Longtime Volunteers Of America Oregon employee, Greg Stone grew up in Portland amid poverty and trauma. His dad, an addict, left the family when Greg was eight, leaving his mother to raise five children with few resources. Greg experienced a childhood of poverty and violence. Yet he persevered. After graduating from Oregon State with a business degree, he volunteered for two years in Washington, D.C., working with the homeless. Later, he got his master's degree in social work at Portland State University and then joined VOA Oregon in 1990 to run the Men's Residential Center. Get Involved With The Al Forthan Scholarship: https://www.voaor.org/get-involved/al... Additional Resources: Book: In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, Gabor Mate. http://drgabormate.com/book/in-the-re...  Protocol manual for enhancing motivation for change. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK... Book: The Residue Years, Mitchell S Jackson http://mitchellsjackson.com/books/the... Book: The New Jim Crow http://newjimcrow.com/ Fresh Air Podcast on shame http://www.npr.org/2014/11/11/3632883... ______ First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me. —Martin Niemöller ___ Find out more about Andrea Love, and her services here: andrea.love Find out more about The House of Healing & Love here: thehouseofhealing.love ___ All production by Cody Maxwell. sharkfyn.com Artwork by Heather Grace Gordy. Opening graphic assets by arakelov and Envato Elements.

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