Unfortunately, even the most well-meaning person cannot operate a non-profit with no financial and volunteer support. Some of the things we want to do for the youth in our community include:
Develop Safer Neighborhoods. Your children cannot play safely in the streets today; anything could happen, from getting snatched by strangers to getting shot to getting run over by drunks. Sometimes their playgrounds are fouled by broken glass or needles. All these things can be fixed if the neighborhood comes together to fix it. Safer and friendlier neighborhoods need office work to organize, seeds and trash bags to clean up parks and playgrounds, and cash for maintenance.
Get Kids Involved . Parents are busy, and single parents have hardly enough time for working and sleeping, let alone watching their kids as closely as they need to. Whether we like it or not, the younger kids learn from the older kids. So we organize the older kids to teach the younger kids. Let them mentor the little ones in after school programs, on field trips, teaching them how to use computers. After school programs need staff, space, computers, furnishings, books, and sports equipment.
Improve Our Schools . They aren't adequately funded. We all know it. Instead of complaining about it and waiting for years to convince someone to budget the cash, get the budget approved, and then find ways to spend the money (ways, by the way, that we probably didn't want!) the Joseph Adetula Foundation wants to raise money for field trips, for new sports equipment in schools, and for all the extras that our schools need to give our kids a quality education. Improving schools means paying for equipment of all sorts, admission prices for field trips, buying new computers, and sometimes paying for new staff.
Show Kids Their Futures. They already know the bad one; they see it every day. We need to teach them about internships they can do in school, about community service, about college opportunities. We have hundreds of leaders in our youth. We need to take those leaders and show them what they can really do with their lives. If you can turn the leaders around, the other kids will follow. Showing youth the future requires you: your hard work and your example.
Substance Abuse, Pregnancy, and Violence Prevention . These are the things our youth know. We need to teach them to turn away from this life, and turn toward the positive things we're introducing them to throughout our program. Older children can participate in peer mentoring for younger children - show them what not to do. Teaching, after all, is one of the best ways to learn something.
Do you believe in all these things? Do you want to show our young people how they can turn things around for themselves? Of course you do. With your time, your generous check, and your in-kind donations, you can help us give our kids a new life. No more Joseph Adetulas. Only kids that grow into what Joseph could have been.
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Due to no WITNESS Kevin Brown was free to COMMIT More Crimes
Robbery Suspects Arrested
Imtiaz Siddiqui and Kevin Brown were arrested Monday by Tulsa Police
Tulsa Police have arrested two suspects following a reported robbery of an individual at a convenience store late Monday.
Police say at 9:59 p.m., officers were assigned to the incident in front of the Fiesta Mart at 11200 East 21st Street.
The victim told police officers that when he left the store he was approached by a suspect identified as Kevin Brown, who asked to use the victim's cell phone.
When Brown began to leave, the victim asked for his cell phone back. Police say Brown then turned back to the victim, reportedly showing off a 9mm handgun in the suspect's waistband.
The suspect then demanded money from the victim.
Brown left the scene in a vehicle which was stopped by a Tulsa County Sheriff's deputy a few blocks away on 21st Street.
The driver of the vehicle, Imtiaz Siddiqui and Kevin Brown were arrested on complaints of first degree robbery and booked into the Tulsa County jail.
Kevin Brown
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Posted by nerd57 on Wednesday, August 13 @ 04:54:44 CDT (20 reads) (Read More... | Score: 0)
Tulsa Police Target Gangs
The funeral for one of the two 18- year-olds that was shot to death was held Wednesday. Teantae Ray was gunned down and left to die in a car last week.
Five days later Tulsa police say responded to another killing. A 22-year-old man was shot outside of the Mabee Community Center in North Tulsa. Officers say there is a possibility all three shootings could be gang retaliations.
On the heels of the third possible gang related homicide in one week, Tulsa police say they will continue to crack down on violence.
"Some may be patrolling, some may be getting out, parking their cars, walking a foot beat," Captain Tracie Lewis couldn't go into details, but assured us they are hitting the hot spots.
“Showing a little bit more attention to some of the neighborhoods and some of the houses that we know that these particular groups live at so that maybe we can curb some violence and nobody else gets killed,” Lewis said
Police and local activists agree it's a matter of life and death.
"I ran out. Sure enough, he was lying on the ground," Dayo Adetula said.
