Archive for April, 2010
Paul
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness
Tweet Paul is homeless in Hollywood. We met in front of the CNN Building where a group of homeless people gather outside to watch TV. The TV’s play audio outside and people watch the news, of course CNN. I think it’s awesome and I was happy to hear the security guards are cool. Paul is [...]
Rich
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness
Tweet I met Rich in Boulder, Colorado. He’s a widower who, three years after his wife died, gave their home away to a single mother. That was when he set out on his journey of homelessness. He hoped to live 6 years after the death of his wife; that was 15 years ago. Since then, [...]
Jose
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness, road trip
Tweet I met Jose in Salt Lake City while I was handing out socks. He’s homeless because he can’t find any work lately, and he wasn’t able to pay rent at his apartment. He sleeps by the river, and when we talked, he was excited to have just received a sleeping bag from the shelter [...]
Bernice and Thomas
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness
Tweet Bernice and Thomas are alone and jobless in Salt Lake City. They’re traveling from Seattle to Arizona, but due to sickness, money ran out in Utah. Now, they don’t know where any shelters are and don’t have any friends or family here. When the rain and snow came, they had to cover themselves under [...]
Popcorn
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness
Tweet I met Popcorn on the streets of San Francisco. He came to San Francisco from Michigan, and he found himself unemployed after losing his job as a hotel worker and security guard. Popcorn has an interesting optimism and upbeat tone as he talks, even though life on the streets is hard. When I asked [...]
Luke
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under alaska, face and voice of homelessness
Tweet Luke is homeless and panhandling in Anchorage, Alaska. In Alaska, he is often referred to as a “chronic inebriate”–an individual who drinks too much, too often. Last night, Luke slept at the “sleep-off,” a center in Alaska for chronic inebriates to safely sleep and recover from drunkenness. It’s one of the few warm places [...]
