By Jeremy Reynalds, Ph.D. Founder and CEO Joy Junction Inc. There’s probably not a day that passes when you don’t see a homeless person, or a panhandler who is possibly homeless, in Albuquerque. Here’s a shocking statistic. In 2016 the estimated average life expectancy in the U.S. is 79 years old and a 2014 article pointed out that the normal … Read More
Some Warm Comfort on a Soggy Day
By Jeremy Reynalds, Ph.D. Founder and CEO Joy Junction Inc. Some Comfort on a Soggy Day It was the beginning of the regular monsoon time in Albuquerque on a recent Friday afternoon. Driving through a light rain in Albuquerque on a recent Friday afternoon, we spotted this tall, sad looking guy with a small sign, about to become very bedraggled, … Read More
While Signs Abound for Albuquerque’s New Panhandling Initiative, So Do Yet to Be Answered Questions
By Jeremy Reynalds, Ph.D. Founder and CEO Joy Junction Inc. Questions include a service closed on Sundays and only open 15 hours a day While signs litter Albuquerque promoting the city’s new panhandling initiative, there are plenty of questions still to be answered. Unfortunately, the issue seems to have fallen off the local media radar screen. As questions I sent … Read More
Mayor of Albuquerque. Don’t Give to Panhandlers. They May Buy Food.
By Jeremy Reynalds, Ph.D. Founder and CEO Joy Junction Inc. A new initiative rolled out by the City of Albuquerque on Wednesday is asking people not to give money to panhandlers. In an astonishing statement attributed to Albuquerque Mayor R.J. Berry by KRQE TV News Berry reportedly said, “If you hand $5 out of your window to a panhandler today, that … Read More
To Give or Not to Give to Panhandlers; That is the Question
By Jeremy Reynalds, Ph.D. Founder and CEO Joy Junction Inc. With Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry saying his office is trying to find a way to deal with panhandlers without having to arrest them, the issue is back in the news again. “We know that some of the panhandlers, quite frankly, aren’t being necessarily genuine in their requests,” local media reported … Read More
