Making visible the plight of our unsheltered friends
by Ellen Miller-Goins Dec 6, 2024 Updated Dec 12, 2024
From our friends at https://www.taosnews.com/
A young businessman helps a girl on the street — someone who is normally “invisible” — and soon he himself becomes invisible. Neil Gaiman’s “Neverwhere” (both the television show and the book) is a no-too-subtle commentary on the plight of people who have nowhere to call home. It’s even more tragic when one of these “invisible” denizens on our community die alone with no one to commemorate their lives or their deaths.
This is the impetus behind the Homeless Persons Memorial Day, which takes place each year on the longest night of the year. The Enchanted Circle Interfaith Gathering is again honoring those who have died this past year Saturday, Dec. 21, 5 p.m. at Taos Plaza, followed by a potluck at First Presbyterian Church (215 Paseo del Norte, right next to Kit Carson Park).
Pastor Virginia “Ginna” Bairby said Taos’ event was started in 2018 because of efforts by “folks working in the homelessness services … the men’s shelter at DreamTree and HEART [of Taos]. It’s a nationwide movement.”
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