Homeless People , should we beat them up?

Apparently this is less a question and more an agenda item for some people. Bum Fights, police brutality ( http://ktla.com/2013/08/15/homeless-couple-shot-by-deputies-awarded-4-1-million-2/#axzz2c8VHLcY9 l ) and the almost daily lyrics news that another poor person has been hit with a car, smacked with a bat or injured just for being available and unprotected. The general emotional feeling is […]

Character is who you are in the dark

As a child, I loved Show and Tell and the way it told me who my friends were when we were apart from each other. I learned Mike Detola loved law enforcement and making siren sounds, that Jeff Hoover drew dragons, and Jennifer Balmot danced. Even now, I am thrilled to find out something I […]

STAMP OUT HUNGER

Are you taking part in the Letter Carriers Food Drive May 10th? Place nonperishable (foods that don’t need to be kept cold) in bags at your mailbox on May 10th. The Food can be sorted at local Post Offices and Food Banks. You will find me @MENDpoverty. WE NEED AN ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS! @MENDpoverty from […]

My Dream is to study homelessness on a global level

My dream is to combine what I have with what I like and spend a few months traveling the world comparing and contrasting poverty and homelessness in America to other countries. I like people ( in general, there are some individuals I do not enjoy at all) and I like to travel, and I am […]

Behavior-Chart

I am designing a behavior chart for my youngest daughter. She is very hard headed and has a hard time following directions and is goal oriented ; if the goal is designed by her. There is a great deal of laughter and finger pointing in my general direction that accompanies a storm of “Who could […]

Would You Call the Cops on Jesus

Do you call the police when you see a homeless person sleeping on a bench. One lady did , only to find she had reported Jesus to the Popo. Well a statue of Jesus. And for the record, Jesus wandering around gathering followers and starting in the dessert…Jesus was homeless. Read more ♡♡♡ http://www.npr.org/2014/04/13/302019921/statue-of-a-homeless-jesus-startles-a-wealthy-community?utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=npr&utm_campaign=nprnews&utm_content=04132014

Book Report

Change r he world @gop @arcadiapl @libraryburbank

Closing Arkansas Clinic. Awesome!

Everyday I hope I get a call that there is no longer a need for my specialized knowledge. These doctors got that call. It’s wonderful! ♡♡♡READ; Closing Arkansas clinic: ‘We’ve done our mission’: http://on.msnbc.com/1qnOhYl

The Wage Gap and Gender

@kmcdonovgh breaks down the wage gap and poverty

Questions and Answers

I started this blog in a Los Vegas hotel room where I was celebrating my birthday with my friends Bonnie and Isabel. There had been a few times when they visited my work place on Skid Row (a few times in the dark, and witnessed the underbelly of poverty). They, my mother, and almost I […]