COMPILATION AND COMMENTARY
BY LUCY WARNER
APRIL 25, 2021
ONE OF MY GOALS IN THESE BLOGS IS TO POINT UP EXISTING WEBSITES AND PUBLIC SERVICE GROUPS WHICH CAN CONTRIBUTE TO A GROWING NETWORK OF PROGRESSIVE CONNECTIVITY, ESPECIALLY THOSE SITES THAT FEATURE LOCAL COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS. HERE ARE SOME WHICH I FOUND IN ONE NIGHT’S SEARCH OF THE INTERNET. MORE ENTRIES MAY BE ADDED TO THIS FILE OVER TIME, WITH THE MOST RECENT PLACED ON TOP.
SETTLEMENT
HOUSES
SETTLEMENT
HOUSES CAME INTO BEING IN THE PROGRESSIVE ERA OF THE LATE 1800S AND EARLY
1900S.
JANE ADDAMS’
HULL HOUSE IS PERHAPS THE MOST WELL-KNOWN EXAMPLE OF A UNITED STATES SETTLEMENT
HOUSE. IT FAIRLY RECENTLY CLOSED IN 2012 WITH A BANKRUPTCY, BUT AN ESTIMATED 900 OTHERS STILL
EXIST TODAY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. FOR MORE ON THAT, SEE: https://www.socialworker.com/feature-articles/practice/Settlement_Houses%3A_Old_Idea_in_New_Form_Builds_Communities/#:~:text=Many%20settlements%20today%20still%20have,loose%20ones%2C%20with%20religious%20groups.&text=Since%20World%20War%20II%2C%20the,association%20of%20156%20of%20them.
GRAND ST. SETTLEMENT IS ONE SUCH ESTABLISHMENT WHICH IS STILL ACTIVE IN NEW YORK CITY.
https://www.grandsettlement.org/
BOLD. GRAND.
INSPIRED.
Since 1916,
we’ve been inspiring New Yorkers, helping families get strong and stay close,
and leading bold charges for change.
OUR STORY
Settlement movement
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The settlement
movement was a reformist social movement that began in the 1880s and peaked
around the 1920s in England and the United States. Its goal was to bring the
rich and the poor of society together in both physical proximity and social
interconnectedness. Its main object was the establishment of "settlement
houses" in poor urban areas, in which volunteer middle-class
"settlement workers" would live, hoping to share knowledge and
culture with, and alleviate the poverty of, their low-income neighbors. The
settlement houses provided services such as daycare, education, and healthcare
to improve the lives of the poor in these areas.[1]
. . . .
United States
See also:
Social Gospel
PHOTOGRAPH -- Bohemian immigrant youth at the Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House in 1918 in East St. Louis, Illinois
The settlement
movement model was introduced in the United States by Jane Addams after
travelling to Europe and learning about the system in England.[7] It was Addams
who became the leading figure of the settlement movement in the United States
with the help of like-minded personalities such as Mary Rozer Smith, Mary
Keyser, Alice Hamilton, Julia Lathrop, and Florence Kelley, among others.[7] . . . .
By 1913, there were 413 settlements in 32 states.[11] By the 1920s,
there were almost 500 settlement houses in the country.[9] The settlement house
concept was continued by Dorothy Day's Catholic Worker "hospitality
houses" in the 1930s.
American
settlement houses functioned on a philosophy of "scientific
philanthropy", a belief that instead of giving direct relief, charities should
give resources to the poor so they could break out of the circle of poverty.
American charity workers feared that the deeply entrenched social class system
in Europe would develop in the United States.
. . . .
Description
Today,
settlements are still community-focused organizations, providing a range of
services including early education, youth guidance and crime intervention,
senior programs, and specialized programs for young people who have "aged
out" of the foster care system. Since they are staffed by professional
employees and students, they no longer require that employees live alongside
those they serve.
Legacy and
impact
Settlement
houses influenced urban design and architecture in the twentieth century. For
example, James Rossant of Conklin + Rossant agreed with Robert E. Simon's
social vision and consciously sought to mix economic backgrounds when drawing
up the master plan for Reston, Virginia.[13] The New Monastic movement has a
similar goal and model.
COMRADES ON
BLAST: MUTUAL AID
THIS IS AN
INTERESTING NEW GROUP, STARTED DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC BY MECHELL DECKER,
WHOSE GOAL IS TO HELP PEOPLE WHEN THEY NEED IT. WHAT THEY SEEM TO DO IS PROVIDE
A SOUNDING BOARD FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED EITHER PERSONALLY OR FINANCIALLY, WHICH IS A GOOD SERVICE. FEELING AND PERHAPS BEING ALONE IS A COMMON PROBLEM, ESPECIALLY WHEN A LIFE CRISIS IS OCCURRING. WHEN THE COMMENTER GIVES A WEBSITE WHERE DONATIONS
CAN BE MADE, THE MAY RECEIVE DONATIONS. I ONLY SPOTTED ONE WHO GAVE SPECIFIC DONATION SITE INFORMATION, HOWEVER. I DON’T KNOW HOW WELL THIS ACTUALLY WORKS IN FUNNELING MONEY WHERE
IT IS NEEDED, BUT IT IS A GOOD IDEA IN MY VIEW.
