tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105071258963437813.post5900824798530860654..comments2018-04-17T08:22:27.614-06:00Comments on Brian's Blog: What about a living wage for everyone?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506466600984537882noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105071258963437813.post-6830412206127241922017-10-02T08:05:37.389-06:002017-10-02T08:05:37.389-06:00Karen your commitment to spiritual development and...Karen your commitment to spiritual development and social action are long standing. You are a great mentor for your nursing students. Blessings on your work.Brian @ StMartinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12298689523748888310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105071258963437813.post-2690016528524691222017-10-01T20:54:50.928-06:002017-10-01T20:54:50.928-06:00I think it would be a very sensible, compassionate...I think it would be a very sensible, compassionate, and respectful way of helping everyone to meet their basic needs, regardless of circumstance or ability. Given my observations & experiences as a community mental health nurse, I think there would need to be back-up & accompanying systems for those without money-management capacity or who find themselves needing further assistance for a variety of reasons. However, there has to be a way of doing things that offers much more justice and dignity to everyone than our current social services are able to do. <br /><br />Sadly, I see much of our society & its leadership moving away from seeing justice for all as an essential and healthy principle by which we communally operate (even though it would likely also be fiscally sensible in that people whose basic needs are met need far fewer health and social services). <br /><br />Happily, conversations like this one offer hope and creative dialogue that can perhaps help us move toward being a more caring and equitable society. One never knows where such conversations might ripple outward. For example, I'll be sharing some of it with the first year nursing students I have the privilege of teaching as they share their various 'media watch' items for the social justice unit of their service learning course. <br /><br />In fact, there has been at least one resource or idea from each of your reflections/related blogs this fall, Brian, that I will be sharing with colleagues, students, and friends. What a wonderful way of nurturing all within the St. Martin's community and beyond! <br /><br />Karen Scott Barss Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02260078115871747125noreply@blogger.com