Remember Harvey Milk on the 30th Anniversary of his death

My friend, Sister MaeJoy B. withU – of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence is organizing a candlelight vigil for the 30th Anniversary of the murder of Harvey Milk (the first openly gay Supervisor in San Francisco) and George Moscone (mayor of San Francisco at that time).

I hope everyone takes a moment to remember this infamous hate crime, and to honor the work that Harvey Milk did in advancing the rights of queer people.  This happened 30 years ago, and still today there are still hate crimes against the  GLBT community, especially transgender folk.  In honor of the legacy of Harvey Milk, I hope we all can work to prevent these crimes.

Here is the invitation from MaeJoy:

greetings san francisco friends & sisters and friends all over the world.

this thursday, November 27th marks the 30th anniversary of dan white killing supervisor harvey milk and mayor george moscone in San Francisco at city hall.

this bulletin is to invite anyone in the bay area or visiting the bay area for thanksgiving in joining a peace vigil at Dolores Park (where 20th street meets church) at 6:39pm.  from this location we will look over the city of san francisco and hold the vision for peace, gratitude & unconditional love for our community and others in the coming year.

at the approximate time of the shooting there will be a short exercise marking the number of bullets shot.  Other than that, the vigil will be silent.  All participants are asked to bring a white candle.

if you are in the SF bay area i invite you to join us.  if you are somewhere else and wish to do something for this anniversary i ask you to pull together folks in somewhat of the same manner, or light a white candle wherever you are, holding the wish of peace around the globe.

please please please help me circul8 this information to your friends, family members and any others that you think might be in town and wish to do something like this on thanksgiving.

about 8:00pm we will take all of the candles to 18th & Castro where they will be left in loving memory of Harvey Milk & George Moscone.

thanks for taking the time to read this email! i appreciate you tonzZz.

always,

maeJoy B. withU