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You're tuning in to Capitolo doos Row 24 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:24,759 Speaker 2: twenty four. 25 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:27,399 Speaker 1: Last time on Loca to a Radio. We spoke to 26 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: Maria Garcia about Selena's impact on the early two thousands. 27 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:37,040 Speaker 3: I do genuinely believe that Selena was sort of like 28 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 3: the the beta, like the first sort of like proto 29 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 3: artists that birthed what would be later, what would evolve 30 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 3: into like what we now know as modern Latinida. 31 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: In today's episode of Loca to a Radio, we're going 32 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: to be talking about the communities of Altadina and Pasadena 33 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: who are rebuilding in the wake of really devastating wildfires 34 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 1: that just took over La at the top of twenty 35 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: twenty five. And the reason why this is important for 36 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: us to talk about as Angelino's but b also because 37 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 1: THEOSSA and I grew up in the area. I went 38 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 1: to high school in Pasadena. We lived in East Pasadena 39 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:28,360 Speaker 1: at the beginning of my life, and Pasadena Altadena. We 40 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 1: always had my siblings and I friends, classmates, family, community 41 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 1: members who lived up in the hills and whose houses 42 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:41,079 Speaker 1: we would visit. Dances were held at people's homes in 43 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 1: high school, so we were just like in the community. 44 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: And I haven't lived in Pasadena and in the San 45 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: Gabriel Valley for a very long time now, not since 46 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 1: like twenty fourteen, but I still love the community and 47 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 1: I still consider it to be my community. 48 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:00,359 Speaker 2: Yeah, I love that. It feels like everyone that I've 49 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 2: talked to that has had either roots in Alsadina or 50 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 2: Pasadena like always considers that home. And for us, in 51 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 2: particular with my family, there is such a deep and 52 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 2: personal connection to Altadena because when my grandparents immigrated, they 53 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:23,359 Speaker 2: immigrated to Texas and then ended up in Altadena, rented, 54 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:27,639 Speaker 2: eventually bought a house on Harriet Street in Altadena, and 55 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 2: that was the family home until two thousand and three. 56 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 2: And it was because it was the family home, Grandma's house, 57 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 2: my Grandpa's house, It was where everybody lived at some point. 58 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 2: It was literally the safe haven. Anytime Mathias were going 59 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 2: through a divorce, they would go to Grandma's house and 60 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 2: Grandma Grandpa would you know, kind of mend, mend the family, 61 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 2: mend the heartbreak, take care of the kids. And so 62 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 2: that was definitely like such a special place for all 63 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 2: of us. It was where I grew up going and 64 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 2: until we moved to Southeast Dele like Altadena, Pasadena was 65 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 2: home for us, and my brothers went to high school 66 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 2: in Pasadena, my mom went to Blair High School, and 67 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 2: we are just felt feel still so rooted in the community, 68 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:22,239 Speaker 2: even though we haven't lived there for over twenty years 69 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 2: at this point. And so when we heard that the 70 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 2: wildfires broke out, everyone in the family was like, what 71 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 2: about Grandma's house? Even though it's not Grandma's house anymore, 72 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 2: but it was still like, is her house still at 73 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,039 Speaker 2: even though it hasn't been ours for so long? And so, 74 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 2: like you, I felt like that is still home even 75 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:45,840 Speaker 2: though it hasn't been our home for so long. And 76 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:47,480 Speaker 2: I think that a lot of people feel that way 77 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 2: because if you're not familiar with Altadena, it is a 78 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 2: black and brown neighborhood and it was a safe haven 79 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 2: for so many people, and I think that's why there's 80 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 2: a lot of grief. In addition to the physical homes 81 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 2: being lost, it's like the community that was lost as well. 82 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 1: Oh absolutely, And there's been I think more writing done 83 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 1: on this, but that Alta dina being a place where 84 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 1: working class black and brown families could buy homes and 85 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: like back in the day, like in the seventies, you know, 86 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: and we're able to like own property, own land. 87 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:33,719 Speaker 2: That's what my grandparents brought bought their house in the seventies. 