I will never forget 1992 and living in Los Angeles during the social unrest after the Rodney King case.
I knew I wanted to help the mothers who couldn’t get diapers or formula after their local stores had been looted and destroyed.
About 6 of us from my church drove an old station wagon with a makeshift red cross on the side to a Presbyterian church at the corner of Florence and Normandy.
We dove in and began to help as much as we could.
We soon discovered that what this community needed was affordable childcare so the parents could get back to work. Using my connections with construction firms, we transformed a largely unused building behind the church into a city-approved childcare center.
I am so proud of that experience, and I find great joy in the memory of countless people from all walks of life coming together to help the community.
When we work together, we are the solution.