January 29th, 2014 Wednesday
The President of The University of Pennsylvania
Doctor Amy Gutman
100 College Hall
Room 100
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6380
AND
MR. Glenn Brian
Office of Government AND Community Affairs
133 South 36th StReet
The University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
19104-3246
Brother Tracy Gibson
Philanthropist—Businessman—Activist—Proud Uncle and
Proud Great Uncle—Consultant..
213 South 49th Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19139
Dear Mr. Brian and Ms. Gutman:
I have written The University of Pennsylvania seeking
employment before. I have never even received the honor of a return letter, a rejection
letter, or an offer of a preliminary interview. This letter and my enclosed
resume will be going on my blog, and the media.
I feel the University of Pennsylvania says publically it is
heading east in its’ encroachment and expansion plans, but in actuality the
university is heading West and Southwest.
The indigenous people who live in these historically Black
communities have felt the economic brunt of the universities’ encroachment as
their property taxes have gone up and as they have lost their properties to
foreclosure. Unemployment, disease, police brutality, poverty, illegal drug
trafficking and youth behavioral disruptions are only some of the problems that
also encroach on Black communities, making a decent, ethical, joyful,
constructive and happy life impossible to achieve.
While these problems have continued to expand, I have had my
own personal problems while I have at the same time, attempted to address these
community difficulties. I have had to live off of $1,178.00 a month [or
thereabouts] for the last 17 years. I
have had to resort to eating with the homeless at Church Missions to save money
and so I have funds to implant into my activism work; I have been harassed by
having my phone tapped, mail tampered with and harassed economically through
the banking system at any number of different banks. All executed and promoted
through the the existence of the Federal Patriot Act I and The Federal Patriot
Act II when, in fact I am by no means a communists, terrorist, or violent
person, but, in fact, am a Peaceful, Pro-democracy, Human Rights activist with
a 35-year work record of positive activities in Philadelphia’s Black community
and in Philadelphia’s Black Gay and Lesbian Community.
I, frankly, don’t think
the office of student Life headed by Mr. Brian has served a constructive,
positive, progressive and effective role in helping students at Penn and indigenous
communities get along and co-exists in a peaceful, joyful, positive,
economically viable and on-going fashion. The relations between students,
faculty, homeless People, indigenous home owners and other people in the
community such as police, crossing guards, teachers, working people, clergy and
activists--businessmen such as myself has been and continues to be tense,
unbalanced, conflict-rooted, negative and troublesome for all involved.
Often, certain people in the community have the money and
the financial backing to bumper themselves from any overt conflicts. That DOES NOT mean such conflicts don’t
exists.
There is a real and serious need to create opportunities,
joy, economic support, Capital, jobs and a feeling of inclusiveness on the part
of everyone concerned with or actually living in University City and the
historically Black West Philadelphia.
There is a real need to create economic and social
modalities that bring people together and create joy and harmony instead of
allowing the smug encroaching and suffocating insanity of the university to exist
on the one hand and the victimization and laza’ fair attitudes of the
beleaguered Black community on the other hand.
It is my desire to interject a New and Effective Level of
university and community interaction that will build bridges of Joy and hope in
the face of the planned adversity—on the part of the university-- the
indigenous Black community has experienced. The no-confidence vote coming from
the Private Big Business and banking sector is very disturbing, ominous and
obvious. If something more consistent, positive and hopeful is not planned and
implemented quickly the result will, I guarantee, will be chaotic, unstable and
not a joy to behold. I look forward to hearing from the President of The
University of Pennsylvania and Mr. Brian’s office to set up a meeting and start
flashing out plans to improve circumstances and situations as quickly as
possible.
I look forward to hopefulness and I look forward to working
with the University of Pennsylvania to stabilize the Black community and bring
Peace, Joy and economic opportunity to more people who are surviving—but want
to really thrive at the Table of Abundance--in University City and West
Philadelphia as soon as possible.
Your cooperation is required; your ignoring this letter will
not be met with a smile and business as usual.
Peace and Blessings,
Tracy Charles Gibson
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