At 3 PM Tuesday, June 11th at the Columbia City PCC (3610 S Edmunds), we’re re-laying and re-dedicating a Leaf of Remembrance for beloved Real Change vendor Robert Hansen. This Dedication has long been in the works, and is a beautiful story: Robert’s Leaf was first laid in 2011 at the Seward Park PCC, where he’d been a much-loved vendor for many years. When the store moved to Columbia City, Robert’s Leaf was requested to move with it! It took us some time to navigate the bureaucratic permitting processes, but we’re very glad now to be able to honor this request for Robert’s Leaf to be placed outside “his” PCC.…

WHEEL Women in Black ARE standing vigil from noon to 1 PM TOMORROW (Wednesday, February 13th) outside the Seattle Justice Center at 5th & Cherry. In addition to those whose names we released last week who died in January, we also will be honoring Derek Johnson, 59, who died of hypothermia last Wednesday morning (2/6) at a SODO light rail station. This vigil will be one small, simple act of solidarity and love. Those who wish to stand with us should BUNDLE UP. Those who wish to be in solidarity with the vigil can stand/sit in Seattle City Hall, across the street from the vigil site. As is our tradition, we’ll…

2018 year-to-date King County deaths outside, or by violence  (We’re grateful to the King County Medical Examiners and Health Care for the Homeless for assistance.) CAUSE OF DEATH: WHO: WHEN: WHERE: NATURAL CAUSES Stanley Krebs, 64 1/2/18 Sammamish NATURAL CAUSES Scott Allerhand, 55 1/2/18 alley/Jackson St MULTIPLE BLUNT FORCE INJURIES Bradford Oling, 63 1/3/18 Shelton/HMC SUICIDE Karim Suleman, 60 1/4/18 Bellevue SHOT TO DEATH Joshua Werner, 27 1/7/18 Edmonds/HMC HEROIN OD Nathan Lavere, 41 1/8/18 1010 Boyleston NATURAL CAUSES Christopher Jewell, 56 1/10/18 501—2nd Ave W MULTIPLE BLUNT FORCE INJURIES Aaron Johnson, 31 1/14/18 Shilshole HEROIN OD Kevin Browder, 28 1/15/18 400 Broad METH OD Alex Norton, 39 1/15/18 6th/S…

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Download a printable copy and spread the word! Previously dedicated Leaves

Since 2003, the Homeless Remembrance Project – a collaborative effort of homeless women, faith community leaders, designers, artists, social service providers and other friends – has worked to create places of hope, heading, and beauty to honor and remember homeless people who’ve died in King County. Our committee designed, developed and now maintains the only permanent public memorial for homeless people anywhere in the world. http://homelessremembrance.org/. Our concept is twofold: The Tree of Life sculpture and community gathering place, in Victor Steinbrueck Park (north of Pike Place Market) Leaves of Remembrance on Seattle sidewalks bear the names of those who have died, and at the site: www.fallenleaves.org we share their…

On December 21st, the longest night of the year, WHEEL/Women in Black held our annual Winter Solstice Vigil, reckoning with the 90 homeless people who’ve died outside or by violence so far this year.  In the midst of this grief, our hearts were warmed by the huge community turnout—thank you!  

YOU’RE  INVITED to THE HOMELESS REMEMBRANCE PROJECT’s long-awaited “Leaves of Remembrance” Dedication at Seattle Central Library 1000 Fourth Avenue NOON Friday August 25th    For more than a decade, The Homeless Remembrance Project has created places of hope, healing, and beauty to honor and remember homeless people who’ve died in King County.  The Project has two parts:  A beautiful “Tree of Life” sculpture and gathering place at Victor Steinbrueck Park (north of Pike Place Market), and “Leaves of Remembrance,” with names, embedded in sidewalks—more than 240 throughout the City. PLEASE JOIN US TO WITNESS & CELEBRATE the Friday, August 25th dedication of twelve “Leaves of Remembrance” at Seattle’s Central Library,…