Roomin' House Blues

Today  Seattle's Women in Black/Homeless Remembrance project held it's monthly vigil for the homeless who have died.  There is a world wide Women in black movement composed of diverse and not necessarily affiliated groups who hold vigils to give witness for peace and justice. In Seattle one Women in Black group holds peace vigil's, and the other gives witness to those who have died in or because of the condition of homelessness. At the vigil downtown today four who died were remembered: Jeffery Davis, 44 by suicide 1/4/2015 James Carlson, 56 outside, cause of death pending 1/7/2015 Kevin Guempel, 49 , cause of death pending 1/13/2015 Juri Skolin, 60, found on Third Ave., cause of death pending. According to the Women in Black 45 homeless people died by violence or outdoors in 2014 and since then 5 more.  The Women in Black leaflet calls on us to be a community and to support a basic social network including shelter. It calls on us to stand with them and t...