By Teagan King
One month after two MU students organized a vigil at Speakers Circle to remember the victims of shootings in the Atlanta area, they and other Asian students hope to continue the conversation about racism against Asians in the United States.
The shootings took place on March 16 at three different spas in the Atlanta area. Eight people were killed, six of whom were women of Asian descent.
Amy Schaffer, a freshman journalism major, and Kevin Duong, a freshman business major, worked together to organize the vigil, which took place on March 19. They noticed a lack of response to the shootings from anyone in Columbia, so they felt something must be done to honor the victims.