Where Across suburbs, churches, and kitchen tables—wherever bread could move from “extra” to “needed.” What We Did This wasn’t my project—it was hers. A woman came with a simple idea: collect bread on the weekends and give it to people who needed it. My role wasn’t to lead, but to walk alongside her while sheContinue reading “Small Project – The Weekend Bread Basket. Free bread delivery to communities.”
(Archived) Background – From wanderer to researcher
Introduction I wanted to be a professor. I ended up being more practical and another kind of life-long learner. As an economist my research focuses on the nature of capital. As a sociologist my research focuses on natural change. As a social worker my research focuses on people who are locked out of the system.Continue reading “(Archived) Background – From wanderer to researcher”
Small Project: RFT in Patrick Street. Street counselling at a local drop in centre.
Where A drop-in centre. What I Did We didn’t just drop in. We showed up consistently. Same place, same days, long enough that people stopped seeing me as “new” and started seeing me as “known.” We learned names. Stories. Habits. Who drank tea, who avoided eye contact, who needed silence before words. We got toContinue reading “Small Project: RFT in Patrick Street. Street counselling at a local drop in centre.”
We just went down to a shelter and helped
Project We started hanging out at a drop-in centre but we had a purpose What we did We visited a drop-in centre and simply spent time there. We talked with people, listened to stories, shared a few ordinary conversations. No surveys. No agenda. Just presence. Why this mattered We were studying the topic, but booksContinue reading “We just went down to a shelter and helped”
(Archived) About
G’DAY, FRIENDS CALL ME “CHRIS” Did you know living in poverty is work? Have you heard of a schizophrenic family? Are you aware of the violence inherent in the system? Has wealth overcoming your Would you give up everything to be wealthy? If you answered ‘No’ to any of these questions, you need me! MyContinue reading “(Archived) About”
