From Heroin Addict to Community Advocate
11/23/23 • 38 min
Jacob Kaufman was born in Vancouver. His mom, who he tells us he loved very much, was also addicted to “pretty well everything.” Because of his mom’s addictions, Jacob was shipped from foster home to foster home where he was beaten ad had exorcisms performed on him. When Jacob was 14, he ran away from his foster home and began a life on the street with a new family, the street community family. Jacob spent time on the street working as an exploited youth.
At age 19, Jacob decided he was done with that street life and moved to Winnipeg where he got his first job working at Club Regent casino. And it was during this time that Jacob decided he wanted to give back to the community, those unsheltered people, who took him in and saved his life. Jacob has been on the forint lines of safe injection sites in Vancouver to working with people with different intellectual abilities. Jacob now resides in Winnipeg and over sees the public washroom project in Winnipeg. He also serves as a Board Member of Main Street project.
One of Jacob’s career highlights was the Tedx talk he did in March 2023. In this TEDx talk, Jacob Kaufman shares his journey from living on Vancouver streets to leading a resource center for Winnipeg’s unsheltered, emphasizing the power of hope.
A transcript of this episode is available here.
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Jacob Kaufman was born in Vancouver. His mom, who he tells us he loved very much, was also addicted to “pretty well everything.” Because of his mom’s addictions, Jacob was shipped from foster home to foster home where he was beaten ad had exorcisms performed on him. When Jacob was 14, he ran away from his foster home and began a life on the street with a new family, the street community family. Jacob spent time on the street working as an exploited youth.
At age 19, Jacob decided he was done with that street life and moved to Winnipeg where he got his first job working at Club Regent casino. And it was during this time that Jacob decided he wanted to give back to the community, those unsheltered people, who took him in and saved his life. Jacob has been on the forint lines of safe injection sites in Vancouver to working with people with different intellectual abilities. Jacob now resides in Winnipeg and over sees the public washroom project in Winnipeg. He also serves as a Board Member of Main Street project.
One of Jacob’s career highlights was the Tedx talk he did in March 2023. In this TEDx talk, Jacob Kaufman shares his journey from living on Vancouver streets to leading a resource center for Winnipeg’s unsheltered, emphasizing the power of hope.
A transcript of this episode is available here.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Every child and youth in Manitoba has inherent rights. These rights are enshrined in the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). In Manitoba in 1985, Judge Kimelman released the Kimelman report based on the “Sixties Scoop”. In 1993 the Office of the Child Advocate opens in Manitoba.
In this Humans on Rights podcast, we talk with the Manitoba Advocate, Sherry Gott, about how important it is to have the role of an Advocate for children to track issues identified in the Advocacy Services Program.
The top 5 Children’s Rights that needed protection identified by the Advocate were the Right to express opinions and be heard; the Right to contact with family; the Right to quality services while in government care; the Right to food, clothing, and a safe home and the Right to physical and mental health care.
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