Mark Horvath knows what it is like to be homeless. He knows what it is like to be treated as though he is invisible to the people around him. This is the reason that he created Invisible People. Invisible People is a “nonprofit organization dedicated to changing the way we think about people experiencing homelessness” (invisiblepeople.tv). Mark Horvath’s main goal is to raise awareness about the homeless population and his message is being well spread through the use of social media. Mark Horvath has based his organization, Invisible People, around the fact that many homeless people are ignored on the streets and are treated as though they do not exist. Mark Horvath is trying to fix this. He does this by talking with homeless people across
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On March 6th of 2010, an article entitled “Former Homeless Man’s Videos Profile Life on Street” was written by Rob Schmitz for the National Public Radio. In the article, the author writes about Horvath’s life before founding Invisible People, what Horvath does now, and how he helps the homeless population (Schmitz). Horvath uses platforms such as Twitter and Youtube to share with the world what the homeless population has to go through and how many of them got to where they currently are. These actions have gotten Horvath and his organization recognition across the …show more content…
He has done this through various social media platforms and reached out to many people through each type of social media that he utilizes. On Twitter, Horvath has a following of over twenty six thousand people on his personal Instagram and more than forty five thousand people on the twitter for Invisible People. On his personal Facebook, he has been able to reach out to over 2,000 people. The Facebook page for Invisible People has fifty one thousand five hundred and forty four likes and is followed by forty nine thousand seven hundred and seventy seven followers. Mark Horvath has been able to reach out to tens of thousands of people through social media. Social media has given him the power to raise awareness and take action about homelessness in cities around the world. Horvath has been able to take an unfortunate time in his life and use it to create awareness of homeless people all over the
On March 6th of 2010, an article entitled “Former Homeless Man’s Videos Profile Life on Street” was written by Rob Schmitz for the National Public Radio. In the article, the author writes about Horvath’s life before founding Invisible People, what Horvath does now, and how he helps the homeless population (Schmitz). Horvath uses platforms such as Twitter and Youtube to share with the world what the homeless population has to go through and how many of them got to where they currently are. These actions have gotten Horvath and his organization recognition across the …show more content…
He has done this through various social media platforms and reached out to many people through each type of social media that he utilizes. On Twitter, Horvath has a following of over twenty six thousand people on his personal Instagram and more than forty five thousand people on the twitter for Invisible People. On his personal Facebook, he has been able to reach out to over 2,000 people. The Facebook page for Invisible People has fifty one thousand five hundred and forty four likes and is followed by forty nine thousand seven hundred and seventy seven followers. Mark Horvath has been able to reach out to tens of thousands of people through social media. Social media has given him the power to raise awareness and take action about homelessness in cities around the world. Horvath has been able to take an unfortunate time in his life and use it to create awareness of homeless people all over the