King Tribe · Am I Not A Man And A Brother?
Homelessness: am I not a man and a brother?
Those are the words struck on Josiah Wedgwood’s anti-slavery medallion in 1787. King Tribe, Ken King’s campaign in Seattle, sets the same question over a man or woman in need on the street: to bring attention to the issues of homelessness.
A question of seeing
Homeless or individual?
We need to look at people that are in need as fellow humans and not ignore them.
Three ways to begin
The task is huge and needs your help.
No single person ends homelessness, and no one is excused from it either.
There are several ways you can effect change.
Pick the one that fits the life you already have.
Utilize your abilities, contacts and activities to raise awareness of homelessness.
What you can do, who you know and where you already spend your week are all tools.
Someone that has only us to care for them.
From King Tribe’s homelessness page
“They could be our neighbor, father, mother, son or daughter; or someone that has only us to care for them.”
What would we want someone to do for us if we were in their place?
We might be in the same situation if we did not have the support that we have. Can we give them that kind of support and love? They not only need food and clothing but our acknowledgement of them as an individual that deserves our attention.
Scripture
James 2:15-17
“Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, ‘Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,’ but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.”
Have a way to help someone be seen?
Write to Ken King at King Tribe in Seattle. Tell him how you want to raise awareness of homelessness.