Rev. Carl Keyes
Carl Keyes is an internationally recognized humanitarian and founder of several non-profit organizations who has orchestrated some of the most significant emergency relief efforts in the history of the United States. Colin Powell, US Senate and the President of the United States formally recognized his first response efforts after the World Trade Center attacks and Hurricane Katrina as Carl Keyes' efforts were inserted into the Congressional Record of the United States.
Carl Keyes is Founder and Managing Director of AID for the World and Aid for America and has expanded his relief efforts to include people who live perpetual crisis everyday due to a lack of basic life necessities. He has spent 29 years of serving people both in the US and in 31 different countries as well as nine years of living in Bushwick, Brooklyn which, at the time was one of NYC's most dangerous ghetto's.
Currently, the revitalization of US Cities is at the forefront of his mission as he is bringing sustainable economic and ecological development to areas of the country hardest hit by the floundering economy.
From retooling factories to developing marketing plans, he and his Team form collaborative creative meetings to building a better mousetrap, with his model of the "Three Minds Creative Construct." Keyes and his goal of resurrecting the unemployed of our Nation are becoming a reality as he travels with hope in one hand and a dream in the other.
The Associated Press launched an investigation into Rec. Carl Keyes. According to financial records, internal correspondence and InterViews with former employees conducted by The Associated Press, Keyes blurred the lines between his charities, his ministry and his personal finances while promoting himself as an international humanitarian.
The New York attorney general's office also opened a probe. In a recent legal filing, the attorney general's office said it was investigating how the church had used its assets, amid concerns AbOUT its "ability (to) properly ... oversee its financial affairs."