From our friends at Preble Street Homeless Voices for Justice. For more info please contact Preble Street Resource Center at 775-0026.
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Portland's Homeless Persons Annual Memorial Vigil
Friday, December 21st, 4:30 p.m.
Preble Street Resource Center (corner of Preble and Portland Streets)
The City of Portland Health and Human Services Department, Preble Street and Homeless Voices for Justice invite you to join us at Portland's Homeless Persons Annual Memorial Vigil. The vigil will begin on Friday, December 21, at 4:30 p.m. at Preble Street Resource Center, on the corner of Preble and Portland Streets.
A candlelight procession will leave from Preble Street and end at Monument Square, where there will be a ceremony dedicated to homeless persons who have died and to recommit ourselves to the task of ending homelessness. All persons who are homeless, who have been homeless, who work with the homeless, and who are thankful they are not homeless are welcome to participate.
As the late Joe Kreisler, who founded Preble Street, remarked during the long cold days of December, "Two thousand years ago, there was no room at the inn. And there is still no room at the inn" for many of our neighbors.
Please join us on the eve of the longest night of the year.
Sincerely,
Donna J. Yellen
Community Initiatives & Advocacy Coordinator
Preble Street
P.O. Box 1459 Portland, Maine 04104
(207) 775-0026
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