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Monthly Archives: June 2014
Finding Jose From Pacoima and Feeding Hom
Yesenia of @Mendpoverty and I, and our 3 year old daughters, find Jose and give him food and drink.
Meet Nemo
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 amContinue reading “Meet Nemo”
Training Table Top Design
Sometimes 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 proudContinue reading “Training Table Top Design”
Rape Culture….All in a nice little book
Listening 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 thisContinue reading “Rape Culture….All in a nice little book”
This. This thank you note
Is what makes my day so great and my job meaningful. Pardon the high tech censorship. Xo homeless In Los Angeles
How do you explain the über rich and the homeless
Being on the same streets
Motivation vs Professional Mothering
1st, 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 thoseContinue reading “Motivation vs Professional Mothering”
Homeless in Popular Literature
Listening to @OverDriveInc audio book “We is for Wasted” by Sue Grafton and it touched accurately on the awkward topic of #homelessness
Pacoima , Facebook, and a man on the streets
Homelessness 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 MENDContinue reading “Pacoima , Facebook, and a man on the streets”