Power Inspires Progress Archive Home
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Below you will find an archive of Power Inspires Progress monthly Newsletter(s) and the Power Inspires Progress weekly update(s). Browse through the issues below, or follow the link located at the bottom of this page to subscribe.




PIP April 2012 (Apr 2012)
Power Inspires ProgressApril 2012 E-News"What would it mean to live in a city whose people were changing each other's despair into hope? You yourself must change it.What would it feel like to know your country was changing? You yourself must change it. Though your life felt arduous, new and unmapped and strange What would it mean to stand on the first page to the end of despair? - Adrienne RichCalendarApril 12 5-7 pm: PIP tutor workshop; Fran Holthaus on learning styles (sensory, visual, ki

PIP February 2012 E-News (Feb 2012)
Power Inspires ProgressFebruary 2012 E-News"Ubuntu: A person becomes a person through other people"  -- South African Proverb      "Botho defines a process for earning respect by first giving it, and to gain empowerment by empowering others. " -Botswana Vision 2016News and Updates  Duane and Vernice demonstrate the correct way to eat beignets at Mardi Gras.   Ebony and Derrick have taken promotions to "night lead." This means they are responsible for opening, s

E-News January 2012 (Jan 2012)
Power Inspires ProgressJanuary 2012 E-NewsOnce social change begins it cannot be reversed.   You can not un-educate the person who has learned to read.  You can not humiliate the person who feels pride.  You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid any more.  --Cesar ChavezPartnership ProgramVenice on Vine's Training Partnership Program is a rewards program that invites companies and organization to support good for good a good cause, while gaining access to a variet

holiday card email (Dec 2011)
Seasons Greetings from the staff, trainees, board and volunteers of Power Inspires Progress.As we celebrate this season, may weRecognize the achievements of the past,Commit to pursuing the future, andCelebrate what is beautiful in life,Now and in the year to come.Our Mission:  Power Inspires Progress operates small businesses in the inner city to provide positive, meaningful work opportunities for adults with employment barriers.  We teach basic education, life skills, work ethics and

E-News November- My Renaissance (Nov 2011)
Power Inspires ProgressNov-Dec 2011 E-NewsMy Renaissance:"The world is a mirror reflecting images of me and everything that I have done. For my world to be what I want it to be, I must change.I am humbled by what I do not know; it’s time to learn..It’s time to reveal my truth, who I really am, if I want the world toreflect the true me."-- PIP Identity Study 2011 by Deskey, Inc.Dear Friends:Thank you for supporting the mission of Power Inspires Progress in 2011. With your help, we pro

Pizza Party Invite (Nov 2011)
 Join us for a "Fun-Raiser"PIP Pizza Partysupporting Power Inspires ProgressFriday November 11, 20115:00-9:00 p.m.All you can eat pizza buffet$15/personCome socialize with your friends and supoprt a worthy cause!Pizzas, salad, dessert, lemonade and tea.  BYOBLive music starts at 7:30, starring Fred and Aggie.Venice on Vine1301 Vine Street13th & VineOver-the-Rhine, Cincinnati513-221-7020 Email: info@powerinspiresprogress.com-----------------------------------------------------------

Oct E-News (Oct 2011)
Power Inspires ProgressOctober 2011 E-News"the common woman is as common as good breadas common as when you couldn't go on but did.For all the world we didn't know we held in common all alongthe common is as common as the best of breadand will riseand will become strong--I swear it to you ... Judy Grahn, "Common Woman Poems."Friday, Nov 11, 2011, 5-9 pm.Come socialize with friends and support a good cause. All you can eat variety pizzas, salad, dessert, lemonade and tea. BYOB. Live music starts

PIP Annual Brunch Last chance! (Sep 2011)
The PIP Brunch is this Sunday! Dear Friends,We're cooking up a storm, collecting raffle tickets, and making up prize baskets for the PIP Brunch this Sunday.  We have face painters, balloon artists and kids' prizes to assure a family friendly event, as well as greeters to assist folks down the stairs or through the accessible entrance.  * Pre-paid adult tickets are $12.50 for adults.  This rate only applies to paid tickets with payments received at PIP by Friday, September 16. 