88 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, in a suburban environment. And something about la that 89 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:42,159 Speaker 1: I think sometimes gets lost when we talk about la 90 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: is folks tend to like really hyper focus on like 91 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 1: East Los Angeles South Central as being the locations where 92 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:56,280 Speaker 1: people of color live and exist, and we don't always 93 00:05:56,480 --> 00:06:01,160 Speaker 1: talk about the suburbs as being very sea heavy places 94 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:05,599 Speaker 1: and places where people of color for many, many years 95 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 1: and for multiple generations have deep roots and entire like 96 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:13,039 Speaker 1: like you've said, entire communities. And I think of the 97 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 1: San Gable Valley as being one of those places. Right, 98 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 1: Like our suburbs in La County are not necessarily all 99 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: white suburbs, right, That's just not the reality of the 100 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:27,720 Speaker 1: County of Los Angeles, and Altadena has no exceptions. And 101 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:31,719 Speaker 1: you actually went out into the field and you went 102 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 1: to the community to work being done out there in Pasadena, Altadena, 103 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 1: and you conducted an interview. Can you tell us more? 104 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:43,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, So recently I was able to connect with this project, 105 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:47,359 Speaker 2: this mutual aid effort called Dina Heels in the city 106 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 2: of Pasadena on the historic Colorado Boulevard is the Paseo 107 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 2: in Outdoor Mall. If you're local, you probably know what 108 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 2: I'm talking about and surrounded by retail stores and restaurants, 109 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 2: is Dina Heels, a marketplace and wellness center imagined by 110 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 2: Revolve Impact, the Bito Coffee, Colibri Collective, and Homeboy Industries. 111 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:14,679 Speaker 2: Dina Heels is a mutual aid site offering a unique 112 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 2: shopping and holistic experience for community members specifically affected by 113 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 2: the Eden Canyon fires. In this interview, I speak with 114 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 2: Carola Secata and Shieldba Shaw about their mutual aid efforts 115 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 2: and what they're doing to help the folks recovering from 116 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 2: the wildfires. Here's my interview. 117 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 4: My name is Carola Secada she Ada pronouns. I am 118 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 4: director's people of at Revolve Impact with Social Impact Creative Agency, 119 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 4: and we are now at the space that we have 120 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 4: named Dina Heels. That was an immediate response of a 121 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 4: coalition that was built in response to the Eaton fire. 122 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 5: And tell me about the space, Dina Heels. What kind 123 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 5: of programming are you doing? Tell me about the space itself. 124 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 5: It's multi use, it's very large, walk. 125 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 3: Us through it. 126 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 4: So Dina Heels. It was started as a little spark, 127 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 4: so I was also I'm a team member of the 128 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 4: Revolved team, but also I was impacted by the fires 129 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 4: and lost my home, one of our cars, and all 130 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 4: of our possessions, and so I took a couple of 131 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 4: weeks off work and then when I came back, my 132 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 4: team said, Hey, Corolla, we're actually going to meet. 133 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:34,439 Speaker 5: At this space. 134 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 4: And I came and it was Dina Heels. So our team, 135 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:44,320 Speaker 4: in collaboration with Homeboy Industries, the city of Pasadena really 136 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 4: came Antipedo Coffee came together to like it was like 137 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 4: truly like old school Black Panther mutual aid style, like 138 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 4: what are we all going to do? How are we 139 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 4: going to show up? And so in working with the Paseo, 140 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 4: they gave us two retail spots that had no cost 141 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 4: through April. So one we made a mutual land marketplace 142 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:10,960 Speaker 4: with three Well we have a lot of relationships with 143 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 4: a lot of values aligned brands and so they were 144 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 4: able to donate thousands of clothinges. And across the way 145 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:21,959 Speaker 4: is the Wellness Center where we just provide healing centered activities, 146 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 4: community building activities like healing circles, sound baths, one on 147 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 4: one therapy, no cost of the community for fire impact 148 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:33,839 Speaker 4: of people. 149 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 5: How does it feel to be working in this neutual 150 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:40,560 Speaker 5: laid effort while also being directly impacted. 151 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 4: It's overwhelming. Number One, the generosity of our community in Altadina. 152 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 4: I loved Altadina's the first community where I haven't had 153 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 4: to hide any part of my identity. Right, I'm a 154 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 4: first gen Peruvian queer mama, and I can be all 155 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 4: that in Altadenas. So when this happened, the our put 156 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 4: of love was just so overwhelming. And it still is. 157 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 4: The generosity of everybody that I've had to really decide. 