Charles Hill, Founder of United Steps was our guest on "Life Changes With Filippo" tonight. United Steps is a Los Angeles based non-profit organization addressing homelessness in a unique way working to break its vicious cycle. You can learn about United Steps by going to their website at www.UnitedSteps.org.It was refreshing to talk with Charles and get a different perspective on Homelessness and what it really means, as opposed to the common misconceptions, according to him. It was also interesting to hear him talk about homelessness as something that can be eradicated as opposed to the usual rhetoric we hear.
Charles all but left his very successful business to devote his life to helping the homeless. He shared the following story: "Last season, while attending a Laker game, I kept thinking about the people outside of the Staples Center who not only couldn't afford to buy tickets, but wouldn't have a place to sleep that night. A strange feeling came over me as I wondered if anybody else thought about the same thing. I tried to continue enjoying Kobe Bryant and the rest of the great athletes, but I just wasn't into it anymore. For the remainder of the game, I watched in silence."
As he was inspired, so he is inspiring others to make a difference and one can hope that, not only will it be a lasting impression, but one that ends homelessness. Like Martin Luther King, Charles has a dream and we support that dream, for the good of all.
You can currently hear that dream and the whole interview with Charles at our website www.LifeChanges.ws on our archive pages.
Thank you Charles for being our guest, and for being, along with us and our family, friends and fans, the positive change that we wish to see in the world.
Filippo
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