National Homeless Persons' Memorial Day
http://www.nationalhomeless.org/
December 21, 2009
Objective:
the event raises awareness about the high personal cost of homelessness with vigils in memory of those who have died while homeless.
Each year since 1990, on or near the first day of winter and the longest night of the year, National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) has sponsored National Homeless Persons' Memorial Day to bring attention to the tragedy of homelessness and to remember our homeless friends who have paid the ultimate price for our nation's failure to end homelessness. This year, the National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC) has joined us in co-sponsoring this event.
In an effort to maximize the impact of the day, NCH and the NHCHC have encouraged local and statewide organizations to hold memorials of their own. Last year, over 100 cities across the nation, from Detroit to Seattle to Washington, DC, sponsored events to honor those who had died and to recommit to the task of ending homelessness.
Photo from Matt from London's photostream at Flickr.http://www.flickr.com/photos/londonmatt/3031073681/
12/16/09 HUFF Santa Cruz to hold event
by: HUFFSantaCruz
Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom will be holding an event to co-incide with the Homeless Persons Memorial Day.
In Santa Cruz, California, the Homeless Services Center in conjunction with the Homeless Persons Health Project will be holding a memorial for those who have died while experiencing homelessness in 2009 at 115 Coral St, Santa Cruz, Ca. 95060, Tuesday, Dec. 22nd 2009, at 10:00 AM
HUFF will be holding an event later on downtown , on Pacific Ave. in front of Bookshop Santa
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12/20/09 UNSAFE to be homeless in SANTA CRUZ, Ca.
by: HUFFSantaCruz
DECEMBER 22ND HUFF SING-OUT,
HOT SOUP, AND CHILLING MESSAGE
1:30pm Pacific Ave. near the Scribner Statue & Bookshop Santa Cruz
---HUFF caroling
---HOT nourishing free soup
---COLD, HARD FACTS for the public to ponder in the Christmas season
"UNSAFE TO BE HOMELESS in Santa Cruz"
Every year, the Homeless Persons Health Project issues
a report documenting those who have died on our streets while homeless.
Inclement weather, violence, suicide, overdose, and disease take
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