#20 – Traumatic States of America
Mental health is a MAJOR problem in the United States. If you are thinking about suicide please give these people a call: You aren’t alone: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Call 1-800-273-8255 Ava
Meet Patty – #19 Sage Against The Machine Podcast
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Dorothy Day | Alan Graham | Sage Lewis – A communist, a real estate developer and an entrepreneur.
There is a very clear thread that runs through the work of the 3 of us. If you aren’t familiar, Dorothy Day founded the Catholic Workers Movement. She, among other things, created “houses of hospitali
#18 – A Freezing Homeless Veteran
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What Akron’s Extreme Evictions Actually Mean To Us All
I was driving a man across town to a friend’s house. He had stayed at our tent village for a time. But I didn’t recall him very clearly. He is deep in the throws of a hard core Fentanyl addiction. Fen
The Great Calling
I am repeatedly pulled in by Catholic thinkers. Thomas Merton Richard Rohr Dorothy Day And there are others that I haven’t gotten to yet simply because I’m so taken by these 3. Their connections with
Akron won’t open warming centers until ZERO degrees Fahrenheit
A supporter of ours, Eva Buhite, called the Akron Mayor’s office at 330-375-2256. They told her that they will not open any homeless warming centers until the temperature gets to ZERO degrees. (They a
#17 – Substitute Teaching Day 1
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Defining Akron: Poor. Hard Working. Addicted.
Knight Foundation gave Akron $104,000 to create new Office of Integrated Development. I’m pretty sure what we mostly got for that money was this shiny 61 page full color brochure. I have a copy of the
#16 – Community
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Intravenous Drug Users: This is for you.
If you are “shocked” by swear words or just actual life in general, this post is not for you. This post is for people that shoot drugs. Look… I don’t give a shit that you shoot drugs. I’d probably sho
#15 – Meet Lysa
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#14 – Where our charity goes from here
Accepting American Slums
Do you know that phrase, “like a bat out of hell?” I don’t think you can truly appreciate a phrase like that until you have actually gone “like a bat out of hell.” We were screaming east on I-20 tryin
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The Lamb and The Tyger
The problem with me is that I take things seriously. I don’t read the history of a man like Akronite John Brown and just say, “Aw that’s nice.” No. “John Brown advocated the use of armed insurrection
Dear Governor DeWine – Please Help Us.
Dear Governor DeWine, I am writing because I don’t know where else to turn. Perhaps you have heard about the mulit-year fight we have been having with the city of Akron over the right to shelter our h
Churches: Please have mercy on the homeless.
I’m at a point where I don’t know what else to do. I am certainly not quitting. But it feels like every single thing I do is inadequate and not enough. So I’m just going to beg and plead with you to P
I am a wuss
I am a wuss. I’m in Austin Texas for a symposium at the Community First Village. A sold out group of people from as far away as Australia converged here to discuss the truly revolutionary concepts of
America Hates Poor People
Murderers. Rapists. Pedophiles. Thieves. They all slept inside last night. They play board games. They watch tv. They eat every day. I know it’s prison and people hate being there. But at least, as a