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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also SWS is in Ward 6 repped by Charles Allen who is all about making big performative statements about racism while not pushing real change to benefit DC.

By the way, I was at a community meeting with Charles Allen where they discussed turning Sherwood Rec into a homeless shelter. When people said they were opposed to having a shelter so near a school, he tried to shame everyone for being opposed to this (as if Sherwood was the only option and it was okay to remove a community asset).

So there you go- you elect performative clowns who want to appear as anti racist as possible but make no real positive community change, and you end up with homeless shelters next to elementary schools. [/quote]

You seem not to know what "performative" means. You accuse him of being performative regarding racism and then take issue with him trying to convert Sherwood to a shelter. Performative would be giving lip service to the need for shelters and supports and then refusing to allow them in his Ward (hello W3). That's not what happened here. What happened here is he advocated for a scarce resource to be allocated to one marginalized group over and above another, both of which serve equity and racism goals.

What's funny is I categorically object to converting Sherwood to a shelter. I want it to remain what it is and I don't want the shelter next to a school. Heck, I don't want it in my neighborhood either, but I'm not a bleeding heart. I think he's wrong. I've told his staff this. But the example you cite above is NOT performative.   [/quote]

No, it absolutely is performative. There was no need to sacrifice the rec center for this stunt. There are other places and hotels to house the drug addicts on H street. And while Allen gets the bragging rights for being a savior, it is his constituents who must suffer the loss of a valuable community resource, not him.[/quote]

I don’t think there is a proposal to turn Sherwood into a homeless shelter. AFAIK it has been operating for years as an overflow hyperthermia shelter for women as needed during the winter. [/quote]

People at the meeting objected to turning Sherwood into a temporary shelter not because (as Allen alleged) we are bad people but because there is almost no programming at all at Sherwood as it is a temporary shelter.

Shutting down the playground for the fall that serves SWS is another heartbreak. So we are losing rec center programming and a playground, both valuable resources for the community.

Allen’s plan is to write letters but otherwise do nothing. He needs to go. Pathetic. [/quote]

Why is the playground being shut down?
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