DESC and Compass Housing Leaf Dedications, August 22, 2014

August 23, 2014 / No Comments

On August 22nd, we laid five additional leaves in Pioneer Square. Abel Gonzalez and Brandon Jeffrey Mickelson were honored at the Compass Housing Alliance, and Gerald “TC Willie” Aust, Patrick Joseph, and Arthur Lee Lassiter were each honored at DESC.

Family of Brandon Mickelson gathered around his leaf at Compass Center.

Pam with friend Patrick Joseph’s Leaf at DESC.

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These Leaves of Remembrance bear witness: The sorrows and struggles of people living without a home are not nothing. There is courage here, and community, and hope. And all too often there is death at a young age, grief for family and friends who will never forget comrades they loved. Now these Leaves say “Our city must not forget!” Those who pass by are called by these names to remembrance, to compassion, and to action. They cry out for justice, for shelter and safety.

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