Hey there! I’ve been laying low for a few weeks gathering plenty of news and information to share. First off I’ve known for some time the UNH’s top management team Director Janis Lewis-Deely, her buddy Valerie Williams and Rose Antone and a few others has left the UNH’s establishment. Finally the UNH’s board members have stepped up to the plate and hit a home run. In the meantime Christine Lenze will be the acting executive director of UNH’s until they find a permanent replacement. I think this is wonderful and I hope the new head office team will guide UNH’s to be a better organization. :) Speaking of UNH’s head office last week near the end of the day I faxed a work order to the UNH’s maintenance department and the next morning I received a call from Donna to work out a time frame for Darryl to drop by and complete the work order. Wow! Talk about prompt service *Thumbs up* a thank you to Donna and Darryl. Now if the work order went the KMHC office H.O.W. Lynda and Christine would be standing near their desk with their finger up their ass trying to figure how they can pass the buck. :P Last month when the police came to my door the bald officer said HSC Ingrid Nosel no longer works for UNH’s. He must have made a mistake or he was misinformed because Ingrid is still here also it seems her hours have been reduced due to health issues. I seriously hope new management will consider replacing the H.O.W. staff, Native Elders can better relate to an aboriginal H.O.W. team that understand the traditions and way of life.
I was watching a movie on APTN about native residential schools one scene really sticks out in my mind. In the classroom a stern Catholic priest orders a native child to speak English and to stop speaking in his native language. The priest yells at the child to obey or he will be sent to hell. The child thought “if my parents and people are in hell then that’s where I want to go too”. I admire the child being so defiant I can only imagine the horrors native children went through during this sad time in our history.
Tenant News! The
spring season has arrived which means I do my volunteer community work around the KMHC building
by washing the windows for all tenants on my floor, I would do the other units but I
don’t have a ladder. One day I met a neighbor
in the hallway I soon realized she was upset and she started to cry, she
explained a family member died and can’t afford to go to the funeral. I listened for a bit then I gave her a hug and
offering my condolences, being supportive to vulnerable tenants is what’s it’s all about. I also want to thank fellow tenant Robbie for
the kind gesture. :)
Here's something that's disappointing. Non profit Native organizations in Hamilton should have
a form of cooperation ie: Native Women’s
Centre has a great program delivering food boxes to Natives in the city. On Thursday afternoon while on delivery they couldn’t get in touch with
one tenant so they phoned the KMHC office and asked if they would hold the food
box for the tenant, the response was NO!
I’ll bet H.O.W. Lynda Jones took the
call. Anyway a few minutes later the NWC
driver/organizer told me about the KMHC office clerk's bad attitude and shook her head
in disgust.
Until next time enjoy the warm weather.
Tk
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