RoofLESS Radio at Real Change
On March 24th, POOR Magazine visited with Poverty skolaz of Real Change where they participated in the Scholarship/Empathy Exercise as a part of the RoofLESS Radio Street Writing Workshop. Here are their stories.
Rudy Cabonias
I was 18 years old managing a burger King in the nine months
I had a house car Then my son
passed away I gave up
I Had a job, house, a car
Life was good.
Then my son
Passed and I just gave up
Crisis: DON’T KNOW, But it’s HARd BEiNg FREE to liFE with All Things around you. So much HAtE ANd PAiN ANd Hard, But I KEEP my HEAd up High ANd gET dowN that Road To HAppiNess – –
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Michelle McDonald
Crisis: · Realization of lack of Justice and untruthful law · Separation from my child and a system I don’t trust!! · feeling that my life and my childs was ot handled properly!
What would you do?: 40 hrs. Week. Before I located a job with that my hours and 3 children, I would establish childcare and locate resources and family. To properly establish, I would let my landlord know I’m working on resources to cover my rent and stay up to date on tenant laws and ?
Anonymous
Crisis: Overdoses ???? HIT N RUNS cancer murder BAD/NO NEIGHBOR POLICY BORDERLINE Diabetes
The age of B.C.C.E.A/D/= O.D.
CAR WREAK DRUNK DRIVER LIAR USERS ABUSERS THIEVES WIEDOES WAR ZONE HAUNT OF SID ROAD Pee URINE STATES OF AMERICA FINAL ANALYSIS
Tanya Falk
My Life
I struggled from a little girl on
I suffered molestation to beatings
My eyes black and blue
From my dad molesting me
To going into group and foster homes
Up til I was 18 I was
In some type of government care
They never loved me at all
I was thrown away!
Till in my 20’s
I gotten married
To a wonderful man
Had 2 great wonderful kids
Came to Seattle and
Experience homelessness and
A beat down my
Husband and I
We were at a park
With our 8 year old
When my husband gotten
Hit
I tried to protect him
But I couldn’t
I ended up getting a dislocated arm and a plate
But enough about me
Look at all the other people
Black, oriental, Muslim and Natives
They got teated worse than
Me
I cry and sob
For their lives matter to me!
Tanya M Falk (Falk)
Dennis Wilsey
Crisis: WHERE I liVED in MPLS- WAS condemned I BECAME HOMELESS I HAD NO PLACE TO LiVE I CAME TO SEATTLE TEN YEARS AGO I LiVED iN TENT CiTY FOR 1 YR - AND THEN WiLLIAM BOOTA CENTER FOR SiX MONTHS AFTER 1 ½ YRS. HOMLESS I GOT SUBSiDiZED HOUSiNG REAL CHANGE HAS HELPED ME WiTH ACTiViTEY AND A SOURCE OF SOME iNCOME-NOT A LOT
WORKSHOP (SLAM BIO)
VoluNTEER’S FROM OAKLAND CALiF.
POVERTY SCHOLAR’S
REAL CHANGE HElP’S ME TO CONTINUE FORWARD AND TO NOT JUST SIT AND DO NOTHING I’VE BEEN iN SEATTlE 10 YRS AND SElliNG REAL AHNGE 9 YRS. I DON’T SEll MANY PAPER’S ONLY A COUPlE HOURS A DAY BUT iT HElP’S ME TO HAVE A PlAN FOR THE DAY
DENNiS WilSEY
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Joseph Howard
Crisis: My worst crisis happened in 2015. I took a security job out of state in Florida. At the time I was in subsidized housing in Arion court. The job ended in six months. I however covered my rent so I did not owe any money. When I returned I could not get my place back.. I was told don’t call us we’ll call you. I stayed living on the streets every since
What would you do?: I don’t know
EARl AKA NEW YORK
After Da DARKeST night
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Angie
Crisis: Being gay in this society has been one of my biggest struggles. Treating me like im nobody but I am somebody. Somebodies child, sister, aunt, mother I can only be thankful that the kind people outweigh the mean and ignorant ones.
What would you do?: Definitely take the job and try to reach out to churches or places that are willing to help me with my rent until something else can come up for me.
Anonymous
Crisis: My family experience homeless and
Crisis: financial, is maybe the worst! Family, none! Self fine!”
…What do you do?: Need! Paper Work #SS card
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