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| Hate on the march in Charlottesville Friday night. |
Note—My
apologies for posting so late today, but I have been processing the events in
Charlottesville, Virginia this week-end—reading and thinking. And I have been busy since worship this
morning at Tree Of Life UU Congregation in McHenry putting together notice on
social media and in the press of this rapid response event. I will have more to say about this crisis point in American history tomorrow,
but today this is what folks in McHenry County need to know.
The
Social Justice Team of the Tree of Life
Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5603
Bull Valley Road in McHenry will
host and facilitate A Vigil for Charlottesville—All Creeds, All
Colors, All Caring on Monday, August 14 from 8 to 9:30 pm.
The
event will be vigil of prayer, outrage, commitment, and resistance
after a weekend of White Nationalist, Neo-Nazi, and Ku Klux Klan
violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. It is open
to all faiths, creeds, races, gender identifications, and defenders
of democracy.
“We
will gather on the grounds of the church
to share prayer, song, and commitment and then proceed
to the corner of Bull Valley Road and Crystal
Lake Road for public roadside
witness,” said Patrick Murfin, a
volunteer with the Social Justice
team. “Bring signs, banners, bug spray, and flashlights, lanterns,
or shielded candles.”
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| 32 year old anti-fascist activist Heather Heyer gave he life in the struggle. She will probably not be the last. |
The
life and memory of Heather Heyer, 32-year-old Charlottesville
resident who was killed when a car driven by a White Nationalist rammed a large group of anti-fascist protestors at the Unite the Right rally will be mourned and celebrated and the sacrifices
of all the others who were assaulted,
injured, and terrorized over the weekend will be acknowledged. Also remembered
will be Virginia State Police Lieutenant
H. Jay Cullen and Trooper-Pilot Berke M. M. Bates who were killed in a helicopter crash while on duty connected to the Right Wing rally.
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| A young Black woman fearlessly challenged hood wearing Klansmen, Could we do the same? |
“America is at a crisis point,” Murfin
said with the “so-called Alt-right feeling
empowered by an administration that plays to
their prejudices. American values of equality, inclusiveness, and democracy itself are under
attack as never before. We are proud to stand with others across the
country in Resistance to it.”
For
more information contact Tree of
Life at 815 322-2464 or Murfin at
815 814-5645.
Thank you so much for sharing this information.
ReplyDeleteWe will be with you in Geneva, Illinois at 113 S. 3rd St. Geneva. Our vigil is from 7-8:30. The universe will hear us harmonize. Thank you! Jeannie from Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva.
ReplyDeleteI have been informed that the photo of the young woman and the Klansmen was not taken in Charlottesville this weekend but was taken by Anthony Karen in Mississippi in 2014. It was cropped and mislabeled in my source. I am leaving it up because luckily I did not mention Charlottesville in the caption and whenever taken she remains an inspiration.
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