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Susie's avatar

Thank you, Kaia, for working to expand Friends of Portland Street Response (FPSR).

FPSR is a healthy antidote to the fears of being unwanted. If you feel frightened, your brain reacts with fear. If you feel safe, your brain and body communicate better with others.

We all have a responsibility to help the unwanted feel safe. As a nurse, I often cannot take away the way a person feels. But I can be quiet and breathe slowly with them as they tell their story. The person who is scared then knows I am on their side willing to help them.

St. Frances de Sales: Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.

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Lindsay Hill's avatar

Kaia, this is so inspiring, especially in the context of the current national catastrophe. As I now live in South Pasadena, I was deeply moved to learn that my new community is engaged in this program. Thank you, for all that you have done, and are doing, to advocate for positive, and proactive alternatives to cruel, and archaic, systems that exacerbate social injustice, and further traumatize those who suffer at its hands. These alternative approaches, gaining traction, do indeed offer hope for a more, much more, just and equitable future. You are a star. Shine on!

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