{"id":2743,"date":"2023-01-29T00:46:56","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T00:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=2743"},"modified":"2023-01-29T00:46:57","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T00:46:57","slug":"memphis-and-clev-on-my-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=2743","title":{"rendered":"Memphis (and Clev.) on My Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/urban.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/urban.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/urban.webp 450w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/urban-300x259.webp 300w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/urban-348x300.webp 348w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cleveland Rec. Center coaching<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Memphis on My Mind&#8230;<\/strong> Memphis is now 65% Black.  Our family moved into a hardscrabble area of Cleveland that was, at least, 50% Black.  We moved there to do outreach volunteer work with a group called the &#8220;Catholic Workers.&#8221;  And we were there for some five years.  Many people in this part of Cleveland, like, I&#8217;m sure in Memphis, are trapped in trans-generational poverty loops.  What&#8217;s more, kids down there are faced with trying, daily, to dodge hunger, needles and bullets.  It&#8217;s a systemic problem that needs a systemic solution, not just social service Band-Aids.  Our campaign has not only thought hard about the situation, we have, again, lived in the midst of it.  Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voteforjoe.com\/black-amends\">position paper<\/a> provides a multi-dimensional approach to the <em>real<\/em> solution to all this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Memphis on My Mind&#8230; Memphis is now 65% Black. Our family moved into a hardscrabble area of Cleveland that was, at least, 50% Black. We moved there to do outreach volunteer work with a group called the &#8220;Catholic Workers.&#8221; And <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=2743\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2745,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2743\/revisions\/2745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}