Road Trip
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InvisiblePeople.tv International Road Trip 2011
InvisiblePeople.tv road trip keeps getting bigger continuing to be a catalyst for change in the fight against homelessness. Communities have rallied to house people experiencing homelessness and others have created housing programs, a farmer donated land that is now being used to help feed low-income families , and miracles that cannot be explained continue to happen. Last year, YouTube allowed InvisiblePeople.tv to curate their homepage for a day, that one day resulted in 1.6 million people touching homelessness that would have never rolled down their window at an exit ramp.
Thanks to Calgary Homeless Foundation and Community Action Committee InvisiblePeople.tv goes international traveling extensively throughout Canada. The road trip then returns to United States and continues from Maine through the Midwest and back to Southern California. For more information on the road trip click here for the press release.
This year our friends at Pierce Family Foundation have donated a $10,000 matching grant. That means that every dollar donated will be matched dollar for dollar up to $10,000. Your donations will immediately double resulting in more impact to fight homelessness. Our friends at Razoo created this website for online donations and for you to “ride along” on the road trip. The site includes a live “Dash Cam” and real-time Google map so it’s almost like you are in the passenger seat. Make sure to bookmark http://invisiblepeople.tv/razoo and visit often as we travel Canada and the United States.
Your donations help keep InvisiblePeople.tv going.
2011 Road Trip Sponsors
please say thanks to all who helped make this trip happen
InvisiblePeople.tv Road Trip 2010
On any given night, over one million people sleep without a home to call their own. In the past year, homelessness in America has snowballed into a full-fledged crisis. According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, 80 percent of individuals and 90 percent of families are homeless due to economic reasons. Community-based homeless service organizations from California to Massachusetts are reporting sharp increases in demand. In many communities, there are not enough shelter beds to meet the need, contributing to the growth of tent cities and the transformation of motels into temporary homeless shelters.
The experience of being displaced and without a home is devastating. The experience of living in a shelter, on the streets, or in a tent city is humbling. And the experience of sharing one’s story is powerful. For those less impacted by the economic downturn, the experience of coming face-to-face with people who are often shunned by society is both eye-opening and deeply moving.
InvisiblePeople.tv Road Trip 2010 Calendar
Track My Tour Click Here
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Ways You Can Help
- Host Mark at a stop on the tour. Bring him to your community’s shelters/tent cities/homeless encampments and see that these stories are heard.
- Put the issue of homelessness on the front page of your local paper. Host a Road Trip event. Invite Mark and other local experts to speak. Invite the press. Write a letter to the editor about the tour. Make people listen.
- Make a donation! Buy a tank of gas for $50, a night at a hotel room for $100, or two weeks of meals for $300.
- Spread the word! Post stories on Facebook and Twitter. Scream as loud as you can.
- Take action locally and get involved. Three sites to help get you started: Idealist.org I VolunteerMatch I 2-1-1 (dial #211 from any phone)
- Don’t let your involvement end with the tour. CLICK HERE for 10 additional actions you can take to fight homelessness every day.
Ways To Donate
Your donations help keep InvisiblePeople.tv going.
Mail checks to:
InvisiblePeople.tv
7119 W Sunset Blvd #618
Los Angeles, CA 90046
*** When I am on the road it may be months before I can receive mail
2010 Road Trip Sponsors
PLEASE THANK ALL WHO HELPED MAKE THIS HAPPEN
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Invisiblepeople.Tv Visits The Deadly Terrain Of Alaska
The following video is from my most recent trip to Alaska. Read more here
On March 1-3, 2010, I will visit Anchorage, Alaska to capture the stories of the people who live their lives in the streets. InvisiblePeople.tv will spend time in the city’s homeless camps, where more than a dozen people died in 2009, videotaping the personal stories of those living without a home in “The Last Frontier”.
InvisiblePeople.tv’s trip to Alaska is being sponsored by a generous donation fromHertz Car Rental and other caring individuals.
Links:
InvisiblePeople.tv Headed to Alaska
The following is from 2009′s Road Trip. We are working on a 2010 Road Trip along with a new and improved website.
InvisiblePeople.tv Road Trip U.S.A.
This summer, InvisiblePeople.tv is traveling across America to capture the stories of people without a home. By visiting tent cities, motels, and other modern-day accommodations for people without a home, this tour will unearth the modern-day realities of homelessness while providing a venue for “invisible” people to tell their story, raw and unedited.
Follow Along
Click Here For Updated Calendar
2009 Road Trip Sponsors
PLEASE THANK ALL WHO HELPED MAKE THIS HAPPEN
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