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The Nutter/Diberardinis/CCD attack on humanitarians and the homeless has been blocked! The judge hasn't issued the written ruling, but I hope he confronts the obvious lies given under oath. This was a narrowly constructed suit, but all of the public space permit requirements need to be banned on Constitutional grounds as well. Many middle class folks have no idea how bad and fractured the safety net really is. Comprehensive and coordinated human services simply don't exist. Even if citizens desparately seek help in a single area of life, it is often nearly impossible to get the necessary services. Once I contacted every opiate addiction program in the city, to find slots for a study, and found that there was not a single treatment slot in the city outside of the VA. Moreover, most didn't even pretend to have a waiting list. The realities are similar for the rest of the disconnected fractured human service system of non-profits. These failed policies and lack of investment are based on hate and ignorance fed by the corporate media. This failure to demand compassionate best practises does tremendous harm to all of society! Even without the bipartisan Corbett budget driving the final nail into the safety net, the pretense of offering comprehensive services for the most unfortunate and homeless was a laughable lie. Let me explain something about recruiting disenfranchised people with multiple problems to treatment services, which is widely known by the human service community. To recruit marginalized populations, outreach workers must take their offers of help to the communities of those in need. The very best place to offer referrals and case management to homeless individuals would be at these banned feedings! Placing a feeding station at city hall or a police station, for example, would never generate the trust and inspiration to break the helpless cycle as well as an extended hand offering real and dignified help, food. The administration's entire human services argument was based on such obvious "worst practises" instead of "best practises" that they sound like discredited doofuses who shouldn't be taken seriously about anything. Although I agree with the teachings associated with comrade Jesus, as written in Mathew, Mark, Luke, and John, I rarely find myself on the same side as monotheists. But we should all thank these Christian groups for fighting this lawsuit, as well as their dignified help to the homeless! This was a victory for all citizens. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20120712_Judge_blocks_enforcement_of_homeless_feeding_ban.html Occupy our public spaces, Glenn ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see |
