The Vocational Assessment

The primary goal of GAIN is to be a true Welfare to Work plan. before a client finds work, it is helpful for them to have an idea of their strengths and interests. Enter the Vocational Assessment. Today I went to the Valley Assessment Center at Los Angeles Valley Community College and took an assessment […]

Why I Don’t Wear my Badge : Micro Lessons on Empathy

I am on sabbatical and had to come into a county building to turn in timesheets. I had 2 choices, pop on my Badge and breeze past security or keep it in the bag and wait. I chose to wait. It is so easy to work in a service position and be angry that appointments […]

Person Welfare vs Corporate Welfare

Let’s all focus on finding the money that the Pentagon misplaced and call it a day.

99 cent store accepts EBT

But they sure don’t make it easy to shop … or rather the 40 minute long lines cancel the value of shopping here instead of a more expensive grocery store.

Dot Head … Freedom of Hate Speech

There has been a change in our culture within the last week. Has there been a change in your behavior ? A proposed change in-country leadership has put a man who has used words and phrases that alienates pacific groups of people. A man who is followed and celebrated by the white power in Klu […]

Be a Safety Pin

Be a safety pin, don’t be aweful.

What is it really like to walk into the DPSS in Van Nuys

Sometimes I come in wearing a badge. today I am here as a member of the public seeking aid. Going through security I had too much in my pockets…. ( “I am here until 5”, said the guard with a smile.) I’m in line to talk to the kiosk worker. Without looking up she sends […]

Slavery is Keeping Me Awake

t is 2 am and I am awake. Every semester I have ever done in college has been focused on a theme – sometimes related to course work and sometimes on my own for fun. . At CSULB I: learned to draw faces, read about the history of abortions and women’s health, learned to use […]

What just happened?

Dear Stuart of Best Buy store 1511 in Pacoima, I was just in your store. I had to ask for a manager three separate times. I was verbally assaulted by a customer in the presence of two different sales people and they did not stop the interaction even though I asked the other customer to […]

My Mental Health morning

Learning about mental health enhances my understanding of many homeless clients.