THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Sweet Alice shines ugly glare on nonprofits and the poor – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Sweet Alice shines ugly glare on nonprofits and the poor – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

Longtime Watts activist Sweet Alice Harris was honored last year by City Councilman Tim McOsker with an intersection dedicated in her honor. She was recently linked to a scandal with the Food Bank of Southern California involving alleged fraud involving food bank funds, a charge that shocked columnist Earl Ofari Hutchinson.Courtesy photo By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Writer I was shocked almost beyond belief. Shocked that long time, bel…

Many people who live below the poverty line do not dare to go to the food bank because of shame. This is evident from a study by Tilburg University commissioned by Voedselbanken Nederland. They also notice that shame plays a major role at SuperSociaal, a supermarket for people on low incomes in Helmond. "I hear from other people that they do not dare to go here", says one of the customers. There is no free food bank in Helmond, but there is Supe…