News From The Road...

We are having a fabulous time on the World Homeless Day Tour 2010! After a long drive with a couple of RV repair issues, we arrived in Seattle on Sept. 21. Serena, my video person and all-around extraordinary co-pilot on the tour, is creating some amazing photos and footage. I can’t wait to see it! Yesterday, we visited our first site – the Compass Housing Alliance’s Adult Service Center in downtown...

Tour About To Launch!...

Wow, it has been pretty hectic the last few days! Whew! Getting ready for a 3 week road trip is a lot more work than I thought. Just cleaning up the old RV inside and out took most of the day. But it really looks great. We are very excited about the World Homeless Day Tour and so are the people we will be visiting along the way. We will be heading out on the morning of September 19. We will drive more than a 1,000 miles...

New Radio Interview...

Wow! We had a great time talking about the project and our upcoming World Homeless Day Tour 2010. We had a fascinating conversation about empowering people and the contribution that people without homes have to make to the transformation of human consciousness. You can listen to the interview here. Be sure to start listening at 30:00 (about half way) because I was on the second half of the show. I would love to hear what...

News & Other Cool Stuff...

World Homeless Day Tour 2010 Update Things are starting to really heat up, literally and figuratively. While temps hover around 105 degrees here in Ojai, I am working with lots of great people from LA to Seattle creating the World Homeless Day Tour. Nine shelters confirmed so far and will be adding a few more. I also found a “home” for our RV in or near each city we are visiting and are grateful to the wonderful...

Latest News!...

World Homeless Day Tour 2010 Wow! Homeless service organizations are signing up quickly for the tour. We have a total of nine confirmed so far in Seattle, Portland and Medford, Oregon and in Sacramento and San Francisco, California. We are also working on a launch event in the LA area in conjunction with other organizations. We are getting closer to our fund raising goal too. Please keep those contributions coming. We...

A Difference We Made...

Leilani and I were thrilled to see each other again. I was blown away by all that she has accomplished since she participated in our program in 2008 at the LA Mission on Skid Row. She told me that we awakened the artist in her; until that day she didn’t know she could create anything. After that revelation, she kept painting, formed an artists group, became an advocate for other homeless people and now runs a women’s...

ANNOUNCEMENT: World Homeless Day Tour 2010...

Empower homeless people through artistic expression on the Hearts Of Fire Project 2010 World Homeless Day Tour! Check out our special tour site! The Hearts Of Fire Project team will travel to Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Santa Barbara and other cities along the way, stopping at homeless shelters where we will conduct an art empowerment workshop. At each shelter, we develop a context that empowers people to envision,...

12 Year Old Treks Across U.S. For Kids...

Wow, this kid is amazing! He walked from Tampa, Florida to Los Angeles, California to raise our awareness of homeless children.  Zach Bonner completed his 2,400 + miles trek yesterday at Santa Monica pier. We and a couple of hundred other people walked the last couple of miles with Zach down Pico Blvd. to the pier. He delivered an inspiring speech which came from someone who is wise beyond his years. Although he appeared...

First Ever Music Event A Hit!...

Roger Houston We all had a fabulous night at the Talking Stick in Venice on Friday night! The juices were flowing and excitement was palpable (love that word). Several great performers lent their time to help us empower people without homes. To the best of our knowledge, this was the first ever concert by homeless or formerly homeless musicians for the benefit of other homeless people. Empowered people create their own...

Motor Home Housing Launch Huge Success...

L-R Ed, Mikey, Bob, Maria, Victoria & Connor Wow! What an amazing day we had at the launch of our new Motor Home Housing Program. This past Saturday, January 30 we awarded a motor home to Maria Pollack and her son Mikey at a ceremony hosted by Regalo Virgin Olive Oil. Representatives from three local newspapers covered the event as well as the local access TV station. (See links to stories below) Maria and her son...