Advocate Mark Horvath Highlights Real Stories of Homeless in U.S., Canada
The InvisiblePeople.tv project – the nationally-recognized nonprofit that tackles poverty and homelessness using the power of social media – is set to launch its first international road trip. Mark Horvath, homeless advocate, creator of InvisiblePeople.tv and "one of the top activists to follow on Twitter" according to Huffington Post, will make his way across the U.S. and Canada over the next four months to raise awareness and smash stereotypes about the plight of North America's homeless.
Advocate Mark Horvath Will Enable Homeless People in 28 Cities Across the U.S. to Tell Their Stories and Raise Awareness Via Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Other Social Networking Sites
LOS ANGELES -- InvisiblePeople.tv - the nationally-recognized nonprofit that tackles poverty and homelessness using the power of social media - embarks today on its 2010 Road Trip U.S.A. to raise awareness and smash stereotypes about the plight of America's homeless.
On March 1-3, 2010, homeless advocate and video documentarian Mark Horvath will visit Anchorage, Alaska to capture the stories of the people who live their lives in the streets. Horvath will spend time in the city’s homeless camps, where more than a dozen people died in 2009, videotaping the personal stories of those he calls the Invisible People. “Some homeless are passed on the street as if they don't exist or looked at as though they were nothing more than litter,” Horvath says. “My goal is m…
ABOUT INVISIBLEPEOPLE.TV: Since its launch in November 2008, InvisiblePeople.tv has leveraged the power of video and the massive reach of social media to share the compelling, gritty, and unfiltered stories of homeless people from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. The vlog (video blog) gets up close and personal with veterans, mothers, children, layoff victims and others who have been forced onto the streets by a variety of circumstances. One story at a time, videos posted on InvisiblePeople.tv shatter the stereotypes of America’s homeless, force shifts in perception, and deliver a call to action that is being answered by national brands, nonprofit organizations and everyday citizens now committed to opening their eyes and their hearts to those too often forgotten.
