{"id":6433,"date":"2022-07-21T15:22:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T19:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lutheranmetro.org\/?page_id=6433"},"modified":"2022-09-28T18:43:35","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T22:43:35","slug":"nolan-white","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lutheranmetro.org\/what-we-do\/programs\/housing-and-shelter\/portraits-of-strength\/nolan-white\/","title":{"rendered":"Nolan White"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6433\" class=\"elementor elementor-6433\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7773ef9c elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"7773ef9c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ae092c0\" data-id=\"1ae092c0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c1cf7d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4c1cf7d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nolan White has found his vocation\u2026being of service to others. The empathy he brings to those he serves cannot be learned from books. His compassion has been forged through the gritty realities of his life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I had to be tough to fit into society because gay people were labeled as those who were weak. I got teased relentlessly in High School and Junior High; called sissy and fag and chased home from school. But in the 12th grade I said, \u201cI\u2019m not going to be called sissy anymore. I\u2019m not going to be called fag anymore. I\u2019m going to be tough.\u201d\u00a0 That was my reason for enlisting in the military. I thought, \u201cWe\u2019ll, my dad wasn\u2019t there for showing me how to be a man. Maybe the military can. That was my reason, to shed this gayness.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0I\u2019m gay, I was born this way. A lot of people don\u2019t believe that, but I am. After the military, I accepted my sexuality, but I knew I couldn\u2019t do this at home. So, I started traveling. Lived in San Diego, New York, Manhattan, Chicago. Every place I went I met the same people because by this time I was addicted to crack cocaine, alcohol, all kinds of other illegal drugs. My drug use pushed me into breaking the law to get the money to get the drugs. My main thing was I was a thief, but I was a bad thief. (Laughing). Every time that I did something illegal, I got caught immediately. I was the worst thief there was. So, I\u2019ve been in and out of prison most of my life.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In The Beginning<\/span><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was molested by many people growing up, and I was pimped. That leaves me with a scar. That\u2019s why my mind frame was: \u201cI\u2019ve got to be tough.\u201d Thus, my becoming a criminal. I\u2019m telling you, I was hanging around people I knew I had no business hanging around. Breaking into houses and just all kinds of stuff. I thought, \u201cI wasn\u2019t raised this way. I was raised right by my Mom,\u201d you know?\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But you went through a lot as a kid.<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh yeah. Let me back up. After I got out of the military I went to California, then DC. Then in 1989 I was in a relationship \u2013 my first real relationship. His name was Gilbert Bailey. We stayed together for 7 years.<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Breaking into tears<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We stayed together for only 7 years. But it turned out before I met Gilbert, he was infected with HIV. Of course, he infected me. I\u2019ve been HIV positive since 1989. So, it\u2019s like dual diagnosis now. I\u2019ve got drug addiction, I\u2019m a homosexual, I\u2019ve got HIV. A lot of times I was walking around hopeless.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I went to prison again in 1999. I\u2019ve been in and out of prison 5 times, and each time I went, the prison time increased\u202613 months, 14 months, 2 years, 3 years, 10 years. I was running from state to state, had warrants everywhere. Ended up in Georgia 2004, psyching myself out saying \u201cI\u2019m going to do a fresh start.\u201d We call it the \u201cgeographic locations\u201d in recovery.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moved to Georgia. The first day I was there, I found a job at Madonna\u2019s Sports Bar and Caf\u00e9 as a kitchen manager. They said I couldn\u2019t start until Monday. Now, understand, I\u201dm an alcoholic and drug addict. I\u2019m going to go get one drink, just to celebrate. Day\u2019s Inn Downtown, Savannah, Georgia. So, I went to River Street in Savannah. I went from bar to bar to bar. At 3:00 in the morning I met someone with crack cocaine, went back to the hotel. We smoked until it was all gone. 4:30, I need more. Went out and did an armed robbery\u2026$37.52 cost me TEN years of my life, ten years in a Georgia prison.<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How long had you been using crack?<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 1987.<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wow, I\u2019m amazed you\u2019re still alive, that you&#8217;re in your right mind\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It wasn&#8217;t just crack, it was PCP and other drugs\u2026yeah, I&#8217;m surprised I&#8217;m in my right mind. Most people are not capable of thinking, holding down jobs with less use than mine. They just can\u2019t.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nonetheless, that 10 years in Georgia \u2013 that\u2019s when it got a little brighter for me. Got a little sunnier. That\u2019s when I surrendered \u2013 I finally surrendered to something greater than myself. I don\u2019t know what it was. I grew up in the church, but this was different. I\u2019m not going to lie to you, there\u2019s drugs in prison, everybody knows it. I smoked weed for the first 2 months in prison. But then, I can remember it like yesterday, I thought to myself, \u201cWhat are you <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">doing<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? In prison and you\u2019re doing things against the law in prison. What\u2019s it going to take?