Was at AVI tonight. One major thought came out of this. We the people are working to help the people in a model that by its own definition limits our ability and essentially becomes just the house to hold the shit in. For example, we will not condone the use of drugs. They are illegal. We want people to come in off the street. We want them to seek help. We want them to seek health care. We want them to seek stability and safety. We will not allow the drugs in any of the facilities that help them. You can not bring them to a soup kitchen. You can not bring them to a shelter. So there are people who are living outside of the societal norms, by using drugs and living on the street, etc, etc. and somehow the expectation is that they will just be able to compartmentalize? That they will fit neatly into the system. The system they reject, willing or not? The more I think about it the more crazy it seems. I go to AVI to help and somehow I feel frustrated. I look around and I know I am not the only one frustrated. How can we help?
Getting off my soap box now.
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