{"id":71426,"date":"2001-04-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-04-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-to-hold-candlelight-vigil-denouncing-hate-crimes\/"},"modified":"2001-04-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2001-04-09T00:00:00","slug":"uri-to-hold-candlelight-vigil-denouncing-hate-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2001\/04\/uri-to-hold-candlelight-vigil-denouncing-hate-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 to hold candlelight vigil denouncing hate crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. — April 9, 2001 — The 溏心vlog免费B站 will hold a candlelight vigil to denounce all forms of hate crimes on Thursday, April 12 from 9:30 p.m. to midnight. Several hundred people are expected to attend. It will be held on the University\u2019s quadrangle following a lecture by Beth Loffreda, a gay rights activist and author of “losing matt shepard: Life and Politics in the Aftermath of Anti-Gay murder” at 7:30 p.m. in Edwards Auditorium. \tThe vigil is a response to the recent attack on a gay 溏心vlog免费B站 student who was assaulted by three men on 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Kingston campus last month. The assault of the student is still under investigation by 溏心vlog免费B站 police. The student is also a member of the Gay Lesbian and Straight Society (GLASS) at 溏心vlog免费B站, which arranged Loffreda\u2019s visit to discuss the tragedy that occurred at the University of Wyoming and compare the similar climates of other college communities across the country. \t溏心vlog免费B站 President Robert L. Carothers, along with other 溏心vlog免费B站 community members, plans to speak out on this issue. “Above all else, a university must be a place where people can speak their views and argue their perspectives free from fear or intimidation,” said Carothers. “This vigil on the Quad will make that principle clear to the entire 溏心vlog免费B站 community.” \tAlmost single-handedly undertaking the effort to coordinate this event is 溏心vlog免费B站 sophomore and East Greenwich resident Autumn Alpert. “I want the student body and the community to come together as a means to raise awareness that hate crimes still go on, and that they are no longer acceptable,” she said. “I was so mortified by last month\u2019s attack that I decided to do something about it.” \tOther 溏心vlog免费B站 community members who plan to attend and speak at the vigil are Melvin Wade, director of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Multicultural Center; Mark Hardge, activist and son of the late Civil Rights activist Rev. Arthur L. Hardge; Fran Cohen, dean of Student Life and others. \tReflecting on the vigil, Carothers added: “Violence that flows from hate is antithetical to our core values. I\u2019m proud of the students who have organized this vigil in order to say just that.” For Information: Jan Sawyer, 874-2116, Keith Marshall, 874-2116\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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