Dion Dawson

It's really about joy, happiness, being okay,

knowing that you gave everything you had.

All of these are things that are important and we don't champion them enough.

It's always about reminding each other what difficult is.

A difficult day as the chief dreamer of Dionne Chicago Dream pales in comparison to the worst day I've ever had as Dionne Dawson.

You evolve, you learn.

This is the first time in my life where I can honestly say I've never stopped learning, every single day.

I learn, I apply, I try.

Probably failed more in this five years than in my first 30, but I don't have it figured out.

I think that's the fun part.

Yeah, that's pretty crazy.

Well, I think first and foremost, the pantry model, emergency food, food equity, health equity.

I try to look at it like a product, right?

And so if you look at it like a product or a paid service,

then you would see that the end customer is not highlighted or illuminated in the process.

And so if we're just talking about bettering our product, we would ultimately better our product if we had user feedback.

And the problem is, is this in its entirety has been created, uplifted, and sustained without any modifications or improvements based on the experience of the people it serves.

as opposed to the people that control me.

I had to be critical of something that was created for good.

And that is extremely difficult when you talk about the human experience.