Archive for the ‘Sacramento’ Category
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 [...]
