Posts Tagged ‘James’
James
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness, road trip
From $90,000 a year to the streets, James is a story of American heartbreak.
Working in the auto industry and as an electrician, he seemed on top of the world. He accepted an early buyout, took the chance to go back to college, and graduated to find no opportunities.
Shelters and abandoned buildings became home to James [...]
James
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness
Seattle’s homeless encampment (dubbed “Nickelsville” after Seattle’s mayor) is unlike anything I have ever experienced. Sure, it’s a tent city. But it is also a community in every sense of the word. But, unlike most communities, Nickelsville is at the mercy of the city of Seattle. Already this year, Nickelsville has been bulldozed seven times [...]
James
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness
I wish I could share with you the emotion I felt the first time I walked into Sacramento’s original and now infamous Tent City. Despite all of the homeless communities I have visited and lived in, I never felt tension like this before.
James was the first person I met at tent city. He was hard [...]
