“If those of us not experiencing poverty were in danger of falling into it, we would draw on our intellectual and social capital to rebuild. If that works for those of us who could fall into poverty, then why are we sending our used clothes to the poor? Stop sending our used clothes. Start sending ourselves.”

Jon Katov, Founder and CEO
Jon Katov, Founder and CEO

“Open Table is an invitation for mutual transformation. You walk a thousand miles with a person on their journey, only to realize that you now better understand your own.”

 

Participant 6
Table Member #2

“Before Open Table I didn’t understand that we’re a society of poverty maintenance. We give people in poverty a lot of what they cannot use to move from poverty and very little of what they need to create change.”

Participant 3
Table Member #1