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If you live in Highland Park you have probably seen the hunched figure on York, in front of the Starbucks on York and Figueroa . My daughters certainly did and would mention him each time we visited and soon began to smile and wave when they saw him. He would smile a big smile in return and wave back at them. This inevitably led to them asking if they could speak to him. Which inevitably led to a friendship between him and my family.
He looks broken down, and he is impossibly hunched over with a crutch clutched in his left hand. He is not a junky. He is not an alcoholic. He is not a burden to society. His name is Scot Anthony Robinson and he is a man who is attempting to share his knowledge and experience to help others with his project and mission of 25 years entitled "Vision Warrior". This is his passion and what he has focused on prior to his sickness and downfall.
He is sober, coherent, kind and in need of help.
Scot Anthony has worked for two decades impacting the youth and community of Southern California and nationwide and wishes more than anything to return to his life's work. Seven years ago he arrived to Los Angeles from New York to learn that his mother had cancer. It was an honor for Scot Anthony to be her caregiver for two heart wrenching and inspiring years. His mother's insurance did not provide for home care and Scot Anthony chose to be his mother's sole caregiver as she battled cancer. mother's caregiver as she battled cancer. As a result, during those two years, he was unable to work. For years he performed his one-man show, "Vision Warrior", to auditoriums full of youth, impacting over one million to date explaining in detail his addiction to heroin, cocaine and his eventual rehabilitation.
Christa Maria, Scot Anthony's mother:
After his mother's death, with his bank account completely depleted Scot Anthony spent the summer trying to find himself and grieving the loss of his mother. Scot Anthony managed to sustain himself with the help of friends and his own fundraising efforts.
Unfortunately it was around this time that he himself fell ill and he was unable to work. One day he returned home to find the locks had been changed which forced to him to live several months in his car. Eventually his car was repossessed and he was violently assaulted by police who had been wrongly informed that he was threatening the repomen with a gun and they feared for their lives. This led to four brutal years living on the streets where he has been the victim of several assaults and two hit and runs that have left his body broken and battered and in desperate need of medical attention.
Anthony is finally back in an apartment through Section 8 housing and is driven to give back and help those who may have or are experiencing a situation similar to his. But he needs our help!
Anthony needs money for rent, for utilities, for food and for medical care. As of right now he has no assistance from anyone: no medicaid, no food stamps, nothing to aid him in his day to day existence. He is a remarkably talented and intelligent man who is college educated and speaks four languages, but for years has been unable to navigate the convuluted and confusing bureaucracy that is our country's social system.
This man is an asset to our community whose desire and drive to dedicate his life to those in dire situations is admirable, and as someone who has lived this life and braved these obstacles and come through, we owe it to him to give him a chance with a contribution no matter how small.
All contributions will go towards Anthony and his fight to get back on his feet and go back to the work that he loves so dearly.
To learn more about Anthony visit the following links:
https://clockshop.org/event/molly-rysman/
http://www.theeastsiderla.com/2015/07/a-homeless-actor-struggles-to-recover-on-the-streets-of-highland-park/
http://www.lajollalight.com/sdljl-talk-by-former-addict-leaves-sobering-impression-2013apr16-story.html
He looks broken down, and he is impossibly hunched over with a crutch clutched in his left hand. He is not a junky. He is not an alcoholic. He is not a burden to society. His name is Scot Anthony Robinson and he is a man who is attempting to share his knowledge and experience to help others with his project and mission of 25 years entitled "Vision Warrior". This is his passion and what he has focused on prior to his sickness and downfall.
He is sober, coherent, kind and in need of help.
Scot Anthony has worked for two decades impacting the youth and community of Southern California and nationwide and wishes more than anything to return to his life's work. Seven years ago he arrived to Los Angeles from New York to learn that his mother had cancer. It was an honor for Scot Anthony to be her caregiver for two heart wrenching and inspiring years. His mother's insurance did not provide for home care and Scot Anthony chose to be his mother's sole caregiver as she battled cancer. mother's caregiver as she battled cancer. As a result, during those two years, he was unable to work. For years he performed his one-man show, "Vision Warrior", to auditoriums full of youth, impacting over one million to date explaining in detail his addiction to heroin, cocaine and his eventual rehabilitation.
Christa Maria, Scot Anthony's mother:
After his mother's death, with his bank account completely depleted Scot Anthony spent the summer trying to find himself and grieving the loss of his mother. Scot Anthony managed to sustain himself with the help of friends and his own fundraising efforts.
Unfortunately it was around this time that he himself fell ill and he was unable to work. One day he returned home to find the locks had been changed which forced to him to live several months in his car. Eventually his car was repossessed and he was violently assaulted by police who had been wrongly informed that he was threatening the repomen with a gun and they feared for their lives. This led to four brutal years living on the streets where he has been the victim of several assaults and two hit and runs that have left his body broken and battered and in desperate need of medical attention.
Anthony is finally back in an apartment through Section 8 housing and is driven to give back and help those who may have or are experiencing a situation similar to his. But he needs our help!
Anthony needs money for rent, for utilities, for food and for medical care. As of right now he has no assistance from anyone: no medicaid, no food stamps, nothing to aid him in his day to day existence. He is a remarkably talented and intelligent man who is college educated and speaks four languages, but for years has been unable to navigate the convuluted and confusing bureaucracy that is our country's social system.
This man is an asset to our community whose desire and drive to dedicate his life to those in dire situations is admirable, and as someone who has lived this life and braved these obstacles and come through, we owe it to him to give him a chance with a contribution no matter how small.
All contributions will go towards Anthony and his fight to get back on his feet and go back to the work that he loves so dearly.
To learn more about Anthony visit the following links:
https://clockshop.org/event/molly-rysman/
http://www.theeastsiderla.com/2015/07/a-homeless-actor-struggles-to-recover-on-the-streets-of-highland-park/
http://www.lajollalight.com/sdljl-talk-by-former-addict-leaves-sobering-impression-2013apr16-story.html
Organizer
Jonathan Merrick
Organizer
Los Angeles, CA