[FRIAM] Fundraiser by Christina Z. : Ohoris Staff Relief Fund

[thompnickson2 at gmail.com]

ED, 

 

You wrote: 

The $500 fund I started at my local market to allow checkers/management to let anyone unable to pay their full grocery bill was my alternative to the occasional "bailout"

 

That was a fabulous idea and I am glad you did it. 

 

Nick

 

Nicholas Thompson

Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology

Clark University

ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com

https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/

 

 

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From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of Steven A Smith
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 3:54 PM
To: friam at redfish.com
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Fundraiser by Christina Z. : Ohoris Staff Relief Fund

 

 

On 4/22/20 3:29 PM, Edward Angel wrote:

> Nick,

> 

> I have no problem with anyone wanting to support their local barista.

> Please remember also that the Food Bank really needs funds.

> 

> I do have a problem with your view of the 60’s. Those young folks you 

> remember were almost 100% white middle class kids, Almost no blacks, 

> hispanics, native americans or asians. At that time poverty was far 

> higher than it is today. Medical care was not available to large parts 

> of the population. And then there was the rest of the world at that time.

> 

> By fixating on the local situation, we tend to forget about the bigger 

> world which is suffering far more than us. Countries across Asia and 

> Africa are dealing with the virus in addition to refugees, lack of 

> medical facilities, the impossibility of social distancing and many 

> other factors. Lots of information on the web as to how bad the 

> situation is. There are organizations combating these factors that are 

> worth paying attention to.

 

I'm with you on this Ed...  I just heard some of the forecasts/worries about how the consequences of this pandemic are going to domino into the worst-poverty situations around the world.    I'm not against helping there too... just wanting to acknowledge those around me who got caught worst by this than I did.

 

My only direct(ish) link into that world is a Kenyan friend who still has deep roots in his homeland.

 

The $500 fund I started at my local market to allow checkers/management to let anyone unable to pay their full grocery bill was my alternative to the occasional "bailout" I'd offer the cashier/next-person-in-line when I was there to observe it.  I'm now only at that store once a week (or less) and the number of people are very limited and I just haven't found myself in that spot like I used to (often EBT users who misunderstood what was and wasn't covered by their EBT cards... )...

 

I doubt this comes up at Whole Foods or Trader Joe's very often...  but it is common in a market like Pojoaque.

 

I'm afraid if we don't get this current administration (and probably the current Senate GOP majority) out in November, our ability/appetite to help anyone but ourselves (and maybe not the most needy here) will be negative...  

 

- Steve

 

 

 

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