The Struggles Of Advocacy

These pages are compiled of a series of articles that I have written in an attempt to promote understanding and solicit empathy for the plight of those that are less fortunate than we are.

 

In my attempts of changing my community for the better, I have had to learn the hard way - that it is true - some of the "old guard" that comprise what is loosely called the "leadership" of our local community maintain a strong hold on the prevention of positive growth and the nourishment of positive change. The old guard continues, as those that have gone before have set an example that this is the path to success in local politics and social action. I disagree.

 

 

 

Modesto Politics - They Don't Care About You

 

Election 2009 - 4 Day Countdown - Support From The Surrounding Communities Again

 

Election 2009 - 5 Day Countdown - The Cracks Are Already Beginning To Show

 

Election 2009 - 6 Day Countdown - Oh My God!!! It's Linking Out!!!

 

Election 2009 - 7 Day Countdown - Better Late Than Never

 

Election 2009 - 8 Day Countdown - Nice Letter In The Modesto Bee Today

 

Election 2009 - 9 Day Countdown - Letters Are Written, Never Meaning To Send

 

Election 2009 - Minus 10 Day Countdown - What Does A Modesto Bee Endorsement Contain?

 

Election 2009 - 11th Day Countdown - Please Allow Me To Introduce Myself

 

Election 2009 - 12 Day Countdown - No News Is Good News

 

Election 2009 - 13 Day Countdown - My Friends Took Bullets For Me

 

Election 2009 - 14 Day Countdown - Muratore And the Money Makers - Part 2

 

Election 2009 - 15 Day Countdown - Muratore And the Money Makers - Part 1

 

Election 2009 - 16 Day Countdown - Al Nava for District 2

 

Election 2009 - 17 Day Countdown - District 4 Budget Plans

 

Election 2009 - 18 Day Countdown - Candidate Statement

 

Election 2009 - 19 Days And Counting - I Know Something You Don't Know.

 

David and Goliath - Together Again On the Campaign Trail

 

Reflections Within the 30 Day Election Countdown

 

Whats In It For Me

 

New Years Day Revolutions

 

Political Paradox

 

Gangs - Prevention, Intervention and Supression

 

A Eulogy For Our Dying Community

 

Gangs - Maybe If We Ignore Them, They'll Go Away

 

Gangs Are Cults And We Are the Solution

 

Advocacy - Everything You Wanted To Know But Was Afraid To Ask

Pleased To Meet You. Hope You Guess My Name

 

the High Price Of Heroism

 

Drug Addiction - Yes, It Really Is A Disease

 

Proposition 36, Drug Court, Drug Diversion and Incarceration

 

Been There? Done That?

 

A Man Died Yesterday

 

Straight Thought In A Time Of Desperate Thought

 

Infant Death - It Doesn't Always Have To Be That Way

 

Those Cute Little Baby Obits...

 

Life In the Airport District

 

Redemptive Suffering And the Discovery Of Beauty In A Despised Culture

 

A Day Of Days

 

Outreach To Poverty - It's Right Next Door. You Can't Miss It

 

Little Things Add Up

 

211 - Who Ya Gonna Call?

 

Lessons Of Humanity - In Case You Missed It the First Time

 

Our Mothers' Tears

 

Empathy - A Definition For the Rest Of Us

 

Child Or Elder Abuse - Decisions, Decisions...

 

To Report Or Not To Report

 

Stranded Child

 

Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor

 

For the Want Of A Glass Of Water

 

Law Enforcement

 

Communication Is the Key

 

Just the Facts, Sir