{"id":21168,"date":"2019-08-16T13:54:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T17:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/blog\/brenda\/"},"modified":"2021-05-21T15:10:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T19:10:15","slug":"outreach-work-means-lending-support-in-unexpected-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/blog\/outreach-work-means-lending-support-in-unexpected-places\/","title":{"rendered":"Outreach work means lending support in unexpected places"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Some young people are more vulnerable than others. We need to be there for them.\u201d<\/p>Everyone in Saint-Michel knows Brenda. <\/strong>She’s a street outreach worker who’s there for young people in good times and bad.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI grew up in a family that firmly believes in support and generosity. I also came from an underprivileged neighbourhood but didn\u2019t know it\u2014that was simply how we lived! When I left to go to CEGEP, I began to understand the reality of where I came from and felt a desire to help others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Basically, my work is to create relationships of trust, be there for people, get involved in the neighbourhood, and make myself available. People say, \u201dI see you morning, noon and night\u2014on the bus, at the park, at school. You\u2019re everywhere!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The connections I create aren\u2019t working relationships; they\u2019re interpersonal ones. These relashionships of trust help me address the different social problems facing youth and to informally help them right where they live. I\u2019m out on the streets 35 hours a week to be there whenever young people need me\u2014and even when they don\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The kids I meet are like you and me when we were young. They have the same problems that all kids go through on their journey to becoming teens and adults. They are looking for work, have family conflicts, or have no clue what to do with their lives. They wonder about sex, their first relationships, or contraception. Their concerns go from \u201cI have nothing to eat this morning\u201d to \u201cI\u2019m getting bullied\u201d or even \u201cI lost my health insurance card.\u201d There\u2019s such a broad range! But, some kids are more vulnerable than others. We need to be there for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My work is so rewarding. I love helping, connecting, talking with other outreach workers, and collaborating with people in the neighbourhood. Through my work, I\u2019ve met hundreds of new people who have given me many different perspectives about all aspects of life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Brenda <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brenda, c\u2019est celle que tout le monde conna\u00eet dans Saint-Michel. C\u2019est la travailleuse de rue, toujours pr\u00e9sente dans les bons comme dans les mauvais moments.
\n\u00ab Certains jeunes sont plus vuln\u00e9rables que d\u2019autres. On se doit d\u2019\u00eatre l\u00e0 pour eux! \u00bb <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"474,6196,6181,516,6332,5960","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[669],"tags":[671,673,678],"content-type":[709],"sector":[],"class_list":["post-21168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-youth-success","tag-academic-perseverence","tag-household","tag-homelessness","content-type-testimonials"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-28 04:20:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21168"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27328,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21168\/revisions\/27328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21168"},{"taxonomy":"content-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-type?post=21168"},{"taxonomy":"sector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centraide-mtl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sector?post=21168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}