Tag Archives: support system
Truth
Knowing the truth and speaking truth has benefitted me a hell of a lot more than being silenced. -Thandie Newton Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real-life wisdom on to others as … Continue reading
‘Subminimum’ Pay for Disabled Workers
I’m writing to correct inaccuracies in a letter to the editor from John Lemus, advocacy coordinator of AtWork! [“People with disabilities: End subminimum wages,” March 28, Opinion]. I am the executive director of Artisans, a Spokane-based nonprofit that provides employment support … Continue reading
Sheltering in Their Place
In June 2020, hours after moving into an apartment, my daughter and I stood in the street holding our dogs, hypnotized by billowing smoke. We lost everything. Later, a friend asked how I was doing. “Living it up at the … Continue reading
Level Up
Some people say, ‘When you became richer, more famous, you changed,’” he explains. “Hell yeah, you better change! If you don’t change, you’re going to have a problem, a lot of problems. Everybody else around you has to change too.”- … Continue reading
Real Life of an MSW 