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The Sock Mob
A project from The Sock Mob in London, UK
Using the icebreaking power of socks to meet, greet and spend quality time with London's street people!
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About this project
M. Schmidt from The Sock Mob is responsible for this project
The Sock Mob came about as a result of a group of friends sickened at the sight of poverty, hunger and alienation on our city's streets. Frustrated with what we saw as political apathy towards the issue, and not wishing to conform to any set group agenda, we thought, what the hell - let's just do it ourselves. So we started walking around London, talking with and listening to the hundreds of homeless people who pass through and live in the city each year. And we were amazed at the incredibly open responsiveness we got - people just love the fact that we're 'freelance', not pushing any agenda but simply there to offer warm human contact and allow people to be themselves, just as they are.
While everyone needs socks, our street friends' surprised, happy reactions when we whip 'em out tell us that this isn't something most people think to give, bogged down as they are by images of homeless people just wanting money to fund their next hit. So calling ourselves The Sock Mob symbolises our free-thinking, non-judgemental nature, and acceptance of our homeless friends as people with both feet and feelings.
Ultimately, our aim is to show just what can be accomplished by doing something as simple as giving someone who's having a hard time a pair of socks and the opportunity to be oneself, unjudged and appreciated. The people struggling on the streets of London are living, breathing, laughing, eating, drinking and sleeping human beings like any others, as opposed to stereotypically subversive, anti-social street objects. We challenge you to come and find this out for yourselves. And we also encourage you to enact the spirit of the walks outside any organised structure and within the remit of your everyday lives as citizens and pedestrians - ultimately this is something that every human being can do for another, spontaneously and freely.
While everyone needs socks, our street friends' surprised, happy reactions when we whip 'em out tell us that this isn't something most people think to give, bogged down as they are by images of homeless people just wanting money to fund their next hit. So calling ourselves The Sock Mob symbolises our free-thinking, non-judgemental nature, and acceptance of our homeless friends as people with both feet and feelings.
Ultimately, our aim is to show just what can be accomplished by doing something as simple as giving someone who's having a hard time a pair of socks and the opportunity to be oneself, unjudged and appreciated. The people struggling on the streets of London are living, breathing, laughing, eating, drinking and sleeping human beings like any others, as opposed to stereotypically subversive, anti-social street objects. We challenge you to come and find this out for yourselves. And we also encourage you to enact the spirit of the walks outside any organised structure and within the remit of your everyday lives as citizens and pedestrians - ultimately this is something that every human being can do for another, spontaneously and freely.
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