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House recognizes Homelessness Awareness Day; member and advocates read poems and urged compassion
Summary
Representatives and guests marked Homelessness Awareness Day with poems by Morgan Brown, remarks about a cold-weather vigil, and recognition of multiple housing advocacy organizations present in the State House.
Members of the Vermont House observed Homelessness Awareness Day during the day's devotional. Representative Michelle Boslin of Westminster led the devotional and said she would share words from someone with lived experience — two poems by Morgan Brown of Montpelier — rather than speak only from her own perspective.
Representative Boslin read 'Homeless Sneakers,' which opens, 'Restless thoughts toss and turn without end, deep within, mind, body, and soul, whether day or night, about once again becoming homeless,' and read a second poem titled 'In Lieu…
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