Who looking out for Jonestown, Mississippi

[Navyfreddie22]

I visted Clarksdale and Jonestown last year and I was shocked at what I saw. I agree with almost everything the bogglers have written, however I think we all benefit as a nation when everyone contributes to the tax base

Regardless of the conditions and the reasons for the conditions, without everyone contributing to the tax base we all loose. The problems with poverty in the Mississippi
Delta is, the have terrible leaders at every level. In this high tech world we live in innovative leaders are priceless. Old men with old ideas produce poor results. Innovative leaders with innovative schools with a focus on jobs that fit your environment, and post high school education and training is priceless.

The problem is not just bad people it’s poor leadership, as a leader if you can not help your community what’s the reason for running for office. ( GOOD QUESTION =$$$0) Good leaders find ways to develop there people, and make their community a better place to live and work. Those men and women in that area will work if they had manufacturing jobs, and those children can learn in they had better leaders at home and in public office.

[strikers]

I actually worked in Jonestown for awhile. Let me tell you , some people were very nice
some were downright hostile. The only people that were trying to help the town were
the nuns who came to do mission work. Anybody with any ambition left and only the old, the young, and the lazy remained. It's the delta at it's worst. The town would have dried up if it weren't for Goverment handouts and it probably would have been for the better for all .
if they had been forced to move.

[moneyboo30]

I live in Jonestown MS. I thank you for your concern. We do need alot of help in our town. To those that say that we are lazy and bumbs that is totally untrue. In every area there are good and bad people. There are more good hard working people in Jonestown than bad. This area didn't start benig poor yesterday. We need and want help. Not only do we need jobs we need someone to help educate the people of our town. To the person saying that mexicans have all the farm job in Jonestown need to check their facts. I have never seen a mexican working on any farms around here. The people that work on the farms are black. F.Y.I. farmers pay their workers pennies compaired to what they make. Also why blame the people of our town for our situation? The government doest come knocking on our doors with bags of money saying build this town up. Who gets the money? Futher more our children need help. We need youth centers or anything to take the youth of our town off the streets and get them involved in something porductive. Some people have never been as far as Clarksdale, so how can you expect a community to do so much when they dont even know where and how to start. I love my town the people in it and I don't plan on leaving. I just want to say you cant judge our situation if you have never been in it

[csrobers]

government funds are sometimes not enough to make it off of even for the working class of jonestown. People from other societies are closed-minded and are on the outside looking in and trying to justify our problems when the problem is that these are the people that need to be helping. It is granted that everyone does not work in jonestown but that doesn't mean that everyone here is not doing anything to try to better themselves. In rural towns like this education is a key factors but how is one going to know about grants if he didn't complete high school for any reason not just dropping out because they may have not had the transportation to go if they are older buses may not have ran back then. Peopl are unaware or may not know how to get their vioces haerd therefore we as a people need to advocate for people in jonestown, we should feel a moral obligation too. so don't just down people of this town before you really know the situation because there is some good in jonestown



bsw social work student and citizen of jonestown

[darhe3425]

I count myself as one of the ones who love to phase out Middle School daycares in Mississippi. To do this requires reframing the way we lool at the problem to obtain some actual solutions. Why do recognize the problem but refuse to revisit a solutoin that really obtains results. We want girls (and boys) in AMERICA to avoid pregnancy but refuse to give them adequate education and resources. Why? Is it to continue a system of lower class? Is it to continue the ideology of punishing women/girls for "illegal" sex, thereby punishing children as well? If that is not backwards I don't know what is? Where are the laws that govern men who procreate babies," child-support" joke? Why are not men held accountable for the number and due-dilligence of the children they produce?! Babies are produced by 2 not 1, why are mothers targeted, but half efforts are directed at fathers? c'mon!

[AnInterestingGerman]

Most of you have the typical american point of view, that everyone MUST stand on his own, wheather beeing able to make it or not. This is well spoken, especially for those who´ve material sucess,

but do you ask yourself, why the offsprings of the most oppressed people in americas past (the natives, the black farmer slaves) are still living in worse conditions?
Why for example there are casinos, but the people don´t see a penny of it?
Why many schools aren´t worth to be described? Why the government give "food stamps" and "paychecks" instead of improvements for the infrastracture (transport, housing, clean streets, schools, children care).

Maybe to let them sit in their poverty and hopelessnes?
Duid you ever allowed your brain and your heart to consider this?

Why the young mothers are blamed instead of offering them opportunities to give their children a good education and to learn responsibility?

Can´t you feel with them and their deep rooted belief that there´s a conspiration against their people?

If you only blame them to be "lazy" and "dump", you only try to cover your conscience

[inola007]

Everything being said about Jonestown. Is there anybody out there that knows the history of this town. Like who it was name after and how it got started. I know now its depressing. But at one time it must have been a nice town. Just like to know about the past. Like who's buried in the cemeteries

[ssykes]

If only we could you can make it mandatory for them once they graduate to work in their own communities for a period of 2 to 3 year period. But do you think someone like Oprah would sees this? We could only hope.

QUOTE=Tama;254256]I live in South Mississippi and have never been to the Delta. I have, however, heard the horror stories. Would like to pose a question. How can people who are not motivated-if we accept that premise-become so? I think, and would like to know your thoughts-that it must start with the really young. Would something like the school Oprah started in South Africa be an answer? The kids would board and have a whole different set of mentors and teachers and opportunties to learn HOW to achieve goals. They would be selected for willingness to try something different in ther lives with their parents approval and would for all practical purposes be removed to a different world within the old world. It should have the amenities that Oprah's school has for incentives and rewards. Then these graduates would be given the grants and the assistance needed to start businesses and improve the area. The only problem is would they stay within the community. Perhaps each would be required to write a project on a way to contribute to the community that they would have to have accepted and fulfilled as a requirement for graduation.[/quote]

[Jonestown]

Sir I unstand what you are saying about Jonestown, MS. And you are right we do need help in the community and in the delta. But we have so many people who are download Jonestown then helping the community.