\u201d<\/span><\/p><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surrender<\/span><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I said to myself, I\u2019m done. I surrender. I don\u2019t know what kind of prayers, what words I used, but I spoke to something greater than myself. I called him Jesus. I said a prayer, and on my knees and crying in my cell, I said \u201cThank you, Jesus.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nolan whispering now\u2026<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I started thinking about my life. Something\u2019s got to change. The world ain\u2019t going to change. The laws ain\u2019t going to change. I\u2019ve got to change, but I can\u2019t do it on my own. At that moment, something changed in me. I knew it at that exact moment. Oct 3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rd<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 2006. That&#8217;s when I surrendered my life \u2013 in prison.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, I did those 10 years in prison, and got my bachelor\u2019s degree in Christian Ministry from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I got out prison and I thought, \u201cOK, now I\u2019m set.\u201d I got out, but guess who was waiting for me at the door? Cleveland. They came and got me and expedited me right back here to Cleveland to stand before Judge Catherine Sutula for aggravated robbery in 2004. I stood before her, had a Public Defender. She said, \u201cNolan, I\u2019m going to send you back to prison.\u201d\u00a0 I was shaking in my boots, literally. And this Public Defender stood up for me. She said, \u201cNo, no, no. This man has been rehabilitated.\u201d Told the judge all the stuff I did in prison. So, the judge said, \u201cYou know what I\u2019m going to do? I\u2019m going to give you a chance. I\u2019ll give you 5 years probation.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This process of me being released from County jail here in Cleveland took a whole year. Instead of going to my Mom, and my brothers and sisters and staying with them, I decided \u201cI\u2019m doing it on my own.\u201d I went and stayed at City Mission, got in their Discipleship program that lasts for a year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">City Mission required me to get a job, and I got introduced to reality again- rejection. Again, rejection. You know, our society says \u201cWe are a second chance society.\u201d They&#8217;re not. Because everywhere I went to apply for a job, I got the door slammed in my face. They would say, \u201cOh yeah, we\u2019ll call you.\u201d But no calls.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How did you get past this?<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I did what I had to do. I was not going back to prison. I took a job at Lagos in the West Flats. I was a dishwasher and \u201csanitization man.\u201d That job beat me up. I\u2019m up there in age, and I had a herniated disc, but I did whatever was needed. Then I worked another job, Cantonese Classics Seafoods on the East Dock of the Flats. And I\u2019d work there in the warehouse. I used to go home and no one would sit beside me on the Rapid because I\u2019d stink so bad, smelled like fish.<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yeah, you told me about that a few years ago- you said you would take whatever it took to be independent.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I didn\u2019t stay the full year at City Mission because a lady by the name of Cynthia Bail, from the VA Domicilary at Wade Park, came to City Mission one day and said, \u201cAny Veterans in here?\u201d\u00a0 I said, \u201cYeah, I\u2019m a Veteran.\u201d\u00a0 They had a\u00a0 state of the art facility with a dorm for people with PTSD and homelessness, but she told me there was a 6 month wait to get in. Three days later, she called to say they had a place for me. This was a 6-month program, but I stayed there 4 months. Now here\u2019s the thing that\u2019s going to trip you out:<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nolan has this gift for gab that draws me in and engages just about everyone.<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I was at the Dom, who was the Director of Operations there? David Blunt. David was Director of Operations for Volunteers of America, VOA, which runs the Domicilary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David saw how fast I got out of that program, went to the TR House.<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TR House?<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transitional Residency for Vets over on Lorain Avenue. I excelled at TR House, became president of TR House. I stayed there 4 months. Again, this is a one-year process. I go from City Mission to the DOM to the TR house. One year. All this time I\u2019m working at the dishwashing place.<\/span><\/p><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homecoming!<\/span><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I finally get the key to my first apartment EVER in my whole life. Oh my God. It was an efficiency with no furniture and a mattress on the floor. I ate on paper plates, but God, when I got home from work, I had that key to open my door. How proud I was of myself. How proud.<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nolan is in tears, but laughing too.<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Oh, this brings back memories. I haven\u2019t thought about that for a long time. It was an efficiency. I just loved to come back home\u2026 a black and white TV, you know. I\u2019ve since upgraded to the 3 bedroom that I\u2019m in today. Got a car, have insurance. My life is so better\u2026so, so better today. I\u2019ve not used drugs since 2006.<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Nolan reflects he returns to an important realization<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMember I said something happened, something <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">changed<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> me in prison on that day in October? I can\u2019t even put a finger on what it was \u2013 I just knew something had changed. Now was I perfect? No, of course not. But something had changed as far as what I desired to do in my life.