Is it lib of me, that when I find someone deprived of what they need to survive, I'm more inclined to try and find local resources that could be more sustainable? If I hear someone is starving, money is nice but how about knowledge of a place where you can get a free lunch and dinner every day? Or even a free weekly food box? Shelters generally suck, but I feel compelled to at least be like "check out these ones if you haven't, they're a little better."
It's the social worker in me. Some folks just need a couple bucks to pay some intractible cost like rent or medicine, but if someone is dealing with structural poverty, they probably need structural supports yeah?
I worry that it would come off as condescending to be like "hey I'm not gonna give you any money, but Sisters is open for lunch rn and Sunshine has open food box sign ups. Do you need any help signing up for Medicaid and food stamps?"
If you genuinely can't provide any money but can provide your labor by finding resources for someone, that's cool and good.
If you have the option of providing money in addition to those resources and choose not to, id do some self crit on why you're opposed to giving desperate people money that you can spare
But yeah, the resources are definitely useful in the long run and it would be very kind of you to provide that aid, comrade
Is it lib of me, that when I find someone deprived of what they need to survive, I'm more inclined to try and find local resources that could be more sustainable? If I hear someone is starving, money is nice but how about knowledge of a place where you can get a free lunch and dinner every day? Or even a free weekly food box? Shelters generally suck, but I feel compelled to at least be like "check out these ones if you haven't, they're a little better."
It's the social worker in me. Some folks just need a couple bucks to pay some intractible cost like rent or medicine, but if someone is dealing with structural poverty, they probably need structural supports yeah?
I worry that it would come off as condescending to be like "hey I'm not gonna give you any money, but Sisters is open for lunch rn and Sunshine has open food box sign ups. Do you need any help signing up for Medicaid and food stamps?"
Should I self crit about this?
If you genuinely can't provide any money but can provide your labor by finding resources for someone, that's cool and good.
If you have the option of providing money in addition to those resources and choose not to, id do some self crit on why you're opposed to giving desperate people money that you can spare
But yeah, the resources are definitely useful in the long run and it would be very kind of you to provide that aid, comrade