“…we lift each other up.”
dinner together, and they made big plates of food that were absolutely delicious. The cooking, the caring for each other—these things naturally emerge in the cohabitating space.” Providing healthy food choices is important, and Anupama sees the physical change. “They are eating right and getting lots of fruits and vegetables (from Second Harvest). They get trim, stronger, and more in shape.” Making the house feel like a home is a priority. “We're not like a program that is coming from the outside, peeking in.” Anupama relates it to her protesting days— "Everyone who is outside is outside together.” And now, “They’re the same people I'm spending the whole day with, communicating, talking about the world at large and how we feel about it—we really share a lot in that sense. Some of us have things that others don't. That was the driving force of the program—first with bringing hot meals, then resources, then evolving into a space where we can give people time to actually develop and get to their own sense of stability rather than relying on external sources.” What Anupama does at Umbrella “is something that I'm very grateful for and proud of, and I'm really glad to have formed the very important bonds I have with the other people in the program.”
Anupama Bhattacharya: Co-founder and Therapist
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