The not so helpful help for those experiencing homelessness | Grant Denton | TEDxReno
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2022
- People in poverty have a sense of scarcity. So, it makes sense for them to keep taking. It’s weird to think that helping can contribute to keeping someone sick. The way to minimize the damage from helping in the wrong direction is to be mindful of possible unintended consequences. We have to be more thought-out in all aspects of helping. We have to ask ourselves: What are we “helping” the person to do more easily? Are we helping in a way that will contribute to getting someone off the streets or in a better condition? Or are we helping someone stay successfully homeless?
Grant Denton has overcome significant diversity. Childhood abuse and abandonment, drug addiction and a life of crime, to emerge as a leading advocate for folks in need, especially the unhoused. Denton burned through jobs. He became addicted to drugs and was in and out of homelessness from 2007 to 2013. In 2013, Denton was arrested on burglary charges that could have sent him to prison for five to seven years. The judge gave him a choice: enter drug court and rehab or go to prison. On Dec. 28, 2014, Denton used illegal drugs for the last time. “That was It! I was done,” he says. Denton moved to Reno for a fresh start, working in sober living, a homeless shelter, for the Downtown Reno Business Improvement District, and in an addiction treatment center, where he formed a crew of community volunteers that lead to the Karma Box Project. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
Homeless man are not the bad person you are the one who proved that respect 👏
Thank you!
Yeah I’m experiencing that right now but by choice. But I see myself coming into my optimal me. God Bless.
I always ask first what is YOU need? I don’t want to just give anything, cause it won’t be used or to push on someone, that force them to eat or take something they don’t want. GREAT MESSAGE, many THANKS 🙏🏽
They need home.
Absolutely agree @sheshe504
@@haroonbaig5674 some people do not want a home, some chose to stay on the streets to live. I been homeless before, no one could tell. Lived out my car too for awhile. That PART need housing is VERY TRUE. I do my best to help the local shelter with what is needed, even when I don’t have nothing. I only want GOD to know what I do for to help people. I know how it feels to be homeless, hungry, no water or bathroom to use, etc. thankfully GOD was always right there to provide for me. May GOD Bless you 💙
@@sheshe5049 really gr8 work by u..how tragic is ds..abt 5m homeless in da wealthiest country of 2019.i can give u a better idea for homeless people later(as its v.detailed n i dont hav time to write so lenthgy now)...though i dont know it will work or not(as i dont know exactly da conditions in usa..but m sure its practical.
@@sheshe5049 plz let me know why people prefer to live on streets not at homes...its v.difficult for me to understand...plz do tel me...as ds is da topic (basically Topic is home rentals but it is closely related to homelessness also).i m working on.i wud b v.thankful to u.
One thing we used to have in our area was house boats, tidal estuary and people could live there for very little, yes a few boats were in disrepair and a few abandoned. But then the wildlife communities got involved and decided swans and the ability of the middle class to take strolls in this environment was more important than homing people. Gentrification caused a profit for house owners but a lose again for those who find it hard to maintain a job, through mental health & /or drugs.
Very classy 💚 I am from Iraq and I used translation to watch the video and wrote a comment using the translator too 🤭
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@towardsuccess I love it. Also I hope you and the entire citizens are ok over there 🖤🙏🏿
All of this is absolutely true! I don't really need more socks, more forks, more tiny plastic combs, or more junk food in plastic containers. I need money to pay for my phone bill, keep my bank account open, gas for my car, buy Pose pads & buy propane tanks to cook or stay warm. I need a method of staying alive & buying life necessities so I can get even a certificate class so I can get a living wage job.... or just a job I can do from my homeless shed so I can eventually get a home again. After being homeless in California for 9 months I have learned that homeless agencies and Government homeless departments have no incentives to house or really help homeless people because the profits from keeping people homeless is too good.
Fantastic thoughts from a brilliant man.
Thank you. :)
One of the best ted talks I've seen.
Thank you so much brother.
Great talk, best advice is to get to know the resources in your community and be a resource broker, LOVE IT! You sir are a great resource and our community is lucky to have you.
Thank you, brother,.
Good advice. Thank you.
You are welcome. :)
Wise words, we need more people with more hands on experience to guide/work with at an equal level to those who have been to college to learn about the situation.
We who are in the experience do tell the unhelpful helpers what we need, they just don't listen to us.
They have already decided what kind of help they want to give, and if what you need falls outside the box, they will look at you earnestly and say, "This is what I can give you."
