TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Executive Summary

The Organization

• Objectives

• Mission

Causes and Problems to be Addressed

1. At Local Level (Baltimore)

• Eviction

• Homeless

• Poverty

• Access to Health Care

• Access to Legal Assistance

• Income inequality

• Unemployment

• Lake of skills

• Alcohol

• HIV

 

1. At Regional Level (MD)

• Eviction

• Homeless

• Poverty

• Access to Health Care

• Access to Legal Assistance

• Unemployment

• Lack of skills

• Income inequality

• Alcohol

• HIV

 

1. At National Level

• Eviction

• Homeless

• Poverty

• Access to Health Care

• Access to Legal Assistance

• Unemployment

• Lack of skills

• Income inequality

• Alcohol

• HIV

 

 

1. At International Level

• Rule of law

• Discrimination

• Human Rights Abuses

• Alcohol

• HIV

• Access to Health Care

Actions and Strategies to Solve the Problems

1. At Local Level

• Advocacy

• Crises Intervention and Prevention

• Empowering People Living in Poverty

• Imparting Skills (Capacity building)

• Income Growth

• Entrepreneurship

• Financial fitness

• Leadership Development

1. At Regional Level

2. At National Level

3. At International Level

The Market (Demographic patterns of PLP)

• Market Analysis

• Market Segmentation

• Strengths

• Weaknesses

• Target Audiences

• Competition

 

Building Coalition

• Support the Local Level

• Support from Regional Level

• Support at National Level

• Support at International Level

 

Fundraising Strategies

Seven Keys to Successfully Raise Funds

 

 

Marketing Strategies

• Marketing Strategies

• Sales Strategies

• Strategic Alliances

The Management Structures

• Keys Players

• Organization Chart

• Staffing cost (at the end of year 1)

• Assumptions and Comments

 

Solutions

1. Imparting Leadership Skills

• Leading People

• Leading Change

• Results Driven

• Business Acumen

• Building Coalitions

 

1. Entrepreneurship

 

 

1. Low-income: SWOT Analysis

 

STRENGTHS

WEAKNESSES

Experiences

 

Relationship

 

Location

 

 

 

 

 

 

High Start Up Cost

 

Owner not Well-known at Local Level

• Difficult to inspire Trust

 

 

OPPORTUNITIES

THREATS

• Program will contribute to Economic Growth

 

• Possibility to serve as model at local and national level

 

• Reduce Unemployment by Creating New Jobs

 

• Program will reduce dependency on welfare, therefore Government will save money on Social programs

 

• Will contribute on improvement of well-being of low-income families

 

• Some African Americans might find in the program an opportunity to reduce dependence in the low paying jobs.

 

• An opportunity to creating a new generation of leaders susceptible to make a bold move towards the position of leadership that would impact citizens at national level

Difficulty to Build Initial Coalition at Local Level

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Eviction: Causes and Effects

CAUSES OF EVICTION

Endogeans

Exogenous

• Low income

• Single parent with only one source of income

• Sickness

• Disability

• Lack of skills

• Lack of training

• Overqualified

• Divorce

 

Behavioral Dimension:

• Dependency on substances abuse

• Environment: friends, hangout

• Prostitution

• Lack of Connection with a Healthy Community

• Ignorance of existence of God

EFFETS OF EVICTION ON THE EVICETED FAMILIES

Psychological Effects

• Trauma

• Emotional Distress

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Appendices

• Financial Statements

• Implementation Schedule and Milestone

• Research and Development

• Exit Strategy

 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 

It is possible to feed people, alleviate the suffering of people living in poverty, reduce homeless by establishing that would prevent evictions. It is possible to bring to justice those who torture their own people and cannot brought to justice because they are deemed to be above the law while protecting and nurturing peace on the planet Earth for the generations to come. The challenges of providing food, energy, water and other human needs are growing along with the global population and rising consumer demands. The pressures on earth’s already stressed life support systems are mounting. Today’s decisions will determine the health and very existence of oceans, forests, freshwater and other vital natural resources needed to sustain people and the planet. The Organization for Restoring Peace of Earth is seeking solutions to these interconnected threats though pioneering approaches that transcend disciplinary boundaries. Our leading experts and scholars are at hard working to suggest solutions. They are working together to produce cross-cutting solutions to poverty and sustainability research informing critical decisions facing policymakers today. To guide this next stage of growth, we conducted a major planning process. We solicited input from a broad range of interested parties including faculty, staff and external stakeholders, collected data and reviewed our performance. Based on this process, we developed a disciplined long-term approach to expanding the scope and impact of our work. Our strategic plan provides a clear blueprint for the OHRA’s future. At its core, the plan shows the way toward building on our strengths as a nexus for innovation and the hub of poverty alleviation and sustainability research at OHRA. It outlines a focused direction for maximizing our, research’s effectiveness, better informing decision-makers and educating leaders around the world. Moving forward, we remain committed to putting ideas into action that will alleviate poverty challenges of today and tomorrow. We appreciate the generous support of people like you in funding our strategic planning process.

