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Dear Neighbor:

 

In the last couple of years, a noisy group of women has sprung up advocating for “women’s rights “in Hartford, Connecticut. Suddenly, we are afflicted with aggressive females on public television talks shows yelping about the mistreatment of People of Color. These Women of Color are serving demands on public officials, and profess to speak for the residents living in impoverished districts throughout Hartford, Connecticut.

 

It’s time to set the record straight. The Equal Rights Amendment states:  “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.”  So what’s wrong with that? Well, here are a few examples of what’s wrong with it. Men from the community are allowed to attend the meeting’s, yet, they are not allowed to voice their concerns. No man is allowed to speak during the meeting, they are told in advance, you can sit in and listen, however if you speak out you will be asked to leave.

These women have been known to publicly discredit Black and Latino women on welfare. The former President of the VOWOC,  J. Fleming has often stated “All we have to do is give these women from the projects some jelly shoes and popsicles for their children and they will work for free”VOWOC are under the mistaken impression that if they offer temporary employment (forty dollars) opportunities to work in the community as door-knockers then the indigent resident in the community will be satisfied.

 

Often these temporary workers are registered to vote and then told that they have to work for free during election time in order to gain experience for the next election. When the next election comes up they are recruited again and given the title of “foot soldier”, then they are told that all they have to do is work four hours a day and they will be given ten dollars an hour. However when the day is over they are told there is not anymore work, and they will be paid at the end of the week.

Once it comes time to pay the temporary worker, the VOWOC issues a check that is made out in the workers name. So what’s wrong with that? These checks have a tendency to bounce. The worker went to the bank that the check was drawn on and was told by the Branch Manager that there were insufficient funds in the account. This has happened numerous times to temporary workers. When contacting the VOWOC to inquire about the bounced checks. J. Fleming stated” maybe these women don’t know how to cash a check!”

 

Martha Hood paid all the temporary workers that she recruited to door knock for the VOWOC out of her own pocket. No one wants to work all day and not get paid, whether they are unemployed or on welfare. It took two weeks before Martha Hood was repaid by the VOWOC; all checks were held and returned to J.Fleming with the word void written on them. J. Fleming apologized for the VOWOC in a letter which enclosed all monies that were paid out of pocket. The Brick House Foundation no longer recruited workers or volunteered with the VOWOC based on the credibility of Janice Fleming.

My name is Martha Hood; I was District Captain and Community Service Investigator for the VOWOC. I am not a politician, nor a community leader; I just live in a neighborhood near you. My job as your neighbor is to inform, empower and encourage you. That is where I do that at, I believe in giving 10% to my community.

 

 

In a neighborhood near you,

 

Martha Hood