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A Message To Black Pastors

Details: Written by Lawrence A Robinson

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In our community, low income is the factor that drives the need for a lot of things; affordable medicine; affordable utilities; affordable transportation; affordable childcare; affordable education; affordable food; and of course, affordable housing. Our local leaders are yet to design an official plan to address the root cause of the need, which is low income. Low income is the root, and low income is the issue that we need to address.

That's No Way To Mentor a Child

Details: Written by Lawrence A Robinson

GeorgeRobinsonJr So, I remember when I was about 3 or 4 years old, I wasn't allowed to do many chores around the house. I couldn't try new things without my mom, my dad or an older sibling by my side. I remember being very young, and my brother Lorenzo, who was about 18 months older than me, took the responsibility of fixing my milk bottle while telling me how to do it. Was he mentoring me?
I was the fifth of six siblings and still asking momma to find my other sock. Whether my needs included fixing me a sandwich or pouring me a glass of juice or pulling a splinter out of my foot, there was always momma or a sibling there to help, whether they wanted to help or not.

Mayor Jerry Demings ‘Housing For All’ 10 Year Task Force Failure

Details: Written by Lawrence A Robinson

Mayor Jerry Demings and the Orange County Housing For All task force unveiled a 10-year plan to add tens of thousands of new homes to the Orange County landscape.

I didn’t attend this meeting but I did watch the video afterwards. This meeting proved to be hyperbole just like the ones that I attended in person.

As I viewed the video, I took the liberty of inserting my thoughts. Here is my opinion intertwined in this review of the Housing For All Task Force Final Recommendations Meeting.

On Tuesday, My Church Is A Plumber

Details: Written by Lawrence A. Robinson

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It is strange to me that in our community, the criticism of our churches seems to be exploding. It is almost like everyone has something negative to say about the church. You know what, I agree with some of them because the church isn't the building, the church is you.

It's Time To Provide For Our Own House

Details: Written by Bishop Carroll Johnson

Bishop Carroll Johnson of Lifevision Church Orlando discusses the mandate of our community to start providing for ourselves, using Bible Scripture to prove his point. Bishop Carroll Johnson has been a leader and advocate for self improvement for several decades and in this series, he drives the point home.

The Top Three Reasons Why Your Side Hustle Should Be In Urban Orlando Business

Details: Written by Lawrence A. Robinson

According to the last Census, the average Black business generates less than $80,000 annually and 67.3% of those generate less than $30,000 annually. They have zero or maybe one employee and little training in how to actually manage a business.

Because of low income, they can't usually afford to invest in training or advertising campaigns to generate clients.

Urban Orlando Business Directory and The BootStrapping Project team have designed a cloud and community based system to support the average Black business with very low cost and very high quality solutions that solve the top three issues that Black business struggles with.

Mitigating The Black Issue

Details: Written by Lawrence A Robinson

Dyer blueChecked Many problematic issues facing the Black community could be mitigated if the average household income was a little higher. The average monthly rent payment in Orlando is out of reach for minimum wage workers.

The low income populations sometimes have to decide whether to make a partial payment on rent so that they will have enough money to catch the bus to a minimum wage job or delay rent for two weeks, so that they can buy groceries. Too often, this is a fact of life when living near the Mickey Mouse tourist world.

Mayor Dyer and Mayor Demings are aware of homelessness and other dire consequences facing the underemployed, yet they and others continue to promote a flawed project that does nothing for this population. They provide no hope that things will get better. They don’t even have a plan.