On periodic Wednesdays at noon, passersby will see a group of people on the Fourth Avenue steps of a near-abandoned City Hall holding large, white, poster-board signs, each with a name stenciled in black letters.
The names represent someone who has died outside or by violence in King County in the past month. Women in Black — a project of the Women’s Housing, Equality and Enhancement League (WHEEL), a women’s shelter provider and advocacy group — stand in silent vigil for them to bring attention to the toll that homelessness takes on vulnerable community members. ...