Sj: Tombstones Honor 196 Homeless People Who Died In Silicon Valley
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Row after row of makeshift tombstones filled a plaza outside a county building in San Jose, each with the name of a homeless person who died on the streets of Silicon Valley this past year. If we don t do this, then people just don t recognize the enormity of the problem and how many people are dying, said Shaunn Cartwright, a longtime homeless advocate who helped create the tombstones.
On each one of the 196 tombstones, a flower was painted above each name and age, signifying the person s ethnicity based on the color of the flower.
Tombstones honor 196 homeless people who died in Silicon Valley
December 24, 2020
Assemblymember Ash Kalra paying his respect for the homeless people who have died. Photo by Eugene Luu.
Row after row of makeshift tombstones filled a plaza outside a county building in San Jose, each with the name of a homeless person who died on the streets of Silicon Valley this past year.
“If we don’t do this, then people just don’t recognize the enormity of the problem and how many people are dying,” said Shaunn Cartwright, a longtime homeless advocate who helped create the tombstones.
On each one of the 196 tombstones, a flower was painted above each name and age, signifying the person’s ethnicity based on the color of the flower.