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Global Call-in Continues Jan 2-4: Hands off the Uhuru Movement

UhuruNews.com | 03.01.2008 05:23 | Anti-racism | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

Boley Center is attacking the Uhuru Movement through illegal firings, a false arrest, and taking away people's housing vouchers – effectively throwing them out on the street. The only connection to all these incidents is that all these people are supporters of the Uhuru Movement. Boley is violating freedom of speech, freedom of association, federal housing and worker's rights! Now the Uhuru Movement is uncovering and exposing Boley Center's culture of larceny!

- Below, find out what evidence of Boley's culture of larceny the
Uhuru Movement has uncovered.

- Get the YouTube link to the video created by the Uhuru Movement
informing people of the details of this whole campaign.

- Participate in the International Call-in to demand "Hands off the Uhuru
Movement - Stop the Attacks"!

From friends of the CEO to the family of the Director of Operations at
Boley, housing vouchers and monies were being used for personal
reasons. Auditors are saying Boley's missing $1 million - so where's
the money? It's not in the African community!

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GET THE FACTS
Check out the video posted by UhuruTV on YouTube (link below),
created by the Uhuru Movement to inform people and expose Boley's
attacks on the Uhuru Movement and the African community.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP7o2mA4I-M

Add your comments, responses, forward this video, post it on MySpace,
Facebook and other personal sites, and subscribe to UhuruTV's
YouTube postings!

Also, read the article on  http://www.uhurunews.com.

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PARTICIPATE IN THE INTERNATIONAL CALL-IN CAMPAIGN
beginning Wednesday January 2nd, 2008!

Who to Call: (Call each of these numbers)

1. Tampa HUD Office
Office: 813-228-2026
Field Dir: Karen Jackson

2. Florida Housing Finance Corp.
Office: 850-488-4197
Contact: Janet Peterson

3. First Housing
Office: 813-289-9410
Vice President of Compliance: Cynthia (Missy) Brooks

4. City Of St. Pete
727-892-5536
Contact: Stephanie Lampe

5. Neighborhood Lending Partners
Office 813-879-4525
Contact: Mary Fellow

6. Boley Centers Inc.
Office: (727) 821-4819 xt. 5760
Director of Operations: Kenneth Heller

When to Call: January 2nd – 4th, 8AM – 4PM U.S. Eastern Time

What to Say:
1. My name is ________and I am calling from _____(city)______
2. And I want to know why people are receiving letters in the mail from
Boley Centers saying that their housing is being terminated and for no
reason.
3. In the Black Community, decent housing is hard to find.
4. I am outraged that you are giving funds to an agency that will push
Africans out of their housing.
5. I know why they are doing it, Its because of their relationship with the
Uhuru Movement.
6. And they are attacking the movement because of what they stand for.
7. This must end immediately!!!

DEMANDS:
1. Angelia Waller get her job back!
2. All vouchers be reinstated!
3. Kenneth Heller, Boley Director of Operations, be fired!
4. Hands off the Uhuru Movement!

After you call, let us know that you called:
Call US (727) 821-6620 and leave a message to let us know how many
calls you made, the day and time that you made them, and how they
responded.

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Boley's in trouble by auditors for losing a million dollars. Their
response was to illegally fire two longstanding employees, Housing
Manager Angelia Waller and Housing Specialist Valerie Sanders,
giving them no reason and refusing to pay them for work done. Boley
manufactured false charges against Sanders and had her arrested for
"fraud", of which she is innocent.

At the same time, several long-time residents of Boley's low-income
housing were given notices that they would lose their HUD subsidy,
effectively giving them eviction notices - even though they had all
passed Boley's rigorous screening process. They were not given a
reason, a trial or allowed the opportunity to come into compliance, if
they were indeed found to be out of compliance.

The only thing all of these people had in common is their support of the
Uhuru Movement. No one else was targeted.

This is a violation of free speech, association and federal housing laws
and workers rights!

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