South Wilmington Shootings

 Shootings at South Wilmington in Raleigh, does it mean a government failure?

Two fold, the new “System” they use is low barrier at the South Wilmington Center For Men thereat.

That system is supposed to ensure the homeless men, the drug addicts, the convicted sex offenders, the persons with mental illness, the homeless veterans, etc., will be guaranteed a place to sleep and eat for the night and off the streets.

Does it work? No.

Aside from the need for community policing in that high crime area. The greater need is for housing services. The services to help those men get off the street. The services to help treat their addictions. The services to help treat their mental illness. The services top help treat those medical conditions.

Their is a lack of programs there at. And, the homeless do not feel comfortable staying at the shelter, or are turned away from the shelter.

Poetry

A few days ago, the medically illness man in the wheelchair.

He slept at the bus stop for days.

The bus stop was right across the street from the shelter.

He ended up in the hospital, but here is the icing on the cake.

He was kicked out of the shelter for just about no good reason, during a “low barrier time”.

He slept and slept at the bus shelter across the street from the homeless shelter.

The police did not come to inquire. Neighborhood people did not inquire.

Where was the community activist? Where was adult protective services?

He did not hit anyone. He did not attack anyone. He did not bring drugs into the facility. He did not bring arms into the facility. He only made a comment and was kicked out. Wow. As a result, on the street and almost dead.

That is South Wilmington Street. That is the other side of the story. Housing Through Lorena McDowell failure. Housing through David Harris failure. Most importantly, the one whom kicked him out, Housing through Frank Lawrence Failure.

The center is a hub for criminals, but no programs or referrals for programs to help them thereat.

I remember LaSalle Street Residence and the MICA program. The degenerates and criminals were attracted their because the people in need where there. The drug dealers and gang members were right there, because the people trying to recover and the users were there. One stop shopping. This is South Wilmington Street where someone almost died right outside the door. Programs and services have to include looking outside your doors and patrolling. It requires a partnership with law enforcement and service agencies and community based partnership. That does not happen there thanks to the powers at be, the government employees. God Bless. This is all based on information and believe in my opinion.

What if that were your (X,Y, or Z)?

Your friend, your dad, your uncle, your neighbor, your ex-lover, your spouse?

What if that was your loved one, someone you cared for?

What if you did not known the person, but that person served and saved the lives of many?

What if that person served when no one else would, a Defender of North America?

That addict, that man on the street, deserves dignity of service.

That person already suffered the abuse of the drug dealer that contributed to putting him on the street.

That person already suffered due to the lack of mental health services.

Do you add to that burden as a government employee?

Do you wait at the shelter for the EBT card to arrive?

Do you wait for the paycheck or back benefits for the man?

Do you wait for the compensation from appeals and court cases?

Is the center your pot of gold? Do you hold their money as your own?

Is the center your pot of gold in overtime government pay?

South Wilmington Center For Men (Shelter for Men) is a long source of government employees pots of gold.

The predatory action of securing the money and funds and resources of the homeless. Those that may be out of their minds due to drugs and/or mental illness.

Grandpa’s money is the government employee’s pot of gold at times. I will hold your money. I will help cash those big retro payment checks. I will hold it for you.

Too often a crisis occurs at the center. Those men claim “that worker” took my money. Repeated claims, and “I got a picture on my phone …….. I have proof”. I have their personal cellular number. I have been to their house they claim.

Overtime is generated by simply not hiring and causing others to be fired. Continue a “shortage of workers” that means more double and triple pay for workers.

The claim is not enough applicants, BUT NOT SO, WE HAVE APPLICANTS AND NEW HIRES. But we create a hostile work environment if hired and you just won’t hire that qualified applicant.

So the cycle continues, the homeless are abused and preyed upon by the very government employees hired to help them.

No more programs to help complete applications for housing and move off the street. “We do not have enough social workers” to help them, not so, you just do not hire. That is the bottom line, the benefit of your pockets.

I ask that you treat them with dignity. I ask that you hire to help them. I ask that you abide by the ethics and regulations in place to serve the very people that are downtrodden. Remember, that is someone’s loved one. That is a person loved by God.

