TESTIMONY
Testimony: Brian Dickerson, Clinical Social Worker, on the Impact of Lantern and Its Housing Projects
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Brian Dickerson, a clinical social worker with 15 years of experience working with Atlanta, testifies about the transformative effects of Lantern's housing projects. He shares personal narratives of individuals overcoming trauma and achieving success, underscoring the role of supportive housing in fostering community engagement and self-worth. Dickerson passionately endorses the project, highlighting the dedicated effort of social workers and case managers in supporting vulnerable populations through Lantern's initiatives.
Speaker 16
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Hello.
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I'm Brian Dickerson.
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I'm a clinical social worker, son of Hall, and I've been working with Atlanta for over 15 years.
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And I thought I'm gonna really less situation because I'm not one of the guys that work directly with the folks that move in.
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And I've been able to experience them coming in with the trauma being unharvest and seeing them achieve and overcome obstacles.
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And every and and incrementally arriving at greater and greater success.
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I've I've people who have come in and been able to finish college to find partners, to have children, to become a major force in our community and to get back.
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I have a young person that became a social worker and came back one day.
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And I and and said, Brian, do you remember me?
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It's like, Yeah.
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So she said and she told me her name and I was like, I lived here.
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I went to Hunter, and I'm social worker, and you helped inspire that.
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And I I I say that with humility, and she was bringing someone else.
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So the importance.
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I know someone said what I'm gonna take what's good about lantern and about Okay.
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A vulnerable person who's in house needs a place to live to start their life.
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Whether it's migrant populations or asylum seekers or unharassed neighbors, whoever it is, symbols, young adults, the impact that this beautiful space will have when a person walks in and and is able to say, I'm gonna live here.
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This is the beginning.
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It tells people their self worth that a space is beautiful, as someone cares, and this is incredible team that our social workers, case managers, that are there because they have great empathy and they're authentically there.
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Because of it.
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It's not a mission of helping all people specific vulnerability, part of the after the aspirin.
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And beyond.
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So this is a great project.
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I supported or hard ...heartedly.
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I supported whether I'm volunteering or whether I'm It's not it's not the money that brings me up.
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Obviously, social workers don't make a lot of money.
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So Thank you
Speaker 1
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so much.
Speaker 16
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Stop the mission.
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So I'm really happy to be able to support Tambali's tariffs.
Speaker 1
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Thank you.
Speaker 16
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That's about how I might have looked forward to meeting you.
Speaker 2
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George James.
Speaker 23
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Thank you.