Channel: Invisible People

Category: Nonprofits & Activism

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Description: La Donna is a homeless entrepreneur who struggles with constant threats of displacement from the city, making it impossible for her to build forward momentum to get out of homelessness. Tanya lives with her son, who suffers from seizures; her husband has skin cancer and lives in the tent next door. He panhandles and is unable to get work because of his condition. Both women live in a homeless encampment in Van Nuys, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. How do homeless people better their lives when they are constantly being cut down? And being homeless is hard enough. Encampment sweeps and the criminalization of homelessness make it incredibly difficult for people to establish themselves enough to one day no longer be homeless. Los Angeles is spending tens of millions of dollars on homeless sweeps and the criminalization of poverty that does NOTHING to solve homelessness. In many ways, encampment sweeps make it harder to help people. The constant displacement causes trauma. Sweeps are cruel and a waste of taxpayer money. Cities all over America are putting more resources into using homeless people out of sight than working to get people off the streets. With homelessness continuing to increase, the growing criminalization will make homelessness worse. In Los Angeles, please support Services Not Sweeps servicesnotsweeps.com Nationally, please support Housing Not Handcuffs housingnothandcuffs.org We all must advocate for more housing and support services and stop homeless sweeps at the local level. At the same time, we must continue to pressure state and federal legislators. Your voice can help end homelessness. If we do not fix the affordable housing crisis, homelessness will continue to get worse. Click here invisiblepeople.tv/getinvolved to tweet, email, call, or Facebook your federal and state legislators to tell them ending homelessness and creating more affordable housing is a priority to you. Executive producer: Mark Horvath Producer/editor/videographer: Jonathan Thang nomadicperception.com More stories on homeless sweeps: Los Angeles Homeless Sweeps Destroy People's Lives youtu.be/Ow_LEAyNWLY Rats and Police Sweeps: Homeless in Los Angeles youtu.be/9Iv3x4Gx8Jg Disabled Man Arrested for Being Homeless in Las Vegas - TWICE youtu.be/5fkh5YMxQwQ #homeless #losangeles #servicesnotsweeps ================================== Subscribe here: youtube.com/c/invisiblepeople?sub_confirmation=1 Invisible People’s website: invisiblepeople.tv Support Invisible People: invisiblepeople.tv/donate On Patreon: patreon.com/invisiblepeople Invisible People’s Social Media: youtube.com/invisiblepeople twitter.com/invisiblepeople instagram.com/invisiblepeople facebook.com/invisiblepeopletv Mark Horvath’s Twitter: twitter.com/hardlynormal About Invisible People There is a direct correlation between what the general public perceives about homelessness and how it affects policy change. Most people blame homelessness on the person experiencing it instead of the increasing shortage of affordable housing, lack of employment, childhood trauma, lack of a living wage, or the countless reasons that put a person at risk. This lack of understanding creates a dangerous cycle of misperception that leads to the inability to effectively address the root causes of homelessness. We imagine a world where everyone has a place to call home. Each day, we work to fight homelessness by giving it a face while educating individuals about the systemic issues that contribute to its existence. Through storytelling, education, news, and activism, we are changing the narrative on homelessness. This isn’t just talk. Each year, our groundbreaking educational content reaches more than a billion people across the globe. Our real and unfiltered stories of homelessness shatter stereotypes, demand attention and deliver a call-to-action that is being answered by governments, major brands, nonprofit organizations, and everyday citizens just like you. However, there is more work to be done on the road ahead. Homelessness is undoubtedly one of our biggest societal issues today and will only continue to grow if we don’t take action now. Invisible People is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to educating the public about homelessness through innovative storytelling, news, and advocacy. Since our launch in 2008, Invisible People has become a pioneer and trusted resource for inspiring action and raising awareness in support of advocacy, policy change and thoughtful dialogue around poverty in North America and the United Kingdom.