158 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 4: Am I a participant in Dina heels or am I 159 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:14,320 Speaker 4: the organizer representing revoll Field? 160 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 5: And how do you choose which god all lives showing 161 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:19,440 Speaker 5: up today? 162 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 4: I really think that I have to ground myself and 163 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 4: really be honest with myself. Do I need to be 164 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 4: held or can I hold? And that's how I decide 165 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 4: how my day goes these days. 166 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 5: It's so important. And I want to go back to 167 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 5: what you said about mutual aid. Can you define mutual 168 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:41,200 Speaker 5: aid for us? And how maybe Revolved is using mutually 169 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 5: as an effort to assist the local community. 170 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:50,199 Speaker 4: Yeah, well, mutually comes as just like community members coming 171 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:55,199 Speaker 4: together to meet the needs are most vulnerable, right, And ideally, 172 00:10:55,240 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 4: no strings attached, no political transactions, nothing is just it's 173 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:03,319 Speaker 4: kind of like a fellowship of the rings. Everybody comes 174 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:06,320 Speaker 4: with their own gifts and like revolves the L's and 175 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 4: colib recollective. Who is running our mutual aid marketplace comes 176 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:14,720 Speaker 4: with that knowledge and that gift of running a storefront. 177 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 5: Who would you say, are the folks that are coming in? 178 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 5: Obviously they've been impacted, but if you could maybe give 179 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:22,119 Speaker 5: us a profile. 180 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 4: So we've had from families that had six homes, actual 181 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 4: structures that lost them all, to a single parent with 182 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 4: a child, to today. We had a person that was 183 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 4: a musician and had lived in her house for thirty 184 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 4: years and lost all her instruments and lives by herself 185 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 4: and because of insurance bs was had to live in 186 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 4: her car for a couple of weeks because they were 187 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 4: writing insurance was putting the wrong name on her chast. 188 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 4: So it is really a white spectrum of folks, but 189 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 4: it's very much a mare of Altadena. 190 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:10,440 Speaker 6: Yeah, the start of the fires are the onset, and 191 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:14,960 Speaker 6: even in the immediate weeks of the aftermath, we saw 192 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:16,840 Speaker 6: droves of people volunteering. 193 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 5: We saw a lot of mutual aid, monetary aid, it's 194 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:23,680 Speaker 5: been a couple of months. It's been about two months 195 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 5: at least since the initial fires started. Do you think 196 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 5: people are still showing up the same? Is there still energy? 197 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 5: Could as a broader LA community be doing more? What's 198 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 5: your temperature on that? 199 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 4: I feel like the intensity of how people show up 200 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:45,320 Speaker 4: is the same. I think the numbers might have dwindled 201 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 4: a little bit. But also it's funny because now after 202 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 4: two months, people are starting to realize and know that 203 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 4: Dina Heels is here at this shopping So we're seeing 204 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:59,599 Speaker 4: like now in upswing of people. So for example the marketplace, 205 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:03,120 Speaker 4: it's just by word of mouth and there's like five 206 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 4: hundred people on the list waiting to shop. Our process, 207 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:11,560 Speaker 4: coly recollective process is very dignified. So it's you fill 208 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:15,199 Speaker 4: out this form and then you make an appointment. So 209 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 4: each family has their own shopping appointment. We welcome them, 210 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:21,840 Speaker 4: give them coffee, give them a meal, and they have 211 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 4: a shopper that helps them curate the stuff that they 212 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 4: need and so so it's just their time, which just 213 00:13:29,679 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 4: from an impacted person who I've been to donation centers 214 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 4: where it feels like everybody's just kind of rushing it 215 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 4: feels like a Black Friday energy because they feel like 216 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 4: they just lost so much and so they feel like 217 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 4: they have to grab quick. But then there's a los 218 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,320 Speaker 4: sense that your neighbors right next so you also needed 219 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 4: to grab stuff, you know. So so yeah, so I 220 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:57,840 Speaker 4: think it's it's funny because I think that the key 221 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 4: players are coming in for the long term, and so 222 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:02,160 Speaker 4: we're starting to see that. 223 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 5: So there's a lot of wellness happening clearly at the 224 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:10,199 Speaker 5: wellness space from yoga, and I also know there's healing circles. 225 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 5: Can you tell me about some of the healing circles 226 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 5: that are taking place here in this space. 