Dilly Knoll: How Families Build a Community

Dilly Knoll is from a family of 16. So it is not surprising that the Executive Director of the Andrews Street Family Centre understands the meaning of family. But in this episode of Humans, on Rights, Dilly Knoll shares the difference between blood families and community families. She is fondly but respectfully referred to as the “Mom” of the Andrews Street Family Centre. Dilly led a group of community volunteers to take back a drug den, renovate it, and turn it into a family centre supported by the community it now serves. She believes that if you want to be part of a family you need to be able to find work to support them, even if at one time they had a criminal record. To acknowledge International Day of  Families on May 15th, listen as Dilly shares her story about how she and her team are, one family at a time, building a community that cares for each other. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Click here for a transcript of this episode.