
Bill housing; Proposed for Illinois |
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REPORT
ON THE 4th Ward CANDIDATE FORUM Feb. 5, 2011
and Annual Meeting 2011.
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