227 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,199 Speaker 4: Every other Thursday there is a men's healing circle and 228 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:22,280 Speaker 4: it's led by Mariela Rochell Signo Lessons and also in 229 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 4: partnership with yanc from Hands and Soil, and it's been 230 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:29,120 Speaker 4: from what I hear, it's been very fruitful, very healing, 231 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 4: very vulnerable space and starting in a couple of weeks 232 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:39,160 Speaker 4: the alternate Thursday, we're gonna lead a women's circle like 233 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 4: a mother's led circle. 234 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 5: And you mentioned there being very targeted efforts to let 235 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 5: the community know that this exists. What are ways that 236 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:50,920 Speaker 5: you're letting them know. Is it word of mouth? Is 237 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 5: it social? How are you reaching the folks that really 238 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:55,960 Speaker 5: need this mutual aid? 239 00:14:56,600 --> 00:15:00,560 Speaker 4: That is a continual effort and we're learning every day 240 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,720 Speaker 4: and so we also have a very diverse So there's 241 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 4: the blocks that we're encountering our language right, digital literacy 242 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:14,600 Speaker 4: access into a generational issues that elders might not be 243 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:22,200 Speaker 4: so equipped to just navigate digitally. So we are really 244 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 4: leaning on the community orgs to let us know what 245 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:29,320 Speaker 4: is the best way to communicate. Is it a flyer? 246 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 4: Is it an in person presentation? Do we also sign it? 247 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 4: We have a partnership with Ultimate. They have promo dodas promotes. 248 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 4: Do we use them to let folks know that we're here. 249 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 4: So we're using like all grassoms, organizing all the digital media, 250 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:48,520 Speaker 4: and every day we learn a little bit more about 251 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 4: how we can emphasize this. 252 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 5: It sounds very collaborative, which is the nature of Revolved 253 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:58,080 Speaker 5: and they'll do and the partners that y'all have. Do 254 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 5: you think that do you feels can be a potential 255 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 5: model for mutual late efforts in LA and beyond? 256 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:09,080 Speaker 4: I mean absolutely, I really we're trying to make the 257 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:11,200 Speaker 4: case that we need to be here for at least 258 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:15,120 Speaker 4: two to three years. That is at the minimum, what 259 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 4: this rebuild is going to take. And yes, we're as 260 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 4: a revolve, we're trying to capture the model, trying to 261 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 4: make a blueprint of this is what it takes. These 262 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 4: are the values that everybody has to agree with. These 263 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 4: are the conscious relationship agreements that each org and each 264 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 4: partner has to come in and being unapologetic about and 265 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 4: also coming in with enough I don't know what I 266 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 4: don't know to be able to learn, and that I 267 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:45,000 Speaker 4: think when we find people, especially now in the political 268 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 4: climate that there's so much distrust even within movements, I 269 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 4: think we have to be very clear on those things, 270 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 4: on those values so we can make this flow. 271 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 5: And you mentioned that you have this space until March, 272 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:02,920 Speaker 5: I'm sorry, until April. The April and you want us. 273 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:05,679 Speaker 5: You're making the case that you should be here longer. 274 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:09,120 Speaker 5: So what can we expect for the next couple of months. 275 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:10,640 Speaker 5: If anyone is listening and in. 276 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:13,680 Speaker 4: The area, you got to sign up to Dina Hills 277 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:16,120 Speaker 4: dot com and we have a weekly newsletter of all 278 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:18,879 Speaker 4: the events that are going Our partners are now giving 279 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:22,880 Speaker 4: us information so we can populate that that newsletter as well, 280 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 4: from like legal aid to any healthcare stuff to housing, 281 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:30,760 Speaker 4: even renters' rights, whatever you need. We're trying to just 282 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 4: compile all the information because there is an access and 283 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:36,679 Speaker 4: overwhelmness of. 284 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 5: Go to this source, go to this source. 