More local vigils planned for Orlando shooting victims
Additional candlelight vigils are planned around the Coachella Valley this week to honor the lives lost in the Orlando shooting.
Officials at the Palm Desert Campus issued the following statement: It is with an incredibly heavy heart that we all learned of the tragedy in Orlando, FL, over the weekend. Our campus community may not be affected directly by the incidents across the country, but we are all affected when senseless violence and brutality affect any of us. We strive, in our university community, to celebrate our diversity and come to value the contributions each and every one of us can make to bettering our world.
As we celebrate our campus family this week with so many celebrations – our nurses’ pinning ceremony, our graduation, and the myriad preparations and parties that go with all of these – I believe it is crucial for us all to be reminded that “LOVE CONQUERS HATE” and I am inviting everyone to join our campus community in a special vigil on Wednesday evening. Please come to the campus to memorialize those lost in Orlando, but also to celebrate that our love and compassion for one another can change the world. Together, we will create a memorial piece that will stand strong in the center of our campus to remind us that love does, indeed, conquer hate.
Thursday Events:
Palm Springs Candlelight March to honor those lost in the recent attack at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando is scheduled Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Organizers said they will march up Palm Canyon Drive to Arenas Road and then back. The march will begin at Francis Stevens Park.
Desert Hot Springs:
The Human Rights Committee of Desert Hot Springs will host its first community forum on Thursday from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. inside the Henry V. Lozano Building at Tedesco Park, located at 12800 W Arroyo Drive.
Community members will meet with Desert Hot Springs Police Chief Dale Mondary and others to seek ways to improve communication between the police department and residents of DHS.
Afterward, the Desert Hot Springs Human Rights Committee will hold a candlelight vigil in front of the community center at 8 p.m. to pay their respects for all victims of violent crimes.
Another A candlelight vigil will be held at the Cal State University San Bernardino Palm Desert Campus on Wednesday from 7:15 p.m. to 8 p.m. The vigil will take place by the flag pole circle, located north of the Health Sciences Building. Guest speakers include The Reverend Father Howard Lincoln, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Palm Desert Mr. Mike Thompson, CEO of The LGBT Center, Palm Springs Mr. Eduardo Bautista, PDC Pride, and musical presentations.
Officials at the Palm Desert Campus issued the following statement: It is with an incredibly heavy heart that we all learned of the tragedy in Orlando, FL, over the weekend. Our campus community may not be affected directly by the incidents across the country, but we are all affected when senseless violence and brutality affect any of us. We strive, in our university community, to celebrate our diversity and come to value the contributions each and every one of us can make to bettering our world.
As we celebrate our campus family this week with so many celebrations – our nurses’ pinning ceremony, our graduation, and the myriad preparations and parties that go with all of these – I believe it is crucial for us all to be reminded that “LOVE CONQUERS HATE” and I am inviting everyone to join our campus community in a special vigil on Wednesday evening. Please come to the campus to memorialize those lost in Orlando, but also to celebrate that our love and compassion for one another can change the world. Together, we will create a memorial piece that will stand strong in the center of our campus to remind us that love does, indeed, conquer hate.
A valley-wide community blood drive is also scheduled Wednesday in La Quinta and Palm Springs.
Thousands from all different backgrounds came together as one to fill Arenas Road in Palm Springs last Sunday night to remember those lost and hurt in the nightclub shooting in Orlando.
