Archive for March, 2009
Eddie
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness
America’s homeless crisis is everywhere. This week I’m visiting family in Binghamton, a small town in upstate New York with approximately 45,000 people. This is where I met Eddie. Eddie used to work as a cook before becoming disabled. Like many homeless he relies on recycling for an income. Eddie said he has not slept [...]
Brianna
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness
Brianna is a 24 year old woman. For the past 12 days, she has lived with her dog in a small RV community in a Wal-Mart parking lot. I connected with Brianna via social media; she started to follow me on Twitter and I began reading her blog regularly (I highly recommend you check it [...]
John
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness
Help wanted: Spend every daylight hour rummaging through dumpsters, garbage cans, and roadside rubbish in search of sticky plastic bottles and putrid aluminum cans. Compensation: $9, maybe 10 bucks (if you’re lucky). If you think “professional recycling” sounds tiring, dead-end, and downright nasty, you’re right. Although John says it’s “good honest work,” he admits he’d [...]