\u2026I became a servant.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nolan says this as if for the first time.<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That&#8217;s when I became a servant. That\u2019s what it was. That\u2019s what changed! It wasn\u2018t all about me anymore.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Letting Go And Leaning in to Service<\/span><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I worked both jobs for probably a year, but I finally pulled my back out at Lagos, and I couldn\u2019t work anymore.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nolan in tears again\u2026<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I said a prayer. I said, \u201cGod, I don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on, I\u2019m doing as best I can. I can\u2019t do this job anymore. Please \u2013 provide me with a job that I\u2019m able to do, where I\u2019m able to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">serve. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I want to help somebody using what I\u2019ve been through.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nolan draws me in with a whisper\u2026\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next day, I thought: \u201cCall 2100 Men\u2019s Shelter.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s what I\u2019m going to do, apply there. There\u2019s people who are homeless, just like I was homeless. You know? I used to sleep under bridges, and I thought it was okay. I was addicted to drugs and so far gone. So, I called 2100. The Director of Operations, Mike Moguel, said, \u201cYeah, yeah, come on in.\u201d But he wasn\u2019t there when I arrived. I left my resume with somebody, but never heard anything from him.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now I\u2019m having the prayer again, \u201cCall 2100.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I ask to speak with The Director of Operations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nolan imitates the voice and draws me in to his story even more.<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This deep voice <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ays, \u201cMike Moguel doesn\u2019t work here anymore, what can I do for you? This is David Blunt.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDavid Blunt from the VA? This is Nolan White.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He imitates Dave again:\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNolan White, you\u2019ve always intrigued me. What can I do for you?\u201d I tell him I need a job, and he says, \u201cWhen can you be here?\u201d So\u00a0 I say, \u201cNOW.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nolan&#8217;s Work Begins<\/span><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dave hired me for 2 days a week at the Overflow shelter at St. Paul\u2019s, 3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rd<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> shift. I watched over those guys sleeping on mats on the gym floor. I cared for them and cared about them. I\u2019d hand out mats, hand out blankets, you know what they do. Then, I\u2019d put them on the shuttle in the morning back to 2100. From there I got promoted to first shift front desk Monitor. Then I got promoted to weekend 1st shift Supervisor, then as the dorm facilitator at 2100 for those in pre-treatment for addiction. When Covid hit in 2020 I worked remotely, doing whatever I could from home. When Covid let up I got promoted to Coordinator of Independence dorm and Team Lead on Coordinators.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s where I am today. My God, what a process! When I say it out loud, it\u2019s like, Oh My God!<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laughing and switching gears again.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I still struggle with the trauma. Happy to appear in peoples\u2019 eyes as somebody who\u2019s tough. Who doesn\u2019t cry. Who doesn\u2019t show weakness. But, little by little, I&#8217;m getting over the need to appear strong because I&#8217;m getting more comfortable with who I am, who I really am.<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, what\u2019s your thoughts on what you add to this job?<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, you know, we can have all the education in the world, all the book smarts, but unless we walk in a person\u2019s shoes, we really don\u2019t\u2019 understand what they\u2019re going through. And look at me. Been homeless, slept under bridges, addicted to crack, promiscuously sexual, even HIV positive. Everything they tell us about\u2026 I&#8217;ve been there, okay?\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laughing now in his wonderful way\u2026<\/span><\/i><\/p><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shared Wisdom<\/span><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And here\u2019s the thing I tell them\u2026 tell these clients. I got out of it. God\u2019s able to bring you out of it too. That\u2019s what I do! Not just at work, but I keep a mind of a servant everywhere I go. It\u2019s my life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strong to me today means not just physical strength but being able to bounce back when adversity hits you right in the face. Being able to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">get back up<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, every time, get back up. That\u2019s strength to me. In my life, that\u2019s what I see. Every time something pushed me down I was able to get back up somehow, and God enables me to get back up. This is the wisdom I gained and the lesson I share with everyone now.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nolan White Nolan White has found his vocation\u2026being of service to others. 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