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Speaker 1: Have you ever wanted a safe space where you can

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Speaker 1: stories that shape us. I'm your host, Zach Stafford, and

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Speaker 1: each episode we create a space to be you, all

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Speaker 1: of you and all your messy and complicated glory. Every

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Speaker 1: Latin X man living with different hardships, whether it's a

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Speaker 1: and understanding. Hi, everyone, welcome back. Today's episode is all

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Speaker 1: about the community I think most of us have, and

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Speaker 1: that's the chosen family. Sometimes life throws us in directions

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Speaker 1: that we don't foresee, and in some cases it leaves

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Speaker 1: either because circumstance has forced us to keep our distance

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Speaker 1: we start to create our own chosen tribe, handpicked and

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Speaker 1: selected through shared experiences. It's those friends that come up

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Speaker 1: in the unexpected times, that first day of college, that

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Speaker 1: who we are. Like some of us, our guest Anthony Delgado,

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Speaker 1: tough times riddled with homelessness and addiction. Anthony was born

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Speaker 1: This original community is the one that shaped his formidable years,

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Speaker 1: If you get out of line, you're next to a

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Speaker 1: The neighbors took care of each other. You have your

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Speaker 1: When I was in trouble, I should tell you now

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Speaker 1: took me. It's called Doraville train station here directly across

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Speaker 1: God brought it full circle. So when I got downtown,

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Speaker 1: And he told me straight up, he said, no anything,

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Speaker 1: And I said, yeah, I see that. But the sense

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Speaker 1: Don't accept none of them, nobody. That's my theory on

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Speaker 1: If anybody's been in Atlanta, they know at five points

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Speaker 1: I did what he told me. I got to the hospital.

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Speaker 1: They would rush me to row me totally close off.

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Speaker 1: I guess I still had the cravings. Started going to

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Speaker 1: Pastor looked at me, he said, as well, Brother Anthony,

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Speaker 1: been here. He says. No, he says, if you do

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Speaker 1: except Christ as your savior, he said, you will see

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Speaker 1: Jesus name. I came out of that water. Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: came out of that water, and it was like something

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Speaker 1: come over me. The community that Anthony created while a

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Speaker 1: his purpose in life. So one day we leave church

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Speaker 1: bread in the pastor, says Anthony. Brother Anthony asked him,

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Speaker 1: am asking for no breath. He looked at me, your,

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Speaker 1: brother Anthony, we could take it back to the church

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Speaker 1: But we all well take can which we take, clothes,

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Speaker 1: and turn not in the wing m For some of us,

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Speaker 1: finding that balance of loving ourselves and others is a

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Speaker 1: lifelong search. Anthony certainly went through the ups and downs

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Speaker 1: him to double down on this love towards others by

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Speaker 1: giving back every single day. If you're interested in finding

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Speaker 1: out more about Anthony's nonprofit, head over to I Care

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Speaker 1: Atlanta dot org to find out how you can help.

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Speaker 1: This has been in the deep stories that shape us.

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Speaker 1: The show is produced by Ivan Chien and mastered by

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Speaker 1: James Foster. Our show researcher is John and Raggio and

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Speaker 1: our writer is Yvette Lopez. A special shout out to

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Speaker 1: our guest Anthony Delgado. I'm your host, Zach Stafford M