VIGIL: Invitation to all residents

We are writing to invite the community to a vigil in response to the racial incident involving the University of Utah women’s basketball team. As a group of concerned citizens, we feel a larger response from our community is needed to let the team, as well as people in our community, come together in support and love to combat the hate that was directed toward them.

With the history of hate we have here in Idaho, and with the increasing number of people moving here who are unfamiliar with this history, we would like to take a stand against the very insidious nature of racism and the trauma it causes. We’d like to invite everyone in the community to join us in taking a stand against hate. We hope you’ll please spread the word of our vigil that will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 20, in McEuen Park behind the Coeur d’Alene library. 

We will hear some words from Stu Cabe, renowned teacher of anti-bullying tactics and climate culture positivity. Then we’ll walk silently through the park before pausing to reflect on the egregious incident involving the University of Utah’s women’s basketball team. Please bring signs.

NORTH IDAHO UNITED

Coeur d’Alene