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T h e P h i l a d e l p h i a P u b l i c R e c o r d C a l e n d a rOct. 31-

Democrat City Committee throws

Autumn Cocktail party at Penn’s

Landing Caterers, 1301 S. Colum-

bus Blvd., 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tickets

$150. RSVP by Oct. 21. For info

(215) 241-7804.

Nov. 1-

Republican City Committee Fall

Cocktail Party at Cannstatter

Volksfest Verein, 9130 Academy

Rd., 6-8 p.m. Tickets $125. For

info Republican City Committee

(215) 561-0650.

Nov. 1-

Latinos for David Oh at Orlando’s

Gallery, 433 W. Girard Ave. Con-

tribution $100, $250 or $500. For

info Eunice Lee (215) 561-2000 or

elee@zarwin.com.

Nov. 2-

OpportunitiesPA hosts fundraiser

with National Homeless Youth

Awareness Month at Univ. City

Science Ctr., 3711 Market St., 5-9

p.m. Ticket $30. For info (215)

779-6827.

Nov. 3-

State Rep. Louise Williams Bishop

hosts Energy Workshop & Lunch

at Calvary Baptist Ch., 6122

Haverford Ave., 11 a.m.-1 p.m. For

info (215) 879-6625.

Nov. 3-

Community Conversation with

State Rep. Rosita Youngblood at

Nicetown CDC, 4300 German-

town Ave., 6-8 p.m.

Nov. 3-

Rally for Council candidate Al

Taubenberger at Village of Cottage

Green, Ashton & Willits Rds., 7

p.m. For info (267) 507-4282.

Nov. 3-

Victim/Witness Services of South

Phila., Inc. will host Beef & Beer

fundraiser at EOM Hall, 138

Moore St. Ticket $25 in advance

and $30 at door. For info Alison

Sprague (215) 551-3360 or

www.vwssp.org.

Nov. 3-

Annual Fall Reception University

City Republican Committee at

Mill Creek Tavern, 42nd and

Chester. Tickets $30. VIP Tickets

$50. For info J. Matthew Wolfe,

215-387-7300.

Nov. 4-

State Rep. Jewell Williams’ 16th

Ward Fish Fry at Lou & Choo’s,

21st & Hunting Pk. Ave., 5-9 p.m.

Donation $10. For info Andrew

Smith (215) 609-5876.

Nov. 5-

St. Edmond Parish holds Back in

the Day Celebration in honor of its

centennial at church hall, 21st St. &

Snyder Ave., 7-11 p.m. Buffet din-

ner, beverages, and sweet table.

Dancing, a live DJ, door prizes,

and lots more. Tickets $25. Open

to all. For info (215) 334-3755.

Nov. 5-

Party with a Purpose Cabaret for

Quibila Divine at Dowling’s

Palace, 1310 N. Broad St., 9 p.m.-

2 a.m. BYO food & drinks. Tickets

$15. For info (267) 2940-6968.

Nov. 6-

St. Malachy Parish Benefit Con-

cert featuring Mick Moloney on

mandolin and banjo and his friends

in honor of Robert F. McGovern,

at Church, 1429 N. 11th St., 2 p.m.

Free parking in schoolyard. Recep-

tion follows. Free will offering.

For info Mary Courtney (215) 763-

1305.

Nov. 10-

Community Conversation with

State Rep. Rosita Youngblood at

Germantown YMCA, 5722

Greene St., 6-8 p.m.

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O’Brien Gets Action

On Safe Parking At CasinosIn the wake of a tragedy at Sugar-

House Casino when a child who

had been left unattended in a

parked car died while the responsi-

ble adult was inside gambling, two

measures of State Rep. Mike

O’Brien (D-Kensington) will re-

ceive a first hearing on Wednesday

by the House Gaming Committee.

O’Brien’s HB 120 establishes

leaving a minor under the age of

14 unattended in a vehicle when

the vehicle is on property owned,

leased, or controlled by a gaming

licensed facility or its affiliate as a

third-degree misdemeanor and re-

quires written notification of the

violation to be provided to the di-

rector of the County children-and-

youth-service agency of the

county in which motor vehicle op-

erator resides within 48 hours of

the violation.

HB 121 authorizes the Pennsylva-

nia Gaming Control Board to levy

fines against licensed facilities for

two or more violations of an indi-

vidual leaving a minor under the

age of 14 unattended at the same

licensed facility in a one-year pe-

riod and requires slot-machine li-

censees to post a warning

regarding the penalties of leaving

children unattended in vehicles.

