Thousands of activists protesting in the streets of Seattle, as well as uninvolved citizens, are attacked by understaffed, undertrained, overarmed police departments run amok. The Direct Action Network espouses nonviolence as a basic tenet of all its activities. No one affiliated with the Direct Action Network was charged with any crime of physical violence in connection in with the WTO protests. Most children come into our homes with very little to nothing. We get minimal help from the state for clothing and incidentals when they arrive.
Foster parents end up with many extra expenses when taking in kids.
Many foster parents would like to see changes in the system but, we do not have the ability to make those changes. Many of us fight for our foster kids just as hard if not harder than we do our own. We don't do this for money or for recognition. It's our way of individually trying to make a difference. He bases this on his own lifetime of 76 years where he has only been seriously threatened twice.