Archive for the ‘face and voice of homelessness’ Category
Darryl
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under canada, face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2011
Tweet I met Darryl panhandling in Toronto, Canada. He has been homeless on and off since 2007. Sadly, Darryl aged out of foster care with no place to go. Even worse, that is the norm not the exception for many young adults in North America. Although reports vary, since at best any homeless data is [...]
Brotha BlueStocking
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2011
Tweet After being on the road since I left Los Angeles on June 15th, and traveling to 24 cities around Canada, I knew by the time I hit Boston I would be beat down tired. I was honored and grateful to be offered a speaking gig that covered a hotel stay, so the plan was [...]
Carly
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under canada, face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2011
Tweet I met Carly in Winnipeg, Canada. Carley has been homeless since she was seventeen. Use was using drugs and her parents couldn’t take it anymore. The police came and picked her up, then dropped her off at a Salvation Army homeless shelter. The good news is Carly now has a year clean and sober. [...]
Al
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under canada, face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2011
Tweet I met Al in Toronto, Canada. Because of a drinking problem he lost his business, his family…everything. The night before we met Al slept outside. He has on the streets for 15 years. My heart broke when he told me his wife died this past October out on the streets. No one should die [...]
Terra
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under canada, face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2011
Tweet I met Terra in Toronto, Canada. An outreach nurse who had been helping her connected us. Terra is a wonderful, gorgeous 25 year-old woman who has lived on the streets for 5 months. Terra tells a very real story about life on the streets. She doesn’t like shelters because she was beat up in [...]
Billy
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness
Tweet I met Billy in Toronto, Canada. Billy goes to sleep every night on a piece of cardboard watching the people walk by wondering why no one will help a little. Two days before I met Billy police ticketed him for panhandling. The fine is $110, which is a fortune to someone without income. The [...]
Mo
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under canada, face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2011
Tweet I met Mo in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Mo had a place, but her kidney’s failed, and after a hospital stay she was evicted from her apartment. Mo tells the real story about life on the streets in Canada. Mo’s three wishes, a place a place a place. I can only pray that soon Mo [...]
Jean
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under canada, face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2011
Tweet I met Jean in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Both of her parents died last year. The house they were living in was burned down. After paying for two funerals Jean was left without any money and housing. Jean admits that panhandling is no way to make a living. But even though she has a [...]
Catherine
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under canada, face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2011
Tweet I may have never known Catherine was homeless unless there was a hat on the sidewalk “asking” for donations. Funny thing in Canada, homeless people in urban areas don’t actually ask for money like they do in the States. That would be considered “aggressive panhandling”, and often homeless people are ticketed or arrested. I [...]
Mark
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under canada, face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2011
Tweet Mark had been traveling around Canada looking for work and finally found a job in Winnipeg. Trouble is, he doesn’t get his first paycheck for ten days and still needs money to survive. Mark says panhandling is better than doing crime and going to jail, and even though he can be ticketed for panhandling, [...]
