{"id":19916,"date":"2017-07-25T23:34:18","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T03:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/?p=19916"},"modified":"2017-07-25T23:34:18","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T03:34:18","slug":"photos-homeless-memorial-at-paderewski-and-memorial-drives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/2017\/07\/photos-homeless-memorial-at-paderewski-and-memorial-drives\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Homeless Memorial at Paderewski and Memorial Drives"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2011, a memorial was dedicated to those who have died on the streets of Buffalo homeless.\u00a0The outdoor memorial rests at the corner Memorial and Paderewski drives, next to the Matt Urban Hope Center. The memorial always catches my attention when I am driving around traffic circle. I don\u2019t stop each time, but I do periodically to say a prayer for and reflect on the homeless.<\/p>\n

The memorial also serves as the local location for a national event which happens once a year. \u201cThe homeless memorial is a national advocacy event, held on the winter solstice at sunset, where we recognize everyone who died while homeless. We read their names (which are collected through the year) and let people speak about the person who passed, invite their family. Everyone gathers in the Hope Center afterwards for coffee and cookies and to reflect on the people and the work,\u201d according to Christine Slocum, secretary of the board for the\u00a0WNY Coalition for the Homeless.<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s great to have this moving tribute to the homeless in the neighborhood. It\u2019s also great that people remember those who have died homeless.<\/p>\n

Here are photos of the memorial: (click on images for full view)<\/em><\/p>\n