@@susanmercurio1060 admittedly bureaucracy, finances and expectations decide what' they ' can give us /you.
Very good point, but it's recognised in sports and many disciplines that those who have lived it are in a good place to judge that what is necessary /best, it's just more of a shame our society believes more in a certificate than common sense.. Tho they would argue lunatics running asylum, i doubt mentally ill would think of jump starting a depressed person's brain with electricity, but who am I to question sanity :/.
@@susanmercurio1060 so true
@@tvathome562 Speaking of certificates, I once had an argument with a doctor when I said that my oldest child was a girl and the younger was a boy.
He kept telling me that they weren't, because my chart said something else. I finally invited him out to the waiting room to see for himself. (He wouldn't go.)
@@susanmercurio1060 Susan I'm sorry for all the people that have to deal with know it all's; especially discouraging when it's so personal and inane. 😡🤔😉
Touching ❤️
:) Thanks
Great message Grant D.
well done, Grant!
Thank you brother!
Goleta Beach in Santa Barbara used to be a great homeless spot. Lots of free food from upscale picnickers, the CHP was reasonable and let you park at the beach if you didn't go to your car during the night. I was there, homeless, for a court case, and once that was all done (I went to jail for 6 months) I had a home to go to. But, a year later, some chicks that I had met up there came by and wanted me to go back up with them.
I'm not a drug addict, the legal trouble I was in was minor, and happened after I was 55, and I was living at the beach for a few weeks before going to jail - I wasn't desperate like most in my predicament. I stayed home.
What stuck me harder than anything else living among the homeless, was the fact that you're in a truly lawless situation, the police will not help you, they'll call the coroner, but that's about it.
That's sick but it is just how they are.
Amen! No more handouts. Give a real helping hand up!!!
Cathy. Finding a home for someone is not a handout. Your lucky you have one and maybe family to help some people have no one. And its not allways drugs and drink. Its affordability yes to live
You are exactly right!
Boat analogy. Fishing. I like how this guy operates. Anchorage needs this rn. Camps are in bear territory. Bronson is a hunter. It’s like a bad movie.
Proverbs 16:24 | NVT
24 Gentle words are like honey: sweet to the soul and health to the bones.
Unfortunately, in life we encounter people who treat others harshly. We must not be unwise, letting arguments take over our lives. Instead, we must be wise and speak with love, humility and gentleness. Our words should be pleasant and convey the love of God. They should be the opportunity for the Holy Spirit to speak through us. Have dominion over your tongue, control the words that come out of your mouth.
Mr Denton, my brother from another mother. What might we learn and accomplish if we created a network? Every city has someone or many someones with compassion and energy feeding the"problem". I did for 25 years. Almost killed me. Common sense systems designed to solve specific breakdowns in the lives and communities we would serve.
I've been shaking this tree with my neighbors, businesses and homeless friends/laborers and though I am grateful for the exercise I think it's the work by which we restore our humanity and set a sustainable course. All of us starting where we are with what we have but aligned toward the common good. I break self defeating habits because I want desperately to be in the future in my head where no one struggles alone and little by little struggling becomes learning and growing and mother nature is well pleased. 😂
I agree with everything you said. Well done.
@@grantdenton8728 thank you Sir 🙏 I appreciate you taking the time to say so. 💜
Homeless people need homes.
Thanks so much ….. 🙏🙏
I really enjoyed it.
I appreciate you. Thank you
2022(G) “Respect and dignity.” Furthermore:
Facts.
Sounds awesome. Guess what? I reside in a community so I thought started an organization to help our community, did exactly what you mentioned One org ask me to pay them mind you I started with my own funds because I believed in what I’m doing yeah I too was homeless once. I’m still waiting for help and I knocked on doors, ask friends and oh yeah families.
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How do we help homeless people? Housing first. I say that as someone who is currently homeless.
This is Grant Rogan
Pursue your passion and you’ll never work a day in your life
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For once, a TED Talk that echoes my (un)common sense.
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„If you‘re homeless… just buy a house“
~The wise E-girl
Just came into the comment section to see if anyone else remembered the brightest mind in the universe.. The, "Just buy a House" Girl lol
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😂😂😂😂 dude you were never homeless . Who gives gift csrds to bums for labor when they need a job making 60k a year to afford a 1 bed apartment
Thank you for your talk!But to some people have need and to sharp problems in community...and those have need for a to warm hand!Only talk or you go more away!?😍👀🦻