Homeless Remembrance Project

Our gratitude to all who joined our Women in Black vigil today! We honored 13 beloved people who died unsheltered this year, dedicating the vigil to the memories of Krista Janousek and Mark Morin. Please join us in our next memorial events! We’ll be blessing and dedicating new (and old!) Leaves of Remembrance at these locations over the next few weeks:

**1 PM FRI 7/24 at Compass Housing Alliance (77 S. Washington), re-dedicating 23 Leaves that had been temporarily displaced during construction, and adding a Leaf for Sydney Bookstein.

**2 PM MON 8/3 at St James Cathedral (9th/Columbia), blessing and dedicating new Leaves for Daniel Goodman, Destini Phillips, Lorna “Pinky” White, Greer Dunaway, Mona Gaiter, Carla Reese, Joseph “Joe” Martinez, and Sandra Reyes.

**During/after 10:35 AM SUN 8/9 service at All Pilgrims Church (500 Broadway E), blessing and dedicating new Leaves for Elizabeth “Mama Sara” Magyar, Lindsey Dawson, and Brent Morgan Wood.

**5:30 PM WED 8/19 at South Park Branch Library (8604—8th S, a new host location, in partnership with SPL!), dedicating Leaves for Alexander James Saulina, Francisco Diaz-Prieto, Andrea After Buffalo, and Sophit Chuon.

Later this season we'll be scheduling Leaves Dedications in Ballard, at Central Library, and perhaps a couple other locations. Thank you for your solidarity and witness!

WHEEL/Women in Black will stand vigil on the steps of City Hall (4th/James) from NOON to 1 PM Wednesday, July 15th for THIRTEEN homeless people who’ve died unsheltered or in public; 12 just in the month of June. We’ll honor and remember:

**Joseph Barros, 52, found on Kent Interurban Trail; died of combo OD in hospital on 4/15
**Dale Lalonde, 57, died outside Benaroya Hall on 6/1; cause pending
**Michael Stegemann, 52, temp. housed, died by fentanyl/m**h OD in a camper-trailer in Kent on 6/5
**Ilay Chavez-Flores, 25, died at 3rd/Pine on 6/8; cause pending
**Mohammed Shinwary, 39, died by fentanyl/m**h OD in a vehicle in Kent on 6/8
**Eladio Ortiz, 52, died by fentanyl/m**h OD at Westcrest Park on 6/9
**Samuel Hiltenbrand, 28, died by fentanyl OD outside near 105th/Aurora on 6/10
**Lemir Moran Laguna, 38, died by fentanyl/m**h OD in a tent near 12th/Dearborn on 6/18
**Juan Lazos Prieto, 28, died by fentanyl OD behind a Redmond business on 6/18
**Adrian Anthony, 41, died by combo OD at a bus stop at 125th/Aurora on 6/18
**Lamont Broussard, 49, died by fentanyl/m**h OD outside an abandoned house on S. Walker on 6/19
**Edward Smith, 63, died of natural causes outside a business on Elliott Ave on 6/20
**Tonio Johnson, 39, died by fentanyl OD outside a Tukwila restaurant on 6/22

This vigil will be dedicated to Kristina “Krista” Janousek, beloved of WHEEL, who died last month.

WITHOUT SHELTER, PEOPLE DIE! AT LEAST 116 PEOPLE ALREADY THIS YEAR, AND 271 IN 2025. PLEASE JOIN US IN CALLING FOR SHELTER FOR ALL.

Last month’s vigil was sparsely attended. It’s hard when so few of us are standing to remember so many. Please join our vigil if you can!

We also invite you to help with the other ways we give dignity to the remembrance of homeless people: It’s the Homeless Remembrance Project’s Leaflaying season! Our project—the Tree of Life in Victor Steinbrueck Park & nearly 600 Leaves of Remembrance all over the City--is unique in the whole wide world in providing a permanent public memorial for people who’ve experienced homelessness. We’ll be blessing and dedicating new (and old!) Leaves at these locations over the next few weeks:

**1 PM FRI 7/24 at Compass Housing Alliance (77 S. Washington), re-dedicating 23 Leaves that had been temporarily displaced during construction, and adding a Leaf for Sydney Bookstein.

**2 PM MON 8/3 at St James Cathedral (9th/Columbia), blessing and dedicating new Leaves for Daniel Goodman, Destini Phillips, Lorna “Pinky” White, Greer Dunaway, Mona Gaiter, Carla Reese, Joseph “Joe” Martinez, and Sandra Reyes.

**During/after 10:35 AM SUN 8/9 service at All Pilgrims Church (500 Broadway E), blessing and dedicating new Leaves for Elizabeth “Mama Sara” Magyar, Lindsey Dawson, and Brent Morgan Wood.

**5:30 PM WED 8/19 at South Park Branch Library (8604—8th S, a new host location, in partnership with SPL!), dedicating Leaves for Alexander James Saulina, Francisco Diaz-Prieto, Andrea After Buffalo, and Sophit Chuon.

Thank you for your solidarity and witness!