Location: Times Square, 43/44th Street Pedestrian Plaza (Broadway between West 43rd and West 44th Street. Join Covenant House President Kevin Ryan and Broadway stars singing songs of inspiration on this special evening of advocacy and hope: The Covenant House Vigil is a day we gather to remember the young, promising lives tragically lost to the streets, and to honor their memories by fighting for the rights and the futures of each child. It is a day we can send a unified message across the country and across the world that no homeless youth will ever be forgotten. It is a day when young people from Covenant House who have survived on the streets will stand up with pride to share their inspiring stories of courage and hope. The Covenant House Vigil is an urgent call to action on behalf of the estimated two million young people who will experience homelessness in America this year. “Some are worried about their medical bills, some are worried about whether they can get their job back, and we in the community have to really help them.”Īffirming her faith in the city, she ended her comments on a note of strength.On November 16th at 6 pm, in Times Square and at locations all across the country, Covenant House will host the most powerful advocacy event of the year on behalf of homeless kids. She reminded the community to support the victims’ families and those in the hospital with serious injuries. Judy Chu (D-Monterey Park) addressed the crowd. The dance studio shooting, he said, “makes you shiver, but I am so happy to see so many people.”Ī little past 7 p.m., Rep. He went to another dance studio in Alhambra but was disarmed by two people and later killed himself in Torrance.Īlan Kobayashi, 65, of Eagle Rock acknowledged that investigators may never fully understand the motive of the gunman, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a strip mall parking lot in Torrance. … We will protect each other, and we will also just pray for each other, and we hope this community will end this kind of tragedy and we can live in peace.”Ĭalifornia How the Lunar New Year massacre unfolded: A night of ballroom dancing, terror, manhuntĪ gunman opened fire at a Monterey Park dance studio late Saturday, killing 10 people and wounding 10. “I just want to show support for the community and to let them know they are not alone. Glancing around the crowd, she took solace in the turnout. We are all “focused on this tragedy,” said Zhu, who shared that she is of Japanese descent. Julie Zhu of Monterey Park described the shooting as a tragedy for not only the Chinese diaspora but also the larger Asian community. “You never expected people to pass away before their new year,” said Johnson Chan, 66, of Monterey Park, who came to the vigil with his wife, Catherine. Like Hernandez, they were trying to make sense of the senselessness of the killing. And as our bodies are sending us signals, experts suggest that we start to pay attention. Therapists discuss ways to copeīy consuming news of each mass shooting, we are experiencing what experts call secondary and collective trauma. Bringing pets and children, they were young and old, representing a mix of backgrounds wishing to pay their respect to this predominantly Asian American community in the San Gabriel Valley.Ĭalifornia You may feel secondary trauma from mass shooting coverage. Their presence was reminiscent of other commemorations held in the wake of other tragedies, each reflecting the unique character and heartache of their communities. since a gunman stormed an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, almost eight months ago, killing 19 children and two teachers.īundled up against the cold as temperatures dropped into the 50s, the mourners of Monterey Park started to arrive at twilight. For example, you can host a candlelight vigil on a death anniversary of a loved one years after their passing. The violence at Star Ballroom Dance Studio, perpetrated by 72-year-old Huu Can Tran, was one of the worst mass shootings to take place in Los Angeles County and the deadliest in the U.S. Candlelight vigils are about bringing people together, either a collection of your closest friends or even acquaintances that identify with your cause. A man carried a hand-lettered sign that read: “The problem are guns.” The dance studio targeted after the Monterey Park shooting reopened Monday for lessons only, while a local businessman talked about the shock in the community. California Lai Lai Ballroom, Alhambra merchants refuse to be terrorized by Monterey Park shooting
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