Fear is often the catalyst for social, economic, and societal change. In week six, we discussed why fear was a common motivational factor. For some, it was fear from inequitable traumatic experiences or economic and societal hardships. That particular week the members of a subsidized building were experiencing some of the familiar fears of living in poverty. In this case, many people trying to deal with heat with little assistance were battling property management for safe and healthy housing, including working air conditioning for the building. Low- or fixed-income renters often fear reporting housing issues until it is dire because of perceived or common retaliation in the form of losing their housing and maintenance charges for general building upkeep they cannot afford. This week one of the members had been without working air conditioning in the unit for several weeks, and the many requests to fix the problem led to no resolution. After several weeks and the problem is not set, her refrigerator stops working properly and finally stops working. I did not tell you that she has chronic health issues and anxiety, and her three grandchildren are there with her during the day while their mom is at work. Low-income properties are known for not maintaining them, leaving the residents in insufferable positions with few options. At Home By High did their best to advocate for the urgentness of the repairs and help with basic needs by providing fans and some food over the weekend until the refrigerator could be fixed. But the problem needed to be fixed permanently, not just putting a band-aid on it. The air conditioning unit is still broken, and they said we could help her with a reasonable accommodation request from a doctor to get a window air conditioning unit for the small apartment, or she could buy one. The other thing I did not say was that she was just one of many residents in this senior housing property without air conditioning, often suffering in silence after requests for help have been ignored or forgotten about. Nonprofits like AHBH often advocate for their members that experience hardship or unfair treatment, fearfully trying to hold on to their housing, fundamental human rights, and ability to maintain their family. This often means marginalized people are threatened with losing basic needs like housing, food, and health when standing up for themselves. So, it is easier to let minor issues go until they become significant for housing, health, and stability. AHBH tries its best by advocating for members that have been neglected, assisting them with the right paperwork to get accommodations met, as well as just going directly to the other agencies themselves to get resources to help the members, in this case, pantry boxes and box fans for any member that needs them. If society cared for all its members equally, nonprofits would not need to exist to help community members like the invisible aging population because of fear of housing, food, health stability, and traumatic experiences from inequalities.