Americans For Democratic Action

Endorses Across The AisleAmericans for Democratic Action,

Southeastern Pennsylvania Chap-

ter, has announced its endorse-

ments for City Council, City

Commissioners, and for the judici-

ary.

For the five City Council at-Large

positions held by the majority

party, ADA supports Democratic

incumbents Bill Green, Bill Green-

lee, James Kenney, Blondell

Reynolds Brown and Wilson

Goode.

For one of the two minority Party

seats on City Council, ADA en-

dorses State Rep (and former

House Speaker) Republican Den-

nis O’Brien (R-Northeast).”While

we don’t often endorse Republi-

cans,” said ADA Board Chair Gle-

navie Norton, “we feel that Rep.

O’Brien will bring a wealth of ex-

perience to City Council, a pas-

sionate concern for the city of

Philadelphia and for

education, and connections to the

Harrisburg leadership which can

be very helpful for Philadelphia at

this time.”

For City Council Dist. 8, ADA en-

dorsed Democrat Cindy Bass, and

for Dist. 7, Democrat María

Quiñones Sánchez.

For the positions of City Commis-

sioner, ADA also crossed party

lines, endorsing Republican Al

Schmidt and Democrat Stephanie

Singer. “Al Schmidt offers great

experience in auditing the func-

tioning of government pro-

grams,” said Norton, “while

Stephanie Singer has a strong fis-

cal background. Both candidates

wish to modernize and streamline

citizen access to information, voter

registration and polling places, as

well as create greater transparency

and accountability to the public

within the City Commissioner’s

office.”

For the judiciary, ADA endorses

Democrats Kathryn Boockvar for

Commonwealth Court, and De-

mocrats Diana Anhalt and Barbara

McDermott for Philadelphia’s

Common Pleas Court.

Founded in 1947, ADA is the old-

est liberal political organization in

the country. Since 1951, the South-

eastern Pennsylvania Chapter has

been a vigorous and vocal voice

for progressive values and good

government, and makes its candi-

date endorsements in that spirit.

“As an organization supporting

good government,” Norton empha-

sized, “ADA backs all of these

candidates as people who will get

the job done.”

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3 Lawmakers Speak At

Children’s Alliance Luncheon

The nonprofit Philadelphia Chil-

dren’s Alliance hosted a luncheon

for its Corporate 20 Bridge to

Healing partners last Friday. Those

partners include Independence

Blue Cross, Chartis US, Ameri-

Health Mercy Family of Compa-

nies, McGladrey, Harmelin Media,

The Hartford-Catalyst 360 and

John Kennedy Dealerships.

PCA is the city’s cutting-edge cen-

ter for processing and interviewing

all children who are suspected vic-

tims of child abuse.

Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-

Phyla.), Congressman Mike Fitz-

patrick (R-Phila.) and State Rep.

Tony Payton (D-Kensington)

spoke to the Corporate 20 Partners

about their connection to the issue

of child sexual abuse and to the

Children’s Alliance. They also will

address the importance of govern-

ment and corporate support for

nonprofits like the Children’s Al-

liance.

Fattah is the senior Democrat on

the House Appropriations Sub-

committee for Commerce Justice

Science and related agencies,

which oversees funding for the

Dept. of Justice. DOJ provides

significant funding for the Chil-

dren’s Alliance under the Victims

of Child Abuse Act. This funding

allows the Children’s Alliance to

be a regional leader and trainer for

other child-advocacy centers so

they can become as robust and

strong of a program as PCA.

After touring the Children’s Al-

liance recently, Fitzpatrick has

been an advocate for making sure

the Children’s Alliance funding

does not drop and that it resumes

2010 levels to ensure they can

continue to serve as many child

abuse victims in Philadelphia as

possible.

Payton has partnered with PCA

since last year to make sure child

sexual-abuse victims were in-

cluded in State legislation about

allowing expert testimony for sex-

ual-abuse cases.

The Children’s Alliance provides a

one-stop shop where victims of

child sexual abuse go to experi-

ence a kid-friendly environment

and talk to highly specialized

forensic interviewers who coordi-

nate with DHS, Philly SVU, and

the DA’s office so the child

doesn’t have to relive what hap-

pened to them by retelling each in-

dividual agency. This approach not

only benefits the child victim, but

also saves the City money by co-

ordinating the agencies to work to-

gether and capture a solid

interview instead of their each

doing their own.

