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A.J Hendry
@AeJayHendry
#Writer, wannabe Theologian, #YouthWorker, working to #EndYouthHomelessness, interested in the intersection between theology and social transformation
Apr 26, 2022 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
A lot of hot takes out there about why young people get involved in crime...

Over the last decade I've served a diverse range of rangatahi (both rich and poor), many who've gotten on the "wrong side of the law".

Here's some things I've learnt... 1.There are no "bad kids" out there, only hurt ones. No matter how tough, scary, big, or bad, a young person may seem to you, when you take time to listen and hear what's going on under the surface the reality is a child who is hurting and really just asking to be seen.
Apr 25, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The Gospel is political, but its not Nationalistic. Those who wish to tie our faith to the expansion and supremacy of the state miss the point the Divine is making on the cross. The politics of Jesus are the politics of Love. Love for neighbor, love for self, love for enemy... To pick up the sword in the name of Christ is to deny both name and message
Nov 21, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Sooooo many reckons about our homeless whānau on @NewstalkZB / @KerreMcIvor show.

The idea that somehow homeless whānau stealing Kai is about entitlement and lack of consequences fails to grasp the issue... Let's put this in context. We have whānau, suffering from such extreme poverty that they are living on our streets. Many of these whānau are mentally unwell, have disabilities, and have exp significant truama in their lives. Materially they have little to nothing.
Nov 21, 2021 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
"Moving a problem along, doesn't solve the problem." @_chloeswarbrick

About 4 yrs ago the business association in a community I was serving in decided that it wanted to do something about the rough sleeping whānau in our hood There were some real challenges being exp, w/begging on the streets, pple suffering from complex MH/Addiction , extreme poverty and whānau who had no where else but the street to call home
Nov 19, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
This morning I had coffee with a bro who I know from way back whose living on the streets atm.

He shared with me some of what he's dealing with and we discussed how he's going in his recovery. It's been rough, and my heart broke as he shared with me a familiar story. A story of how a system which is intended to help him, creates hoop after hoop for him to jump through, expects so much of him, let gives him so little.
Nov 18, 2021 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
There's a open letter to @_chloeswarbrick @phil_goff doing the rounds on redit regarding some of the challenges we're exp in the inner city due to the extreme levels of poverty, social exclusion, and truama our whānau are exp-ing. I'm not going to link to the letter but... ... there are a couple of points I want to address.

1) more police and tougher punishment won't make our city safer. The root of these issues are truama and a lack of access to our ppls basic human rights. Punishment does not bring healing, it simply causes more harm