Archive for September, 2010
Mike and Taren
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness
Tweet We still use the phrase “American Dream”, yet for so many people any chance of a dream has turned into a nightmare. I met Mike and his wife Taren ‘flying a sign’ in Bend, Oregon. Taren never imagined living like this. She is pregnant and on some days they go without food. Is there [...]
Elizabeth
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness
Tweet Elizabeth sure does not look like what we all imagine a homeless person looks like. But then again, most people when they are new to the streets don’t look ‘homeless’. After years of survival the human spirit just gets beat down to not caring anymore. Listen to Elizabeth talk about socks then imagine you [...]
Ka’e k’e
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2010
Tweet “CAUTION some content may be offensive.” Well, Ka’e k’e’s interview from St Paul, Minnesota, is exactly why I have that disclaimer on InvisiblePeople.tv. She flat out tells us what life is like on the streets for a young woman. The disclaimer ends with the sentence “our hope is you’ll get mad enough to do [...]
Troy
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2010
Tweet Walking down the street in Missoula, Montana, I could not help but notice Troy. He was visibly emotional. Troy lost his job, place to live and his dog.
Johnny
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2010
Tweet Johnny is a Vietnam Veteran living homeless in Nashville. During the interview, Johnny, who is in a wheelchair, starts telling me how the small RV he was living in was impounded. They even came to tow it when he was still inside. When Johnny told me he had raised $230 to get his “home” [...]
Randy and Dina
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2010
Tweet While walking around Atlanta, GA, I happened to find a park with over 10 people living in it. Thing is this very small park was smack dab in the middle of the city with major streets on either side. Hundreds of cars pass by every hour, yet these people remain invisible. Interesting the park [...]
Sylvester
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2010
Tweet Yes, I too am guilty of stereotyping homeless people. I almost didn’t talk to Sylvester. From a distance he looked a little “unstable”. After a morning of making new friends in Atlanta, I had one pair of socks left. I started to cross the street so I would not have to pass him, yet [...]
Darryl
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2010
Tweet I met Darryl in Florida. He has been homeless for three weeks. Darryl wants to be in a home, but right now sleeps in abandon house. We need to take a serious look at reentry into society from jail. Support services have been seriously reduced and recidivism rates are increasing. Our current system is [...]
William and Senina
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2010
Tweet Imagine you need to clean up but the only privacy you can find is between the wall on a freeway overpass and a cement barricade. That’s how I met William and Senina while walking in Atlanta. No one in America should have to live like that! “People are going to judge you by what [...]
