By Jacob Richards On Friday, June 19, Grand Junction Police Department shot and killed Patti Wilson, a 31-year-old trans woman. What we know, paints the picture of a person having a mental health crisis. It was a violent situation that ended violently. Long before a conflict over a Cherry-Coke escalated into violence in the North … Continue reading Closures Set Stage for Crisis Resulting in the Police Killing of Patti Wilson
“Save HomeWard Bound” An Open Letter to the Grand Junction City Council
Dear Grand Junction City Council Members, I do not envy your position at this moment in history, the short-sighted and ultimately cruel policies of the Trump regime are starting to manifest into real world consequences for Grand Junction and the Grand Valley. The federal grants that Homeward Bound depends on have been drastically scaled back, … Continue reading “Save HomeWard Bound” An Open Letter to the Grand Junction City Council
How to Save the World or at Least Yourself
I certainly have more questions than answers. I try to live in that question. I try to keep asking, and imagining, and creating, and dreaming, and loving, and growing, and reaching. I try to fuse ideas inside me that reverberate out. Every day, I wake up and I invite the possibility of a different story. Something ripe with potential, and promise, and the expression of the best parts of us instead of the worst. I don’t know if it makes a difference, but I invite you. I invite you to join me all the same. I invite you to be a part of creating a constellation of bright shiny stars beaming light into the blackness that surrounds us. I invite you to fuse whatever of these ideas appeal to you, and grow, and shine, and expand.
Many Question Mindsprings ICE Deal
After weeks of rumors, media stories, and a blog post from The Rev detailing the contents of Torres’ meeting with Mindsprings staff. Mindsprings sent us statement: “The Potential contract between West Springs Hospital and Immigration and Customs Enforcement to offer inpatient services to unaccompanied minors in Building D is not happening.”
Breaking News: Mindsprings to Balance Books on the Backs of Stolen Children
“They are not actively harming themselves or trying to harm themselves so it does not need to be a full inpatient level of care but there has to be safe guards to prevent them from eloping or getting out,” said Torres.
Dread-ja Vu: On Closures, Cops and the Coming Winter
It took me a week to think of a name for it. Dread-ja vu. The meeting place of deja vu and dread, it’s the feeling that’s brought on by watching the same terrible thing happen over and over again, and over and over until a sick suspicion rises within you that this is always how the story ends.
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