The meaning of the narrative is this. Men at the shelter are being preyed upon by the very workers, upon information and belief. The Hispanics are the shelter are just about gone. Nobody there to help them that talks their language. Upon information and belief, workers are continuing to use the resources of the homeless as their own personal pocket book. The thief is the government employee that caused a shortage of employees aside from hiring their own friends and family.

This is a repeated practice of discrimination in the work place and abuse, upon information and belief.

¿Qué pasaría si ese fuera tu (X,Y o Z)? ¿Tu amigo, tu papá, tu tío, tu vecino, tu ex amante, tu cónyuge? ¿Qué pasaría si ese fuera tu ser querido, alguien a quien cuidas?

¿Qué pasaría si no conocieras a la persona, pero esa persona sirvió y salvó la vida de muchos? ¿Qué pasaría si esa persona sirviera cuando nadie más lo haría, un Defensor de América del Norte?

Ese adicto, ese hombre de la calle, merece un servicio digno. Esa persona ya sufrió el abuso del narco que contribuyó a ponerlo en la calle. Esa persona ya sufrió por la falta de servicios de salud mental. ¿Se suma a esa carga como empleado del gobierno?

¿Esperas en el refugio a que llegue la tarjeta EBT? ¿Espera el cheque de pago o los beneficios atrasados para el hombre? ¿Espera la compensación de las apelaciones y procesos judiciales? ¿Es el centro tu olla de oro? ¿Tienes su dinero como propio? ¿Es el centro su olla de oro en pago de horas extras al gobierno? El Centro para Hombres de South Wilmington (Refugio para Hombres) es una larga fuente de ollas de oro para empleados del gobierno. La acción predatoria de asegurar el dinero, los fondos y los recursos de las personas sin hogar. Aquellos que pueden estar locos debido a drogas y/o enfermedades mentales. El dinero del abuelo es a veces la olla de oro del empleado del gobierno. Guardaré tu dinero. Ayudaré a cobrar esos grandes cheques de pagos retroactivos. Te lo guardaré. Con demasiada frecuencia ocurre una crisis en el centro.

Esos hombres afirman que “ese trabajador” se llevó mi dinero. Reclamaciones repetidas y “obtuve una foto en mi teléfono…….. tengo pruebas”. Tengo su número de celular personal. He estado en su casa, afirman. Las horas extras se generan simplemente por no contratar y provocar que otros sean despedidos.

Continuar con una “escasez de trabajadores” que significa más salarios dobles y triples para los trabajadores. El reclamo no son suficientes postulantes, PERO NO ES ASÍ, TENEMOS SOLICITANTES Y NUEVAS CONTRATACIONES. Pero creamos un ambiente de trabajo hostil si nos contratan y usted simplemente no contratará a ese solicitante calificado. Así que el ciclo continúa: los mismos empleados gubernamentales contratados para ayudarlos abusan y se aprovechan de las personas sin hogar.

No más programas para ayudar a completar solicitudes de vivienda y salir de la calle. “No tenemos suficientes trabajadores sociales” para ayudarlos, no es así, simplemente no contratas. Ese es el resultado final, el beneficio para sus bolsillos. Les pido que los traten con dignidad. Les pido que contraten para ayudarlos. Les pido que cumplan con la ética y las regulaciones vigentes para servir a las mismas personas oprimidas. Recuerde, ese es el ser querido de alguien. Esa es una persona amada por Dios.

El significado de la narración es este. Los mismos trabajadores están aprovechándose de los hombres en el refugio, de la información y las creencias. Los hispanos son el refugio que casi han desaparecido. No hay nadie allí para ayudarlos que hable su idioma. Según la información y la creencia, los trabajadores continúan utilizando los recursos de las personas sin hogar como su propia cartera personal. El ladrón es el empleado del gobierno que provocó la escasez de empleados además de contratar a sus propios amigos y familiares. Se trata de una práctica repetida de discriminación en el lugar de trabajo y abuso de información y creencias.

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I am hoping you do not try to cite blacklisting as the reason.

I am here to help. I want to help. But, you are predisposed to not helping the population the center was meant to serve. Give the center back then to Urban Ministries. They did more than you.

Reflections and Opinions by

Reinaldo Olavarria, Elder, Universal House of Prayer of North Carolina.

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