Pass the Mic features the voices and stories of people with a lived experience of homelessness. In this edition, hear from Deborah - a US Army veteran, Bingo lover and lifelong volunteer.
The Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services has declared a winter shelter warning for Friday, January 17, 2025 at 4 pm until Thursday, January 23 at 9 am. Call 211 (available 24/7) or 443-984-9540 to connect with shelter. Get more info here.
Remembering our neighbors without homes who passed away in 2016
12.21.16
The following people were known to have experienced homelessness, and to have passed away in 2016. Some died of chronic illness or acute conditions exacerbated by not having a home. Some died on the streets or while staying in emergency or transitional housing. Some were victims of physical violence. Some spent the last months of their lives in their own apartments. Many died alone and, but for a few, forgotten.
Michael Adams
Lawrence Alexander
Amos
White Auk
Anthony Bailey
Jessica Bailey
Brenda Banks
Vincent J. Barberio
Emmett Lee Maurice Barkley
Joshua Beatty
Eduardo Bebert
Cara Bell
Janice Maria Bethea
Betty Birdsong
Connie Blackhaus
Aaron Blanding
Edward Briggs
Paul Phillip Briggs
Tracy Brown
Ronald Bushrod
Noah Buttrum
Valerie Carter
Timothy Cavender
Chris
Dwight L. Clanton
John Samuel Cody
Ainsworth Cooper
Cowboy
Carolyn Cox
Crystal
Jerry Alfonso Davis
Richard Davis
Sean Christopher Davis
Theresa Davis
James Dorrycott
Keith Douglas
Edward Easley
Keith Dorrell Edwards
Clinton Eley III
Erica
Denorris Evans
Shawn F.
John T. Feagin
Johnny Fife
Richard Fish
Russell Fisher
Thomasine Gamble
Ronald Gerald
Joseph C. Giles Jr.
James Glover
Marvin Goldston
Thomas Edward Gregg
Cassandra Marie Grimes
Daniel Phillip Gudino
Joanne Hamilton
Nathaniel Hamilton Jr.
Keytonay Harper
Marian Harris
Harvey Harrison
Lawrence Hopewell
Dwayne Hutchinson
Andras Hvorath
Jerome Jackson
Cheryl Jacobson
Janice
Rosalieta Jefferson
Marie Jenkins
Emma Jennings
Angelette Johnson
Timik Johnson
Tyrome Johnson
William Johnson
Harry Jones
Joshua Kelley
Gerald Kinchen
Lamont
John Theodore Lee
Terry Lewis
Cindy Littlejohn
Benjamin Franklin Roosevelt Lloyd
Daniel Kerry Locklear
Stephen Loidl
Lamar Douglass Macklin Jr.
Marcus
Antonio Darryl Mathews
Melvin Mathews
Franklin Mason
Frederick McCarthy
Nicole Helen McComas
Wallace McCoy
Susie McGuire
Quanda S. McNeil
Melvin
Leo Mendoza
Bently James Michel
Carolyn Miller
Cynthia Montague
Colton Joshua Morris
Mitchell Dwayne Morris
Dale Eugene Mosher
Jill Mossman
John Carl Muth
Patrick G. Myers Jr.
Neal
Barry Nelson
Nikea Nicholson
Steven Noll
Old man Joe
Omar
Joe Ortiz
Audrey Anna Parks
Robert Platto
Lisa Rosetta Poggie
Joseph R. Popiolek
Kelvin Powell
David Prater Jr.
Arnie Price
William Primus
Jose Ramirez
James Howard Ramsey
Earl Redd
April Reid
Lawrence Edward Reinke
Heather Robertson
Zachary Robinson
James Rogers
Ron
Curvis Ward Sawyer
Angela Schroder
Roman Schulze
Rochelle Scott
Samantha Sickler
Wilbert Simms
Joseph Simon
Jason Chat Smith
Jeanette Smith
John Smith
Kevin Smith
Veronica Smith
Billy Gene Spencer
Beverly Taylor
Teri
Tia
Travis D. Tillman
Tony
Kelley Tyler
Donald H. Tymous
Juan Camilo Vargas-Avila
George Wade
Gregory Walker
Kenneth Ward
Donald Washington
Arthur Weaver
Derek White
Keisha White
Larry Graham White
Tyeissa White
Melvin Lee Whitehead
Ella Wilkins
Aaron Todd Williams
Mathew Williams
Renarda Williams
Trevon Williams
Bernard York
Vanessa Clair Zimmerman
We also acknowledge the names of those who are unknown to us.
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