Naima Jackson - Save a Home, Preserve a Legacy
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Meet Naima Jackson.
Naima is a member of a long line of hard-working people.
Her great-grandparents migrated from Mississippi to Cincinnati to provide their descendants with a good life - and they did.
53 years ago the Jackson family bought a house in Avondale and became one of the first black families to own a house on their street.
Naima’s father, Nathaniel Jackson, was raised in this house and lived there his whole life. Naima moved in with her father to help take care of him when his Alzheimer’s disease progressed. Mr. Jackson passed away in 2015.
After Naima’s father passed Naima was confronted with more challenges.
The house in which she grew up was falling apart and Naima was emotionally and financially overwhelmed with the repairs. Naima’s mother is currently renting a townhome because she is unable to live in the home for safety reasons.
The heating system is not adequate to heat the second floor.
The electric wiring needs to be replaced. Naima is unable to use space heaters for fear of starting a fire.
The basement is not a wet/dry basement and it is leaking water.
The soffits need to be replaced.
When I first read this story at WCPO.com, by reporter Lucy May, it resonated with me. My mother moved from Mississippi to Cincinnati in roughly the same time period.
My mom, who was born in Mississipi, married my father in 1964. For a myriad of reasons my Dad and Mom bought and sold all of my childhood homes. I have no childhood homestead and now at 54 I really wish I had one.
After adopting my son, I lost a home due to foreclosure because of bad financial decisions made under duress in a bad marriage.
I have no legacy home.
But I can help save someone else’s legacy and that gives me hope mixed with a determination that no one loses their touchstone, their connections to their ancestors.
You can look at a picture of your family but you are unable to touch the brick or feel the floor under your feet, that same floor your mother paced while holding you as a baby.
One question I have heard repeatedly in 2020 is what can I do to help others and make a difference?
Here is your chance.
Please donate what you can to help Naima Jackson save her home.
Let’s bring Naima’s mother home to the place she shared with her husband.
Let’s help Naima Jackson keep the home her great-grandparents purchased so many years ago and preserve their legacy for their descendants.
All funds will go to critical repairs including the sealing of the basement, updating electrical wiring, and replacing the soffits.
We greatly appreciate your support. Every little bit helps.
The Jackson family will be eternally grateful and blessed with whatever your heart tells you to give.
For a link to the story written by Lucy May, a reporter at WCPO 9 :Story by WCPO Reporter Lucy May
For a link to the story that aired on 2/2/2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrDutX1NK40
Naima is a member of a long line of hard-working people.
Her great-grandparents migrated from Mississippi to Cincinnati to provide their descendants with a good life - and they did.
53 years ago the Jackson family bought a house in Avondale and became one of the first black families to own a house on their street.
Naima’s father, Nathaniel Jackson, was raised in this house and lived there his whole life. Naima moved in with her father to help take care of him when his Alzheimer’s disease progressed. Mr. Jackson passed away in 2015.
After Naima’s father passed Naima was confronted with more challenges.
The house in which she grew up was falling apart and Naima was emotionally and financially overwhelmed with the repairs. Naima’s mother is currently renting a townhome because she is unable to live in the home for safety reasons.
The heating system is not adequate to heat the second floor.
The electric wiring needs to be replaced. Naima is unable to use space heaters for fear of starting a fire.
The basement is not a wet/dry basement and it is leaking water.
The soffits need to be replaced.
When I first read this story at WCPO.com, by reporter Lucy May, it resonated with me. My mother moved from Mississippi to Cincinnati in roughly the same time period.
My mom, who was born in Mississipi, married my father in 1964. For a myriad of reasons my Dad and Mom bought and sold all of my childhood homes. I have no childhood homestead and now at 54 I really wish I had one.
After adopting my son, I lost a home due to foreclosure because of bad financial decisions made under duress in a bad marriage.
I have no legacy home.
But I can help save someone else’s legacy and that gives me hope mixed with a determination that no one loses their touchstone, their connections to their ancestors.
You can look at a picture of your family but you are unable to touch the brick or feel the floor under your feet, that same floor your mother paced while holding you as a baby.
One question I have heard repeatedly in 2020 is what can I do to help others and make a difference?
Here is your chance.
Please donate what you can to help Naima Jackson save her home.
Let’s bring Naima’s mother home to the place she shared with her husband.
Let’s help Naima Jackson keep the home her great-grandparents purchased so many years ago and preserve their legacy for their descendants.
All funds will go to critical repairs including the sealing of the basement, updating electrical wiring, and replacing the soffits.
We greatly appreciate your support. Every little bit helps.
The Jackson family will be eternally grateful and blessed with whatever your heart tells you to give.
For a link to the story written by Lucy May, a reporter at WCPO 9 :Story by WCPO Reporter Lucy May
For a link to the story that aired on 2/2/2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrDutX1NK40
Organizer and beneficiary
Tracey McCullough
Organizer
Batavia, OH
Naima Jackson
Beneficiary