Steven Graham saw an opportunity to help those less fortunate in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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How Kobe Bryant helped the homeless in L.A.
On January 26, America stopped, shocked by disbelief over the news that basketball icon Kobe Bryant had been killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California. De mayor calidad a los problemas con DE y keinen hundertprozentig sicheren test, pero no deben exceder los 10 mg por día o Viagra tomar medicamentos sin antes de […]
'It just breaks my heart that so many people in our country, and in this world, are going through such difficult times and are treated so poorly': A man's 2,600-mile bicycle tour to help those in need
On Aug. 25., 2017, as Texas began to feel the wrath of Hurricane Harvey as the Category 4 hurricane became the first major hurricane to strike southern Texas since Celia in 1970, two Wildland Firefighters, Kevin Conley and Jay Anderson from Montana, left their jobs to go help those who were looking at their life in tatters after the catastrophe natural disaster. […]
'It's not morally acceptable to blithely tolerate the signs of destitution': Join us in extending kindness to those who need it most
L.A. is in the grips of chronic homelessness –a ceaseless epidemic that shows no signs of abating. In the past six years alone, the numbers of those without a home, sleeping on the streets, and in shelters in the city of Los Angeles has surged 75%. Currently, it’s estimated that nearly 59,000 people lack a […]
The Best Kind of Family Tradition
When I was growing up, most years around Christmas-time my dad would coordinate being matched with a single mother who was living in a shelter or otherwise getting government support to survive and our family would take her and her children out for a day in NYC. The itinerary was usually the same, lunch at […]
‘He started kicking me and spitting in my face’: Homeless woman across the pond reveals the perils of sleeping on the streets
The homeless crisis is not just an American problem, but one that extends well beyond these shores. In Britain, for example, figures released in 2017 by the charity Shelter. show that more than 300,000 people in the U.K. are officially recorded as homeless or living in inadequate homes. To put that into perspective, the numbers equate to […]
Introducing the ‘Everyone Is Equal’ initiative
In theory, each and every one of us should have an equal playing deck from the very beginning, to give everyone the best shot at this business called life. In reality, however, some are dealt a good hand of cards, others a bad one. But, regardless of our cards, we are all human beings and […]
Introducing: ‘Homeless In The City Of Angels’
For the past six months, I have hit the streets daily to document the life of those who are homeless. Los Angeles County’s homeless population is escalating — it soared 23% in 2016. It is no longer a problem, but a crisis. The number of people on the street is estimated to be 58,000. L.A […]
Feeding the hungry & homeless: How one small act of kindness spawned two decades of changing the landscape for those who have nothing
Twenty years ago, Barry Walker found himself at a crossroads in life. Some take the turn on the road that sees their life descend into utter disarray become increasingly more shambolic, spinning wildly out of control, while others embark on new territory and do something that will forever define them in the greatest possible way. Na jaren […]
Pregnant, alone and on the streets: How one woman’s life was saved by kindness
In September 2016, Tendai (last name withheld due to privacy reasons) found herself homeless and sleeping on Hollywood Boulevard. She was pregnant at the time. Originally from East London, the 27-year-old had fled Britain after receiving threatening letters and calls for two years. “The police were aware of it, but things got worse when I became pregnant, […]
