1Matters Saturday Morning Meeting

1Night to Matter

The comedy benefit “1Night to Matter” is this Thursday at Connxtions Comedy club, Heatherdowns west of Reynolds.  I will be hosting and performing with an exceptional lineup including my pal KimT (the Survivor girl, Channel 11 on Thursdays), the perfectly funny and spectacular headliner, Melanie Maloy and others. Be sure to come early as our friend Pat Lewandowski will be playing before the show, 7 - 8pm. 

We had an additional 100 tickets printed so they will be available at the door.  Cost is $20 and bring extra jingle as we will be having a silent auction that Sheila with Connxtions is putting together.  VIP tix are $100 (Reserved seating and some special stuff), and VVVIP tix are $500 -(Reserved seating, some special stuff, and some more “specialer” stuff.)

I have also made a few DVD copies of the award winning homeless documentary “A Home for the Holidays” and also have copies of the holiday CD of the same name.  The CD includes some exceptional local artists such as Chrys Peterson, the Murphy’s, the Homewreckers, Eddie Boggs, Kerry Clark, Groovemaster, Mighty Meaty Swing Kings, Pat of course and ten others singing holiday songs.  Both of these will be available for $10 each.   
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1Votes

1Votes Campaign

To each of us as people, as humans, 1Matters. 

But to the machine called politics, the sad truth is individually we don’t Matter.  Only when we come together in a group, or “block of voters” as they call it, do they pay attention. 

Locally a great example is the Lagrange neighborhood.  No one has done it better in creating a voting block. 

As an individual, I found out I really didn’t Matter to the powers that be when I started this campaign last November. 

It might be coincidence, but only when it was demonstrated that a ”block of  voters” cared about this issue and peppered the Mayor, the Commissioners and United Way with emails for action and 50 or so people came out in freezing weather to be heard did they listen.

It became clear to them that together as 1 we were like the Verizon Network, every time I took a step they stepped with me, all of us asking ”Can you hear me now?”

Finally as our chorus grew loud enough, they heard us, a large group of people who Matter to those that Matter.

The reason Tent City is always held the weekend before the election is simple:  To get the answers to questions those whose voices are not heard want answered. 

And it seems to work.  I am pretty sure that nearly every politician who has come to Tent City for our Candidates Forums the weekend before the election has won, including Marcy Kaptur, Sherrod Brown,  Jennifer Bruner, a couple of Governors, even a Kennedy and a ton of local candidates as well. 
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Shameless Plug and Meeting Updates

 ADVERTISEMENT – The comedy benefit “1Night to Matter” is May 15th at Connxtions Comedy club.  An exceptional lineup is being put together including the perfectly funny and spectacular headliner, Melanie Maloy.   Pat Lewandowski will be playing before the show, 7 - 8, so come early.  There are only 250 tickets.  Tix are $20 in advance, VIP tix are $100 (Reserved seating and some special stuff), and VVVIP tix are $500. (Reserved seating, some special stuff, and some more “specialer” stuff)  If we sell 5 of the VVVIP tix then I WON’T do my act in a speedo.  Those are the advance prices, all tickets will be $17,564.00 at the door. (Just Kidding)– End Shameless Plug

(Ticket Update:  I literally have 20 tickets left in my possession.  Tomorrow I am picking up another 100 from Connxtions.  There is no guarantee there will be tickets available at the door, but we will update you here next week.)

The 1Matters Saturday Morning Meeting is this Saturday, 8 am, at the United Way Building.  Topics are a review of status on current initiatives as well as recovery resources.  

At the Town Hall meeting in January our friends said two things are barriers to more people being clean/sober, 1 is the lack of open beds, and the second is getting clean and then going back to the old neighborhood where the dope man can get at you again.

I can personally attest to both of these being an issue having friends running into each.  We have invited Compass,  the Mental Health Board and the Toledo Hospital recovery services and others. If this is something you have an interest in, join us.  If there are others you think should be at the table, send them. 

The next Tent City Planning Meeting is 7pm  Thursday, May 22nd at the Red Cross Headquarters on Central east of Secor.  If you or your group have an interest, come on out and see what we are doing. 

Follow Up on Jimmy

I had so connected emotionally with Jimmy that  I was moved to leave my Saturday morning commitment for an hour to go downtown to see Jimmy, to share his success.  

Jimmy did not show up.

Someone said “Jimmy gets his check and goes out and ‘do what he do’.”

We will be there for him the next 100 Saturdays…..

That is how and why we roll…..