Comments on: Louisiana Horror and the Evaluation of Parenting http://www.mombian.com/2009/01/06/louisiana-horror-and-the-evaluation-of-parenting/ Sustenance for Lesbian Moms Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:39:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Polly http://www.mombian.com/2009/01/06/louisiana-horror-and-the-evaluation-of-parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-86831 Polly Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:39:57 +0000 http://www.mombian.com/?p=2906#comment-86831 What an appalling story. And again, even more appalling juxtaposed with the orchestrated attempts to sever LGBTQ people from parenthood. As to your question: I gave some money, not a lot. Instead I organized a class on campus about it (root causes, climatalogical and socio-political; various social and physical effects) which ran that very fall, which in turn both educated and motivated 20-30 college students, several of whom were relocated for the term from Tulane and Loyola, and one of whom (a local) went to NOLA to work with Common Ground. Interest in the event on campus was very high, and many students in the class realized, for the first time, how intertwined things are, and how it really is possible for the state to invest in the protection of business interests at the cost of poor people. These students would likely never have volunteered to take a class that would explore those topics before. (By the same token, other students had sophisticated critiques already, others used the class as a means to sort and process the shock.) What an appalling story. And again, even more appalling juxtaposed with the orchestrated attempts to sever LGBTQ people from parenthood.

As to your question: I gave some money, not a lot. Instead I organized a class on campus about it (root causes, climatalogical and socio-political; various social and physical effects) which ran that very fall, which in turn both educated and motivated 20-30 college students, several of whom were relocated for the term from Tulane and Loyola, and one of whom (a local) went to NOLA to work with Common Ground.

Interest in the event on campus was very high, and many students in the class realized, for the first time, how intertwined things are, and how it really is possible for the state to invest in the protection of business interests at the cost of poor people. These students would likely never have volunteered to take a class that would explore those topics before. (By the same token, other students had sophisticated critiques already, others used the class as a means to sort and process the shock.)

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