the zero ghetto initiative<\/p>\n
ghetto (noun): a section of a city, especially a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, often as a result of social or economic restrictions, pressures, or hardships.<\/p>\n
the zero ghetto initiative seeks to re-define a city’s thickly populated slum areas, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, into thriving \u201cdevelopment zones\u201d; transforming them from \u201cghetto\u201d to \u201cget to\u201d where they are no longer defined by economic restrictions, pressures and hardships.<\/p>\n
under the zero ghetto initiative, current members of these communities will \u201cget to\u201d:<\/p>\n
learn vocational skills:<\/strong> using the apprenticeship model, that will equip them to command better wages and overtime pursue social advancement. the purpose of the \u201cget to\u201d agenda, as outlined above, is to allow for large-scale transition and empowerment of members of these communities and instill a real sense of pride of ownership in their respective \u201cgenerally neglected\u201d areas. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" the zero ghetto initiative ghetto (noun): a section of a city, especially a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, often as a result of social or economic restrictions, pressures, or hardships. the zero ghetto initiative seeks to re-define a city’s thickly populated slum areas, inhabited predominantly…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9015,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4907,4902,4900,4899],"tags":[205,2852,2853,311,2854],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-13408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-economics","category-colleges-education","category-green-living","category-policy","tag-community","tag-ghetto","tag-minority","tag-slums","tag-zero-ghetto"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\npursue financial literacy:<\/strong> through active participation in one-on-one and group activities designed to not only educate, but encourage the use of financial instruments to effect socioeconomic progression.
\nlearn cross-culture relations:<\/strong> as to better enable themselves to partake in the trade, business and political activities that affect them.<\/p>\n