Archive for the ‘face and voice of homelessness’ Category
Evelin
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness, female, road trip 2011, San Jose
Tweet 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 a very powerful statement. I honestly believe we can help so many people, and save tax payer money, by [...]
DeMarco
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under Detroit, face and voice of homelessness, male, road trip 2011
Tweet 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 start over. Life for a single parent is hard, now add homelessness and life becomes a daily challenge! DeMarco [...]
Carolynn
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under Detroit, face and voice of homelessness, female, road trip 2011
Tweet 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. But it’s an important story that must be shared. Carolynn is homeless living on the mean streets for Detroit. [...]
Ron
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under canada, face and voice of homelessness
Tweet 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 Security and was deported back to Canada with only the clothes on his back. Ron admits he has a [...]
Maria
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness
Tweet 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’ on the streets but received a ticket for being homeless. Since this interview everyone in this tent city has [...]
Jeannie
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness, Sacramento
Tweet 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 worked as an in-home nurse. She lost her job and her place to live on the same day. Since [...]
Eli
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness, Sacramento
Tweet 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 tents today. Those of you who have been with me for a bit have heard me say this before, [...]
Jordan
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness, Sacramento
Tweet Jordan is only 19 years-old and lives in a tent city in Sacramento, California. He says the only problems he has is being cold, and not being used to homelessness. Of course, there is also the eviction notice Sacramento Police left for the tent community the day I was visiting. The good news is, [...]
Robert
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness, Sacramento
Tweet “I’m not out here because this is my lifestyle, I don’t have anywhere else to go.” ~ Robert Nearly three years ago I took a big risk and drove up to Sacramento to help empower our homeless friends after watching the circus created by Oprah. At the time, I was nineteen months unemployed. InvisiblePeople.tv [...]
John
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness
Tweet I was walking in a park near downtown Ottawa, Canada, and started to talk to a small group of homeless people sitting on the lawn. Everyone started to talk about the recent street violence of homeless people being attacked for no reason. John (not his real name) showed me photos he took on his [...]
