In MemoriaM
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d. 2022
Richard was a fiery advocate who felt a deep passion for ending homelessness. He was engaged in HON's outreach committee and loved talking to new people about our wok.
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d. 2020
Paul was an early member of Housing Our Neighbors and founding member of Word on the Street, Baltimore’s street newspaper. He loved writing and was seen always carrying around a newspaper. He loved being an advocate for justice and felt no hesitation asking elected officials the hard questions.
Well-known homeless advocate who helped start street newspaper stabbed to death in Baltimore robbery
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1996-2026
Logan was a journalist and harm reductionist who fiercely advocated for the rights of drug users in Baltimore City and beyond. He self-published Mobtown Redux, a weekly newsletter on harm reduction, and was a regular contributor for Baltimore Beat. Logan covered issues impacting the homeless throughout his career and started regularly reporting on homelessness in Baltimore City in 2025. During this time, he made important connections between mental illness, substance use, and homelessness, as well as the city’s deadly neglect of both drug users and the unhoused. Logan's contributions shaped the direction of our work as much as they amplified it. In appreciation, we decided to recognize Logan as an honorary member of HON.
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d. 2025
Eileen was a HON member since 2020. She was also a member of the Lived Experience Advisory Committee (LEAC) at the Continuum of Care (CoC) and received two awards during her time at the Women’s Housing Coalition. She was dedicated to the work of HON, showing up every month at outreach, phone banking and member meetings, always sitting in the same spot. She also provided rides to members to attend these meetings. Before she passed away, she had joined the Fundraising Committee and helped work on a grant that we ended up receiving to support our work.
While she was someone who didn’t like the spotlight, her grounded, steady presence made her an important leader at HON. She quietly did the work behind the scenes and was honest and direct about how she felt and what she believed. We will miss her deeply not only for the way she showed up and supported the work of HON but for her warm hugs, her smile, and the way that she never minced words.
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1963-2023
Anthony got involved in HON In 2016 and helped lead our organization through campaigns ranging from the fight for affordable housing in Port Covington to the campaign to empty Baltimore City shelters during the height of the pandemic. He founded Picture the Homeless in New York over 20 years ago- an organization that HON has long-looked up to; and he was involved in just about every housing organizing space in Baltimore including the Continuum of Care, Resident Advisory Board, Affordable Housing Trust Fund Commission, and Common Ground Land Trust. He was also deeply proud of the work he was doing to document Picture the Homeless’s history with the Picture the Homeless Oral History project.
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1971 - 2024
Damien was one of the founders of HON and was involved for many years. He also helped to found and manage Word on the Street, Baltimore’s street newspaper, and the Baltimore Furniture Bank, which provides furniture and household goods to families and individuals exiting homelessness or shelters due to domestic violence, fire, eviction, immigration and other crises. Damien loved music. He was a gentle, sweet soul.
Baltimore Banner: The Baltimore Furniture Bank was his dream. He died after making it reality.
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d. 2020
Kathy joined HON during the height of the pandemic, and dove into the work like she had been a member of our family for years. She testified at our Truth Commission event in July 2020, delivered petitions to City Hall, and was a true leader at the Pinderhughes Shelter. She was dedicated to the work of housing justice — she never missed a meeting since our first HON meeting at the shelter, and organized her friends to attend too. Kathy was a talented writer and speaker. Before a meeting or event, she liked to write out her speech beforehand and practice it over and over again until she had it right. She was an encouraging teacher and helper, who wanted to see the people around her grow.
We will remember her as a warm and calming friend, measured and defiant. She had a witty sense of humor and was not afraid to call you out, but always in the nicest way. She was kind and generous to everyone around her.