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 us Saturday, October 12 at 10:00 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.
