Twenty-seven people known to have experienced homelessness and died this year near Chico were honored in a name reading Thursday at Chico’s Our Hands, coinciding with National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day.
Twenty-seven people known to have experienced homelessness and died this year near Chico were honored in a name reading Thursday at Chico’s Our Hands, coinciding with National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day.
Jason Merced is the 22nd person to die outside or homeless in our area this year. This rate of deaths outside is unprecedented in my 50 years here in Chico. We are in the midst of a deadly and yet preventable shelter crisis. This is a call to action. It is within our power to […]
I have the honor, since May 2020, of trying to keep track of our unhoused siblings’ deaths outside or in temporary shelters with the help of advocates and volunteers. Perhaps the public would like to know. Every December solstice, NorCal Resist holds a ceremony where we read the names for those who died that year. […]