Begrudgingly re-engaged account of tweets about equity, homelessness, systems, good food & personal observations. Lots of good research linked in my feed.
Jul 18, 2020 • 19 tweets • 8 min read
1/CONSIDERING POLICE BUDGET REFORM. About a week ago I asked friends on another platform to share useful information about the movement to Defund the Police. I wanted to understand. I got 58 responses and this morning I started reading (and watching). Here's what I've covered
2/First up was this @policylink Webinar regarding abolishing the police altogether. It is 90 minute webinar:
1/UPSTREAM PREVENTION. The social determinants of health are important. Poverty/lack of income relative to cost is important. We are on a journey to push towards an evidence-based approach to root causes as it relates to homelessness and this past week things got complicated
2/For those of you who want to engage in a meaningful, shared conversation as this work continues, I'd like to try sharing. Some of that sharing will be hard, I may even talk about missteps I/we make. But it is all in service of helping people never become homeless
Oct 14, 2018 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
1/ THE ROLE OF FEAR. Some of my friends and colleagues don't appreciate why it feels so intensely personal when I hear a story of African American person I've never met having the police called on them for no definitive reason. Here's one explanation.
2/ It is hard to explain to someone who hasn't experienced it the sensation of humiliation when you see the fear in someone's eyes that isn't caused by anything other than your appearance. Or, more directly, the color of your skin. The experience can be soul-crushing
