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President Barack Obama speaks about his Promise Zones Initiative, in the East Room of the White House. The Promise Zone Initiative is part of a plan to create a better bargain for the middle-class by partnering with local communities and businesses to create jobs, increase economic security, expand educational opportunities, increase access to quality, affordable housing and improve public safety.

President Barack Obama is introduced by 14 year-old student Kiara Molina

PBS NewsHour: White House To Tackle Income Inequality In ‘Five Promise Zones’

President Barack Obama announced his new strategy to combat income inequality and poverty by targeting resources at five new “Promise Zones”, the Associated Press reports. White House officials said the administration will focus on creating jobs and cutting poverty in San Antonio, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, southeastern Kentucky and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. The federal funding for these areas will be put into education, housing and crime-reduction programs. Obama announced the initiative during last year’s State of the Union address.


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http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2014/01/white-house-to-tackle-income-inequality-in-five-promise-zones.html









Yahoo: Obama Unveils First 5 ‘Promise Zones’

President Barack Obama is identifying five communities that will benefit from a program of tax incentives and government grants, a year after he unveiled the plan in his 2013 State of the Union address. Obama named the new “Promise Zones” Thursday at a bipartisan White House event. It’s an example of administrative action Obama can take without Congress. Thursday’s zones are in San Antonio, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, southeastern Kentucky and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. They’re the first of 20 the administration intends to announce over the next three years.

http://news.yahoo.com/obama-unveils-first-5-39-promise-zones-39-205641495--finance.html

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http://theobamadiary.com/2014/01/09/promise-zones/

Our Children are our future! Our Middle Class is the heart of America. It is time to reinvest in what makes America strong.

[IrishAyes]

1. Glad to see that. Very encouraging.

I hope they do something in the MidWest, although I'm not sure the more remote areas will be served for practical reasons only. Logistics, I mean. But it would be so lovely to see something here, and the effect it would have on the teabagger peeps.

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2. We will take it one step at a time Irish.

It is the only thing we can do, move forward. I know it is like walking in the sand sometimes.It pulls on your feet and slows you down a bit, yet you keep planting one foot after another until you reach your destination.

[Cha]

3. President Obama and his Admin are always

thinking up new ways to solve problems that don't have to deal with the obstruction from those who want our country to fail.

This is a uniquely ingenuous idea to promote education and opportunity for those who might not get a shot at success. The Promise Zones! Five this year( San Antonio, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, southeastern Kentucky and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma) and Five more each year Obama is President. Will anyone work as hard as he does ever again? He tries so hard and is such a beautiful soul and quite funny too, she. I was cracking up certain times when he was being humorous.. very emotional,too, when he was talking about Roger's story and his.. for the sheer beauty of what they're doing. Kiara is just focused.. He was stellar with the kids!

Really enjoyed the Vid and all your presentation, she.. thank you!