Comments on: Blog Action Day: True Community Eliminates Poverty http://www.technoearthmama.com/2008/10/blog-action-day-true-community-eliminates-poverty/ A Web 2.0 mom working toward a sustainable lifestyle Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:00:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Adron http://www.technoearthmama.com/2008/10/blog-action-day-true-community-eliminates-poverty/comment-page-1/#comment-697 Adron Sun, 19 Oct 2008 02:12:51 +0000 http://www.technoearthmama.com/?p=262#comment-697 So rarely do I see people draw this connection. Where I grew up in small town Mississippi, there was a reason our town of about 12k people didn't have but one known homeless person. It was solely because of community. Nobody would ever let anyone sleep on the street. Matter of fact that one homeless person was taken in by a church, he got on his feet and got the medical help he needed. Within about 6-8 months he was living in a nice single bedroom apartment and working. Might I add, he was very happy to be doing so. The only thing that allowed for this to happen was solid community cohesion. Bigger cities seem to lose this so quickly, even Portland, which is actually pretty good about community as far as big cities go. But as you point out, we need to do things like you've listed. Reaching out and just knowing who each other are, knowing who does what, know how and who can work together to take care of each other. We never have to worry about being down and out when a community pulls together. Cheers - great write up. So rarely do I see people draw this connection. Where I grew up in small town Mississippi, there was a reason our town of about 12k people didn’t have but one known homeless person. It was solely because of community.

Nobody would ever let anyone sleep on the street. Matter of fact that one homeless person was taken in by a church, he got on his feet and got the medical help he needed. Within about 6-8 months he was living in a nice single bedroom apartment and working. Might I add, he was very happy to be doing so.

The only thing that allowed for this to happen was solid community cohesion. Bigger cities seem to lose this so quickly, even Portland, which is actually pretty good about community as far as big cities go.

But as you point out, we need to do things like you’ve listed. Reaching out and just knowing who each other are, knowing who does what, know how and who can work together to take care of each other. We never have to worry about being down and out when a community pulls together.

Cheers – great write up.

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