ISAAC WOODARD

Staple Design I'm sorry, we're gonna have to do this, probably quickly because we inside here
Isaac Yeah I know.
Staple Design What's your name?
Isaac Isaac Woodard.
Staple Design How old are you?
Isaac I am forty-nine years old.
Staple Design Where are you from?
Isaac I'm from the Bronx.
Staple Design Alright, how long you been homeless for?
Isaac About a good five months.
Staple Design What happened? How did it happen?
Isaac Well, my father died, then I had to move out [unclear] of my house. I lived on Dyre Avenue.
Staple Design I'm sorry to hear that about your father?.What's the single worst thing that's happened to you since you've been homeless?
Isaac Nothin but [unclear].
Staple Design What's the best thing that's happened?
Isaac When someone always comes to be and gives me a little something, without even asking for it.
Staple Design Alright. How do you survive out here?
Isaac I just move around. I don't stay in one spot for too long.
Staple Design Where do you see yourself in five years from now?
Isaac I see myself working again, and buying mine.
Staple Design Ok. So how do you get money usually? And when you get money, how much do you usually receive?
Isaac Oh I get money here and there. Two, three hundred dollars. As soon as I get it I buy some clothes, I buy food. I pay my bills so that I don't owe the people I borrowed from.
Staple Design Ok. So...how much do you get in the course of a day?
Isaac I never added it up.
Staple Design What do you usually do with the money you receive?
Isaac I am an alcoholic.
Staple Design Alright. What's your favorite movie?
Isaac My favorite movie? I love Cher. [share?]
Staple Design Yeah? What's your favorite book?
Isaac The Bible.
Staple Design What's your favorite food? Isaac I love my chicken, and I love my pork chops, and I love my steak.
Staple Design What do you do for fun out here?
Isaac Oh I have a walkman I have in my ear. I love my music, I'm a music man.
Staple Design I love music too. What do you think about NY?
Isaac New York is a whole lot more different than it used to be, but it could get better if everybody just could get along together.
Staple Design Alright. What do you think about the Mayor?
Isaac I think he don't know what he doing.
Staple Design Alright. Where'd you go to high school?
Isaac Morris High school.
Staple Design Did you go to college at all?
Isaac No, I never made it there.
Staple Design Are you working right now?
Isaac No, I'm homeless.
Staple Design Do you have any kids.
Isaac Three of them, they all grown.
Staple Design Where are they now?
Isaac They all scattered around. They get in touch with me every now and then.
Staple Design Do you believe in God?
Isaac Yes I do.
Staple Design What religion are you?
Isaac I'm Protestant.
Staple Design Ok. If you could be anywhere in the world, where would you be?
Isaac I'd like to be right at home with my kids and my family.
Staple Design What's your definition of the word home?
Isaac Home is what you make it in your heart. When you believe in yourself and believe in somebody else.
Staple Design Alright this is your opportunity speak out man. Is there anything that you wanna say? Coz with your permission, we're gonna publish this and let people know what you've got to say.
Isaac Always be yourself and don't let nobody mislead you. Whatever that comes into their mind because they mind is not your mind. Your mind is your own mind.
Staple Design Alright, thanks a lot.