Candlelight vigil for the homeless who’ve died
As regular readers of CityBeat know, homelessness is something we at the paper care deeply about. So, I’m passing along this announcement that I just received:
To honor the 58 men and women who died while homeless in San Diego the past year, the San Diego Rescue Mission will be holding its 7th Annual Interfaith Candlelight Vigil on Saturday, November 1. A procession to the vigil will depart from the San Diego Rescue Mission at 4:15 pm and walk five blocks to the Community Concourse. Each person in the procession will carry a pair of shoes to represent one of the deceased homeless men and women. The candlelight vigil at the Concourse, beginning at 5:00 pm, will include a respectful reading of the names of each of the 58 men and women who died while homeless in San Diego in the past year. The event is designed to create awareness that there are about 10,000 men, women and children living each day homeless in San Diego.
So, if you’re not too busy, maybe think about coming out to pay respect.
