Amazing Grace. That’s the song they sung. I wanted to cry. Here’s a group of people coming together because they can’t afford the essentials of life and before they take their share of free food offered to them because they cannot afford it any other way, they sing a song of hope and thankfulness. “Through [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Amazing Grace
Posted in Camden on October 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Happy Halloween
Posted in Uncategorized on October 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was sitting at my desk today listening to people in the hallway talking about what they plan being for Halloween, when I had an epiphany of sorts. In class we talk about the injustice done to the people in Camden and we try and make a difference in their lives. But on this halloween [...]
We are Family
Posted in Uncategorized on October 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s an interesting thought, when you think about who really makes up your family. I certainly don’t see my “family” as just my mother, father, brother, and sister. Sure, we are all biologically related, but that doesn’t mean that our bonds are stronger than bonds I have with other people, people who I don’t share [...]
Uncharted territories
Posted in Course readings on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Reading through Shane Claiborne’s The Irresistible Revolution I found myself caught somewhere in between his beliefs. One of the things that I found very true and very invigorating is the need for people, real middle class suburban people, to go out and make a difference for the impoverished. In the book, and also in the [...]
The “Anonymous Donors”
Posted in Uncategorized on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Although the book Nickel and Dimed truly bothered me, I was able to appreciate the message once we discussed the ending in class. Barbara Ehrenreich reveals some disconcerting realities about the “working poor”–”the major philanthropists of our society” (221).
Lower income earners have become the crutch pertinent to the success of others.
The staff [...]
Right or Wrong?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Abortion. It is such a controversial issue. Is the group of cells growing inside of a woman considered living or a person or does it have rights? To me all the answers are yes. I believe that abortion is wrong and it should be against the law. I do not think it is right that [...]
All Our Kin
Posted in Course readings on October 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In the book All Our Kin by Carol B. Stack, I read about the family and kinship organization in a ghetto Black community. The book shows us the technique that poor urban blacks used to survive. Everyone had an extended family and everyone in the kinship had rights over a certain family. For example, if [...]
Lack of connection
Posted in Course readings on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I hadn’t realized how much Ehrenreich’s experiment “irked” me until our discussion in class today. Her attempt to live in poverty was incredibly unrealistic. I was aware of this during my reading of it, but hadn’t noticed it entirely. I believe that the one thing that really got to me, however, was the fact that [...]
Wal-Mart: Can we truly challenge the beast?
Posted in Course readings on October 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
In this week’s reading Nickel and Dimed we were taken to a world of $6 an hour jobs and Motel 6’s. The author, Barbara Ehrenreich, took it on herself to take to the field as a journalist and find out if you really can live on minimum wage. She took over three types of minimum [...]
what is a family?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
According to dictionary.com, the principal definition of family is parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not. The tenth definition is a group of people who are generally not blood relations but who share common attitudes, interests, or goals and, frequently, live together. The fact that the second definiiton was [...]
