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June Jacobs (1930-2018) was a British activist whose efforts focused on peace campaigns and Jewish rights.

She was the founder and the first Chair of the National Council for Soviet Jews, and later served as the President of the International Council of Jewish Women. Additionally, she was involved in the Black Jewish Asian Forum and the Jewish Council for Racial Equality, among others.

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Product Review: June Jacobs Summer Essentials Collection

Must have 2 your skincare routine?! @junejacobsspa Summer Essentials Collection! @grlpowrchat

As summer starts to wind down I wanted to share with you a skincare brand + their products that have become so routine and necessary to my everyday life during this summer.  This all started when I came home from Dominican Republic with badly burned skin/sun poisoning due to too much sun exposure that I needed to start putting my skin first.  Today is going to be all about June Jacobsand their…

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Black entrepreneurs and Jane Jacobs

Has anyone read Jane Jacob's The Life and Death of Great American Cities? I know there are many who have issues with Jacobs' methods and conclusions (some of which have actually led to the kind of gentrification she opposed), but whenever I see stories like this about Detroit, I can't help but be reminded of some of her theories about urban renewal.

First, there's her argument that it's usually longtime residents who themselves gradually rebuild and revitalize areas that have been long neglected by the state and private financing. But neighborhoods bootstrapping their way up in this manner usually don't making tons of money for guys in suits (slum lords or financiers)--they're just becoming nice, affordable places where working class people can live and work and support each other.

So these places are already recovering by the time outside investors and developers come in because, let's face it, rich people aren't going to spend millions on a totally hopeless situation. The small business owners described in the link above are people who have stuck it out and have helped provide stability and investment to their communities.

But I wouldn't be surprised to find that many of the black business-owners interviewed have had an impossible time getting mortgages or loans, even though they've demonstrated they have the grit, desire, and ability to succeed no matter the obstacles. Why wouldn't you invest in such people? Yet

Many, particularly those who have kept their businesses going on shoestring budgets, feel excluded from conversations about Detroit’s revival and overlooked when it comes to getting access to funds and resources.

The reason why huge amounts of money are suddenly pouring into Detroit after decades of private sector neglect is that rich, white people have figured out they can make money from the city. And those people are not interested in providing small mortgages at affordable terms to small, black-owned businesses or to long-term homeowners:

"I think, for the most part, black-owned businesses are not getting a piece of the pie," bookstore owner Janet Jones told The Huffington Post. "What about people who have been doing the hard work of living and working and having business in Detroit for the last 20 years?"

Outside investors aren't interested in making sure people like Jones succeed since they can't make a lot of money from her success.  They are interested in the huge profits that can only be made from huge redevelopment projects.

Here's what Jacobs had to say about "cataclysmic money", which she characterizes as "money [that] pours into an area in concentrated form, producing drastic changes" that tend to sweep away the local diversity:

All three kinds of cataclysmic money have been involved...as they often are in city decay. First the withdrawal of all conventional money [e.g. mortgage redlining]; then ruination financed by shadow-world money [e.g. criminal and borderline-criminal money]; then selection of the area...for cataclysmic use of government money to finance renewal clearance. This last stage makes possible cataclysmic re-entry of conventional money for financing renewal-project construction and rehabilitation. So well do these three different kinds of money prepare the way for each others' cataclysms that one would be impelled to admire the process...were it not so destructive...

She characterizes the cataclysmic money that poured into East Harlem back in the '40s and '50s as a form of internal 'foreign aid', which makes a sick sort of sense given how the area had already been cut off from normal methods of investment and growth:

For it was as if East Harlem...had been decreed a backward and deprived country, financially apart from our normal national life. Even the branch banks were closed down throughout an area of more than 100,000 people and thousands of businesses...

Eventually, much as the generosity of a rich nation might well extend massive aid to a deprived and backward country, into this district poured massive "foreign" aid, according to decisions by absentee experts from the remote continent inhabited by housers and planners. The aid poured in for rehousing...More than 1,3000 businesses which had the misfortune to occupy sites marked for housing were wiped away, and an estimated four-fifths of their proprietors ruined...Virtually all of the unslummed population which had hung on was rooted out and dispersed to "better itself."

According to Jacobs, cataclysmic money is, at best, not helpful to up-and-coming neighborhoods, and, at worse, helps destroy any progress locals have made in these places. What such neighborhoods need is "gradual money" or the typical sort of investments in the form of smaller mortgages and loans that people who live pretty much anywhere else enjoy. Such investments help maintain the diversity as well as the economic vitality of urban neighborhoods and contribute to the gradual, steady growth of cities.

It's deeply frustrating that people like Janet Jones aren't getting a shot at the redevelopment money that's pouring into Detroit right now. It's not just inherently fairer, but it makes economic sense to prop up established entrepreneurs like her as well as up-and-coming locals because those are the people who are going to stick around even after the flood of government and private money eventually dries up (and after the white people run out again for whatever reason). They represent the local energy that can rebuild Detroit from the bottom up and ultimately ensure long-term stability rather than short-term profiteering and equitable growth rather than the enrichment of one small class of people.

