March 1, 2013
Social Work in the Tenderloin is Not Hopeless

Last week, Vice put out a widely-circulated interview with a Tenderloin social worker under the alarming headline “Social Work in the Tenderloin Will Kill Something Inside of You.” While the popular reaction was shock and dismay to the conditions as they were described, it was hard to…

I wrote some stuff in response to questions from Kevin Montgomery regarding this Vice article andthe Tenderloin. It’s up now on Uptown Alamanac.

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February 21, 2013
Today, for work, I had the pleasure of meeting with a group of teenagers and young men who live in the Tenderloin. They were extremely intelligent, funny, goal-oriented, and inspiring. Yet another reason why this piece of shit article from Vice makes me angry.

Today, for work, I had the pleasure of meeting with a group of teenagers and young men who live in the Tenderloin. They were extremely intelligent, funny, goal-oriented, and inspiring. Yet another reason why this piece of shit article from Vice makes me angry.

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