Gerald osborne

Gerald Osborne founded a non-profit organization, Second Coming Ministry Outreach (SCMO), in response to the growing problem of homelessness in King County in 2001 because of his own personal experiences living as a homeless young man on the streets of downtown Seattle. He is now the president of SCMO and resides in Renton. As a youth, Gerald became a gang member, living a dangerous life where he was destined for death or jail.
Gerald left home at the age of 16 to escape the extreme dysfunction of his family due to multigenerational substance abuse. At the age of 18, he moved to Seattle where he had no job and knew no one to turn to. As a result, Gerald ended up living on the street for 9 months. During this time, several nonprofit organizations stepped up to provide assistance with food, to help him secure temporary and eventually permanent housing, and give him hope for a better future.
The experience of being homeless and vulnerable during a time in his life where he had nobody or nowhere to turn, gave Gerald the motivation to make major changes in his life, get back on his feet, and become a successful and productive member of the community despite his troubled past.