Inside VJ'S Tent at Tent City

Join iCare America founder, Val Jon Farris is his tent at Tent City in Sacramento, CA. He shares about the safe ground project and some about his experiences with the homeless population.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• icare-america
• val jon farris
• tent city
• nonprofit

[humantestdummy]

how do you have the internet?

[valjonfarris]

The city library is only a few blocks away. They have computers and wifi. VJ

[humantestdummy]

aww ok, so are living in those tents for real?

[valjonfarris]

For real dude.

[StephStance]

are there people who are there with out tents?What is taking so long for them to find a safe area?

It's upsetting that people so often homelessness is seen as "failure".One has nothing to do with the other.Sad really.

[valjonfarris]

Most have tents because of our group iCare America and other faith and service groups. But now I see many laying strewn across the wasteland left behind. VJ

[humantestdummy]

i suppose, but not all churches are bad

[ministercreek]

People been living in tents since the beginning of time.

Living in a tent is not some "weird" idea. Tents make a wonderful home...shelter.

Just read the Holy Scriptures. Abramam, Issac and Jacob all made their dwellings in tabernacles. Where they "wrong" for dwelling in tents?

[ministercreek]

Churches could care less. All they care about the money they can milk out of people. Take The Chapel for example. This mega-church here in Akron persecutes the poor and hates the same. Knute Larson recently "retired" from The Chapel after 26 years of lavish living. He lived the most luxurious life-style while the Senior Pastor at The Chapel. He could care less for those less fortunate.

[humantestdummy]

oh sry man, cant you collect unemployment? or is there a salvation army there or a church you can go to?