Relocation and Work Search Fund
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Hello everyone. This is Badili. If you are reading this you know me in some shape form or fashion. You also probally know that I haven't been doing so well. Things have been rocky and unstable for me here in Miami for several years. I thought that I could find a stable job in South Florida that could sustain me and support me and uphold my life commitment to work for change in the world.
Well not so much. I have hit the wall big time and I'm facing homelessness and a total inability to pay my bills. My last work opportunity ended abruptly when the organization I was working for lost the only funding they had. I walked into this job after a long, long stint of unemployment. Because I could only find work as a contractor this past few years I'm not even eligible for unemplyment insurance. Because of my income I haven't been able to afford health insurance, get an eye exam and my dental health has gone down the tubes. I'm embarassed to even share this so broadly. People know I complain but I basically have either been in denial or just to ashamed to talk about how bad situation is.
Now I don't have the resources to even look for work. I can't afford to do laundry or dry cleaning. I need shoes, some of the basic things to look presentable for an interview. On top of that my only pair of glasses are cracked and I haven't had an eye exam in years. I've taken what jobs I can get. Eventhough I have a lot of experience and two degrees I'm not to proud to do whatever is legitimate to keep hearth and home. I can't even get a low wage job and because I'm by myself those wages have only marginally kept the wolf away from the door.
I was to stupid to realize Miami doesn't want me. For whatever reason I've watched people with less qualiications and experience get hired for jobs that I applied for. I get it now. I'm dense. I wanted to make it a go and be successful in Miami. I might yet find something here in Miami but I know I must actively look elsewhere not only for a job but for an environment that will support me having a relatively good quality of life. That hasn't happened in Miami. Life for me has gotten proggresively worse in all the factors that a person needs for a good quality of life. 1. Career, 2. Health 3. Relationships and other factors tht I won't name.
Recently my car and my apartment was robbed and vandalized several times in the last two months. The last time was the between the evening of September 9th and the morning of September 10th. After previously smashing the window on the driver's side and then a few weeks later the window on the passenger side, someone 'went into my car, rolled down all the windows, tore the protective plastic from the window that I hadn't repaired and then damaged the ignition collumn of the car.
The car was not parked on the street but behind a locked gate.
Two weeks before that someone came into my apartment. Took my 22" TV, all my chairs, some VR goggles, and trashed my apartment. They may have take other stuff but I haven't been able to check. I don't need to replace that stuff. I do need to regain my since of safety and security.
I'm still looking for work. I may have a very good opportunity in another state. I'm looking for some transitional work. I need help getting from point A where all my balances are in the negative to point B where I've turned this all around. I don't know who is behind these assaults but I fear there is an escalation and on top of that not having an income has limited what I can do immediately.
If I get the position in another state that I applied to I need relocation assistance. If I don't get it I still need to get a job somehow some where. Ultimately I need to an investment in self-care. Dialectically, self-care is limited without the help of a careing community.
I'm humbly reaching out to friends and families for help. I don't feel safe. I'm afraid, not just for my person, but that I'm going to fall through the gaps and not be able to recover. I'm exhausted for the moment. I'm too exhausted to tread water. I'm drowning and I need a lifeline.
Maybe I've said to much. I'm eternally grateful for all those who have extended a hand to me. I love you all. I'm sorry if I've failed to live up to expectations that people have had of me. I promise to try to be better.
Thank you, thank you, than you.
Badili
Well not so much. I have hit the wall big time and I'm facing homelessness and a total inability to pay my bills. My last work opportunity ended abruptly when the organization I was working for lost the only funding they had. I walked into this job after a long, long stint of unemployment. Because I could only find work as a contractor this past few years I'm not even eligible for unemplyment insurance. Because of my income I haven't been able to afford health insurance, get an eye exam and my dental health has gone down the tubes. I'm embarassed to even share this so broadly. People know I complain but I basically have either been in denial or just to ashamed to talk about how bad situation is.
Now I don't have the resources to even look for work. I can't afford to do laundry or dry cleaning. I need shoes, some of the basic things to look presentable for an interview. On top of that my only pair of glasses are cracked and I haven't had an eye exam in years. I've taken what jobs I can get. Eventhough I have a lot of experience and two degrees I'm not to proud to do whatever is legitimate to keep hearth and home. I can't even get a low wage job and because I'm by myself those wages have only marginally kept the wolf away from the door.
I was to stupid to realize Miami doesn't want me. For whatever reason I've watched people with less qualiications and experience get hired for jobs that I applied for. I get it now. I'm dense. I wanted to make it a go and be successful in Miami. I might yet find something here in Miami but I know I must actively look elsewhere not only for a job but for an environment that will support me having a relatively good quality of life. That hasn't happened in Miami. Life for me has gotten proggresively worse in all the factors that a person needs for a good quality of life. 1. Career, 2. Health 3. Relationships and other factors tht I won't name.
Recently my car and my apartment was robbed and vandalized several times in the last two months. The last time was the between the evening of September 9th and the morning of September 10th. After previously smashing the window on the driver's side and then a few weeks later the window on the passenger side, someone 'went into my car, rolled down all the windows, tore the protective plastic from the window that I hadn't repaired and then damaged the ignition collumn of the car.
The car was not parked on the street but behind a locked gate.
Two weeks before that someone came into my apartment. Took my 22" TV, all my chairs, some VR goggles, and trashed my apartment. They may have take other stuff but I haven't been able to check. I don't need to replace that stuff. I do need to regain my since of safety and security.
I'm still looking for work. I may have a very good opportunity in another state. I'm looking for some transitional work. I need help getting from point A where all my balances are in the negative to point B where I've turned this all around. I don't know who is behind these assaults but I fear there is an escalation and on top of that not having an income has limited what I can do immediately.
If I get the position in another state that I applied to I need relocation assistance. If I don't get it I still need to get a job somehow some where. Ultimately I need to an investment in self-care. Dialectically, self-care is limited without the help of a careing community.
I'm humbly reaching out to friends and families for help. I don't feel safe. I'm afraid, not just for my person, but that I'm going to fall through the gaps and not be able to recover. I'm exhausted for the moment. I'm too exhausted to tread water. I'm drowning and I need a lifeline.
Maybe I've said to much. I'm eternally grateful for all those who have extended a hand to me. I love you all. I'm sorry if I've failed to live up to expectations that people have had of me. I promise to try to be better.
Thank you, thank you, than you.
Badili
Organizer
Badili Ifadoyin Jones-Goodhope
Organizer
Miami, FL