{"id":10279,"date":"2023-11-16T02:10:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T02:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=10279"},"modified":"2023-11-16T02:10:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T02:10:44","slug":"the-mosaic-family-zones-2023-beat-poverty-banquet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/16\/the-mosaic-family-zones-2023-beat-poverty-banquet\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mosaic Family Zone\u2019s 2023 Beat Poverty Banquet"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10281\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10281\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10281\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Guest-speaker-Seth-Kaplan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guest speaker Seth Kaplan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>By Tricia Hall<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>The Truth Reporter<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Mosaic Family Zone organized its Beat Poverty Banquet, an annual free celebration, which was held at The Premier on November 9, 2023, and featured guest speaker Seth Kaplan, PhD.<\/p>\n<p>Guests were officially welcomed by David Kaiser, executive director of the Mosaic Family Zone, then dined and participated in a silent auction. Auction items were donated and would benefit the Mosaic Family Zone, attendees had up to 40 different auction items as a selection: a coffee set, bird and flower painting, baking set, Dooney &amp; Burke purse, fire pit set, portable grill and Toledo Zoo family membership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to welcome each of you to the Beat Poverty Banquet. Thank you for coming out tonight and I encourage you to support the silent auction and donate towards this cause,\u201d shared Kaiser.<\/p>\n<p>The annual banquet provides an opportunity for organizers to share a verbal and visual report on progress, share resources, inspire, and celebrate milestones.\u00a0 Mosaic Family Zone noted four milestones that were highlighted as significant growth in the past year:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mosaic Early Learning Center, a preschool, opened in April 2023.<\/li>\n<li>Mosaic Classical Academy, a new charter school, opened in 2023.<\/li>\n<li>Nature+, an outdoor education program, in collaboration with Partners In Education completed one year of programming.<\/li>\n<li>The While Crew, a male teen mentoring program, initiated programming.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10280\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10280\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10280\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/David-Kaiser.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10280\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Kaiser<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Additionally, the banquet provided an opportunity for Mosaic Family Zone to share progress towards the long-term investment and alignment with Geoffrey Canada, the founder of Harlem Children\u2019s Zone\/William Julius Wilson Institute. The Institute created \u201ccradle to career pipeline,\u201d through partnerships in 24 cities, four of which he is personally invested. One of those four cities is Toledo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to bring a proven method to Toledo after I attended a conference in 2009. There are ways to address poverty, food, clothing and shelter, but what else can be done to support those ways? We adopted a model, based off the Harlem Children\u2019s Zone called Pregnancy to Purpose and it all started in Toledo with Baby University,\u201d shared Kaiser.<\/p>\n<p>The guest speaker, Seth D. Kaplan, PhD spoke about poverty. Kaplan is an expert on fragile states. He is a professorial lecturer in the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopskins Integrated Transitions, and consultant to multiple organizations such as the World Bank, U.S. State Department, U.S. Agency for International Development and others. The speaker is also an author and he provided free copies of his book, \u201cRepairing American Society, One Zip Code At A Time, Fragile Neighborhoods.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10282 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC_0216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to follow David, he lives and breathes this work, because neighborhoods matter,\u201d said Kaplan. \u201cThis book provides a framework for the problem, please take the book because how well a country does is all about relationships. We didn\u2019t have all of these problems two generations ago, relationships changed. Back then people lived in little societies that included churches, shops, markets and schools. They created networks that overlapped with systems and people felt responsible for each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mosaic Family Zone exists to enrich every family in the Old South End has access to services which are both wholistic and longitudinal, providing everything a family needs over a 20+ year continuum. The major focus is to beat poverty over a generation through education. In addition to the early learning center and academy, Mosaic Family Zone also includes Baby University which provides support for parents.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tricia Hall The Truth Reporter The Mosaic Family Zone organized its Beat Poverty Banquet, an annual free celebration, which was held at The Premier on November 9, 2023, and featured guest speaker Seth Kaplan, PhD. 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