I need to air out my grievances
The Youth Mental Health Worker who was hired is working hard to change my program. We share funders, and they are sending her referrals that are all girls. Same age as the boys in my program. She is trying very hard to get them into my program, which is boys only. That is our mandate. We work with indigenous males who are in conflict with the law or at risk. There are no spaces for just males, especially at my NPO. It is very woman-focused. If we are going to blame men for everything, then women’s issues are the symptoms. I’m working on the problem. We have to deliver culture, which is binary. We are strictly doing male teachings. This just gets worse the more I think about it.
We were a matriarchy, and the women prioritized the men for obvious reasons. That balance is gone, also for obvious reasons. We finally had a space to help repair that, and these vile and profane little creatures see that and think it is a problem. There is no place for girls. Every single other program is for girls. Narcissists think that boundaries are barriers. There are so many double standards at this NPO, it hurts.
My coordinator has finally been killing it at work, but he is a poor communicator and doesn’t have the spine to advocate for us properly. Nobody in those meetings has their thinking caps on. Just hire a mentor for that mental health worker, problem solved.
Ok, I’ll get over it. I’ll cope. I built this program from the ground up. It is a very, very successful program. The wheel isn’t broken; outsiders just need to leave it alone. To be fair, not every change has been horrible. That mental health worker is a win. They are going to hire a part-time mentor for my program, which is great. I need us to have a stronger presence in their lives.
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