Yuri Williams serves his community in an unorthodox way: He dresses up like a superhero and helps children, veterans, and the homeless. Here’s what inspires him. homegrownheroes (via Grow_mag)
While the physical goods he gives away to those in need are helpful, Williams says that what he does best is make people smile. Costume or not, Williams says he's doing what he can to make a difference in his community.
It's hard to overstate how much of an impact Williams' mother has had on his life. She kept him out of trouble as he grew up in South Central Los Angeles, an area rife with gang violence. She kept him focused on basketball and academics, ultimately helping him navigate high school, and later earn a college degree in psychology at California State University, Los Angeles.Young Yuri Williams and his mother.
He began after his mother passed away from cancer — an event that affected him deeply. He fell into a depression and decided to start helping out in his community as a way of processing his grief. It was around that time when he started going to places like Skid Row and hospitals to see what he could do to make a difference, he says.
Williams met, and was able to help, Uncle Felix. "I used to take pictures with the homeless," he says, and he happened to have a photo of Uncle Felix's brother. "I was able to see [Uncle Felix] on Thanksgiving — I gave him a turkey dinner plate, and I gave him the picture of his brother. And he broke down. He was very thankful because he didn't have any other pictures of his brother.
At first, he funded his charitable ventures out of his own pocket, which meant he was paying for costumes , transportation, and much of the food and other items he was giving away.
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