“Housing ends homelessness” is a cute saying but people need community and purpose. Art, music, and theater can help with that and can be used as an advocacy tool for policy change. ⁦With One Voice is working to strengthen art NGOs that are helping homeless people.

Here is the vlog I shot at last year's North America Summit in Montreal: [ Ссылка ]

Link to NBC Dateline that features Brian and Invisible People. It also features Vijay Gupta and Street Symphony along with Urban Voices Project: [ Ссылка ]

My favorite part of this vlog is at the end when I talk with Emma and Denise about sleeping rough in the UK. Here is Denise's story: [ Ссылка ]

Cameras change everything. I try to always have a camera with me but there are times when I am either too busy to shoot video or that I want to participate in the event. At this year's With One Voice International Arts and Homelessness Summit in Manchester, I wanted to be present so I didn't shoot a lot of video content. I also didn't have the right equipment to really cover the event as it should be.

Because the event was so awesome and history in the making, I made this vlog out of the segments that I did shoot.

250 delegates from 15 countries traveled to Manchester, Uk to network and exchange ideas to help support a growing international arts and homelessness movement. An estimated 20,000 members of the public joined for a week-long Festival.

Why arts and homelessness?

Homelessness is not just about housing, and people who are homeless can suffer from a multitude of challenges from practical ‘house-lessness’ to low well-being, social isolation and stigma. The arts are being used effectively around the world to reduce social isolation by building social networks and increasing both physical and mental health, improve public attitudes/promote understanding towards homeless people and enable homeless people to express themselves so their voice can be heard.

For more information about With One Voice: [ Ссылка ]

Special thanks to Ashley Proulx (www.ashleyproulx.com)

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About Invisible People:

Since its launch in November 2008, Invisible People 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. Each week, they’re on InvisiblePeople.tv, and high traffic sites such as YouTube, Twitter and Facebook, proving to a global audience that while they may often be ignored, they are far from invisible.

Invisible People goes beyond the rhetoric, statistics, political debates, and limitations of social services to examine poverty in America via a medium that audiences of all ages can understand, and can’t ignore. The vlog puts into context one of our nation’s most troubling and prevalent issues through personal stories captured by the lens of Mark Horvath – its founder – and brings into focus the pain, hardship and hopelessness that millions face each day. 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.

Invisible People is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to changing the way we think about people experiencing homelessness.

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