City of Baltimore - File #: 10-0240R

• File #: 10-0240R
• Version: 0
• Name: December 21, 2010 - Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 12/9/2010
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 12/9/2010
• Title: December 21, 2010 - Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day FOR the purpose of declaring December 21to be Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day, in memory of those people who have died in our shelters, on our streets and in other places unfit for human dwelling, from ailments or conditions directly related to homelessness, and without a secure place to say.
• Sponsors: Mary Pat Clarke, Bill Henry, Robert Curran, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, James B. Kraft, Carl Stokes, William H. Cole, IV, Helen L. Holton, President Young, Sharon Green Middleton, Warren Branch, Belinda Conaway, Edward Reisinger
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/9/2010	0	City Council	Introduced
12/9/2010	0	City Council	Advanced to 2nd Reader on same day
12/9/2010	0	City Council	Adopted

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Clarke



A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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December 21, 2010 - Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day

FOR the purpose of declaring December 21to be Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day, in memory of those people who have died in our shelters, on our streets and in other places unfit for human dwelling, from ailments or conditions directly related to homelessness, and without a secure place to say.
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WHEREAS, over the course of a year, at least 35,000 people in Baltimore City – a small fraction of the estimated 3.5 million across the country – find themselves without a secure place to stay; and

WHEREAS, adequate housing, which is essential for maintaining healthy individuals, families and communities, has become increasingly inaccessible due to rising costs of living and inadequate incomes; and

WHEREAS, too many of our friends’ and neighbors’ final residence is the street; and

WHEREAS, every member of society, including people experiencing homelessness, should have a right to the dignity of safe, decent, accessible, and affordable housing; and

WHEREAS, neither individual freedom nor flourishing community can exist without economic security; and

WHEREAS, all across the nation, communities will join Baltimore City in coming together on or near the first day of winter and the longest night of the year to remember those who have died without a sec...