Tag: Out There In Hollywood
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Where do you go to keep going?
Banjo, we’re thrilled to have you share your thoughts and lessons with the Bold Journey community. So, for folks who are at a stage in their life or career where they are trying to be more resilient, can you share where you get your resilience from?
When it comes to resilience, I tend to look for lessons from the streets of Los Angeles. I love a good walkabout. And my best thinking and most meaningful interactions come from hoofing through one-off neighborhoods and stumbled-upon alleys and speaking with those I might not normally interact with.
Danny James Moore has been homeless in Hollywood since 1986. Along the way, we would see each other in the oddest places and began to say hello. His lifestyle fascinated me from the start and our chit-chat expanded naturally into more of a rat-a-tat-tat.
One day, we decided to sit for a series of ‘talk and tips’ intended to help people new to living on the streets survive more peacefully and successfully. The hope was also to create an outlet for someone who might normally not be heard by providing a platform that would elevate them to expert status.
Danny and I discussed a wide range of survive on-the-street topics like tents, storage, acceptance, food, family, protecting yourself, getting a good night’s sleep, finding help, showering, drugs, discrimination, friends, possessions, the bathroom, staying informed, relationships, exercise, sex, trust and more.
As I continue my own journey out there in Hollywood, thinking about Danny’s resilience – day after day – week after week – season after season and year after year has become a go-to source of ‘inspiration’ whenever it’s time for myself to dig deep.
Click here to watch Out There in Hollywood.
(Start at the beginning for the optimal Danny experience.)
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Cafe Olé
=EXT. HOLLYWOOD – MORNINGS
Tasty Cafe van(s) will create a positive start to the day by providing provisions, a sense of personal dignity and professional confidence to Hollywoodites in need.
In Hollywood – pop up help cafes could be pretty tasty.
Tasty Cafes
Inside each van are all the makings of a pop up cafe and mobile help center.
• Coffee, juice and healthy things to eat
• Tables and chairs
• Phones, WiFi and computer stations
• Personal clean up area
• Zoom setups to speak to job, social and housing professionals
• Dream Boards to help visualize goals
• Velvet ropes for a Hollywood VIP / confidence building touch
Sponsors
As cafe vans drive and set up around town, Sponsor’s names will be prominently displayed – making for a roaming daily billboard of positive community-ism, PR and social media opportunities. For all involved, it’ll be Tasty. Potential Sponsors could include local and national Brands from the product donating, shared work, coffee shop, job services, grocery and Social Service sectors.
Volunteers
By coming out to the cafes and lending their kindness, brain power and expertise, Hollywood-haves will be able to help Hollywood-have-nots get back on their feet. Doers doing.
Profiles / database
Tasty Cafe Visitors would also be able to create / upload a database profile that can be used to find employment, housing, lost loved ones, etc.
In Hollywood – they love a good comeback
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