Adetula's son, Joseph was a senior in high school when he was shot to death. Adetula believes his son was a victim of gang violence.
“This gang violence has to stop so we are our brother's keeper. I feel if everybody that then people who are afraid to come forward will come forward,” Adetula added.
Now the father is using his pain to promote peace, educating others through the Joseph Adetula Foundation.
“I even have a picture of my son in the casket because you have to show these kids that this is what will happen,” Adetula said.
Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) representatives said they said they are working on a gang sweep with local law enforcement agencies, but they could not give out any more details.
The family of the other victim in the double homicide, Tajuan Davis will hold his funeral Saturday morning.
Police need your help. If you have any information please call Crime Stoppers at
596-COPS.
For more information on the foundation please visit
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Making a Difference – Community Service Opportunities with Area Children and You
As the representatives stood up to introduce themselves and their organizations, I was especially struck by one, partly because it was one I had not previously heard about, and mostly because of the very personal connection the speaker had to his organization. Dayo Adentula, formerly of Nigeria, lost his son, Joseph a few years ago. Joseph was an innocent victim of a drive-by shooting that occurred in his north Tulsa neighborhood. Instead of turning angry and bitter, Dayo has begun a foundation in his son’s name, designed to help young African American men find alternatives to the angry and destructive life-style of violence on the streets. The Joseph Adetula Foundation attempts to accomplish this through various means. Dayo’s current focus, and where he needs the most help, is in advocating for youth facing long term suspension within the Tulsa Public Schools, helping them remain in school and find a second chance. He told me that he has found that almost every young man he has worked with so far has been able to turn themselves around, stay in school and stay out of more serious trouble. The numbers of young people needing this kind of service are more than he can handle. If this is an opportunity you would like to learn more about, you can contact him at dayo58@yahoo.com. To learn more about the Joseph Adetula Foundation, go to Joseph Adetula Foundation
Ruth Wilcox
Children’s Ministry Coordinator
Posted by nerd57 on Sunday, July 20 @ 06:11:09 CDT (24 reads) (Read More... | Score: 5)
News: Clinton suspends her historic presidential bid
By BETH FOUHY, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton ended her historic campaign for the presidency on Saturday and told supporters to unite behind rival Barack Obama, closing out a race that was as grueling as it was groundbreaking.
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The former first lady, who as recently as Tuesday declared herself the strongest candidate, gave Obama an unqualified endorsement and pivoted from her role as determined foe to absolute ally.
"The way to continue our fight now to accomplish the goals for which we stand is to take our energy, our passion, our strength and do all we can to help elect Barack Obama, the next president of the United States," she said in a speech before cheering supporters packed into the ornate National Building Museum, not far from the White House she longed to govern from.
"Today as I suspend my campaign, I congratulate him on the victory he has won and the extraordinary campaign he has won. I endorse him and throw my full support behind him and I ask of you to join me in working as hard for Barack Obama as you have for me," the New York senator said in her 28-minute address.
With that and 13 other mentions of his name, Clinton placed herself solidly behind her Senate colleague from Illinois, a political sensation and the first black to secure a presidential nomination.
For Clinton and her supporters, it was a poignant moment, the end of an extraordinary run that began with an air of inevitability and certain victory. About 18 million people voted for her; it was the closest a woman has come to capturing a nomination.
"Although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it has about 18 million cracks in it and the light is shining through like never before," she said.
Indeed, her speech repeatedly returned to the milestone her candidacy represented for women. She also acknowledged the unprecedented success of Obama's candidacy.
"Children today will grow up taking for granted that an African-American or a woman can, yes, become the president of the United States," she said.
Obama secured the 2,118 delegates needed to clinch the nomination Tuesday after primaries in South Dakota and Montana. He planned to spend the weekend at home in Chicago.
Joining Clinton on stage were her husband, the former president, and their daughter, Chelsea, to loud cheers from the crowd. When she spoke, they stepped away.
Clinton supporters began lining up at dawn to attend the farewell address. A smattering of Obama backers showed up as well, saying they did so as a gesture of party unity.
Supporters and press jammed the museum's vast ground floor, with the second and third floor balconies quickly filling up as well. The stage was draped with American flags, and a sound system blared upbeat music.
As they awaited her arrival, campaign staffers milled the room, exchanging hugs and saying goodbye.
Posted by nerd57 on Saturday, June 07 @ 14:12:55 CDT (27 reads) (Read More... | News | Score: 5)
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