On Sunday, November 21st, Unitarian Universalists gathered with others in vigil and witness following the Kenosha verdict.
Helen Ewan, member of our Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, writes:
Our UUCCH GVP Task Force joined with other social justice groups for a silent vigil protesting the Kenosha verdict… Rev. Margret stood with us. We gathered at 4:00 pm. Signs were available for those of us who needed them. The church also supplied battery powered tea lights for us to hold. We walked down the driveway and stood on the grass by the sidewalk. Lisa Winkler spoke, and there was singing, but mainly we stood in witness. We received many honks of support from passersby on Kings Highway. The vigil ended at 5:00, and we left the church feeling that we had shown our dedication to gun violence prevention and common sense gun laws.
Sixty protestors gathered in total. Helen thanks Lisa Winkler for her key role in bringing people together.
Victims Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber lost their lives, and Gaige Grosskreutz was shot and injured, while protesting police brutality in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 25, 2020. The shooter was acquitted of all five felony charges on Friday, November 19th.