Eve
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness
What would you do if you were homeless, being evicted from tent city, and thought that jail was your best option?
Welcome to Eve’s world.
She’d been homeless for four years. I met her last week in Sacramento’s infamous tent city. The morning I met her, the police had showed up, tore down a tent, and told the people in the area if they are still there the next day they will be hauled off to jail. The prospect of being separated from her homeless community had her so worried that Eve told me off camera that jail didn’t sound like such a bad option.
I cannot help but wonder where Eve is today and what her future will be.
[Eve is the second story from my trip to Sacramento. You can view the first story and meet Chris here. I created a slide show on Whrrl to help show some of what I experienced. You can view by clicking here]
May 2nd, 2009 at 8:49 am
It reminds me of the day I was evicted from my house, I would rather have been put in prison than wander the streets.
I hate the idea they are doing this, all the mayor is doing is ignoring the problem and making people who were initially comfortable to now fend for themselves like animals.
Just because he wants to keep his tourist numbers up
Jeez
May 3rd, 2009 at 11:45 am
[...] traveled to Sacramento to meet and interview the homeless who are living there, and his most recent interview with Eve highlights the challenges they now [...]