Instead of casting them aside like society so often does, community members came together on the Solstice to remember the humanity of each of the lives lost experiencing homelessness in Eugene and Lane County.
Black Thistle Street Aid, a local homeless outreach nonprofit, read the names of more than 60 people who died while living on the street this year.
For the past five years, Black Thistle has been hosting and participating in candlelight vigils for lives lost on the street. Despite the cold weather and rain, more than 30 people gathered Dec. 21 under the noisy Interstate 105 off ramp at Washington Jefferson Park to participate in the memorial and listen as Leigh Galbraith of Black Thistle read the names of those lost…