JULY 27th,
2019 Saturday
From Tracy Gibson
670 North 41st
Street
Apartment - Office B
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 19104 – 5202
1 – 215 – 823 – 9985
An Ode to GALUSHA
PENNYPACKER –
By Tracy Gibson
**Poverty is not a
dead end without an opening for escape.
There are people living without shelter right under our noses at Vine
Street near 19th Street right on the way to or from the Free
Library, main branch. They are stretched
out laying near and or around a statue of Galusha
Pennypacker. When I see this my
heart sinks and I think that we as a city could do so much better. As a nation
we in Turtle Island’s North America { The U.S.} could do so much better. Being
ever vigilant is not enough. We often
have chosen the wrong tactics or have given up or don’t vote, or just feel
frustrated and head for the bar or the nearest illegal drug dealer. DON’T GIVE UP! Here are some tactics you might
not have thought of:
** Ask and demand that BLACK people in power – the BLACK
private sector, the BLACK elected officials, BLACK church and BLACK civic
leaders – ask them for a ``HOMELESS UNIVERSITY’’ specifically
designed to teach homeless people { People living without shelter} about how to
budget money better; how to respect themselves by refusing to eat the
poor-quality food offered by the Church Missions and food pantries; cook for
themselves; not visit stores like WAWA, McDonalds,
Burger King, Hardy’s, Wendy’s, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Bob’s Big Boy -
which flourish off of poor-people’s dollars and offer nothing back to stem the
falling tides of poverty - and go to Salad Works, BLACK VEGETARIAN PLACES LIKE HABISCUS AT 49th
and Baltimore Avenue, and Sweet Greens at 40th and Walnut Street instead
or, even better, cook at home, if YOU have a place to stay;; Cook low salt, low
fat, tasty foods omitting foods like white rice, white potatoes, white breads,
pork, beef and fatty oils { These cooking techniques can be taught at the New Homeless
University};learn how also, to stay away from illegal drugs, illegally-gained prescription
medicines, alcohol, cigarettes, and the human trafficking culture; learn how to
contact people in the community who are responsible, reliable, hard-working and
honest – there are plenty – and learn how to avoid much of the technologies
that are separating our people and pitting our people against one another;
learn inner strength through music and other media choices.
** Making it off
of pennies is not an option. We need to introduce legislation that demands the quadrupling
of disability benefits, welfare payments, food stamps, and other government
plans. The rich will get richer because the poor will have more money to spend
on good and services owned and distributed by corporations owned by the
wealthy. The middle class will expand. More store ownership by formerly poor
people will commence.
Poor people will
be able to lift themselves out of poverty. THIS IS A WIN-WIN SITUATION. I tell
you, this is not rocket science. My father was a rocket scientist. I know what
I’m talking about. READ MORE ON MY BLOGS at
http://ThePoliticsofREAL.BLOGSPOT.COM
**Meanwhile,
watch more educational video on You Tube and read more books. (Write me for my
book list). The endless mind-numbing and dumbing down of media will turn around
as public expectations grow for more diverse and educational media. Watch
movies like ``The Learning Tree’’ and ``Sounder’’ and ``Hunter Killer,’’ ``Five
on the Black Hand Side,’’ ``12 Years a Slave,’’ ``Green Book,’’ and ``The Hunt
for RED October.’’ Listen to songs like those by Caston and Majors ``Light in
My Window,’’ and Stevie Wonder’s older songs like ``Living for the City’’ and some
of Marvin Gaye’s tunes like ``What’s Goin On.’’
**Get plenty of
rest and exercise. Join Planet Fitness when
they have a One-Dollar special. Stay there when you need rest. If you have a
locker you should be able to stay there for at least three hours when you are
on the street and can’t get to the Free Library.
**Also: If you are brave and really angry don’t steal
ANYTHING! What I want you to do is go to the supermarket and place everything you
dream of buying in the shopping cart and take it to the front of the line and
say ``Sorry Miss, or Sir, I don’t have any money to pay for this.’’ Let them
put the food back. Don’t do this at a Black supermarket like the Fresh Grocer
at Broad and Jefferson. Go out in the Burbs to GIANT or an elite market. They can’t
arrest you for forgetting you don’t have any money. {IF WE LIVED IN A DECENT
COUNTRY YOU WOULD HAVE MONEY. THERE IS NOT EXCUSE FOR THE GREEd AND FINANCIAL
DISRESPECT!} . } I felt embarrassed
doing this but I have done it in the past and experienced a good feeling of
taking action that helps make waves of change. Tell them GOD Almighty told you
to do this, if they ask questions.
**Write me with your ideas. I promise to give you credit for
the ideas as I am able to.
Gratefully TRUE,
Peace, Justice, Economic Sharing,
GOD Almighty,
Tracy Gibson
