Will Hyatt, a pastor and volunteer chaplain for House the Homeless, speaks at a memorial service at Auditorium Shores on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024 in Austin. Advocates and members of the homeless community gathered to honor the more than 200 homeless people that died between September of 2023 and November of 2024.
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Laura Evanoff, left, and Kelli Brizendine, right, pick up bags of names of deceased homeless people at a memorial service at Auditorium Shores on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024 in Austin. Advocates and members of the homeless community gathered to honor the more than 200 homeless people that died between September of 2023 and November of 2024.
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Small wood bats are labeled with the names of deceased homeless people and are called out individually at a memorial service at Auditorium Shores on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024 in Austin. Advocates and members of the homeless community gathered to honor the more than 200 homeless people that died between September of 2023 and November of 2024.
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Small wood bats are labeled with the names of deceased homeless people and are called out individually at a memorial service at Auditorium Shores on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024 in Austin. Advocates and members of the homeless community gathered to honor the more than 200 homeless people that died between September of 2023 and November of 2024.
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Pastor Mark Hilbelink, execitive director of the Sunrise Homeless Navigation Center, speaks at a memorial service at Auditorium Shores on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024 in Austin. Advocates and members of the homeless community gathered to honor the more than 200 homeless people that died between September of 2023 and November of 2024.
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Blythe Plunkett, president of House the Homeless, hangs wood bats labeled with the names of deceased homeless poeple at a memorial service at Auditorium Shores on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024 in Austin. Advocates and members of the homeless community gathered to honor the more than 200 homeless people that died between September of 2023 and November of 2024.
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PJ Liles, a musician and activist, speaks at a memorial service at Auditorium Shores on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024 in Austin. Advocates and members of the homeless community gathered to honor the more than 200 homeless people that died between September of 2023 and November of 2024.
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Blythe Plunkett, president of House the Homeless, hangs wood bats labeled with the names of deceased homeless poeple at a memorial service at Auditorium Shores on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024 in Austin. Advocates and members of the homeless community gathered to honor the more than 200 homeless people that died between September of 2023 and November of 2024.
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Kelli Brezendine waits in line to hangs a wood bat with the name of a deceased homeless person at a memorial service at Auditorium Shores on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024 in Austin. Advocates and members of the homeless community gathered to honor the more than 200 homeless people that died between September of 2023 and November of 2024.
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Small wood bats are labeled with the names of deceased homeless people and are displayed at a memorial service at Auditorium Shores on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024 in Austin. Advocates and members of the homeless community gathered to honor the more than 200 homeless people that died between September of 2023 and November of 2024.
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Thom Woodruff, a poet and activist, reads a poem at a memorial service at Auditorium Shores on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024 in Austin. Advocates and members of the homeless community gathered to honor the more than 200 homeless people that died between September of 2023 and November of 2024.
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Andrew Willard hangs small wood bats with the names of deceased homless people at a memorial service at Auditorium Shores on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024 in Austin. Advocates and members of the homeless community gathered to honor the more than 200 homeless people that died between September of 2023 and November of 2024.
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Danny Henderson, a preacher and member of the Austin homeless community, speaks at a memorial service at Auditorium Shores on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024 in Austin. Advocates and members of the homeless community gathered to honor the more than 200 homeless people that died between September of 2023 and November of 2024.
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Small wood bats are labeled with the names of deceased homeless people and are displayed at a memorial service at Auditorium Shores on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024 in Austin. Advocates and members of the homeless community gathered to honor the more than 200 homeless people that died between September of 2023 and November of 2024.
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Small wood bats are labeled with the names of deceased homeless people and are displayed at a memorial service at the Tree of Remembrance at Auditorium Shores on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024 in Austin. Advocates and members of the homeless community gathered to honor the more than 200 homeless people that died between September of 2023 and November of 2024.
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Emmy Sawvel, an activist and musician, perfroms a song written by a deceased homeless friend at a memorial service at Auditorium Shores on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024 in Austin. Advocates and members of the homeless community gathered to honor the more than 200 homeless people that died between September of 2023 and November of 2024.
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