What I now see are new ways to empower people to empower homeless people. We have been empowering homeless people but we have not been directly empowering people to make a direct difference with homeless people.

I am now at working generating ways for people to do just that. Some of these ideas I already envisioned but I did not see how important it is to directly involve people in making a difference. Now I do.

Thank you, I am grateful.

On your site, you write that your nonprofit’s purpose is, “Standing for the greatness of homeless people and the huge contribution they hold for the world; Generating a new and radical interpretation of who they are: the vanguard of a new culture based on the dignity and inherent value of human beings people who have voluntarily or involuntary stepped outside of our consumer culture; Building a platform that empowers homeless people to show the world who they are; Providing connection, love and acceptance”. Good on ya! There are few causes that are closer to my heart, quite frankly.

And my thought is that nonprofits that treat their “clients” as subjects of potential rather than as objects of pity are far more likely (or at least far better positioned) to regard givers/champions the same way.

Which is to say: You go, bro!

People want to help, to make a difference. All we have to do is find a way for them to do that. The feeling of making a difference comes from having a real experience of doing it. For most people, that means being immersed in it, not just sending a donation.

If we in the social-profit world can find a way to directly include people in the difference-making experience, we will be extremely successful. I am going to work on that right now – it is a very exciting and empowering concept.