IN REGARD TO DONATIONS, FOR THOSE OF US
WHO HAVE TECHNO-ANGST, IT WOULD BE BETTER IF SPECIFIC WEBSITES WERE ALWAYS PROVIDED
UPFRONT WHERE PAYMENTS FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ASKING FOR HELP COULD BE
MADE. THE COMRADES MUTUAL AID GROUP COULD BUILD A WEBSITE WHICH ACTUALLY HOUSES
LINKS TO THE MOST RELIABLE PAYMENT SITES SUCH AS GOFUNDME SO THOSE IN NEED
COULD SET UP AN ACCOUNT WITH THEM. I NOTICED THAT ONE PERSON DID NAME A
GOFUNDME ACCOUNT.
ONE OF OUR
PROBLEMS IN AMERICA TODAY IS THAT WE ARE SUCH A LARGE SOCIETY THAT INDIVIDUALS
WHO HAVE SPECIFIC NEEDS ARE OFTEN UNSEEN OR IGNORED. MEDICAID AND FOOD AID CAN
BE DIFFICULT TO APPLY FOR, PROBABLY WILL NOT PAY MUCH AT ALL AND CAN TAKE MONTHS IF IT DOES COME THROUGH,
WHILE THE PERSON IS BEING EVICTED FROM THEIR HOUSING.
MY ONLY NEGATIVE REACTION TO THIS COMRADES ON BLAST FORMAT IS THAT I PERSONALLY CANNOT TELL WHO INDIVIDUALS REALLY ARE. I FEAR THAT SOME COULD BE SCAM ARTISTS WHO ARE ACTUALLY TRYING TO GET MY PERSONAL DATA SO THEY CAN USE IT FOR CRIMINAL PURPOSES, LIKE EMPTYING MY BANK ACCOUNT. THERE DOESN’T SEEM TO BE ANY SECURITY. STILL, FROM THE WAY THE ENTRIES READ, THEY DO SOUND LIKE SINCERE PLEAS FOR HELP. SADLY THOUGH, IF AMERICA HAS BECOME FACELESS, THE INTERNET IS DOUBLY SO. WE NEED MORE INFORMATION.
Comrades On Blast: Mutual Aid
Community Organization
About
This is a left
unity page based on helping comrades who are having a difficult time or are in
material need. This page is here to support any leftist in crisis.
Lnms Warner
My name is not LNMS, but Lucy. A mutual aid society would be very helpful to many people and sometimes crucial. I can't find the way to get to your home page, however. I would like much more information. I do compile a news collection blog with some special subjects, and would like to include this in it. I don't make entries all the time, but it is still active. One of the things that I am most interested in is helping to build a network of Progressive activists, including the ability to make contact with interested individuals and local social political activities. When I was young in the late 60s and 70s there were some "Teach Ins," on the local level, consciousness raising meetings, etc. To look at my blog for content, go to:
https://veryprogressivelyyours.blogspot.com/
Lnms Warner We
don’t currently have another page, just this Facebook. My partner and I created
this page with a few other friends at the beginning of the pandemic. We’ve been
trying to network with other groups, but it has been difficult because our own
living situation has been fairly unstable.
Lnms Warner
My health
hasn't been great for the last year or so and as a result I don't post daily
like I did before. As a result, the readership I had dropped off and it hasn't
recovered. I am going to post this soon, though, possibly tonight. Thank you
for your efforts. You have a very good idea here.
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HERE IS SOME PROGRESSIVE
FERMENT ON THE LOCAL LEVEL WHERE INTERESTED PEOPLE CAN GET TOGETHER AND WORK,
LOCATED IN GAINESVILLE, FL.
Bernie Sanders Gainesville Grassroots Headquarters aka The Bern Unit
Political Organization
(352) 235-9026
HOMEPAGE MEME
Bernie Sanders:
“I got into politics not to figure out how to become president. I got into
politics because I give a damn.”
ALSO, TAKE A
LOOK AT THE BERNIE MEMES ON THIS CUTE AND ENERGIZING SITE CALLED “SEIZE THE
MEMES OF PRODUCTION.”
VOTEBEAT AND
CHALKBEAT
VOTEBEAT IS AN ORGANIZATION
THAT REPORTS ON THE LOCAL LEVEL FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS, PRESENTING NEWS OF
CANDIDATE ACTIVITY. IT CALLS ITSELF “A POP-UP NONPROFIT NEWSROOM.” INTERESTING.
GO TO THEIR WEBSITE FOR NEWS ARTICLES INVOLVING THEIR WORK, SUCH AS THIS FROM
THE GUARDIAN: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/21/us-election-ballot-deadlines-impact.
VOTEBEAT COULD HAVE
AN IMPORTANT INFLUENCING FUNCTION IN THE GOAL WHICH SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS
CALLED FOR, WHICH IS THE ELECTION OF AS MANY PROGRESSIVES AS POSSIBLE AT THE COMMUNITY
LEVEL, SO THAT NEW POLITICIANS CAN BE IN PLACE TO MOVE UP IN POSITION FROM THERE. WE SAW IT
HAPPENING IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, WITH PEOPLE LIKE ALEXANDRA OCASIO-CORTEZ
COMING ONTO THE NATIONAL STAGE. INDEED, BERNIE SANDERS HIMSELF STARTED LOCALLY,
AND BEFORE HE WENT TO THE US CONGRESS HE WAS NAMED ONE OF THE BEST CITY MAYORS
IN THE COUNTRY.
VOTEBEAT
Independent,
nonpartisan coverage of election integrity.
Votebeat is a
pop-up nonprofit newsroom covering local election administration and voting
in eight states, created by Chalkbeat.
CHALKBEAT
Essential education reporting across America
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