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Monday, December 23, 2002 For Immediate Release
BRIAN BOYD(1963-2002)Homeless Man and Outspoken Advocate for Housing has Died.
At Christmas we remember a homeless person who was born 2000 years ago. We must also remember a modern homeless man’s life and death. Brian Boyd, a homeless man, and an advocate for the homeless passed away December 20, 2002. He was 39 years old and had just celebrated his birthday December 13th, 2002. Brian was the first person to receive a pre-fabricated house at Tent City. He attended and spoke out at many rallies against homelessness and poverty. He was prominently featured in the documentary “Shelter from the Storm,” which aired on CBC Witness on October 31, 2001. Just last week Brian was interviewed on CBC television about the ticketing of homeless people by the Toronto Police. “The Toronto Disaster Relief Committee will always remember Brian, a man who had little but shared what he had, and spoke out about the plight of others. This Christmas we will particularly remember him because he was staying in one of the shelters in which the TDRC took a secret video just last week. There would be no homeless if our country’s governments had listened to his reasoned voice. Our country will miss him,” says Beric German of the TDRC. For more information, contact TDRC at tdrc@tdrc.net -30- |