Hope Brokers Recovery

09/06/2024

In the world of the blind- the one eyed man is King

07/05/2024

We are having a hope brokers house of misfits bbq & celebration of independence tonight around 9ish on 23 spring st- Augusta Maine. If you know someone who may be struggling, unhoused, or still in active use, & feel like there’s no safe space available or created for you to be & live out your powers of truth- come join us at the hope brokers house of misfits - let’s us change your mind.

Because- changed minds +Changed hearts = changed community.

Join us for free food & community relational organizing.

23 Spring st Augusta

At the hope brokers house of misfits- where we meet the people right where they are at🏴‍☠️

06/07/2024

I’d like to say happy birthday to my beautiful daughter Nevaeh Arce I love u princess

05/15/2024

05/07/2024

Grand Awakening my kings & queens, Hope Brokers Inc is looking for volunteers in the Brunswick area that could transport one of our friends in our community & their 7 dogs for a safe trip back to Augusta.

Each One Reach One, If you are available for transport, please Reach out to De Kliene Feay for instruction to where our friend & dogs are- Thank you in advance

04/28/2024

Grand Evening my kings & queens. The other day I had the blessing to see some of my friends speak their truth to power to some of the most influential leaders of Augusta at the last City Council meeting last Thursday.

Hope Brokers Inc Has been advocating for, organizing & mobilizing the unhoused community for almost 3 years. When I started there was no warming shelter, no boots on the ground initiative, no spaces for my friends to go,

No one was advocating for them, just the one church, & their Sat morning breakfasts. After almost 3 yrs mobilizing this community, I got a chance to watch my friends advocate for themselves,

Amanda Fowler Josh Kingsbury another member from the unhoused community named Rye & I Lead a conversation with our leaders, & for once I think we were heard. Joshua Carter

Stay tuned as we the people have initiated a coalition for the unhoused & will be meeting them again, hopefully soon to discuss the next steps-

Together we are strong, Augusta has the Solution

Below was the event Next one coming soon stay tuned

04/17/2024

Ayo Hope Brokers Inc Maine Equal Justice Mobilize Recovery

April 25th- come join us for free food, Narcan training & Information on Community forward actions that will be going down in a Neighborhood near you.

This Month we will be in Augusta,

Next Month- Lewiston/Auburn

My dream is to someday have a Hope Brokers Inc Flag raised in every county of Maine Viva La Hope Brokers Revolution

04/17/2024

Grand Awakening my kings & queens, There are people in our lives that come to us with the makings of a tree,

We got Branches, Leaves & roots

Many people will enter & blow away like leaves, they come in & out of your life with no real commitment & easily influenced against you. blowing away at every season that comes & goes. They are only here to teach you a lesson. If you encounter one do not get attached, they always leave.

Then there are the branches they will help you connect to the path you are meant to be on. They see in you things that one might not see themselves. Branching you off to meet the people that will take you to the next level of your game.

Last but not least. Those who are like the root, will keep you grounded. They are the ones that hold people to stand their ground, They bring different communities together to create one tribe, teaching both to love as one- they are the healers

Study yourself, study your environment, question everything. Be like a branch or a root, & if you have leaves on your tree, just shake that tree up those leaves will fall

Shalom

04/09/2024

Grand Evening My kings & queens. As the sun shines I am reminded of better days on the horizon. It has been a long cold winter, & I myself am looking forward to a much brighter & warmer season of growth & development.

Let the struggles of the past, stay in the past seasons. Let this season be a season of victories. I will face all opposition, all trials & all hurdles as I do each & every other season.

Head up & 10 toes in the ground. Knowing that the spirit of all my friends that passed before me stand behind me in all wars I fight, rather it be in the mind, body or spiritual warfare.

If you are going through a war of your own, & have been battling many wars in the past, rather spiritual, mental, or physical & you are here today, my friend I promise you have a purpose, & you have been chosen,

If you find yourself alone often, feeling like you don't exist like I do. it's because the creator is preparing something in you that only you can carry out & the enemy is trying make sure you don't carry out that mission.

You are not alone, we are all with you rooting for you to carry this torch home. Carpe Diem.

This has been a message from your local Hope Brokers Inc

04/05/2024

Who am I?
I am all my relations.

Where do I come from?
Mother earth, & Father sky.

Why am I here? I am here to do the best I can in the circle I was placed.

Upchich Steven Knockwood

Hope Brokers Inc

03/24/2024

As I sit in the warmth of my house I find myself feeling thankful, while at the same time saddened by the survival guilt that often strikes me deep within my heart when I find myself alone at night.

