- Hi Patrons!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Oh my gosh!
There really are no words to
express how grateful I am,
so I try anyways and I'm recording this
exclusive video message just
for you to say thank you.
We hit our third monthly goal.
For the first time ever,
in 10 years since I
started Invisible People,
we have a regular revenue stream.
That means that I will
be able to very shortly
devote all of my
attention, all of my time,
to growing Invisible People
and increasing the impact
in ending homelessness.
That's amazing!
It's cool and it's all thanks to you.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
So now, obviously, I'm not at home.
You might have noticed that
by the dolls behind me.
I'm at my mom's house.
So one of the things I'm doing this month
is I'm moving in with my mother.
There's two reasons for that,
one is to help take care of her,
I have to apologize a little bit
because I've been meaning
to keep up on these videos,
and with, you know, giving
you an exclusive message,
but my mom fell, she
went into the hospital,
she went into a nursing home,
then she came home and
we're building a bathroom,
so she can stay home and
there's a lot going on
and there's something else really exciting
I'm gonna talk about in second,
but I just wanna apologize.
You know, this crisis with my mom's health
just keeps escalating and
it took a lot of time.
So, I apologize.
But, family first, family's important.
So, I'm moving in to take care of her
but also, I'm moving in to,
really, save on money
so I can devote more
time to Invisible People.
When I look at the revenue coming in,
and I look at,
I'm paying for this apartment
that I'm traveling all the time,
it doesn't make a lot of sense.
So, really, I mean, the main reason
is to help take care of mom,
but the other one is so
that the money coming in
through Patreon and other online donations
and the other people that are
supporting Invisible People,
that money can go to
helping us multiply impact.
And then, in the middle of all this,
I get this email.
Now, I can't,
here's some photos of me
in Los Angeles, recently.
Might give you a hint,
but I'm not allowed to
talk about this yet.
Might get some of the
idea from the photos,
but I'm not allowed to give details.
Anyways, I get this email from,
oh, I can't talk about it yet.
I'm sorry.
But this one here I can talk about.
Oculus, which is a VR company,
Facebook bought Oculus, so it's Facebook,
Oculus is partnering with Invisible People
to produce a film on homelessness,
a virtual reality film on homelessness.
A week or so ago, Oculus
brought six non-profits in
to connect with the directors
that they're partnering us with
and also other experts,
advisors, in the VR world,
amazing people, brilliant people.
I mean, it really got me
thinking a lot about story
because virtual reality just, yeah,
it opens this whole new world
to touch emotions.
So Rose Troche, hopefully
I'm saying that right,
is the director that is
partnering with Invisible People
and Oculus, so this is
really a Facebook-backed film
that's gonna be amazing,
it's a huge opportunity
and it fits right in with
what Invisible People's DNA,
our focus is to reach the general public
to educate them on homelessness.
So, oh my gosh.
A acclaimed film director,
Rose, who's brilliant,
Oculus, which is a Facebook company,
and Invisible People, wow!
So all this stuff is going on,
but really, it's only made
possible because of you.
You guys are supporting
Invisible People every month,
I am so grateful.
We just hit the third monthly goal,
there's still more people signing up,
they're gonna continue to sign up
and, wait for it,
I mean, there's so much,
you know, it's, it's
I knew 2018 was gonna be an amazing year,
I just didn't foresee how amazing
and I didn't foresee all
the challenges with my mom.
So, as there's been great joy,
there's been great challenges
and you just move through it,
you make life happen,
the good and the bad,
it's all part of life.
And, Invisible People's new brand refresh,
new strategy, new website
will launch July, at the end,
or August, it's about 80% done.
We're trying to figure out, you know,
first we've got to beta test
everything, make sure it works
and then we'll figure out
the right time to launch.
I'll make sure to give you
guys all a sneak preview
before anyone else.
The strategy, the new
website is focused on
teaching young adults about homelessness.
I mean, right now, if some kid
is doing a class
assignment on homelessness,
there's nothing for them online.
I mean, there's a lot of academic websites
or non-profits that are
trying to fundraise,
you know, you can download a 49-page PDF
with all this academic jargon,
but who wants to do that?
Invisible People will
provide educational content
that's digest, easy to read.
None of it would be possible
without your support.
We, I believe,
we, it's not me,
Invisible People is not me,
it's you and me, which is we,
we are at, I believe,
a pinnacle moment, the ground floor.
I know Invisible People has
been around for 10 years,
but we're still in start-up phase.
This is the year it's gonna explode,
we're gonna reach more people,
we're gonna have more impact
in ending homelessness
through education and
it's all because of you.
Thank you, thank you so very much
for helping us get to the third goal,
which is really the most important so far
because it really gives us almost
enough revenue to do this full-time.
We're close, it's gonna happen.
Thank you.
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