Emily Rachel Silverstein

(1989-2009)

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This website is dedicated to continuing the legacy of Emily Rachel Silverstein, our beautiful 19 year old daughter who was murdered on April 9, 2009. Emily's compassion, passion and creativity touched many lives. She believed that a better world was possible and was an active leader in the quest for a more peaceful, just and sustainable world. Please support the EMILY Silverstein Fund, whose mission is to inspire and empower young people to recognize that each of us can make a difference.
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* “They are safe but they are not in their homes. They are city-less. I think it's just a disaster for everyone."
-- Teri Hatcher

I mean, I don't think I'm alone when I look at the homeless person or the bum or the psychotic or the drunk or the drug addict or the criminal and see their baby pictures in my mind's eye. You don't think they were cute like every other baby?
-- Dustin Hoffman


"It is in the shelter of each other that the people live."
-- Irish proverb

"This is my chosen fast: to loosen all the bonds that bind humans unfairly, to let the oppressed go free, to break every yoke. Share your bread with the hungry, take the homeless into your homes, clothe the naked when you see him/her, do not turn away from people in need. Then cleansing life shall break forth like the dawn, and your wounds shall soon be healed. Your triumph shall go before you and your Lord’s glory shall be your rearguard. Then you shall call and the Lord will answer. "
-- Isaiah 57

“If Americans ever allow banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children will wake up homeless”
~ Thomas Jefferson

 

We must all work together to end youth homelessness in America
-- Jewel

Support for shelters and transitional living and housing programs is necessary if we are going to change the landscape for homeless boys and girls in America.
-- Jewel

What I know about street outreach is that it is essential to dealing with the issue of youth homelessness.
-- Jewel

 

Most homeless kids are on the streets because they have been forced by circumstances that cause them to think that they are safer there than in any home they once knew.
-- Jewel

Life in a shelter or on the streets puts homeless kids and youth at a higher risk for physical and sexual assault and abuse, physical illness, including HIV/AIDS
-- Jewel

All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space.”
-- Philip Johnson

End Homelessness Quotes

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Homeless Persons' Memorial Day
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World Habitat Day - 1st Monday in October

End Poverty Day - October 17

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