We’ve written before about Mark Horvath, aka @hardlynormal, who advocates for the homeless through social media.
Just today, Revolution MacInnes tweeted us with his story:
As the story on HuffPo and Chicago’s Patch starts out:
When you watch Revolution MacInnes walking through the streets of Oak Park, you get the feeling you’re seeing, if nothing else, someone different.
He has the hulking frame and wardrobe of a pro wrestler, with the gray-white tendrils and big bushy salt-and-pepper goatee to match. Adorned with a scarf around his neck and a kerchief around his wrist, there’s a hint of aging Lothario, too.
And then there’s the searching eyes of man who’s street wisdom and intellectual heft afford him a certain frantic professorial vibe, The Dude plus 30 pounds.
Currently, he’s homeless. Sort of.
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Born with the name Rob Sidio, “Rev” is an artist, an employee of a nonprofit and an advocate for the homeless who’s taken his mission of help to social media. Which all sounds sacrosanct and noble and simple.
His story suggests that at the moment, “doing better” than other homeless people on the streets, though Rev might tell you that’s a classic straw man argument. But social media fits right into Rev’s mantra of talking to everyone, all the time. Because you never know who you’ll connect with.
“Atheist or not, you’ve got to give the universe a little credit, right?”
We like to say that social media “accelerates serendipity.” But either way, thanks for the connection, Rev.
Revolution MacInnes can be found on Twitter @From_Nothing or at his blog.
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video credit Philip Downie and Casey Cora
Thank you very much for the cross posting. Serendipity on fire lately for me. But as so often the case I find myself sitting in a public place happy tears flowing down across my course, harsh face. So grateful for the new connections. The hope that maybe your posting can make a little tiny bit more of a difference. But the tears also represent the pain of all those that I cannot possibly get to, every homeless person needs individualized attention to help wrest themselves from their plight. Giants like Mark Horvath (@HardlyNormal) are trying very hard to create our… Read more »