Posts Tagged ‘Darryl’
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 [...]
Darryl
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness, road trip
Tweet Before winter hit in St. Paul, Minnesota, I met Darryl. He’s been without a home since October, and he’s recently run into a new round of problems as his son needs assistance as well and he goes through a divorce from his wife. He’s tried to return to live with his family a few [...]
Darryl
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness, road trip
Tweet In 2007, police in St. Petersburg, Florida slashed tents as their former occupants watched in horror. In response to this horrible incident, a government-approved tent city called Pinellas Hope was created. Although the regulation of tent cities is a strategy often supported by homeless advocates, the approach is not immune to challenges. Pinellas Hope [...]