285 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:43,000 Speaker 4: It's just that itself is overwhelming. So do that also 286 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 4: our Instagram, we have stories and we're just uh and 287 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:49,600 Speaker 4: our events that are coming up from the protections themselves 288 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:53,239 Speaker 4: so they can explain to the folks what they're what 289 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 4: they're experiencing. And just a lot more like partners and 290 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:02,119 Speaker 4: brands the mutually marketplace. We're getting a lot of tractions 291 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 4: in terms of donation from some bomb and do fashion 292 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 4: brands and I just keep an eye. 293 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 5: Out, amazing, what do you want people or anyone listening 294 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 5: to know, as someone that was impacted, if you could 295 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 5: put that hat on for us and let the audience 296 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:22,560 Speaker 5: know what they should know and how maybe they can 297 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:24,240 Speaker 5: just show up. 298 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 4: That grief is like the ocean, and sometimes it lulls, 299 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 4: sometimes it's tsunamis And after two months, barely our shock 300 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:38,200 Speaker 4: is wearing off, or adrenaline is wearing off, and grief 301 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:43,199 Speaker 4: is barely starting to set in. So to really just 302 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 4: remember that advocacy for systems change to make sure that 303 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:52,880 Speaker 4: we're made whole is important as well as the healing, 304 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:57,040 Speaker 4: the community, building, the proximity, the joy. It needs to 305 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:59,000 Speaker 4: be equally as important. 306 00:18:59,200 --> 00:18:59,800 Speaker 5: Thank you so much. 307 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:01,359 Speaker 2: If everything else you want, the. 308 00:19:01,359 --> 00:19:06,680 Speaker 4: Ship got the radio for president? Look at that radio 309 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:07,360 Speaker 4: for president. 310 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:07,680 Speaker 3: Test. 311 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 5: My name is Sheelda shaw A. Working on a fire 312 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 5: relief project and this has taken taken on an epic 313 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:29,680 Speaker 5: proportion of its own. But so we founded an organization 314 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 5: called the Galibi Collective and it is working with Dina 315 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 5: Heels to provide a marketplace to provide goods for Bamient 316 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 5: members and households that have lost their home. Tell me 317 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:45,200 Speaker 5: more about the collective. Yeah, we originally started out the 318 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:48,960 Speaker 5: entire organization was really by the seat of our pants. 319 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:51,080 Speaker 5: We saw a need, we filled it, saw another need 320 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:54,240 Speaker 5: started feeling that and people felt very called to this 321 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 5: mission and we were just we threw up a pseudo name. 322 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,879 Speaker 5: We just put Eaten Fire Support Roo. You're running it 323 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 5: very quickly, just focusing on execution, and over time there 324 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:10,119 Speaker 5: were the same ten women twelve women that kept coming 325 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:15,320 Speaker 5: back and there was this beautiful energy. The place would 326 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:19,720 Speaker 5: hump and I think that positivity of women working together, 327 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 5: inspired by something just coming from all different walks of 328 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:28,480 Speaker 5: life joining together and then collective really resonated with us. 329 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:30,960 Speaker 5: And so we started to look at real names, and 330 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:36,840 Speaker 5: Glibri felts very appropriate because Galibris and Latin culture represents 331 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:40,480 Speaker 5: strength and resilience, especially after trauma or grief, and so 332 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:45,119 Speaker 5: seeing one, it's like a symbol of renewal or resurgence, revival, 333 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:48,000 Speaker 5: and it's exactly what we were doing, and it felt 334 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:51,959 Speaker 5: very attuned to the mission and the women and the 335 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:55,959 Speaker 5: energy that we were celebrating. Tell me about the marketplace 336 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,640 Speaker 5: that you're running and how you got involved with that. 337 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:03,920 Speaker 5: Background is in retail and fashion from a brand perspective, 338 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:07,199 Speaker 5: and so I ran I ran called Viana for thirteen years. 339 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:10,160 Speaker 5: I was the co founder alongside Carla Gargo, and so 340 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 5: she's continued to run the brand, and I, you know, 341 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:18,640 Speaker 5: as with the fires on January seventh, felt very called 342 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:23,240 Speaker 5: to contribute and I felt like I was uniquely positioned 343 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:25,320 Speaker 5: to do certain things. I knew a lot of brand 344 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 5: founders I could reach out to that to get donations. 345 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:31,200 Speaker 5: I knew I have a user's center background, so I 346 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:34,160 Speaker 5: knew I could ask families what they needed, and what 347 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:37,240 Speaker 5: I really we really started with was a lot of 348 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:40,119 Speaker 5: people were jumping in for donations, which was incredible, but 349 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 5: very few people were stopping to ask the families what 350 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:47,679 Speaker 5: would actually be useful or supportive. So we started there 351 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:51,680 Speaker 5: with the form and just gathering needs and then sourcing donations. 