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Here’s a summary of how people responded to the question of “what is my welfare?” I think its good to start with something Soleil wrote – she really tried to emphasize how individual welfare is – which is important for us all to remember (and comes up in the diversity of answers that people offered). She writes, “To me, welfare in MY SITUATION consists of MY well being according to MY needs to help ME work my way up until I’m able to build or accomplish MY goals. (I added the emphasis)

So here are some of the ideas that people wrote down about what things are important to their welfare:

Good education

A job that I like, a good job (one that pays well)

family, friends, a significant other,

happiness, Being surrounded by positive people, peace, health, healthy mentality

shelter/house, food, water, clothes

security – financial (savings), “money to survive” “a secure future” “not struggling to make ends meet” “financial independence”

Mobility, living with my family

success in my life, prosperity for my family and friends

cell phone, laptop, tv, computer, car, luxuries that I can afford – “my lifestlye and how I am able to maintain it” “It is to have all the necessary things and some luxury things for living” “I like things that only capitalism can buy. I almost feel guilty saying that but its very true.”
Feel free to comment or to add more things in the comments!

Hello everyone – this is the blog for our Fall 2008 course, social welfare institutions.  We are going to use the blog throughout the term, so hopefully you will grow comfortable with it.  One important role for the blog will be to share web resources with one another – each person in the class is going to have a research topic that you are responsible for educating the rest of us about – and when you find interesting links, you can post them to the blog for the rest of us to access. So the first link is to the bookstore where you can get your books for the class – it is called Bluestockings and is in the Lower East side. (If you click on the word “Bluestockings” it will open the bookstore’s webpage in a new window)  Thats all for now!

Bluestockings

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