Episode 8: The Best of Us: August 3 2025 with Greg Cruz (On Nourishment: Part 1)

This episode features a conversation with Greg Cruz, the founder and executive director of Streets of Paradise. An organization that fights homelessness with dignity and grace. His deep connection to the work is rooted in lived experience and a lifelong commitment to ensuring no one is left behind. He talks about his newest project, Love Act Repeat.Greg brings a hands-on, human-centered approach to everything Streets of Paradise does—from furnishing homes to responding in times of crisis. Under his leadership, Streets of Paradise has grown from a grassroots effort into a trusted, action-based organization serving hundreds of individuals and families every year.In 2017, they served full holiday dinners in public parks, meals shared by neighbors, housed and unhoused alike. These gatherings reminded them that real nourishment comes from the community food creates. What they didn't expect was how much the volunteers needed it too.Today, working with hundreds of partners, they've served tens of thousands of meals and have shown up after every storm. They remain flexible, grassroots, community-led, and powered by the same spirit: love, action, and showing up again tomorrow, blue skies or gray.Find out more about Greg’s work and the Love Act Repeat Resiliency Hub at streetsofparadise.org.