Hallelujah!

^^^ big ditto to your comment. There isn’t enough emphasis on lived expertise. Far too often the “experts” (lol) come in and make decisions FOR communities rather than with communities.

I think it depends on how you’re defining resources. It’s of course about community supports but also folks in poverty could really just benefit from access to financial resources like a refundable earned income tax credit and child tax credit because money DOES help people.

When the communities aren’t resourced and supported and don’t have access to safe housing, food, transportation, job opportunities, and mental health resources, what exactly do you expect families to do? Poverty is not a choice. It’s systemic.

This is in the ideal spot for my commute, too! Glad to know about this. Thank you!

I wish they opened earlier! I usually need something I can grab on the way to work/before 8 am. I do love Stella’s.

Going through the same here.

Typical lip service**

We live in the same building—hi neighbor. I’ve contacted them several times about all of this this week and have gotten no help, just typically lip service. I’ve also complained about the trash that hasn’t been picked up in two weeks to no avail. Happy to connect with you individually if you want to join forces on this. I’m a policy analyst and have some connections that might be useful.

As a Lynchburg native (and now a Richmond transplant—which is much better to claim), this has me cackling 😂