 

The Empowering People Living in Poverty Agenda (EPLP) focuses on developing concrete programs designed to create durable and well-paid jobs for the benefits of evicted, homeless, and those in extreme poverty. The EPLP prioritize the module of capacity development (CD) and entrepreneurship. The practical goal of the project is to create a framework of business developments and a framework of productivity industry where low-income, homeless and PLP would be given the opportunity to apply the skills they have learned from the programs of capacity building.  Depending on the personal abilities of each participant, EPLP focuses on imparting skills on leadership, management, operating skills of an industry, technical skills. They will be trained on how to assume responsibilities, exercise control of a particular operating unit.  This would allow to create a new generation of middle class and start reducing poverty.

The programs want to flesh out the day-to-day reality of low-income and PLP the challenges they face as respondent of low paid jobs. The program aims in reducing dependency on government support.

 

We have noticed that the lack of legal assistance is also a major factor contributing in degrading the ability of distressed and underprivileged people to make a bold move in the direction of life changing. That’s why we have found interest in putting in place mechanism of legal aid designed for individuals and families living in poverty. We are working on establishing alliances and developing clinical programs designed to impart practical legal and litigation skills to particular staff members so OHRA could help PLP resolve an eventual legal issue deemed to under LPL to make a bold move in a direction of changing his/her life.

Based on the above stated rational, we have put in place mechanism deemed to immigrants and immigrants detained by ICE resolve their problems. We have intervened in the process of releasing families from the ICE detention centers. OHRA was granted the license from the Board of Immigration Appeals and has been recognized and as provider of immigration services and the same Board has granted accreditation to the OHRA’s staffs.

 

OHRA was also engaged in defending the causes of those who cannot assert their own fundamental rights abroad. Widespread Human Rights abuses, torture, arbitrary detentions, restriction of freedom of expression, discrimination, forced disappearances, persecutions on political opponents is what constitute the kaleidoscope of the current government practices in the developing countries. Example, the case of Angola and Jose Eduardo dos Santos. We have brought the ruler of Angola before the United States Federal Court…..

 

 

ORGANIZATION

Vision:

• Envision a world in which societies meet people’s needs for peace, food, housing, health, energy, and other vital services while speaking out on behalf of those who cannot assert their own fundamental rights.

Mission

• In the US: to produce breakthrough solutions that would alleviate the suffering of the people living in poverty; solutions deemed to increase revenues for those who live in extreme poverty, while creating an environment of peace in favor of our planet to meet the vital needs of people today and for the generation to come.

 

• Abroad:

 

 

 

Objectives

• Create transformational methods for communicating practical skills designed to impart new skills to people in poverty so they could engage with confidence in the path well-paid jobs.

• Create transformational methods and programs focused on changing the status of low-income to the status of middle class income.

• Deliver leadership development programs for public and private sector leaders.

• Serve as ORPE’s interdisciplinary hub for actions deemed to fight human rights abuses

• Promote expertise of OHRA’s world class.

• Reach the goal of transforming and changing the life of no less than 2000 of PLP become economic self-sufficient by end of 2018.

 

PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS

 

 

OHRA assists women who are survivors of sexual violence in the South Kivu province of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with a combination of psychological and economic support.

DANIELA GRECO

Human rights have been significantly elevated and are now advanced as a foundational part of OHRA’s development analysis and programming. Human Rights and Governance strategy includes human rights as a stand-alone development objective and organizes the work into two overarching streams:

1. Asserting access to basic services for everyone and countering discrimination that may prohibit access to those services.

