This year’s Homeless Persons Memorial Day has passed. Links to our coverage of local events, in chronological order, is listed here. You may still recap collaborative coverage of the national observance below.
48* Dead:
Homeless advocates question city budget priorities, morals
The March:
Outside looking in
War Stories:
Community open mic on surviving homelessness
The Longview:
“Homeless Homeless Advocate” calls for more collaboration
Community Unity:
Demonstrators distribute warm clothing downtown
The Ask:
Grieving advocates demand investments in housing
The List:
Interfaith service mourns lost neighbors
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Opinion:
Where did they go?
On and around the first day of winter, Dec. 21, an estimated 112 events are being held in 39 states, honoring 2,675 people who have died while unhoused, according to the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH).