These dual feelings I find myself sitting in remind me of the dual personalities I share within this avatar. I often live in a world where the darkness & the light share the same space,

Sometimes in that space you can't tell the difference between the two & the lines become blurry. That is why I am often found in my solitude. Doing shadow work,

Diving deep into my head & heart allowing myself to sit in all my feelings, & thoughts to make sure my heart & mind was truly aligned.

A house divided cannot stand. & when the heart & brain is sick. So aren't our eyes. Sometimes we need to separate ourselves from the distortions of life to hear our own truths, before drowning in the rivers of others.

In a world of conformity. Dare to be yourself,

03/21/2024

Grand Evening my kings & queens. I had a good day, got to serve the community, see friends at the state house, organize community actions, I love what I do. That is all I got. Shalom friends

03/21/2024

I stopped by the statehouse to see my friends who are working on a few bills. It was good seeing y'all Tess Parks Jess Falero Councilor Courtney Gary-Allen.

Advocacy work is not for the faint heart, so thank you all for what you do. Each one of us, Everyone of us has this voice in us that wants to be released.

I remember my voice. When injustices were done to me or my people, I would feel that voice begin to whisper just enough to know it existed.

Over the years it would get louder & louder but never serviced. I spent most of my juvenile, all the way throughout my adult life suffering in silence.

Then I found a platform to use my voice, & speak my powers of truth. It was Councilor Courtney Gary-Allen that introduced me to recovery advocacy, while inspired by others like Jesse Harvey & Kari Morissette.

We have lost a lot of soldiers to this game. & we need more to carry the torch. We are rallying & marching on April 18th, Flyers & facebook details to the Launch event. Will be coming to Neighborhood in Augusta & digitally soon Stay tuned,

Viva La Hope Brokers Inc Revolution. Come out & learn how to join the fight Through recovery & social justice advocacy reach out to all names above.

If you like to learn about more community actions or how you can get involved with upcoming ones you can reach out to me or Allina Diaz

This has been another message from your local hope broker. Onward

03/21/2024

Just wanted to wish my daughter Nevaeh Arce a beautiful day & let you know I love you. Shalom princess

03/18/2024

Financial Aid is finally taken care of, & I will officially be starting my new discipline of Social Sciences at University of Maine at Augusta this summer as a Junior.

I am ready to get this Bachelors degree, then move on to this masters. I will succeed in all things I set out to do, including mastering self-

Shalom

03/18/2024

New Community Support Meeting For all who may be struggling, no matter what town, state you are from. If you are struggling with addiction, mental health, or just a lack of connection & you just feel like you don't want to exist anymore, this group is for you. I will be here, for an hr each week, come check in. Welcome to a group where no one is left behind

Marshall Mercer is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: No One Left Behind
Time: Mar 18, 2024 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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03/18/2024

As I drove around this early rising I felt my heart breaking . I spent most of my life living a lie, running drugs, committing crimes, living among what society would call some of the worst people.

But even when I was in the jungle, living like an animal, we wouldn't ever let one of us go without a safe place to sleep. Augusta we have people right now sleeping on the streets,

Some may choose to be out there, but I promise you, very few choose to be outside, My mother was one of those people that chose to live outside, & died outside. God rest her soul.

But only after the severe abuse she had to endure, & only after the system had failed her, over & over again. That same system failed me,

Which was what led me to the life of crime at such an early age. We have so many people, organizers, as well as organizations that are willing to stand up & help our neighbors.

But the city would rather let those that don't fit the status quo, suffer & die alone on the streets. If I am wrong, then I owe an apology, but if I am right we owe our neighbors that are on the streets tonight,

& will be on the streets in the future a damn good explanation why their lives don't matter. We need answers to our growing problem here in Augusta. Or new leadership that can give us answers

This problem will not just be swept under the rug, nor will we let it. We the people are getting restless & quite frankly sick of asking for help.

To top it all off the ongoing rising of the cost of living that is causing many working class families to wind up in the same position our friends on the streets are in now.

Which means if you think this isn't your problem now. Someday soon, it may end up on the front doorsteps of your house. We are all suffering as a community, when one suffers- even if we don't know it.

Just food for thought & something that has been bothering me- we will be rallying, marching & protesting this very thing for the rest of the year or until needs are met.

For ways to get involved reach out- & be on the look out for the Launch of Hope Brokers Inc No One Left Behind Campaign.

We've been quiet long enough- Shalom