352 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:55,879 Speaker 5: We started packing care packages out of Finance Intervention program 353 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:58,560 Speaker 5: in Lincoln Heights and so we were running a full 354 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:02,720 Speaker 5: distribution center making it very easy for volunteers to shop 355 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:05,200 Speaker 5: a pack for families. We're able to do twenty twenty 356 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 5: five famals a day at the height of the center, 357 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:11,160 Speaker 5: and our whole goal was to really start to get 358 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:14,360 Speaker 5: to phase two of this project, which we jokingly call 359 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:17,840 Speaker 5: let me choose my own underwear, to really empower our 360 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:20,960 Speaker 5: families more so, our whole vision with all that background 361 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:26,000 Speaker 5: is to say, we challenge ourselves to think, could we 362 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:30,879 Speaker 5: create an experience that gave these families the respect and 363 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:34,680 Speaker 5: dag maybe they deserved right these households, to give them 364 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 5: a sense of normalcy that they could actually choose their 365 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:42,119 Speaker 5: own items. Try it on, get a coffee right for 366 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:46,359 Speaker 5: just a few you know, like a few hours in 367 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:51,000 Speaker 5: that day shop and like we used to, right like 368 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:53,560 Speaker 5: they used to, And so that's what we did. So 369 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:55,920 Speaker 5: we created an entire storefront. We have a full back 370 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 5: of house with everything bend to organized. We have a 371 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:03,440 Speaker 5: full front of house, the floor. We're offering everything for men's, women's, 372 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 5: and child. Who are the types of people that are 373 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:08,240 Speaker 5: coming in and are shopping at the marketplace? Actually, I 374 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:11,560 Speaker 5: could give you a very strong demographic profile because we 375 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:15,399 Speaker 5: were very intentional, intentional about who we went after in 376 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,639 Speaker 5: the beginning. And when I say when we went after, 377 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:20,399 Speaker 5: I mean who did we want a service from our mission? 378 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:26,800 Speaker 5: So we primarily targeted marginalized communities of the Eton fire 379 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:30,720 Speaker 5: only people of color. We went through all the gofundmes, 380 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:33,879 Speaker 5: the African American list, the Filipino list, the disabled lists, 381 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:39,119 Speaker 5: the LATINX list, and we basically actually even went to 382 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:41,760 Speaker 5: the ones that were most underserved. So on the go fundme, 383 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:45,600 Speaker 5: for example, I said twenty five percent filled, but it's 384 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:49,040 Speaker 5: a two hundred and fifty thousand dollars raise. That was 385 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:52,160 Speaker 5: not necessarily who we were targeting. We were going after 386 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:54,679 Speaker 5: the families that only asked for five you know, and 387 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:57,680 Speaker 5: had one hundred percent lost everything and didn't have insurance, 388 00:23:57,720 --> 00:23:59,399 Speaker 5: so we started there and then we partnered with a 389 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:03,479 Speaker 5: lot of group some community centers in Outstema directly, and 390 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:06,399 Speaker 5: then from there we went word of mouth. So anyone 391 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:08,400 Speaker 5: who came to pick up a package, do you have 392 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:11,280 Speaker 5: a neighbor who's elderly that hasn't been able to complete afore? 393 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 5: Do you know someone else that you want to compete 394 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:15,600 Speaker 5: this for? So it was a very word of my mouth. 395 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:18,320 Speaker 5: We potentially did not rely on social media so we 396 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 5: could attract the same population and it's been really amazing 397 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:25,359 Speaker 5: to see that these people know each other and there 398 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:37,879 Speaker 5: they're in each other's neighbors. What is the shopping experience? Like, 399 00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:41,640 Speaker 5: I know that you have your intake arms and there's appointments, 400 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 5: but if you cole walk us through what Clobal shopping 401 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:49,280 Speaker 5: experience looks like. We designed the shopping experience and flow 402 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:52,960 Speaker 5: and process to be the most empowering for households when 403 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:54,679 Speaker 5: they come. So the first step is to fill out 404 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 5: the form. We get all your hushole information. We understand 405 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:00,639 Speaker 5: where you're at, what your other needs, so do you 406 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 5: Our whole mission, just to back up real quick, is 407 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:09,399 Speaker 5: to provide something that's efficient, curated and safe, and the 408 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 5: safe for it is why I wanted to highlight that 409 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 5: safety for us from the beginning was is it a 410 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 5: suitcase if I deliver it to convention center? Do they 411 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 5: have a way to move it? Arount? 412 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 4: Right? 