Friday, December 4, 2009

A Letter from Ibrahim M. which he asked us to post:

From: i_tpop@hotmail.com
Subject: "can u say infatuation"
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 11:23:35 -0800

Salaam Hometeam
I Ibrahim as promised ,that there was more,well here it is. Sleeping outside on ground zero as a homeless man I see a lot of things that go unnoticed to the average male and female of portland,far be knowing to the powers to be. They know of the situations 'cause those of us who are on ground zero and those of us who are homeless advocates go to the city council and tell them of our concerns. We try to reach their repudiated minds so they can understand what takes place on the streets. They listen to the business alliance why not us? After all we are the one's who their laws effects the most, and we have to pay for those effected laws. That's something huh. we as in the have not's, the homeless, the people of circumstances pay for laws that criminalize us, boy did my understanding make a wrong turn at albuquerque. To sit or sleep on the sidewalk or under a bridge or in bushes is a crime,really!
So a group of us as in advocates (numbers unknown). Come up with great plans, ideas and resources to help this epidemic. We know what will help us to be safe, warm and dry during these winter months also in the summer/spring and autumn. We give concepts with proposals, like I said we know what is best. Well this person as in brendan phillips who never been homeless, never been around the homeless and really don't know much about homeless wants to be a super man. he wants to go and save the homeless community and stick his chest out and show this "S" as ,not in captain save a h-e but as in captain save a homeless. He not knowing that as he want to be super man that ,the real super man committed suicide. He works with the CCEH board which plans to end homeless in ten years, now they have five(5). he just got a job at sisters of the road cafe' now sisters is a advocate for the homeless community and the CCEH are a group of people that never been homeless and have this superman of an Idea that they will end homeless instead of making things do until a sufficient plan can be accomplish with the help of us who are here on ground zero. Brenden plans to rally at city hall with a proposal that states that three to four people can put tents up on church parking lots during the nights and take them down during the day,where they will not be harassed by the police. O, how sweet of him. STUPID! Do he take his house down in the morning, (IN THE RAIN)? Brenden never slept on the street, he was ask to do so 'cause a job requirement states that he must have been formerly homeless but when asked to sleep on the streets for three days he didn't do it for a half of a day. I even ask him to hang out with me this summer and as of yet he hides. Listen if are you not homeless and don't know about homelessness and not in the homeless community stay out of the decision making process. Now this is the kicker, Have any one of you looked at the CCEH's agenda? Well shop and compare it's the same as brendan (POW!) can you spell infatuation boys and girls?
We know what we need and we need to make it known! here from ground zero. I'm watching.
Wa Salaam
Ib

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