CONGRESSMAN CHAKA FATTAH addresses corporate partners of Phila. Children’s Alliance as

PCA Executive Director Chris Kirchner, DHS Commissioner Anne Marie Ambrose and John Sherlock

of Chartis US, a corporate leader in community service, listen.

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Blackwell Comes Home

To Richard Allen

KEYNOTE SPEAKER at 19th

annual Senior Citizens Banquet

thrown by Original Richard

Allen Committee at Gladys Ja-

cobs Manor in W. Poplar, Coun-

cilwoman Jannie Blackwell was

glad to reunite with Richard

Debrest and other Committee

members. Blackwell, like many

of Phila.’s distinguished com-

munity leaders today, grew up

in Richard Allen Homes.

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Kroc Center Hailed For Openness

To Intellectually Disabled

P.A.R. PRESIDENT AND C.E.O. Shirley Walker joins staff of Kroc Community Center and Salvation

Army Developmental Disabilities Program to confer Center’s award for openness to intellectually dis-

abled.

Philadelphia’s Ray & Joan Kroc

Community Center was honored

for its commitment to people with

intellectual disabilities - ensuring

accessibility and inclusion for

them as members of the center and

as part of its workforce.

PAR honored Major Willie Mae

Lyle and staff of the Kroc Commu-

nity Center with the 2011 Em-

ployer of the Year Award on

Wednesday during its annual con-

ference in Harrisburg. PAR is

Pennsylvania Advocacy and Re-

sources for Autism & Intellectual

Disabilities, a statewide nonprofit

association whose members pro-

vide services to more than 51,000

individuals with autism or intellec-

tual disabilities. An estimated 500

people participated in the confer-

ence.

The Kroc Center’s winning nomi-

nation came from Maureen

McGlinchey, director of the Salva-

tion Army Developmental Disabil-

ities Program, who praised the

Center for its outreach to the dis-

ability community “years before

the building was completed, to en-

sure accessibility and inclusive-

ness from the ground up,” said

McGlinchey. “The team not only

worked to ensure accessibility

needs were met, but also that job

creation and development at Kroc

encompassed those with disabili-

ties, as well as other underem-

ployed residents in the

community.”

Services at the Kroc Center in-

clude fitness equipment, swim-

ming, day care, music, visual and

performing arts studios, worship

and performance space, a com-

puter lab, culinary arts, adult edu-

cation, job training, a community

garden and many other unique of-

ferings.

Three gentlemen from The Salva-

tion Army’s DDP have been em-

ployed by the Center since March

2011. DDP’s job coaching staff as-

sisted in the initial training and

employment preparation process

and continue to support the men

weekly, assisting in skill develop-

ment and job adaptations. All three

gentlemen were recently offered

additional days and hours, which

31 OCTOBER, 2011 THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY RECORD | 7

Karl Palmer and Alfred Williams

have already begun. Karl and Al-

fred were on hand to help Major

Willie Mae Lyle accept the Cen-

ter’s award Wednesday morning.

“It is amazing to learn what the

Kroc Center has been able to ac-

complish in its first year of opera-

tion,” remarked Shirley Walker,

President and CEO of PAR.

“I know Karl, Alfred and Stanley

enjoy their jobs and appreciate the

independence and financial sup-

port they have provided,” added

McGlinchey. “Not to mention the

opportunity to spend time and have

fun with members of their commu-

nity!”

For her decade of advocacy on be-

half of people with intellectual dis-

abilities, Kathryn Susano-Morris

was named PAR’s 2011 Advocate

of the Year.

“Kathy’s tremendous effort in pro-

tecting and preserving providers’

rights to hold title to the real estate

they purchased and used for pro-

gram purposes benefits the entire

community services system,” said

Walker. “Through negotiations

with State and County officials,

after a decade of dispute and dis-

cussion and four years of lawsuit,

the matter is now resolved. Some-

one with lesser resolve, or sense of

humor, might have given up years

ago.

“Private ownership of real estate is

the most cost-effective option for

the Commonwealth and it provides

much greater stability for individu-

als with intellectual disabilities

than renting,” said Walker. “Pri-

vate ownership helps assure that

homes have the necessary accom-

modations that people with disabil-

ities need, and that homes are safe

and well-maintained. This is a win

for taxpayers.”

PAR is a nonprofit charitable or-

ganization and the only statewide

provider association dedicated

solely to intellectual disabilities

and autism. Its mission is to build

the capacity of the private sector to

fully support Pennsylvanians with

autism and intellectual disabilities

according to their needs.