“I became homeless…You live and learn sometimes the hard way, having to adjust to eating and sleeping…everything is a challenge…We do, still to this day, face scrutiny, criticism, crucifixion. It hurts but I realize that for the most part people don’t understand or they’re not educated enough or don’t want to accept the fact that there are those of us who aren’t all criminals or dirty or out to get what we can. It’s a matter of surviving and thriving in our situation…It doesn’t take anything to be kind, to be civil. It takes a lot to forgive…” – Koko, Digital Storytelling Workshop, June-July 2019, FirstPresHayward, Castro Valley, California