• Vigil for 22 People on March 8, 2017

    WHEEL / WOMEN IN BLACK SILENT VIGIL for 22 outdoor/violent homeless deaths December 2016-January 2017: Henry Alexander, Thomas Payne, Jr, Aaron Roberts, John Cress, Jose Roman-Muniz, Robert C. Patterson, Iris Cloud, Jeffry Bierig, Nicole Williams, Kevin W. Bouwkamp, Bruce Sarvis, Robert Trevino, Hong Ha, Patrice Pitts, Drew Fife, David Chaney, Kevin Hitchye, Paul Duran, Lannette Deffley, Mark Rice, Kerry Ewing, & James McGinnis  12 NOON—1 PM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8th, 2017 In front of Municipal Courthouse/Seattle Justice Center 5TH & CHERRY STREETS  Every time a homeless person is found dead outside or dies by violence in King County, WHEEL (a homeless women’s organizing effort) mobilizes for our silent witnessing vigil called Women…

  • Standing in the Light: Summer Solstice celebration

    You are warmly invited to The Homeless Remembrance Project’s Summer Solstice Celebration: Standing in the Light Saturday, June 21st, 2014 3-5 PM at our Tree of Life in Victor Steinbrueck Park (Western & Virginia North of Pike Place Market) Join us for a fun gathering with food, music and inspiration—building the Beloved Community together!

  • 2013 Winter Solstice Vigil December 21st

    Winter Solstice Candlelight Vigil for All 2013 Homeless Deaths Saturday, December 21st, 2013 Starts at SUNSET, 4:20 PM, at the TREE OF LIFE (Victor Steinbrueck Park, north of Pike Place Market), then silent procession to Silent Vigil at Westlake Park (4th & Pine) 5-6 PM then Post-Vigil Gathering @ the Josephinum (1902—2nd Ave) December 21st is the Winter Solstice, the longest night. The National Coalition for the Homeless designates it “National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day.” On this day, WHEEL (a grassroots organizing effort) and Church of Mary Magdalene (an ecumenical ministry) will stand a special one-hour, candlelight, Women in Black vigil to remember all the homeless men and women who…

  • Sunset Ceremony Tuesday, July 23, 2013

    WHEEL and the Homeless Remembrance Project invite you to gather at our Tree of Life in Victor Steinbrueck Park at 8:30 PM Tuesday, July 23rd, just before sunset.  AT sunset, 8:55 PM, we’ll sponsor a brief Ritual to honor and remember those who’ve died this year, and then we’ll have an inspiriting Call to Action! This Sunset Ritual and Call-to-Action are part of a 24-hour-long demonstration at Victor Steinbrueck Park (north of Pike Place Market, noon Tuesday, July 23rd to noon Wednesday July 24th) sponsored by a coalition to Occupy the Committee to End Homelessness in King County (CEHKC).  For more than a year, Occupy CEHKC has worked to get…

  • Call to Community (text)

    MEMORIAL DAY CALL TO COMMUNITY WORDS OF WELCOME Bless you for coming today! I welcome you on behalf of the Homeless Remembrance Project, and all the people— both homeless and housed—who worked to create this beautiful Tree of Life gathering place. On Memorial Day people gather in many ways. We remember those who died in wars. Families take flowers to the graves of loved ones. Clans and clubs and neighbors gather for picnics, celebrating the life and relationships that go on, even though some are missing from the table. On Friday the Chief Seattle Club led a walk through town to this park, affirming the close connection we who are…

  • Memorial Day 2013: Gallery

    Memorial Day 2013 Call to Community Celebration On May 27, 2013, approximately 200 people gathered at the Tree of Life in Victor Steinbrueck Park to celebrate a Call to Community with the Homeless Remembrance Project.   The event began with a brief and moving ceremony, followed by music, food, and mingling. Presiders were Rev Pat Simpson, United Methodist Church, Father Paul Magnano, Christ Our Hope Chapel, and Joanne Engquist, Gethsemane Lutheran. Food was provided by Uli’s Sausages, Mt Townsend Creamery/The Tasting Room, Tom Douglas’s Etta’s Seafood, and the WHEEL Women’s Empowerment Center. Music was provided by Market Busker Dee Barlot, and a young-people’s trio on violin who did “The Star Spangled…

  • December 21st Winter Solstice Vigil

    December 21st, the longest night of the year, is designated Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day by the National Coalition for the Homeless.  WHEEL/Church of Mary Magdalene Women in Black will sponsor a special vigil on Friday, December 21st naming all the people we’ve stood to honor and remember during the year.  This year, we’ll begin our Winter Solstice Vigil at the Tree of Life (northeast corner of Victor Steinbrueck Park) at sunset, 4:21 pm.  We’ll light our candles there and carry them to Westlake Park, where we stand vigil at the corner of 4th & Pine for an hour, from 5 to 6 PM.  Then we’ll have a meet-and-mingle at the…

  • Celebration!

    On October 21, 2012, we celebrated and dedicated the Tree of Life!     Seattle Parks & Recreation: Tree of Life Project Information Page Other news coverage: Real Change Director’s Corner Pacific Northwest Conference News Sculpture calls for end to homelessness