December 21st is National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day. This will be marked here in Hartford with a service held at the Charter Oak Cultural Center.
Typically, the names of homeless people who have passed on in the past year are read to “bring attention to the tragedy of homelessness and to remember our homeless friends who have paid the ultimate price for our nation’s failure to end homelessness,” explains the National Coalition for the Homeless. These services, held on the winter solstice, have been taking place since 1990.
The service will be a time to ponder why — in one of the wealthiest countries in the world — there are people who still struggle daily to have basic needs, like shelter and food, met.
More details about this service will be published as they emerge.