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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Saw Gonzaga students handing out care packages and talking to residents in the NoMa encampments today. We can sit behind our screens and complain about how things should be, but nothing is going to change until a quorum of people put actions behind words. [/quote]

They've been really active on that front!  I saw a ton of them doing the same thing a week before.  Lots of volunteers in NoMa and by the Hill are coming to the encampments with wheelbarrows of food, supplies, etc.[/quote]

I'm sure that makes them feel good, but all it does is help/encourage these tent communities to stay, which isn't good for anyone.[/quote]

Agreed.

How does this help the problem long-term?  It just encourages people to stay in these tent communities, which are definitely not what the city should be aiming for as a permanent solution.  [/quote]

+1 to both PPs

It’s not just the Gonzaga boys; I’ve lots of other volunteers (women in their 30s, families with small children) doing the same thing all over the city. It’s truly door-to-door, A+ service. Why wouldn’t the homeless stay?[/quote]

And then these women go back to their suburban homes, where they can live without having to deal with the direct effects of homelessness on THEIR neighborhoods.  And feel good about themselves, to boot.  [/quote]

Totally agree with this statement. [/quote]

And then the ones with kids will post about it all over FB about how it's a "teaching moment" for the children.  How great that the homeless can serve as a live example of their ideology while the arbiters of that ideology go back to their suburban homes.[/quote]

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