413 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:25,040 Speaker 5: Is it bad to give them new products when they 414 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:27,679 Speaker 5: might pick target on their back right? So it was 415 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:32,679 Speaker 5: always about creating safety, adding dignity, making it efficient, and 416 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:35,359 Speaker 5: making it curated. And so safety to us in this 417 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:38,520 Speaker 5: context with the store is to create opportunities for them 418 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:42,600 Speaker 5: to shop in a relaxed way. So we don't want 419 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:44,960 Speaker 5: it to be too crovid. So once they fill the form, 420 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:46,919 Speaker 5: we make sure that we have the sizes for what 421 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 5: they've requested. I don't want them to show up and 422 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:51,639 Speaker 5: not have things for them, so we make sure that 423 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 5: we have the things to meet their household needs. We 424 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:57,280 Speaker 5: run the list every night, so it takes us about 425 00:25:57,320 --> 00:25:58,679 Speaker 5: an hour an hour and a half to run the 426 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:00,840 Speaker 5: list for twenty to twenty five that are coming the 427 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 5: next day, So there's two households that are invited for 428 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,920 Speaker 5: half hour and then when they get there the hot hours. 429 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 5: Really for us to control the inflow, there are a 430 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:11,960 Speaker 5: lot of day as long as they walk, we have coffee. 431 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 5: They're given a wagon, there's people to pull sizes for them, 432 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 5: help them shop for their households. Like there was a 433 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:21,119 Speaker 5: man yester was shopping for a family four, but he 434 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 5: didn't know what his wife liked. Right, So we help them, 435 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 5: We help them with that process. They're encouraged to try on. 436 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:29,879 Speaker 5: We have dressing rooms. They some people stay two to 437 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:33,399 Speaker 5: three hours. Some people weave in forty fives. Right, So 438 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:36,120 Speaker 5: the entire process is to really just give them as 439 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 5: much of a human experience as possible. We have food, 440 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:42,240 Speaker 5: we give lots of hugs, We spend time connecting on 441 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 5: their stories. So for that reason, it's a little slower, 442 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 5: but the day is designed so that the family with 443 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 5: the families in mine with the most respective attention. I 444 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:55,240 Speaker 5: want to bring up in this word danity. You used 445 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:57,199 Speaker 5: it a couple of times to describe the type of 446 00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:59,280 Speaker 5: work that you're doing and wanting. 447 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:02,280 Speaker 7: To give family dignity they deserve. How would you define 448 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:05,320 Speaker 7: dignity in this context and why maybe that's something we 449 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:09,280 Speaker 7: should consider when where maybe volunteering or want to connect 450 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 7: with an organization that's doing work and having dignity at 451 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:12,960 Speaker 7: top of mind. 452 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:16,359 Speaker 5: Yeah, it's the it is and I'm glad you picked 453 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:24,320 Speaker 5: up am. That is the real central driving value of 454 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:30,560 Speaker 5: all of this, the volunteer effort, the outpouring of donations, 455 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:34,720 Speaker 5: the outpouring of money and love in Los Angeles has 456 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:38,240 Speaker 5: been unreal. Like I've heard from friends who have said 457 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:40,880 Speaker 5: they thought La didn't have a soul. Their transplants from 458 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:44,080 Speaker 5: New York and they are blown away and they take 459 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:47,639 Speaker 5: back their words, like they understand what Los Angeles is 460 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:53,360 Speaker 5: about because of how the community has come together. That said, 461 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 5: people don't always know how to direct that love. And 462 00:27:57,600 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 5: so what we've seen pop up are a lot of 463 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:03,800 Speaker 5: experiences that require family members to drive places when they 464 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:07,840 Speaker 5: don't have time, to wait at super long lines to enter, 465 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,960 Speaker 5: to not have the items that they need to have 466 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:15,800 Speaker 5: to sift through bins of used clothing, and so everything 467 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:18,479 Speaker 5: in the store is brand new, and we ensure that 468 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:22,359 Speaker 5: they don't have to wait when they get here. Those 469 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:25,160 Speaker 5: kinds of things really give them that dignity back. And 470 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:30,120 Speaker 5: the main thing that we do that we spend hundreds 471 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:34,359 Speaker 5: of hours doing, like hundreds of hours, is it takes 472 00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:37,520 Speaker 5: a lot of work to revenue tail right. And so 473 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:40,160 Speaker 5: in these donation center it's an event or a pop 474 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:43,320 Speaker 5: up where they're doing it for three days, one day, 475 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:49,880 Speaker 5: six hours. The packing, sorting, displaying, you're doing the best 476 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:52,280 Speaker 5: you can. You're putting it in bins. You're kind of 477 00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:55,360 Speaker 5: sorting it enough. Oh extra small, small can go together. 478 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:57,880 Speaker 5: We can put three decks and fours and five excel 479 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:01,880 Speaker 5: in one bin. Not really going to resonate when you're shopping. 