BTW, I'm clearly not an expert in this stuff, just interested. I would suggest you check out Ta-Nehisi Coates if you want beautifully written, well-researched discussions about unjust U.S. urban housing and economic policies and their devastating effects on the black middle and working class.

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Summer Skin Survival: 4 Things You Need

Summer Skin Survival: 4 Things You Need

Save your skin and soothe your spirit with these summer skincare picks.

Oh gourd, another summer of sweaty britches, patchy itches and precipitous breakouts. Gear up girlfriends! It’s going to be a long, hot summer and your best defense is an arsenal of soothing salves.

Here are a few of our favorite summer skin soothers.

1. Facial Mists

The soothesayers of the summer, facial mists are calming,…

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HAKER GROUP

2009 yılında kurulan Haker Group, dünyaca ünlü cilt bakım, kozmetik ve parfüm markalarını aynı çatı altında buluşturuyor. Bünyesinde Creed Fragrances, Sjal Skincare, June Jacobs, NeuLash ve NeuBrow gibi dünyanın önde gelen lüks markalarını barındıran firma, yeni markalarla büyümeye devam ediyor. Escentric Molecules, Memo Fragrance, Juliette Has a Gun, Robert Piguet, L'Artisan Parfumeur, Frederic Malle, Penhaligon's gibi dünyaca ünlü kişiye özel parfüm markalarının yanı sıra NeuHair kozmetik markasını da bünyesine katarak sektördeki yerini ve önemini arttırmaya devam ediyor. Harvey Nichols ve Brandroom'dan sonra şimdide BEYMEN ZORLU Center'da yeni markalarıyla birlikte ürünlerini müşterileri ile buluşturuyor.

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Summer Must-Have Products! June Jacobs Cucumber Cleanser & Mario Badescu Cucumber Toner

Jenni reviews two refreshingly cooling cucumber beauty products, that will help your skin beat the heat this summer

Summer can be a tricky season when trying to achieve a balanced skincare routine. I believe that's because your skin can be both dry from the sun and oily from the heat. I suffer from both dryness and oily acne-prone skin in the summer, and so I like to balance the two with the cooling and soothing properties of cucumbers.  My two summer 2012 ‘must-have’ cucumber-based products are June Jacobs Cooling Cucumber Cleanser and Mario Badescu Cucumber Cleansing Lotion.

JUNE JACOBS COOLING CUCUMBER CLEANSER

This Cucumber Cleanser is one of my all-time favorite ‘seasonal products’ for the summer. I first purchased it 3 summers ago for my sensitive skin that also happened to be quite dry from the sun. I instantly loved it, and I’ve repurchased it every summer since then. What I love most about this cleanser, for the hot summer months, is the “Cooling” and calming effects it has on the skin. Additionally, this cleanser smells so lovely and fresh (of cucumbers) and it leaves my skin firm yet smooth. There is nothing better than washing your face with a cool, lightly foaming, soothing and refreshing cleanser after a long hot day in the sun! It is pretty expensive at $44.00 / 3.4 oz tube, but it's very concentrated and a little goes a very long way. One half of a pea size more than cleans your whole face, so if the price scares you just think of it like being the equivalent of buying 3 less concentrated cleansers. Product Description: Calming and soothing, this paraben and preservative free cleanser gently sweeps away surface impurities with cucumber extract, a natural astringent. Powerful patent pending anti-oxidant blend of white, red and green tea extracts combined with goji berry, pomegranate and grape seed extracts help to neutralize free radicals, protect skin from environmental toxins and combat the visible signs of premature aging. Allantoin helps regenerate dry, damaged skin, leaving it clean, soft, supple and revitalized. Available at junejacobs.com $44.00, or amazon.com $35.15

MARIO BADESCU CUCUMBER CLEANSING LOTION

This toner is AMAZING for my summertime oily, acne-prone, but dry around cheeks skin! I love how fresh and clean my face feels with this cleansing toner lotion. It removes oil and residue and prevents bacteria from causing infection. It does so without drying out your skin and risk causing any form of irritation. Excellent product for all skin types, but especially for oily acne-prone skin.  Also, all Mario Badescu products are very affordable for the quality, and this toner is no exception at $27.00 / 16 oz bottle it will last all summer long. Product Description: T-Zone Shine Control! Your skin will be refreshed and deep cleansed with our 4% alcohol and soothing Cucumber Extract astringent. Removes pore clogging residue and disinfects skin’s surface for thoroughly clean skin to prevent future acne problems. Available at mariobadescu.com $27.00 or amazon.com $15.00

This review is part of a special multi-post feature for the summer, where I will be reviewing each of my summer 2012 “Must-have” Beauty Products. So far my must have product list includes some new products as well as some oldies but goodies, but each one equally fabulous!

Previous summer must-have product reviews include:

Josie Maran Argan Matchmaker Powder Foundation SPF 20 (here)

Supergoop City & Sand Sunscreen travel Beach Tote (here)

Sara Happ Green Apple Lip Scrub (here)

Rouge Bunny Rouge Succulence of Dew Sheer Lipstick "Tongue Tickles" (here)