Solutions for the Underaffiliated

Real-time mental health resources to call when you don’t know where to turn

Mental Health GPS provides connects people in with peer counselors and mental health resources in urgent, but non-crisis, situations. Read More

Free legal support services for access to tax credits, healthcare, domestic abuse, immigration and more

Check out the legal services an organization in North Carolina provides to middle- and low-income people, including immigrants, to help them get tax credits, quality healthcare, immigration services, drivers license restoration and more. You may want to see there is an organization like it in your area. Read More

Health System Consolidation = Higher Care Costs with a Fast Food Experience

The consolidation of health systems into local monopolies owned by corporations means higher prices of care, longer wait times and greater inconvenience, and probably worse care as nurses and doctors work more hours for less pay and fewer benefits. Read More

Domestic Violence 2:Predictors of Abuse; Getting Help; Challenges Survivors Face:Solutions

Discussion with the Executive Director of an organization that provides safety, shelter, and support for victims/survivors of intimate partner domestic violence.
We talked about the the nature of domestic violence, risk factors for developing abusive behavior, what kind of help victims can seek and how to get it, challenges to getting help and safety, and what people, including men, can do to intervene in collaborative ways with male peers if they suspect abuse.
 
Photo by Gottkein.

Domestic Violence: One Woman’s Experience with the Justice System, Self-Healing, and Care for Others

Whitley English, a victim of domestic abuse and Founder WNC GEMS (Girls and Guys Exercising Mindful Solutions) joined us. 
She shared how her experience with the justice system led her to healing and help for others. We need to change the system, not continue to blame victims and leave them to heal themselves alone. Read More

We need a Policy of Productivity to Give All Americans an Opportunity

More and more white people are experiencing socioeconomic segregation, food insecurity, unaffordable housing, poor transportation, low wages, and poor healthcare coverage -- just like Blacks, Indigenous and people of color have for centuries. No one trusts the government, industry or social services to help. Time to join forces? Read More

Land Management to Stop Housing Development’s Role in the Climate Crisis

Dave Ellum, Dean of Land and the Director of the Center for Working Lands at Warren Wilson College discusses ways to help land owners generate revenue, so they can pay taxes. This helps them keep the land, make it productive, and keep it from developers who will build houses and infrastructure to support them that spell disaster for a faltering climate. It's about smart use of nature and natural resources, not whether to build houses. Anyone interested in sustainable ways to use the land, generate revenue from it, and slow the pace of housing development should listen. Read More

Pay people enough to afford rent and transportation and watch productivity grow

Learn how businesses and the U.S. economy can benefit from living wages, better public transportation and affordable housing. Read More

Racial Justice Makes the Whole Pie Better

Our sense of fairness we have as kids is socialized away as we get older. We can get it back by being around different kids of people. Let's do that and make the United States a more productive, less expensive, and more just country. Read More

Let’s just feed people instead of using profit and red tape as excuses

The United States wastes food while millions of people lack access to healthy foods. Business and government should partner and eliminate the red tape in the way of feeding people, making them healthier and more productive. Read more.