480 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:03,760 Speaker 5: When you're shopping in a store, you know where your 481 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:06,720 Speaker 5: size is. It's all presented to you. So we've spent 482 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:10,760 Speaker 5: extra time most of the time again, hours and hours 483 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:13,720 Speaker 5: to make sure it's that kind of shopping experience. Two 484 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:17,000 Speaker 5: months ago. They never would have even imagined where they were, 485 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:21,040 Speaker 5: so to give them any kind of dignified shopping experience, 486 00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:23,840 Speaker 5: that's where the dignity is. It's in those little details 487 00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:26,600 Speaker 5: that people don't even realize that their things are hung 488 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:29,719 Speaker 5: on a rack, there's a size label, right, there's a 489 00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:33,320 Speaker 5: nice white bin in which it's displayed. It's on a shelf. Right. 490 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:36,360 Speaker 5: They don't have to reach down and go through something 491 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:39,120 Speaker 5: on the floor, those kinds of things. It's those little details. 492 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:41,600 Speaker 5: I'm sure there's also families like you mentioned that never 493 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:43,920 Speaker 5: could have imagined that this is what would have happened, 494 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:46,760 Speaker 5: and there's so much vulnerability in that there's only really 495 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:51,720 Speaker 5: asking for help. And what are the kind of feedback 496 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:54,960 Speaker 5: You've been getting from members of the community that I've 497 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:59,480 Speaker 5: come by and gone through the shopping experience. The feedback 498 00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 5: has been real. Like they say, it's the first time 499 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:07,280 Speaker 5: they felt normal. It's the it's like a very human 500 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:12,400 Speaker 5: experience that it you know, for a few hours of 501 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:17,200 Speaker 5: the day. It was what brought them joy that they 502 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:22,040 Speaker 5: were able to just they felt like themselves again. That's 503 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:24,280 Speaker 5: why we do it, that's why we pour I mean 504 00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:26,880 Speaker 5: on paper, you know, this is a lot of people 505 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:29,720 Speaker 5: are playing a numbers game, right on paper. We have 506 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:34,600 Speaker 5: already serviced over three hundred families roughly at five to 507 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:39,120 Speaker 5: six members per HOUSELD. Right, so that's you know, close 508 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:42,960 Speaker 5: to fifteen hundred people roughly. I'm not counting that to 509 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:47,720 Speaker 5: that level. But we gave fifteen hundred people I dignified 510 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:51,080 Speaker 5: shopping experience, do you know what I mean? And that's 511 00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:55,680 Speaker 5: that took hundreds and thousands of hours to produce. 512 00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:56,200 Speaker 3: Right. 513 00:30:56,240 --> 00:31:00,840 Speaker 5: We put up a store in one week and it 514 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:03,520 Speaker 5: took so many hands on deck to do it right. 515 00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:07,000 Speaker 5: And in partnership with community and so I think that's 516 00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:10,040 Speaker 5: the part that I want people to really walk away with. 517 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:14,360 Speaker 5: It's in those little things that make something takes it 518 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:17,600 Speaker 5: from a Okay I helped to like I serviced. 519 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:19,080 Speaker 4: Talk about that. 520 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:22,800 Speaker 7: What's the difference between helping and being of service? 521 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:26,760 Speaker 5: We've seen we've been calling it kind of in the community. 522 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:30,920 Speaker 5: It's doctor astrod Hager. Violence intervention programs use these words 523 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:34,320 Speaker 5: that her father used to tell her when she was little, 524 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:39,440 Speaker 5: about this concept of cheap grace. And it's where you're 525 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:44,040 Speaker 5: kind of just you're sending a few dollars, you're asking people, oh, 526 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:47,640 Speaker 5: I checked in with someone so, and look, I think 527 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:52,160 Speaker 5: that any grace in the situation is appreciated. But there's 528 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:57,160 Speaker 5: something difference between being in service to someone versus just helping. 529 00:31:57,240 --> 00:31:59,800 Speaker 5: And to me, a lot of the help I've seen 530 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:03,440 Speaker 5: majority has been cheap grace, a lot of words. You know, 531 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:06,400 Speaker 5: a little bit of volunteer time here and there, which 532 00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:10,280 Speaker 5: all of it is necessary to need that stuff, but 533 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:13,840 Speaker 5: to really help build back the whole community, you need 534 00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:16,520 Speaker 5: to be in service, and you need to sit with 535 00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:19,360 Speaker 5: them and you need to hold their hand. And what 536 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:22,760 Speaker 5: we tell them all the time is that we cannot 537 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:26,480 Speaker 5: bring back their home. We cannot bring back their memories, 538 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:29,480 Speaker 5: We cannot take away this streak, but for a brief moment, 539 00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:33,040 Speaker 5: we can walk alongside them and be in service. And 540 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:34,160 Speaker 5: I'm gonna help share that. 541 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:41,520 Speaker 2: For more information about Dina Heels, head to Dinahels dot com. Also, 542 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:45,120 Speaker 2: if you'd like to contribute directly to carolaz Gofundmes she 543 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:47,960 Speaker 2: and her family rebuilt, We're going to link that in 544 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:49,920 Speaker 2: the show notes. 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