Some of you may have heard the quote that says "it takes a village to raise a child." I believe that this quote needs to be taken a step further. For it takes a village to not only raise a child, but to sustain a family, as well as offer a sense of security, significance, and belonging to people of all ages. We can see this in the people in this world who turn out to be healthy, happy, and successful in their own right. In these types of people you will almost always find a host of other individuals who had a hand at raising, influencing, and impacting them for the better. These individuals form a village around the person that allows them to truly tap into their potential as people, while being made to feel that they have the potential of which to even be tapped into.
Yet that village seems hard to see in everyday life. We all seem to have so many issues that have not been worked through, goals that have not been reached, and needs that have not been met that it's difficult to even conceive of a village scenario such as the one I'm proposing. To be honest, there are not nearly as many villages out there- with the virtues that I am speaking of- as there should be. Yet in that lies a huge opportunity; the opportunity to create one yourself.
I am in the fortunate position to be working for a company that pays me to do just that. The companies name is Whos Your Brother. The mission of the company is to essentially help people help people in their communities WITHOUT exchanging money. This is done using a website(which does not cost you anything to sign up to) that facilitates the process. On the website you will find both people who have an array of needs (tutoring, food, clothes, advice, books, etc) as well as people who use their talents, resources, and a bit of their time to provide for those needs.
The ironic thing about these two types of people on the site is that they turn out to be one in the same. For the people who have needs, also can provide for the needs of others. My jobs is to connect these two type of people together(Starting on the site and ending off the site, in person) and in the process of doing so help them to see that the two people(the one helping and the one being help) , are in fact, the same type of person; one who has both needs they require help in order to remedy and ways to met the needs of others using their own gifts, talents, resources, and time.
Imagine entire neighborhoods, college campuses, cities, even countries of people who could go right next door to either get whatever is it they need or- through their neighbor- get connected to where they can go to have their needs met. This is the world that Whos Your Brother -along with myself- wish to create. But it must first starts with me, and it must first starts with you.
I will be working in both the Hill District and Duquesne University to begin the building of this type of community, and I need your help to do it. Whether you live in those areas or not, if this is the type of community you would wish to create and live in, then join me in this effort by signing up to WYB @ www.whosyourbrother.com(It's free!) and putting in my referral code (Z8ZY317X5). Together I truly believe we can make this type of community a reality!
Peace, Love, and Brotherhood
- Adam Keene aka Rhetorical Artz
A Rescuer and Advocate of Whos Your Brother
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