 

1. Advancing civil and political rights, particularly in closed or closing spaces, through DRG sector programming.

The links between rights and development are many and complex. For example:

• Individual rights are essential for free markets: Protecting individual rights such as the right to own private property and the right to judicial remedy are prerequisites for fostering entrepreneurship, investment, and economic growth.

• Exclusion stifles productivity: The economic costs of exclusion are profound when huge segments of society are denied the right to contribute to the work force. The OECD estimates that about $12 trillion, or 16% of the global income, is lost annually due to gender-based discrimination that keeps women from working.

• Discrimination and the suppression of rights are root causes of instability: For example, the now-complex conflict in Syria was triggered when citizens attempted to express their basic rights to assembly and expression only to be met by lethal force.

• Discrimination undermines critical public health campaigns: The ability to stop the spread of infectious diseases depends on the ability to reach and serve some of the most marginalized and vulnerable groups. Discrimination and stigma hamper that effort, as USAID has seen in fighting diseases such as HIV/AIDS and Ebola.

The first area of work manifests itself across development sectors and also has a strong role in our empowerment and inclusion activities such as our work with people with disabilities and counter discrimination in access to public services. For example, in a country that guarantees the right to education to all but where girls are often excluded or denied access to school, OHRA human rights programming might support organizations that advocate for girls’ education programs, while partnering with the Ministry of Education to ensure that schools have the resources in place to support and ensure girls’ education.

The second area of work manifests in the democracy and governance sector and includes work to protect the right of all citizens to participate in free elections and be elected, freedom of assembly and expression in support of civil society and human rights defenders, assisting local actors to document human rights violations and pursue justice, combating forced labor and human trafficking, as well access to justice, particularly in transitional situations, and enhanced transparency of governance systems to realize and safeguard human rights.

In human rights programs and all its work, OHRA maintains a commitment to “do no harm,” meaning that OHRA’s efforts should not inadvertently reinforce or strengthen discriminatory practices or place anyone at risk.

OHRA’s human rights protection programs generally fit in one of three categories:

Environment-building emphasizes strengthening the domestic laws and policies, institutions, and actors that help safeguard against abuses. Programming areas include:

• Strengthening the capacity of human rights defenders and National Human Rights Institutions

• Training justice and security sector personnel on human rights norms and practices

• Ensuring a country’s national laws and policies reflect their international human rights commitments

• Advocating for institutional safeguards that prevent development efforts from violating the rights of the poor, vulnerable populations, indigenous peoples, and others

Response focuses on contexts where rights violations are imminent or ongoing, but where there are actions that can be taken to help mitigate the impact of those violations. Programming areas include:

• Security assistance for frontline activists who are under threat Efforts to improve the safe and secure documentation of rights violations, to potentially support future accountability efforts Raising awareness and understanding of human rights violations in order to prompt a policy response

Remedy emphasizes programs that help individual victims of human rights abuses seek accountability or restitutions, and/or efforts to deter future violations. Programming areas include:

• Providing legal aid to victims of human trafficking or gender-based violence to prosecute their perpetrators

• Supporting truth and reconciliation efforts in countries that have experienced mass atrocities

• Helping indigenous peoples seek compensation through formal legal processes in response to having been forced from their land

• Providing trauma healing for victims of torture and cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment

To learn more about USAID’s work on human rights, read our “Field Guide: Helping Prevent Mass Atrocities,” which highlights specific program examples for preventing, responding to, and recovering from large-scale violence against civilians; or our “Human Rights Landscape Analysis Tool” which serves as a key reference for diagnosing a country’s human rights challenges and opportunities.

 

 

 

FUNDRAISING PLAN

Our Strategies for Fundraising

1. Case for Support

• Establish a clear and consistent message that connects everyone to the cause

• Why you are we interested with evicted, homeless, and families living in poverty?

• What the Money we are raising will Do?

 

1.  Local Impact

•  How will this project impact Black American Community?

• Our focus on raising the fund is local

• Core Values: Ability to sale the cause

• When we think about fundraising, we are thinking about local impact

 

1. Measurable Outcomes

• We need to be measurable to demonstrate change

 

1. How Money Will be Spent?

• We are aware that donors want to know how money will be. We have the duty to inform our donors about the use of funds. The fund must be used in the course of furthering the cause exposed. The organization need to do what it says.

 

1. Asking for Money

• Knowing the campaign objectives is the key to attract donors

• Make you gift as soon as possible

• Explain why you are volunteering

• Ask a specific amount

• Emphasis what the gift will accomplish

• Ask the prospect to stretch to the highest level of gift

• There are thousand reasons

•  people will not give. There are also thousand reasons people will give.

