Metanoia Centers, Inc. Seeks to provide the means for people whose communities are in economic and social crises with high unemployment, drugs, violence and poor housing. We teach them to become agents for community empowerment and community transformation.
A good Community Organization transforms not only individuals but whole communities over the years. It weaves and knits relationships that have been fragmented by isolation and the consumer approach to politics. Once a community embarks on a deep organizing process it cannot turn back. Communities are shaped for generations through community organizing, as power relationships are altered and new voices accountable to the community take places at the decision-making tables.
Community organizing doesn't take a back seat to any other approach in producing measurable, positive and significant change. Beyond this, however, Community Organizing's greatest contribution to disadvantaged people is undoubtedly its ability to spark hope and facilitate poor people's ability to imagine new possibilities for their communities.
We would like to thank the following organizations for the community investments that they have made in Metanoia:
NATIONAL CITY CDC, CHASE, AMEREN IP, DOMINICAN SISTERS OF SPRINGFIELD, WALMART STORES, OCWEN FINANCIAL SERVICES, REGIONS BANK, FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF INDIANAPOLIS, CHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATION, SELECT PORTFOLIO SERVICES, AND ROGER HUDDLESTON.
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Some of the FREE services that we offer are:
1. NOTARY PUBLIC
2. COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CENTER WITH WI-FI ACCESS
3. FINANCIAL LITERACY/PRE-POST HOMEBUYER PURCHASING EDUCATION
4. AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING/PRE PACKAGED SNACKS FOR SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN
5. ANTI-PREDATORY LENDING CAMPAIGN (2ND MOST ACTIVE PROGRAM OUT OF EIGHT WITH FANNIE MAE INVOLVING $50 MILLION REFINANCING INITIATIVE)
6. TELEPHONE/FAX/INTERNET
7. NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PROGRAM
8. ABILITY TO ACCESS JOBS/INFORMATION THROUGH ILLINOIS TRAINING EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
9. COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM
10. FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER INITIATIVES IN CHAMPAIGN, DANVILLE, PEORIA, & ST. LOUIS
11. CAPACITY BUILDING FOR NEWLY FORMED ORGANIZATIONS
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In the meantime you can reach us at (217) 355-6423 and by fax at (217) 355-6425. We are looking forward to hearing from you. You can also contact us at our e-mail address: info@metanoiacenters.org
If you are not familiar with our organization and your first contact with us is online, we would be pleased to hear from you! Please let us know what your needs and questions are, we will be more than happy to help.
In brief, you should know the following about us: our organization was established in February of 2001 and have been responsible for providing outstanding leadership ever since. Our specialties are in the area of community organizing and expansion of affordable housing. Our regular customers particularly value the deposits that we have made in the Central Illinois arena. Our organization is located at 1313 N. Clock Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820-2709.
Other agencies/businesses that Metanoia Centers, Inc. has formed and incorporated are: Jesus Christ Inside Out (Danville, IL), Hepatitis Association of Delaware www.hadinc.org (Wilmington, DE), The Great I Am Ministry (Wilmington, DE), Passage Into Light, Inc. and The Charmain Star Starlight Foundation (Wilmington, DE). (Stay tuned for our new "CHDO" Community Housing Development Organization in Peoria.)
Thank you for visiting with us.
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