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MANDELA CITIZENS' RESEARCH CENTER
THE MANDELA CITIZENS' RESEARCH CENTER* IS A CRASS-ROOTS, NON-PROfIT "WATCH DOG" CROUP FORMED TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF MINORITIES WHO HAVE BEEN UNDERREPRESENTED IN FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. THIS ORGANIZATION IS BLULT FROM THE BOTTOM UP", BY THE PEOPLE. FOR THE PEOPLE, SINCE CITIZENS CANNOT RELY ON STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT THEIR INTERESTS. A FEW Of OUR CURRENT PROJECTS INCLUDE: ASSURE EQUAL RIGHTS IN HOUSING TO PRESERVE THE LAST BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD IN BOSTON AND PROTECT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN ROXBURY BY DEMANDING THAT MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BE BUILT ON ROXBURY'S VACANT LOTS, RATHER THAN GENTRIF1CATION AND THE BUILDING OF A "NEW CITY" AT THE EXPENSE OF POOR NEIGHBORHOODS. PREVENT UTILITY COMPANIES FROM OVERCHARGING AFFORDABLE HOUSING ASSURE EQUAL TREATMENT IN BANK LENDING FIGHT DISPLACEMENT CAUSED BY URBAN RENEWAL DEMAND ADEQUATE POLICE PROTECTION SECURE GREATER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES MONITOR ALLOCATION OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO MINORITY NEIGHBORHOODS SECURE GOVERNMENT ALLOCATION OF SMALL BUSINESS LOANS FOR MINORITY BUSINESSES. For more information contact Alphonse Mourad Mandela Citizens Research Center at 617 445 0650 |