During that session, I asked the group whether or not they wanted the truth. In asking first, I was granted permission to adhere to a neighborhood-based point of view v. a nonprofit/social sector point of view. In doing this, the space for conversation or exposition (as it was mostly a monologue due to the time contraints), was open to express an objective perspective factoring in race, gender and nationality issues as experienced in relationship to government and the social sector. From that standpoint, I shared the following points:  read more »