It is an oxymoron: social work. Most of it is just work. I kill trees and process claims and write detailed notes that don’t reveal anything social. I don’t write about how you smell or if you swore at me or if I genuinely like you. I document the purpose of our encounter, and the […]
Read More Social. WorkChallenging Wal-Mart to raise their wages: http://on.msnbc.com/1eps7xJ
Read More The Ed Show: Challenging Wal-Mart to raise their wagesWalmart takes in about 18 percent of U.S. food stamp dollars, a share that would have amounted to more than $13 billion last year. …-Slate When I saw the Employee Welcome packet with 2 credit card applications enclosed:I knew I had to stop shopping there. Yes, Walmart donates funds to the poor community but they […]
Read More I, personally, refuse to go to WalmartWould you gentrification it and replace Single Resident Occupancy (SRO) housing with lofts and boutiques -or refurbish what is there to move the street dwellers behind walls and give them indoor plumbing and job training? How would you reduce the number of Homeless in Los Angeles? Speak ♡♡♡♡ here is an article in the Los […]
Read More How would you change skid rowTo employment and avoiding poverty. Books can be expensive, but you can borrow them for free from a library. Both the Los Angeles City and County Libraries let you check out digital books. This photo is from the Lake View Terrace library and the computers can be borrowed for 2 hours at a time. Today, […]
Read More Reading is FUNdamentalPlay this interactive game. http://www.marketplace.org/sites/default/iframes/wage-wager/index.html
Read More Can you live on minimum wage?So Karrie and everyone else loves him : I don’t.
Read More Joel Osteen Bugs MeThe weather. It doesn’t snow, freeze, or bake here so if you need to live outside: you can survive it.
Read More Why Do You See So Many Homeless People in Los Angeles?If you snuck up on me while i was asleep, I might run away too. http://www.businessinsider.com/video-of-albuquerque-police-shooting-homeless-man-2014-4
Read More This Horrifying Video Of Albuquerque Cops Killing A Homeless Man May Be A Sign Of A Much Bigger ProblemBeing born poor can shorten your life, keep you from college graduation, and add stress to your childhood. ♡♡♡ read more here http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/18-charts-illustrate-americas-insane-class-system-birth-till-death
Read More Charts on a lifetime of income inequality
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