We will be seen, we are visible
Posted by Marc | 15-09-2010 22:05 | Category: Homelessness
“I once heard a story about a homeless man on Hollywood Blvd who really thought he was invisible. But one a day kid handed the man a Christian pamphlet. The homeless guy was shocked and amazed, “what! You can see me? How can you see me? I’m invisible!”
With this quote I started my post in 2008 about Invisible People. For me this homeless awareness vlog is still one of the highlights we wrote about in the 2,100 posts on Osocio.
The project is now a real big thing in the social marketing world. Mark Horvath, the man behind the project, won $50,000 in the Pepsi Refresh campaign earlier this year. He promissed to invest the money in new projects for homeless people.
We Are Visible is the first project which just started. Goal is the help homeless people to become part of a community again by using social media like Twitter and Facebook.
As @beckyblanton said on wearevisible.com:
Nothing is more powerful than our stories. Whether it’s story told in pictures, or story told in words, stories change people. Social media and blogs are how and where we tell our stories. Stories connect us to the world. No matter how rich, how poor, how young, how powerful or how weak, stories change us. Homeless people have one story - or so people think. No one bothers to stop and ask the homeless for their story or even expects to see a story other than, “I’m broke, addicted, mentally ill, angry, hurt and dangerous.” It’s up to you to add to, or go beyond that negative story. If you ever wanted the keys to life, to possibility, to freedom, social media and a blog are those keys. Get them. Use them. They can change your world.
Sign up—Speak up—BE SEEN!
In the video below: Ann Marie is homeless and she uses social media to help tell the world her story and to fight away loneliness.
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