tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9738873.post116794893777858584..comments2023-10-03T01:04:14.553-04:00Comments on squattercity: The Pottinger Settlementrnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01115499862681364911noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9738873.post-1168608743189066752007-01-12T08:32:00.000-05:002007-01-12T08:32:00.000-05:00Thanks for your comment. I'm glad to know that you...Thanks for your comment. I'm glad to know that you have joined in the effort as a supporter. I agree that this breeds hope, something that seems in short supply here and abroad.<BR/><BR/>The sad thing is that it took a broadly interpreted court decree for this to happen.<BR/><BR/>Imagine if people re-occupied and built a shack community in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans. What would the response of the authorities there be?rnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01115499862681364911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9738873.post-1168577694706560752007-01-11T23:54:00.000-05:002007-01-11T23:54:00.000-05:00Thank you so much for putting this in your blog. I...Thank you so much for putting this in your blog. I am a twenty-five year old resident of Miami, also a native. I have never really been proud of that for many reasons and this situation just adds to my disgust. The media attention on this local, yet worldwide problem, is way past insufficient. I am a college student, and this semester I am taking a social movements course in which we are discussing this matter intensely, some of us have gone down there, to donate supplies, our books, clothing etc. Just our time and effort is conducive to the progress that has been made and continues to be made. It breeds hope which is something that this neighborhood and others in this country, had lost a long time ago. More attention needs to be drawn to this issue of complete poverty and the serious "Feminization" of poverty in this country. So many homeless are women and children who are often overlooked, abused and repeatedly ignored on every level within this country. There has to be more that can be done to go beyond just a temporary solution to a seemingly permanent problem. Get the word out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com