I ran across this essay and thought it might be of interest to Enough readers. Calvin discusses the ethical dilemmas of being a social service provider to poor and homeless people and the pressure to set up professional boundaries and not share money with clients. Continue reading “On giving money to social services “clients””
Poverty Scholarship
by Tiny a.k.a. Lisa Gray-Garcia
“Writing, reading, thinking, imagining, speculating. These are luxury activities, permitted to a privileged few whose idle hours of the day can be viewed otherwise than as a bowl of rice or a loaf bread less to share with the family.”
-Trinh T Minh-ha from Women, Native, Other
There are many things this poverty scholar can teach you, but in reality, no more or less than any of the poverty scholars you see, or more than likely don’t see, everyday. Homeless families, poor youth of color, migrant workers, panhandlers, sex workers; sitting, dwelling, camping, soliciting work, convening. I am them, they are me. Continue reading “Poverty Scholarship”