PIP Annual Brunch (Sep 2011)
Join us for the 21st Annual All You Can Eat PIP Brunch & Raffle!When  Sunday, September 18, 201110 a.m. -2 p.m.Where  Corryville Catholic School, 108 Calhoun Street, Near UC, Cincinnati WhyThis fun family event includes games, good food and good company.  It is also the biggest annual  fundraiser for Power Inspires Progress*. FoodFun  Raffle:Waffles, goetta, ham, bacon, fruit, pancakes, potato pancakes, scrambled eggs, muf

August E-News (Aug 2011)
Power Inspires ProgressAugust 2011 E-News•"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” –Power Inspires Progress 21st Annual All-You-Can-EatBRUNCHSeptember 18th 201110 a.m. -2 p.m.Corryville Catholic School Cafeteria.Register Now! Good Food for a Good CauseCalendarAugust 26:  Final Friday in Over-the-Rhine; enjoy pizza and local music at Venice and walk to a variety of shops, shows, and art exhibits.Sept 18: 21st Annual P

July E-News (Jul 2011)
Power Inspires ProgressJuly 2011 E-News"No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order. ... I stand or fall by my refusal to accept as a necessary condition of our future a permanent army of unemployed." - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1934News and UpdatesJacquie her momJaquelin graduated yesterday after a year in the program.  She starts orien

Jun E-News (Jun 2011)
Power Inspires ProgressJune 2011 E-News"I just can't tell you how good Venice is. You've got to make the job what you want it to be."    -PIP TraineeNews and UpdatesAlecia and Sherrie graduate this month after a year in the program. Alecia is staying on with a three month extension while working on her GED. Sherrie leaves this week after a year of remarkable growth.  She is in serious job search mode; she prefers cashier work and has excellent math and cash handling

Apr E-News (Apr 2011)
Apr/May 2011 E-Newsletter Failure is not falling down, but refusing to get up.  -Proverb  CALENDAR April 29 - 5:30-6:30VENICE VIBES: a free music series at Venice on Vine.  Shiny and the Spoon are a local  Americana/Folk/Pop duo.  CityBeat describes them as "...creating a whimsical, old-timey sound using subtlety and simplicity as a crafty tool. Tom Waits meets Ella Fitzgerald with a ukulele..." April/May Art Exhibit, curated by Art Beyond Boundaries.  Phot

JFP Final (Mar 2011)
Greetings!Click here to buy your tickets, and join us fora great jazz show with Jazz for Peace (JFP) featuring Rick Dellaratta this Saturday, March 19, at Memorial Hall in Over-the-Rhine.  JFP concerts have benefited UNICEF, the American Red Cross and the Mara River in Kenya, and now Rick and his band perform for Venice on Vine! Tickets are on sale for $35 and $50 (VIP).  You can buy tickets at the door; however, ordering in advance helps us make the most of this fundraiser.&

March 1 2011 Newsletter (Mar 2011)
March 2011 E-Newsletter "Even if you're on track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."    - Will RogersTRAINEE UPDATESTRINA has graduated from the program and will be working in a nightclub, earning $10 an hour! She says she'll continue with her GED work in the mornings. We'll miss her spirit and joy; also, the Venice gossip line has lost a vital connection: our own "TellaTrina" could always spread the news! VONNIE will graduate in March, having completed her coursework to

JFP Try again (Feb 2011)
Dear Friends:Come to a great jazz show with Jazz for Peace (JFP) featuring Rick Dellaratta on Saturday, March 19, at Memorial Hall in Over-the-Rhine.  JFP concerts have benefited UNICEF, the American Red Cross and the Mara River in Kenya, and now Rick and his band perform for Venice on Vine! Tickets are on sale for $35 and $50 (VIP).    Doors open at 6:00 for a reception with silent auction, cash bar and light dinners available. Live music starts at 7:00 with Cincinnati's own Erwi

Jan 27 2011 Email (Jan 2011)

Sweetheart Raffle (Jan 2011)
Power Inspires ProgressSweetheart RaffleAbout Power Inspires ProgressPower Inspires Progress operates small businesses in the inner city to provide positive, meaningful work opportunities for adults with employment barriers.  We teach basic education, life skills, work ethics and personal responsibility.  Trainees gain the knowledge and experience to be successful in the workforce. Our Values: Diversity, Education, Community. Our Businesses: Venice on Vine Pizza Parlor; Venic

Dec 09 2010 Email (Dec 2010)
            December, 2010             E-Newsletter  A message from Sister Judy -"On behalf of our trainees, staff, and volunteers, I wish you all the blessings of this Christmas Season, thank you for your support this past year, and hope that you and your families truly experience "Peace on Earth" not only during Christmas, but every day of the year."         &




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