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NOTE: Today’s Blog features the Co-Passion Project and is provided by Betty Louise.
Common Humanity with Homeless People
- What if we did not feel like turning a blind eye toward a homeless person?
- What if we could see the person underneath the shell? How would our world change?
- How would our world change?
These are questions that I pondered as I moved to Nevada County 2 years ago.
The Encampment
The first heavy rain here in November of 2015 happened while I was caring for my sister’s dog. When I took Shambo for a walk, I noticed numerous people setting up encampments. Some were holding a tarp over their head and others had a chair turned upside down to protect themselves from the storm.
As I tried to quickly move through this area walking my sister’s large black male greyhound, a soaked and disheveled man walked toward me and said “Hope that dog isn’t a male. My dog doesn’t like males!.” My immediate response was fear…then heartbreak.
It was a moment of truth, and I realized I could no longer turn a blind eye to what I saw before me. I imagine that the man with that dog was as afraid as I was, and he was so much more vulnerable. Shambo and I had a warm and dry home to return to, while these folks were making due with whatever garbage they could find to protect themselves. Empathy overcame me.
As I walked home I gave thought to how sad it was that people did not have shelter from a storm. As I sat sharing the experience with my dear colleague and collaborator over coffee the next week, we evolved an initial plan which has since turned into a California Humanities grant-sponsored project using the arts to connect with the story and humanity of homeless people.
Stories to Share and Be Heard
We have recorded 50 stories from homeless people, organizations working with homeless people, officials charged with solutions, and concerned citizens. Over the last six months, as we have collected these stories, we have heard moments of sweet kindness, sad moments of deep despair, and everything in between.
We asked a consistent question to most of our storytellers. “What have you learned about people through your involvement with the homeless community?” This was posed to each person. The answer most often given was
“We are all the same.”
- How can we face this tough challenge of having a world that works for all, including those that fall on hard times?
- How can we, as a wealthy society, feel at peace when our fellow humans are sleeping in the woods, on the street, and in their vehicles?
A Place to Call Home
A Place to Call Home is a project to shift perceptions, and bring us together as a community to collaborate and co-create solutions. We are using the arts, photography, music, video, audio, fine art, writing, and poetry to tell these stories of humanness.
What does it mean to be a Human Being Positively Human?
It means having the compassion to reach out to our fellow man and lend a helping hand. This could be as simple asking someone who looks like they are having a rough time, “How is your day going?” And then listen to the response. Maybe you can’t do anything concrete for them, but you can express care. Time and time again our homeless storytellers told us that when they knew someone cared it shifted them into a better place.
Our plan is to share these stories globally. We have big visions of creating our local community as a model to how to come together on solutions.
If you would like to support this project, here are two easy ways:
- Lend us your social media influence and become a supporter.
- Or contribute to our crowdfunding campaign by clicking this link.
THANK YOU!
Betty Louise is Co-Founder of The CoPassion Project, and an Author, Certified Coach, US Radio Personality, and a Certified Broadcaster at KVMR in Nevada City, California. Her current project, “A Place to Call Home,” uses the arts to connect with the story and humanity of homeless people.
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