My letter to Councillor elect Justin DiCiano

As a 31 year old disabled First Nations client of YWCA Toronto, and a resident of your ward, I am sending this letter in a blog post because I feel I have done so much more than I've received from YWCA Toronto muchless anyone else in my life and it's really starting to  take its toll on me and my health which I rightfully believe is not fair.
Now, I must tell you that I am extremely happy that I got the candidate for councillor that I hoped for. I am willing to work with you, which, I am sure Peter Milczyn can tell you, is a very surprising, but bold move considering he never stood a chance at winning me over. Just wait until he discovers I also visit Queens Park!! I was also pleasantly surprised when you followed me on Twitter then favorited my drumming song I tweeted you the other day. I have found comfort in using Twitter as my sounding board engaging with police officials, government officials and have built a strong reputation as a strong advocate for myself, my building and others.
I was not always this outspoken, driven, or politically active. I was a shy girl who kept to myself. I kept silent about my troubles. I did what I was told and if I didn't, I suffered several forms of abuse. My family situation was different. I was adopted into a white family home. When I was 11, my adoptive parents divorced. I struggled to come to terms with that as well as my eldest adoptive brother going off to university. All of this led to pill popping. Pulling all nighters. Slipping up in grades. After 3 years of being tossed to 2 London Ontario group homes because my adoptive dad couldn't care for me anymore, I was sent to community living for 6 years. Then I moved to Toronto after I discovered my birthmom was alive and was instantly homeless when she claimed to not have room which later was translated to mean her addictions would've been revealed.
Why is this important? I'm sharing my most vulnerable side to provide you with as much information as possible so that, within your role as my new councillor, we can work together with my workers to shape my future into something I can be proud of.
Maybe I'm in way over my head. Maybe this is not what I should be doing. But can you really blame me for trying considering as First Nations people, we are often left to fend for ourselves?
I've shared some of my blog posts regarding my newly former property management, my never-ending unsolvable struggles with YWCA Toronto, ODSP, OPGT and the toll of Peter Milczyn's decisions to destroy my Stonegate Plaza which he told me about last October. The destruction began in July I believe. The grocery store closed in February. Sobeys is expensive. I am not supposed to be doing any heavy lifting yet, after many failed attempts to set things up so groceries are delivered, I am carrying groceries home after buying only as much as I can carry, which I prefer to call my college student diet. I shared those blog posts with Minister Dr Eric Hoskins who is a friend and the minister of health which provides YWCA Toronto the funding for the program I'm in. I have tried to talk to United Way because YWCA Toronto is under their umbrella. However my struggles continue piling up and I'm only able to use my phone to access internet because I haven't been able to pay my bill. I am working with my friend Ontario Ombudsman André Marin's staff as well as OPGT and Aboriginal Legal Services to  address these things. However I also live in bad conditions because my apartment has garbage scattered, because of things already mentioned as well as the fact that when my apartment is cleaned, it looks empty. Storefront Humber closed my file because I kept missing appointments because I was doing everything because everyone including me knows YWCA Toronto is clearly neglecting my case. My lawyer has been amazing but without a phone, I'm traveling everyday and after being apart of the Rob Ford and Doug Ford Must Go sit in, I am extremely exhausted and feel those who are paid to take care of these things and accuse me of not trusting them to do their job should be doing these things however that's not happening. I don't know if this is getting my message across in the way I had hoped it would. I understand I'm an adult and need to do some things for myself but the workers need to stop flip flopping about what their responsibilities are and totally disrespecting me, my situation, my feelings and my home.
YWCA Toronto 416-923-8454 Ashley Nelson or Ashley Brown ext 437/443
OPGT Olga Statkevich 416-314-3787
ODSP Keshia Alleyn 416-314-5040
ALST Caitlin Kasper 416-408-4041
Elana Laiken (Ombudsman staff) 416-586-3521
And yes I give full consent for you once your settled in at city hall to contact the above people to make inquiries.
I look forward to working with you. I hope to hear from you soon.
Congratulations Councillor DiCiano!!!
Nadia Joy Fordham
203-2 Kinsdale Blvd
Etobicoke ON
M8Y 1T7
@nadia_fordham
www.facebook.com/caitlinandshanesaunt
caitlin_shanesaunt@hotmail.com