The Hope Matrix

Trust, Safety, and Hope, featuring Grant Denton

In this episode, we evaluate a true story of hopelessness to hope with podcast guest, Grant Denton. Denton’s past is one of addiction and trauma, as he struggled with an addiction to heroin and crystal meth, marrying and divorcing twice, all while raising two sons. Because of his addiction, he lost his job and his family, intermittently living on the street when he was then arrested on burglary charges that could have sent him to prison for five to seven years. The judge gave him a choice: enter drug court and rehab or go to prison; he chose the path of a better life. He moved to Reno for a fresh start as a sober man where he worked in a homeless shelter, for the Downtown Reno Business Improvement District, and in an addiction treatment center, where he formed a crew of community volunteers that lead to the Karma Box Project. Today, Karma Box has grown from its namesake mission to become an umbrella organization that “partners with homeless people, meeting them where they are.” This partnership ranges from safe restrooms to counselors in emergency rooms, from secure and sanitary tent communities to helping people obtain identification documents so they can access social services on their journey from homelessness. Coming from a place of such extreme hopelessness, Grant came into a new place where he activates hope in those same communities from which he once existed.

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