Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 17:39     Subject: I haven’t thought about Mitch Snyder in a long time
Tracy Kidder just wrote a book about a guy in Boston who's been trying to help the unhoused in Boston for long time. It's called Rough Sleepers.

I think his conclusion is it will be neverending work but it's worth doing.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 17:29     Subject: I haven’t thought about Mitch Snyder in a long time
I remember him too. I don't agree he didn't accomplish much. It is a problem that isn't going away .
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 12:18     Subject: I haven’t thought about Mitch Snyder in a long time
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I remember him from the 80’s, and the protests he organized. For all the noise he made, he never really accomplished much, and then killed himself. I wonder if he finally realized it was an impossible task because you can’t help people who the vast majority of don’t want help because they mentally ill or addicts.




I also didn't like how his former girlfriend was "blamed" for his suicide. Like wtf?


There always has to be a boogieman/woman. Always.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 11:18     Subject: I haven’t thought about Mitch Snyder in a long time
Anonymous wrote:I remember him from the 80’s, and the protests he organized. For all the noise he made, he never really accomplished much, and then killed himself. I wonder if he finally realized it was an impossible task because you can’t help people who the vast majority of don’t want help because they mentally ill or addicts.




I also didn't like how his former girlfriend was "blamed" for his suicide. Like wtf?
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 11:15     Subject: I haven’t thought about Mitch Snyder in a long time
I represented him once. Pro bono.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 11:13     Subject: I haven’t thought about Mitch Snyder in a long time
I remember him from the 80’s, and the protests he organized. For all the noise he made, he never really accomplished much, and then killed himself. I wonder if he finally realized it was an impossible task because you can’t help people who the vast majority of don’t want help because they mentally ill or addicts.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 10:21     Subject: I haven’t thought about Mitch Snyder in a long time
Was thinking of him the other day after passing the mural on the shelter.

Honestly, that place is a mess.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 09:41     Subject: I haven’t thought about Mitch Snyder in a long time
Someone should send a link to the family
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 09:35     Subject: Re:I haven’t thought about Mitch Snyder in a long time
Signal Through the Flames. I heard him speak in person in the late 80s.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 09:25     Subject: I haven’t thought about Mitch Snyder in a long time
Definitely I do. Lots of coverage of homeless advocacy on the local news, not sure that’s the case now.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 08:16     Subject: I haven’t thought about Mitch Snyder in a long time
Absolutely I remember Mitch!
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2023 07:07     Subject: I haven’t thought about Mitch Snyder in a long time
He’s been dead for 33 years now. Anyone from here will know who he was . There don’t seem to be people like him anymore , organizations sure but not individuals