National Homeless Person’s Remembrance Day
2025-12-21 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Lancaster Moravian Church, 227 N Queen St, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA, 17603, United States
Please join us at the National Homeless Person’s Remembrance Day Event to remember those who have lost their lives while experiencing homelessness.

We will read the names of those who have died in the past year to honor their lives. We will share memories of who they were, ensuring each person is remembered with dignity, care, and love. We will share in a time of reflection through candles and music together. Light refreshment will follow at the Moravian Center of Lancaster

The Homeless Advocacy and Youth Action Boards sponsor this event.

Please contact Pastor Mandy Mastros at 717-723-0958 if you have any questions or would like to provide additional names to be read.

“What is Home?” A paired exhibition by Willie Baronet and Leah den Bok
2026-04-03 08:00 - 2026-04-26 16:00 | The Ware Center, 42 N Prince St, Lancaster, PA, 17603, United States
What Is Home? brings together two powerful bodies of work that challenge viewers to reconsider their assumptions about housing, belonging, and the human stories behind homelessness. Through mixed-media installations and intimate portraiture, artists Willie Baronet and Leah den Bok invite us to think more deeply about the true meaning of home.
WE ARE ALL HOMELESS — Willie Baronet
For more than three decades, artist and professor Willie Baronet has traveled across cities collecting signs purchased from people experiencing homelessness. What began as an attempt to navigate his own discomfort at intersections evolved into a deep, ongoing exploration of empathy, identity, and shared humanity.
Baronet’s installation uses these handwritten signs—each a fragment of someone’s story—to form a larger narrative about visibility and vulnerability. Every sign becomes both an artifact and a mirror: a reminder of the person who wrote it, and of the ways we see or fail to see one another in public space. Through his collection, Baronet asks us to reflect on the discomfort, guilt, generosity, or avoidance that shape how we respond to those asking for help.
HUMANIZING THE HOMELESS — Leah den Bok
At fifteen years old, Canadian photographer Leah den Bok began traveling the world to document the faces and stories of people experiencing homelessness. Her portraits—honest, unadorned, and profoundly humane—invite viewers into direct eye contact with individuals too often overlooked.
Each photograph is paired with a personal story, many shared during moments of vulnerability and trust. Through these narratives, themes emerge: trauma, resilience, mental illness, addiction, grief, but also humor, gratitude, and hope. Den Bok’s work confronts the quiet epidemic of indifference that surrounds homelessness, echoing the sentiment that the deepest form of suffering is the feeling of being unwanted or unseen.
The Regitz Gallery, located on the mezzanine level at the Ware Center. Gallery exhibits may be viewed Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The gallery offers extended hours during public shows or events. Please call the front desk at 717-871-7018 to confirm hours.

Opening Reception: “What is Home?” A paired exhibition by Willie Baronet and Leah den Bok
2026-04-03 17:00 - 20:00 | The Ware Center, 42 N Prince St, Lancaster, PA, 17603, United States
What Is Home? brings together two powerful bodies of work that challenge viewers to reconsider their assumptions about housing, belonging, and the human stories behind homelessness. Through mixed-media installations and intimate portraiture, artists Willie Baronet and Leah den Bok invite us to think more deeply about the true meaning of home.

The Regitz Gallery
Opening Exhibit Reception 5-8PM
Artist Presentations at 6:30 pm

“Who, Where, When, Why: Meet and Greet with Homeless Advocacy Board & Friends
2026-04-07 17:30 - 20:30 | The Ware Center, 42 N Prince St, Lancaster, PA, 17603, United States
A Viewing of Willie Baronet’s Documentary “Signs of Humanity at 5:30PM (Steinman Hall)

A time for the public to meet the HAB and other organizations that serve Lancaster County’s unhoused population from 6:45-8:30PM

Refreshments will be provided both evenings!
Please contact a HAB member with questions or for more information!
717-723-0958 or homelessadvocacyboard@gmail.com