 

1. Fundraising Campaigns

• Gift Table

Number of Prospect

Number of Donors

Gift Amount

Total at Each Level

Total Raised

% to Goal Raised

4

1

200,000

200.000

200,000

20%

12

3

100,00

300,000

500,000

50%

15

4

50.000

200,000

700,000

70%

25

8

25,000

100,000

900,000

90%

30

10

10.00

100,000

1M

100%

 

AGENDA

• Planning and Why should we plan?

• Using program logic to guide planning

• Moving from Mission to Action

 

Realty

 

 

Our Work and Programs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What does good planning do for our organization?

(Adapted from Carter McNmara)

 

Planning serves a variety of purposes in organization, it helps to:

• Define the purpose

• Establish reali

 

Sample Campaign Plan

 

I.  Electoral Environment & Political Landscape

Begin with short summary.  What are the geography and demographics of the district? Rural, Urban, Mixed?  Have there been job losses or other local factors that will play into the race?  Outline the political landscape.  What is the voting history of the district?  What was the margin of victory in the last couple of elections?

 

Overall this section tells what the district is like, what has happened in the past, and how this campaign is going to win this cycle.

 

1. District Geography & Demographics

2. Current Political Representative and recent margins of victory

3. Key local, legislative statewide and federal races also on the ballot

4. Turnout in recent elections

5. Local Issues (if any)

 

This section should also include an overview of the relevant election laws. What are the contribution limits? What are the requirements to appear on the ballot?

 

1.  Targeting/Election Numbers

   1.  Total Expected Vote and Goal

   2.  Strategy for achieving win number (Persuasion vs. Increased Turnout)

 

1. Voter Contact/Field Program

   1. What is the Voter Contact Target Universe

      1. Break down into how many Voters, HH, Phones this universe is for the campaign

   2. ID Program

      1. Prioritizing Wards & Method of Contact

         1. Candidate Door Tiers

         2. Volunteer Door Tiers (sometimes same as candidate)

         3. Candidate Phones (if necessary) Tiers

         4. Volunteer Phones Tiers

   3. Volunteer Recruitment

      1. Number of Volunteers Needed to Complete Field Program

      2. Methods and Targets for Volunteer Recruitment

   4. Create a Voter Contact Calendar
      
      
       

 

1.  Campaign Budget

How much money does the campaign need to raise to execute its plan?  Where will you raise this money from? Most importantly, what is the campaign cash flow (when is money coming in and when is money going out?)

 

 

1. Fundraising Plan

How will you raise the money you need to win?

1. Call time

2. Mail

3. Fundraising Events

 

1. Message

What is your campaign's general message to voters?  What will your campaign say about you, what will you say about your opponent? What will your opponent say about you, what will they say about themselves? (Tully Box)

 

1. Candidate Scheduling

How will your campaign handle candidate/campaign scheduling?

 

1. Campaign Calendar

What are the key dates for the campaign? When can candidates file? When are the finance deadlines?  What are they key events in the district that the candidate or the campaign should attend?

 

1. GOTV Plan

   1. Universe/Targets

   2. GOTV Voter Contact Activities

   3. GOTV Volunteer Goals

   4. Create a GOTV Calendar

                                                                                                                                                                                      

1. Campaign Roles and Responsibilities

• Campaign Manager - paid or volunteer, there should be one person who is responsible for the day-to-day operations on the campaign.

• Finance Director - this can/should also be the same person as the campaign manager unless there is a dedicated volunteer who can take on this project.  I feel strongly that if it is a volunteer position that person MUST be clear about the demands of the position and must be committed to be engaged with the campaign on a day-to-day basis.

• Field/Volunteer Coordinator: ensures that the field operation is being built through robust volunteer recruitment and execution of the field plan.  I would suggest that the paid staff person work closely with the volunteer team to recruit and train volunteers for phone and canvass operations.

• New Media Director - paid or volunteer.  the person who is in charge of facebook/twitter/email blasts/etc.

• Treasurer - What is the role of the treasurer on this campaign?  Picking up checks?  Copying checks?  Depositing checks?  Or just the data entry? 

Note:  These may not be the roles you have on your campaign – but make sure you define which roles you need for your race, and who wil