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There was a rally on the Common this afternoon, and while I wasn't sure I wanted to go in the sense that I expected to take comfort from it, I wanted to go to support other people, as a political statement.
One speaker was a member of the Squirrel Hill Synagogue who is in her sophomore year at BU; she said she didn't have words right now, but she did, good ones.
The event was labeled a "vigil," but it was also significantly a political rally: not just that the speakers included a lot of Massachusetts politicians, but for what they said. Gov. Baker (he's a Republican) said appropriate and unsurprising things about unity; several of the other speakers explicitly called out the Trump administration's rhetoric and policy, to loud applause. Attorney General Maura Healy reminded us that her office has a hate crimes hotline, established right after the 2016 election. I'm fairly sure this is the first time I've heard from the State Treasurer; she told us about HIAS helping her husband when he came to this country in the 1950s.
The religious speakers included a few rabbis, people from at least three Christian denominations (the only one I'm sure of was a Presbyterian minister from Roxbury), and a sheik speaking on behalf of a local Muslim group.
One of the first speakers read the names of the victims, and the vigil ended with the mourners' kaddish.
One speaker was a member of the Squirrel Hill Synagogue who is in her sophomore year at BU; she said she didn't have words right now, but she did, good ones.
The event was labeled a "vigil," but it was also significantly a political rally: not just that the speakers included a lot of Massachusetts politicians, but for what they said. Gov. Baker (he's a Republican) said appropriate and unsurprising things about unity; several of the other speakers explicitly called out the Trump administration's rhetoric and policy, to loud applause. Attorney General Maura Healy reminded us that her office has a hate crimes hotline, established right after the 2016 election. I'm fairly sure this is the first time I've heard from the State Treasurer; she told us about HIAS helping her husband when he came to this country in the 1950s.
The religious speakers included a few rabbis, people from at least three Christian denominations (the only one I'm sure of was a Presbyterian minister from Roxbury), and a sheik speaking on behalf of a local Muslim group.
One of the first speakers read the names of the victims, and the vigil ended with the mourners' kaddish.
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The (Sikh) leader of Redbridge Council has just issued a statement saying the people of Redbridge stand by Pittsburgh.