FUSsa-talk Mailing List: Re: Fw: Homeless children

[Carol Koepp (carolkoepp]

Maybe we will meet some Wh Br at the PSD conference
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jojane [at] juno.com>
To: <carolkoepp [at] comcast.net>
Cc: <fussa-talk [at] muusja.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: [sa-talk] Fw: Homeless children


> The energy around this data is important - this is why we started UU
> Affordable Housing Partnership, which doesn't exist anymore (after 6+
> years of good work..) - but something else can rise up to address today's
> housing/poverty/children's issues   -  the series on poverty that Kendyl
> and Peter D'Ascoli organized is wrapping up, but the discussion about
> what kind of UU actions and organizing should follow has just begun.
> Carol is doing a good job connecting FUS folks to PEACE Foundation, other
> groups whose members live at ground zero on these issues.   FUS folks can
> also connect with White Bear UU Church folks, they have made poverty
> their top social justice issue - and they are just beginning to talk
> about what that means, what it should look like, etc.  Maybe we should
> have some joint discussion with them.....?   - Jo
>
>
> On Wed, 1 Apr 2009 16:56:00 +0000 (UTC) carolkoepp [at] comcast.net writes:
> > You are right on about that, so when our governor says, like he did
> > last year. that 70% of a schools budget should be directed to the
> > classroom, he would be leaving these social workers out.
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Bill Karns" <snrakb [at] yahoo.com>
> > To: "Carol Koepp" <carolkoepp [at] comcast.net>
> > Cc: "FUS Social Action talk" <fussa-talk [at] muusja.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 1, 2009 11:53:09 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada
> > Central
> > Subject: Re: [sa-talk] Fw: Homeless children
> >
> >
> > I also saw that very interesting, and disturbing, report.
> >
> > One thought occurred to me:  it is social workers in the Green Bay
> > school system that help to serve the needs of those homeless
> > children.  And, when economic push comes to budgetary shove, those
> > social workers are often among those whose positions are eliminated,
> > leaving the teachers to fill the gap..
> >
> > I may be wrong about this, but I'm guessing that those social
> > workers are also classified in that much-vilified group of
> > "non-classroom employees" who are a favorite target of those who
> > like to attach the public schools.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > --- On Wed, 4/1/09, Carol Koepp <carolkoepp [at] comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Carol Koepp <carolkoepp [at] comcast.net>
> > > Subject: [sa-talk] Fw: Homeless children
> > > To: "Bill Karns" <snrakb [at] yahoo.com>
> > > Cc: "FUS Social Action talk" <fussa-talk [at] muusja.org>
> > > Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 7:09 AM
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: Jerry Edwards
> > > To: Heidi Johnson
> > > Cc: Carol Koepp
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 9:33 PM
> > > Subject: Homeless children
> > >
> > >
> > >       Heidi,
> > >       Tonight's (Tuesday 31 March) News Hour
> > > with Jim Lehrer had a very interesting, but distressing
> > > article on homeless children, and how schools end up having
> > > to serve as social workers with their students.  Focus
> > > was on one school in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
> > >       Here is the link http://www.pbs.org/newshour/
> > >       However, according to the site,
> > > tonight's video is not yet available.
> > >       Incidentally, Carol and I attended a
> > > meeting of the PEACE Foundation in North Minneapolis, and
> > > learned a shocking statistic--that 1 in 6 school students
> > > are homeless!  So we have the problem in a big way
> > > here.
> > >       Regards,
> > >       Jerry Edwards
> > >
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