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Vigil Against Violence
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September 16, 2024Join the Religious Coalition for a Nonviolent Durham to honor and remember 51 lives all taken from us by violence in Durham County during 2023. Over 88% ended by gunshot wounds. Each a tragic reminder of more than 1000 lives in 32 years, similarly snatched away and still powerfully missed. Every one an enduring, immeasurable loss to our community.
Join the Religious Coalition for a Nonviolent Durham Saturday, October 12th at 10 am on the grounds of Elizabeth Street UMC (1209 N. Elizabeth Street) for a ritual of sacred attention to these named, loved ones. For the 32nd time, we offer this Annual Vigil Against Violence as a space to unite in public mourning for the inequitable human toll of our violence.
We gather as people bearing the gifts of a body and a name. We gather as neighbors mindful of the violence in our systems and our souls. We gather as fragile, forgetful creatures—in the light of a Love that will not let any one life go.
We gather in love and remember:Johnny Banks, Jr. (55 yrs)
Benjamin Francois Morris (43 yrs)
Brandon Lamar Wiggins (28 yrs)
Ronnie Christopher Streeter (67 yrs)
Maverick ‘Pete’ Deran Tatum (62 yrs)
Robert Leon Terrell (45 yrs)
Devin Montreal Rogers (22 yrs)
Joseph Leon Roberts (59 yrs)
Tonya Yvette Richardson (45 yrs)
Romero Bent (23 yrs)
Aaron Dayquan Parker (30 yrs)
Taqon ‘Qon’ Jayshon Blake (21 yrs)
Angela Marina Risi (30 yrs)
De’Quan Scott (17 yrs)
Elijah Jayden Hawkins-Maynor (22 yrs)
Jerry Miles, Jr. (33 yrs)
Semar Elijah Barbour (19 yrs)
Derek Anthony Clay (53 yrs)
Brandon Mical Bullock-Wall (31 yrs)
William L. Smith (28 yrs)
Twanda Shante Parker (24 yrs)
Jeremiah Issac Williams II (19 yrs)
Ricardo Meza-Ramirez (17 yrs)
Billy Ray Dickerson, Jr. (51 yrs)
Alexander Bernard Jordan (41 yrs)
Darryl Keith Harris (65 yrs)