Foster Child divorces the court

January 11, 20174:29 PM ET Commentary heard on All Things Considered

Look on my heart

Actions matter. Actions are how we measure change. Don’t ask us to look in your heart, show is what is in your heart.

Wiping Out Homelessness, Dedication to Social Justice, Most Veteran-Friendly State

This is part of why I chose USC

Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking

SOWK 635- Fall 2016 Critical Appraisal of Evidence Report Sonya Keith December 13, 2016 Professor __________ Background of Research Problem Human Trafficking is a crime that is undetected to the average American citizen. Slavery was visible, legal and acceptable when America was first colonized until the Civil War. After the ratification of […]

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.

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 […]