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milestogo

(18,277 posts)
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 01:00 PM Dec 17

Candlelight Vigil tonight 12/17

Boys & Girls Clubs of Dane Co. to hold vigil after Madison school shooting

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - The Boys and Girls Clubs of Dane County (BGCDC) will host a candlelight vigil Tuesday as the community heals from the school shooting at a Madison Christian school.

BGCDC said the vigil will take place at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Vel Phillips Statue on State Capitol grounds. BGCDC CEO Michael Johnson said community members are invited to come together, reflect and support one another at the gathering.

“As an organization dedicated to serving youth and families, we feel it is our responsibility to step forward and create spaces for connection and healing,” Johnson said. “This vigil is one way we can stand with our community and show that we are here to support them during this unimaginable time.”

Johnson will be at the vigil, as well as Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, Madison Metropolitan School District Superintendent Dr. Joe Gothard, End Times Ministries International Bishop Godfrey Stubbs, United Way CEO Renee Moe, and CEO of Focused Interruption Anthony Cooper. The organization said it also plans to offer safe spaces to those who need mental health resources, in the long-term and short-term.

https://www.wmtv15news.com/2024/12/16/boys-girls-clubs-dane-co-hold-vigil-after-madison-school-shooting/



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Candlelight Vigil tonight 12/17 (Original Post) milestogo Dec 17 OP
... SheltieLover Dec 17 #1
How about taking guns away? PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 17 #2
They can't touch anyones gun..... SergeStorms Dec 17 #3
I know you are right. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 17 #4
You'll get no argument from me there. SergeStorms Dec 17 #5

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,848 posts)
2. How about taking guns away?
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 01:11 PM
Dec 17

Until then, leave plenty of open space in your schedule for more such vigils.

SergeStorms

(19,339 posts)
3. They can't touch anyones gun.....
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 02:54 PM
Dec 17

because, "Murica." That old outdated and completely twisted 2nd amendment crap they all cling to. Xtian nationalists love their god and guns, don't you know. 🤨

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,848 posts)
4. I know you are right.
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 02:56 PM
Dec 17

I just wish the only people whose 3 year old murders a 5 year old, or whose kids die or are maimed in a school shooting, I wish only those who fervently support Guns! Guns! Guns! would be the only ones affected.

SergeStorms

(19,339 posts)
5. You'll get no argument from me there.
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 04:19 PM
Dec 17

If only the gun worshippers were effected the situation would change overnight. Unfortunately that's not the case, and this will continue, unabated, forever.

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