Jamil Lott

[dajudge]

Nice article about Jamil on JS online this a.m.
subscribers only so I won't post
Providing mental health counseling services to minority and underprivileged in Minneapolis.  Practices with his wife.  Beautiful 2 yr. old daughter
sadly, his office burned during the recent civil unrest.
Have to admit the pic was a bit shocking.  Didn't Jamil sport dread locks in his playing days.  Not anymore!!!

[The Lens]

Here's the link to his GoFundMe if you want to donate:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/creative-kuponya-support-fund-for-healing

They're at 18K of the their 50K goal.  Wojo already donated $1000.

Here's a clip from JS:

"COVID really showed us how critical mental health was; everybody was affected," Jamil said. "Phones were ringing off the hook. Now we have telemedicine or telehealth, a lot of the work was outside the office anyway. ... It's really a flexible deal and it's really a critical deal, recognizing the importance of it.

"We were already working on the next phase, finding a way to making it free for clients. So many come from an underprivileged situation and can't afford it, or someone can get a sponsor for the first three sessions, but that's it.

"We weren't going to take any money (donations) at first, but so many have asked (how they can help), and we saw GoFundMes going up and people getting funded, so we asked, 'Why make this harder on ourselves?' This is not a situation to be stubborn; let's be smart about this. It's an opportunity to help people like you want to."

Creative Kuponya set an ambitious $50,000 goal looking for a twofold need. One was to help the company get grounded again after the Ivy Art Building was badly damaged, and two was to continue to support free therapy to minority groups in need. On June 3, the couple offered its first of weekly free community healing sessions at nearby Adam's Triangle Park.

[IrwinFletcher]

Steve Cottingham donated $200 as well.

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

Crooked Cottingham??

[Lennys Tap]

Crooked Cottingham??

Wonder how much LW kicked in.

[keefe]

Has The Tom Crean Family pledged $100,000?

[withoutbias]

For all the self righteousness over on the VE Day thread there are some posters I would've thought would come on here spewing scorn for not thanking Jamil for a great service to people in need. Instead it looks like those same people took a giant tumble off of their high horse. Very sad.