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Mohammad
A few times in my travels I have run into the same homeless friend. It’s kind of a mixed feeling. I’m happy to see someone I know, yet saddened that in a years time we [...]
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Derrick
“One day I woke up and I was homeless”, Derrick says to me while panhandling on a busy San Francisco street. I often found my own homelessness to feel like that. For me, it took [...]
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Cameron
Cameron grew up in foster care and detention centers. He says growing up in group homes didn’t show him what the world is really like. I met Cameron in Winnipeg, Canada at a youth drop-in [...]
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Destiny
I met Destiny the day before she was entering a Salvation Army rehab in Winnipeg, Canada. She was out in the rain so we stepped into a metro stop to stay dry. Destiny grew up [...]
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Laverne
I met Laverne near a river bank in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania while working with outreach Dr Jim Withers. Laverne shares a very emotional and very real story about police harassment. Although I have worked with some [...]
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Jason
I met Jason in St John’s, Newfoundland the day we ended the Canadian segment of the Invisible People road trip. There was a ceremony at city hall and Jason, who lived in a homeless youth [...]
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Jonathan
I met Jonathan in Austin, Texas at South by Southwest. I didn’t meet Jonathan in my normal way of walking down the street handing out socks. I was introduced to him because Jonathan was working [...]
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Lisa
Lisa has lived on the streets of Santa Monica, California for a little over a year now. Lisa had a job in Baltimore rehabbing houses, but when the company she worked for was sold Lisa [...]
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Stacy
I met Stacy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania while doing outreach with Dr Jim Withers . Stacy says she would rather sleep on the streets than have to give sexual favors to sleep inside someone’s apartment. When [...]
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Gino
I met Gino this past fall on the streets of Detroit. The night before he slept in an abandoned building. If you haven’t been to Detroit a large percentage of the city is vacated properties. [...]
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Fred
I met Fred in St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. Fred is one of those older colorful gents you could talk to all day. Fred shared an apartment with a roommate who took off with the rent. [...]
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Evelin
The day I met Evelin near San Jose, California she had over a month sober. Evelin says “I’m not interested in doing any drugs. I’m just interested in getting a safe place to stay”. That’s [...]
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DeMarco
DeMarco lives in a homeless shelter with his two boys near Detroit. At 45 years-old, DeMarco always thought life would be different. But because of a few mistakes and the economy he is forced to [...]
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Carolynn
CAUTION: Some content may be offensive. Our hope is you’ll get mad enough to do something. The reason we post that disclaimer is for stories like this. Carolynn’s is not an easy story to watch. [...]
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Ron
I met Ron at a homeless shelter in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. His story is far from usual. Ron lived in Boston with his wife and kids. He ended up in the custody of Homeland [...]
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Maria
Maria and her fiancee ended up losing their apartment because of a high utility bill. The day I met Maria, they had been living in a Sacramento tent city for three days. They were ‘camping’ [...]
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Jeannie
This past week Jeannie and Eli (watch his video here) were arrested in Sacramento for being homeless. They lived along with about 125 other homeless people in an organized tent community called Safe Ground. Jeannie [...]
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Eli
It’s really hard to explain the feeling of powerlessness I felt today. But I guarantee my feelings don’t even compare to the feelings of desperation our friends had while police were evicting them from their [...]
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