Cast One’s Bread Upon The Waters
August 4, 2010 by Jesus Hernandez
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Cast One’s Bread Upon The Waters
Houstonian Elena Davis began thinking about a mission statement to support homeless people’s most basic need — water — when she was approached a year ago at a traffic light by a homeless person asking for money. She had no cash in hand, only a cold bottle of unopened water, so she gave him that (it was 98 degrees in the middle of July). She received such grateful thanks that she began thinking about how people living in our city streets can find fresh water during our long, hot summers. From that encounter grew the I Am Waters Foundation. Davis persuaded a graphic designer to create labels that offer the words Peace, Love arranged to shimmer through the water — a double blessing, hydration and the kindest of words designed to communicate and support….
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Bottles of Hope | A beauty on a mission: Former Ford model gives Houston’s homeless clean water
July 28, 2010 by Jesus Hernandez
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Photo by Shelby Hodge from Culture Map | George Foreman IV, left, visits with I Am Waters founder Elena Davis and her husband, oilman Greg Davis.
Bottles of Hope | A beauty on a mission: Former Ford model gives Houston’s homeless clean water
…Elena and Greg Davis welcomed I Am Waters supporters and newcomers to a modest gathering at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston recently — an outdoor event that drove home the message of just how uncomfortable Houston summers can be for all who are outside and particularly for the homeless.
“We’re delivering on the street and to the shelters,” Elena said, adding that the mission is not only to supply fresh water but also to “open a dialogue between the homeless and the not-homeless … We want to raise up the homeless.” Elena takes no salary and the foundation operates on donations.
On a second front, I Am Waters gives a face and voice to the homeless through video and photography, allowing them to record their stories. Professional photographers have been chronicling the plight of the homeless in Sacramento, New Orleans and Houston. Their sagas are posted on the I Am Waters website.
Joining Elena on the I Am Waters board are former Houston mayor Bill White, philanthropist and community leader Maureen Hackett, Marsh’s Energy Practice chairman Jim Pierce, GulfStar co-founder Kent Kahle, photographer Peter Duke and Los Angeles film writer and director Walt Becker…
via Culture Map by Shelby Hodge
Art, advocacy come together at CAMH – Chron Houston
July 25, 2010 by Jesus Hernandez
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Art, advocacy come together at CAMH – Chron Houston
Art lovers and advocates for the homeless got together for I Am Waters Foundation Meets Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, an indoor-outdoor event.
Led by I Am Waters founder and volunteer chair Elena Davis, foundation supporters shared samples of the thousands of bottles of water — each branded with an inspirational message – the charity will distribute to Houston’s homeless this summer.
Homeless Blogger Lands Internship at Elle Magazine
February 7, 2010 by Jesus Hernandez
Filed under Headlines, Homeless Stories, In The Press
Lesley Kennedy of Stylelist writes “Here’s a story that still has us smiling. Blogger Brianna Karp (known as “Bri”) — who also happens to be homeless — managed to land an internship with Elle magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll.
Yep, the Orange County writer, who posts about homeless issues on her blog, The Girls Guide to Homelessness, wrote about her experience entering a fashion advice contest back in April, which eventually landed her an audition for a reality show.
The reality show prize was an internship at Elle — mentored by the magazine’s advice columnist E. Jean Carroll — Bri told homelesstales.com.
“Of course, I totally bombed it,” she wrote on her blog. But the experience prompted her to write a letter to Carroll asking about second chances after a bad job interview.
Carroll’s response, posted in July’s Elle? An offer for a four-month internship. ”
