Seattle Central Library Leaf Dedication, August 25, 2017

August 2, 2018 / No Comments

On August 25th , 2017 we finally dedicated and laid down 12 beautiful bronze Leaves outside Central Library for book-loving beloved community members. Pastor Rick Reynolds of Operation Nightwatch presided, and we were joined by many friends, supporters, and library staff and denizens. Library staff, we’ve learned, respectfully consider homeless people to be their “daily readers.”

Library staffer Valerie Wonder makes welcoming remarks.

Peggy remembers her friend and SHARE Power Lunch chef, Wes Singletary III.

‘Pastor Rick holding Matt “Giant” Barrett’s book, “A View from the Street.”

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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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