We are so lucky that we had David Merida from Humility Now on tour with us for the past week. Humility Now does so many things right; they don’t just feed the homeless but work to build meaningful relationships with people and help get them into a better place. Humility Now recognizes the importances of true development, that band-aid solutions help hold a situation together but don’t necessarily bring meaningful change. In my conversations with David, he told me how people think “well they are poor so that they should just take whatever they can get and not be picky.” But we have to remember that they are people, with needs and feelings and taste. At Colormake, we always talk about the importance of reintroducing choice back into the lives of people who have had their right of choice taken away, and I think that applies perfectly to the homeless. People just impose their thoughts on them, telling them what they should have done better or what they should do now, removing their right to choice and their dignity as people. In an incredibly simple act, Humility Now is reintroducing choice back into the lives of people who are always settling with what other people give them. Instead of just handing them some food, simply asking “what would you want to eat?” can go a long way in helping them feel valued and heard.
Written by Anna Schuck
Colormake Community Projects Director
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