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RE: (S28) PT 5 - Helping Out - Ephenssta - 04-26-2021
This is actually related to real world ephenssta, so if it’s okay with everyone I’ll be breaking character for a bit. During undergrad, I interned at a homeless shelter for a year. I did between 16 and 24 hours a week of case management, some basic job skills classes, and worked with people to get disability, unemployment, SNAP (food stamps), or other benefits as needed. After a year off during grad school in which I interned at a school, I have spent the last 8 months working at an agency that provides rental assistance to homeless individuals in Colorado. There are a lot of misconceptions about homelessness. Some are partially based in reality, but like most misconceptions are over-generalized and don’t begin to cover the full story. Yes, there are people who are homeless because they have been negligent, are struggling with some sort of substance abuse, or have otherwise made mistakes that put them in the situation they are currently living in. I challenge you, though, to think first of that person as a person. The worth of a person should not be in the job they work or the home they own (or rent) or where they find themselves currently. I ask that we not be so quick to judge when we see another human in that situation.
Homelessness frequently has a simple solution: housing. Our program has found that roughly 80% of our clients who we help get into suitable housing are able to maintain their housing self-sufficiently once our financial assistance ends. This is regardless of whether they are actively using drugs, have high healthcare and/or mental healthcare needs, or have a history of being in the criminal “justice” system.
Imagine that you have a problem you are desperately trying to fix, except instead of getting to go home to your bed every night you are sleeping on the streets. Sometimes the weather isn’t great, people are constantly bothering you, the noise and discomfort makes it hard to sleep, you are scared of being robbed or assaulted, and the police officers chase you around town telling you to move all night, pushing you farther and farther out of the public eye. How much energy do you think you can devote to solving that problem?
Further, imagine you work at a minimum wage job making the federal minimum in the USA (7.25/hr). Working 40 hours a week, you make $1,160 per month BEFORE tax. Now imagine you’re looking at an apartment that is unreasonably cheap, only $600 per month. That apartment is most likely going to want you to make three times the rent and be able to pay at least a month of rent up front. On top of that, you have to eat, pay other bills, and get to work. It’s not so easy when you don’t already have the money. But housing should not be a luxury. We have the resources to provide it. We have the resources to do the maintenance and the upkeep, even when someone is irresponsible with the place and leaves a mess. We owe it to our fellow humans.
That is why RedBeard spends his free time working to ensure that people currently living in homelessness are not only properly clothed and fed, but are able to get past the high barriers of entry and get into a stable living environment where they can actually work on being their best selves instead of merely surviving.
RE: (S28) PT 5 - Helping Out - Capt_Blitzkrieg - 04-26-2021
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RE: (S28) PT 5 - Helping Out - SchwarzNarr - 04-26-2021
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RE: (S28) PT 5 - Helping Out - deadlunatic - 04-26-2021
Mark Walker has teamed up with Tijuana corner back Juno Hu to help legalize drugs across the United States of America. This war on drugs the government has been fighting for far too many years is not working. They need to admit they have lost the war and move on to legalizing it and then tax it and try to get out of the giant debt we are in. It is also fairly well known that the real purpose of the war on drugs is to attack and keep the poor, poor. The only people really benefiting from the war on drugs are the people who can afford to import and distribute the drugs, the cartels growing/making the drugs, the prison system(ie the private companies that own the prison system and make money by keeping their prisons full) and of the course a lot of crooked government officials. If people want to do drugs in their spare time, then let them. But also, it a money making idea all around, first off you can have people making legit drugs of all types, can also put some regulations on them to make sure they are made correctly, and of course you get tax money all around. I see no real reason to not legalize or at the least decriminalize them. And while we are at it, let us go ahead and make the prison system not privately owned and not for profit. Seems pretty silly to have out side companies making lots of money off government contracts that are based on the more prisoners the better. I feel like our goal as a society should be to have as few people in prison as possible. If you ever hear someone bragging about the number of people locked up as a good thing, they are most likely a corrupt person. Anyways, let's make things happen.
RE: (S28) PT 5 - Helping Out - Cincyfan96 - 04-26-2021
The term charity here is one that I apply loosely, but since moving to Berlin, Schell has been highly involved in the local church. In recent decades, the church has been seen more and more as an organization of judgement and Schell has attempted to be a part of changing that perception and allowing it to be and to be perceived as an organization based on love. His "We Care" ministries throughout the last season have been a touching series of outreach projects in surrounding neighborhoods focused not on conversion or shame, but on empathy and love. So far, they have raised over $10,000 for local shelters for the homeless, widows, and orphans, and his goal is that this campaign will grow more and more the longer they are here. When asked about the ministries, Schell replied, "The church has always been a safe place for me, but for so many that has not been their story. One of our goals is to show that we are not here to judge; we are here to love and to help however we can. Getting to see a few of the smiles on people's faces when they receive small gifts to make their lives easier makes it worth it and more." Schell has committed to matching whatever is raised this year up to $50,000, and he's hoping they make a big dent in his pocket.
RE: (S28) PT 5 - Helping Out - Vaelynn - 04-26-2021
Remus Roman and his brother, Romulus Roman are avid supporters of Habitat for Humanity. Both Remus and Romulus spent a large amount of their rookie salaries donating to the charity, and a majority of the offseason working with the Charity hands-on building houses in the greater Gary, Indiana area. Remus and Romulus care about their community and decided to pay it back by helping the citizens of Gary. Over the course of the offseason they assisted in building just over 15 affordable housing units for the community.
When asked about why they support such an organization, Remus responded “I grew up in Gary and we were lucky enough to be recipients of affordable housing. Without it, my brother and I would not have had a roof over our heads, and in all likelihood would have never made it into the big leagues. Doing what we can to make sure that everyone here in Gary has the same opportunity as we had is a no brainer, so we are proud to support Habitat for Humanity.”
Recently it was made public that both Remus and Romulus plan to donate half of their contracted salaries (Remus from New Orleans, Romulus from Philadelphia) to the charity, continuing their commitment to better housing in Gary and the greater United States.
215 words - Remus Roman
RE: (S28) PT 5 - Helping Out - qWest - 04-26-2021
For Tatsu Nakamura, one of the most important parts of being a professional athlete is spending the time to give back to the communities that help him to be able to play the sport he loves for a living. Perhaps the most important part of that community for Nakamura is the often under-looked and under-represented Asian and Asian American communities. Growing up, Nakamura never really was able to see himself in the professional athletes that he saw on American TV and, as he's worked hard to break into the sports world, he's had to extra hard to break through Asian stereotypes and Asian hate. Nakamura's life's work outside of football is to try to break through and stomp out that hate as best as he can with his platform. On top of working with social justice organizations like the ACLU to seek institutional change and justice, Nakamura often goes into his community directly, working alongside other prominent Asian athletes in the ISFL like William Lim and Kai Sakura to interact with young Asian and Asian American students across the country and to be a positive voice to be encourage them to reach out and pursue their dreams. He's committed to helping more Asian and Asian American athletes break into the sport, and he often works with his foundation to support those athletes financially when needed. The N7 Foundation Youth Training Camps run every summer across the country to help achieve this dream as well.
RE: (S28) PT 5 - Helping Out - Bayley - 04-26-2021
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RE: (S28) PT 5 - Helping Out - ZootTX - 04-26-2021
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RE: (S28) PT 5 - Helping Out - bluesfan55 - 04-26-2021
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