Despite the holidays being a time of joy and celebration, it can be a difficult time for those who are unhoused. But one South Bay nonprofit’s actions reinforced the meaning of the season.
being a time of joy and celebration, it can be a difficult time for those who are unhoused. But one South Bay nonprofit’s actions reinforced the meaning of the season.
For decades, the nonprofit has hosted an annual holiday celebration for those the holidays often forget.Tuesday, some 300 unhoused, or formerly unhoused people from the around the Bay Area, gathered inside this city landmark. There was food, music, photos, and other trappings of the holidays, such as gifts.
"People only remember unhoused people near thanksgiving and Christmas," said Shaunn Cartwright, a South Bay homeless advocate. "When you say you’re building housing, in the time it takes you to build housing, which is like a year and a half, two years, you have to think that’s 500 dead people," said Cartwright.
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