He is my piggy bank. I let kids play with his coins. Once a mother told her child to keep the money and baked when I said "no". She said that because I had a job, I didn’t need the funds and if I really needed it I would have spent it. Well…today I am […]
Read More Meet NemoSometimes trainings are enlightening. The workshop I was at today would have been great -my first year as a social worker. .tone and inflection .listening .eye contact .staying on point .building trust This is Client Interactions 101. So to keep myself quiet, I modified name rags and renamed my classmates. The instructor was very proud […]
Read More Training Table Top DesignListening to this is making me angry. He is controlling and assaults her and she starts out angry, scared and fighting. So please explain to me how statements to the effect of 1. I will punish you with kisses 2. You must have known that dress would… 3. Men are not rocks How is this […]
Read More Rape Culture….All in a nice little bookIs what makes my day so great and my job meaningful. Pardon the high tech censorship. Xo homeless In Los Angeles
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Read More How do you explain the über rich and the homeless1st, give me a break:I saw this man before I had coffee. Before. Oh, and I really needed coffee. 2nd, social work is my passion, not a calling or academic exercise. I do this from my heart and gut and reserve the brain power for paperwork. Today I had ” a quitter”; one of those […]
Read More Motivation vs Professional MotheringListening to @OverDriveInc audio book “We is for Wasted” by Sue Grafton and it touched accurately on the awkward topic of #homelessness
Read More Homeless in Popular LiteratureHomelessness is real a nd affects everyone. Here, in Pacoima, this man is a fixture on a local street. The Facebook group for the neighborhood is learning the worst of all truths about homelessness: there is no easy cure. There are no available shelter beds. We can’t find a place for him to sleep MEND […]
Read More Pacoima , Facebook, and a man on the streetsThe courts have struck down the law making it illegal to live in a vehicle. This makes sense. I fully understand how awkward it is to have someone live in a small box with windows allowing the people with homes to view the poverty living next to homes. I also know a car is safer […]
Read More Los Angeles Car Living no longer illegalHello @Tarryhammer! Disclaimer: I have a little and not so secret crush on my friend Luke Ippoliti of MEND ( Meet Each Need with Dignity) in Pacoima. He works in the Food Bank and Home Gardening program. MEND understands that 66% of residents are renters and use most of their money on housing , this […]
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