Logo Design Contest

NA4J has deep roots in the community, coming out of decades of organizing and leadership development. But as a formal organization, we are still only about a year old, and we are looking for a new logo that is easy to recognize and reproduce and gives a feel for what we are about.

We are inviting artists, designers and activists to submit logo designs.

The members will vote in which design(s) they like best. Top three designs will receive a prize (no, we can't tell you what it is just yet, but it won't be the chance to hear a sales pitch about time-share condos in Florida). By submitting a design, you are authorizing NA4J to adopt your image as our own, as the winner will become part of the public image of our efforts.

For more info, call the NA4J office.

Holiday Party (and sort of meeting) - Dec 18

NA4J members and friends will celebrate the holidays and our continuing work for social justice




Friday, Dec. 18, 6:30 - 10pm
Edgewater Presbyterian Church (NA4J office)
1020 W. Bryn Mawr #312

Drop in for a quick chat or stay for a while and listen to music and enjoy refreshments.
We'll have a short update on housing, jobs, community justice and more at the beginning.

Feel free to bring something to share if you'd like, but your presence and support are most important.

Ben Bernanke doesn't even know his job

As President Obama considers his proposals to respond to the jobless crisis and Wall Street prepares to shower executives with record bonuses, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has put a hold on Ben Bernanke's re-nomination as Federal Reserve Chairman.

Bernanke is widely seen as one of the causes of the financial crisis. In his efforts to keep his job, Bernanke testified that he was committed to the Fed's "dual mandate, which is growth and inflation."

In fact, the Fed does have a 'dual mandate" -- to promote full employment and stable prices.

Bernanke and the rest of the banker crowd seem to have long ago forgotten that full employment (defined as 3% unemployment for persons age 20 and over) is supposed to be a fundamental goal of federal reserve and government policy.

Corporate bigwigs and Wall Street financiers (whose views are channeled by Bernanke) are selling us the idea of a 'jobless recovery,' telling the unemployed to wait while they give themselves record bonuses. They want policy makers to accept high unemployment, low wages and economic insecurity as the new normal.

It's long past time to take full employment seriously, beginning with the government creation of millions of public jobs (like the New Deal's WPA and CCC ) paid for by taxing Wall Street speculators, the very people that wrecked our economy, and those insane bonuses.