Tenderloin walk 2/01/24

  • Outreach walk

YWAM Street Outreach Meeting

Today’s Captains were Kent, Isiah, Eli, Lavi, and Kent also lead the training/coordinated this event with the Street Outreach DAO team

Feedback

New people feedback:

  • It felt successful

  • Liked it a lot

  • At first glance, people don’t want to know what you’re doing, and then they see the coco, and the doors open up

  • “More than a cup”

  • It’s not what most people make you think it is

Flyers

  • A volunteer mentioned she liked having the flyers and recommends a Spanish Flyer

  • YWAM Need to have flyers updated with correct days for events

  • Add BBQ, because it is not currently listed

  • YWAM aiming to be open as much as they can, so flyers are often out of date

Regulars

  • There was a guy who recognized me and asked me to pray for them

  • Some interactions felt like relationships in full bloom

  • When you start to see the same faces, consistency builds trust

  • Show up in people’s lives without an agenda

  • “Through discourse comes trade”- a Wall Street Quote from Mark

  • The trade? You build a relationship and then they come to the community center

  • Relationship is a catalyst for transformation

  • A woman insisted on giving Leila a blanket, after she received the eucalyptus donation

  • Responding to the felt needs in the neighborhood

  • Showing up for their neighbors

Community Member

  • M- a regular from the Ellis room saw Isiah, Nicole and Annmarie today

  • Would come with her boyfriend for showers and then started to hang out

  • Isaiah has provided emotional support for her in the past

  • Offered mediation and support with her and boyfriend

  • When people stop coming through, it’s not always a bad thing

  • Could mean that the person is housed

  • We saw her today and she opened up to us

Naeemah

  • Doing this work can be sensitive/triggered coming back into this environment

  • Very hard for folks who are even more traumatized, to seek housing/accomplish their goals

  • It’s a very hard transition to make

  • She is still healing from her past, but this is the reason why she does this work


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Tenderloin walk 2/01/24