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Homeless Man Uses Facebook, Social Media to Advocate for Others Like Him

Homeless Man Uses Facebook, Social Media to Advocate for Others Like Him
Eric Sheptock has 4,548 Facebook friends, 839 Twitter followers, two blogs and an e-mail account with 1,600 unread messages. What he doesn't have is a place to live, which is what gives this unemployed former crack addict who hasn't had a permanent address in 15 years his clout on the issue of homelessness.

Eric Sheptock has 4,548 Facebook friends, 839 Twitter followers, two blogs and an e-mail account with 1,600 unread messages.

What he doesn't have is a place to live.

Being a homeless homeless advocate is the thing that gives Sheptock – an unemployed former crack addict who hasn't had a permanent address in 15 years – his clout on the issue of homelessness.

(READ the story in the Washington Post)

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