Sherrie Tingley's posting is not a rant at all. It is a welcome and
impassioned argument for listserve messages with "flesh and bones" to them.
I agree wholeheartedly that we should "have respect for each other's work
and that we work towards solutions", just as a major cluster of
communication on the listserve should be "practical solutions, stories of
success, sharing of our struggles, celebrations of our successes no matter
how small they seem".

The only slight quibble I take with her fine comments is that I believe the
listserve should also allow for macro-level discussion of what can and
should be done to prevent the very problems that keep Sherrie and her
front-trench colleagues awake at night. Those interested in macro-level
stuff benefit greatly from the ideas, perceptions and often painful
experiences of Sherrie and her colleagues. Without it, macro-level passion
can lose its real-life anchors. Similarly, Sherrie and her colleagues can
benefit from knowing about, and bring part of, efforts to turn off the
hideous societal engines that grind out poverty, hopelessness, impotence,
guilt and rage among our fellow citizens.

John Butler
Markham Ontario

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sherrie Tingley" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 9:54 AM
Subject: Finding our way- making change


> Sherrie said,
>
 I have personal experience of being on welfare, facing eviction and
homelessness.  I also have personal
> experience of working with people on line as a facilitator of a list serve
for the Workfare Watch Project.  Because my list is made up of people
working front-line and people living with the fall out of welfare reform it
> can get very difficult at times.  I demand that we have respect for each
others work and that we work towards solutions.
>
> I think that is what we need on this list- practical solutions, stories of
success, sharing of our struggles, celebrations of our successes no matter
how small they seem.
>
> The profession is only too aware of the impact of the social and economic
inequality as a detriments of health, they are in the trenches everyday. And
I think everyone in this province is close to the breaking point of not
being able to absorb the misery they see on a daily basis. Personally I find
it difficult to sleep at night, to go home to a relatively secure home and
eat my choice of healthy food.  I know I am not alone. So, in closely, lets
find our way together in a positive way, lets share our struggles, lets
respect each others work and commitment to make change.
>
> Thanks for allowing me to rant,
>
> Sherrie Tingley
> Program Manager
> Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation
> Mailto:[log in to unmask]
> http://www.equalityrights.org/cera

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