High school freshman Julia Gordon’s drive to paint a unity mural on the Avon library’s sidewalk stalled last summer, but has touched off a campaign to pepper the town with rainbow “Avon PRIDE” lawn signs in support of the town’s LGBTQ residents.
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In Avon on Tuesday, dozens of students and community members gathered at the Avon Free Public Library and then marched to Avon High for a rally one year after the murder of George Floyd.
“The theme of our march is ‘We are still here,’” said Maddi Dwyer, an Avon High junior. “We wanted to prove as a club we are not faltering and we will remain committed and here to social justice.” Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
“I am extremely proud of our students in Avon. They have really stepped up,” said Rose-Marie Mouning, club co-advisor.
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Members of Indianapolis’ tight-knit Sikh community joined with city officials to call for gun reforms Saturday as they mourned the deaths of four Sikhs who were among the eight people killed in a mass shooting at a FedEx warehouse.
At a vigil attended by more than 200 at an Indianapolis park Saturday evening, Aasees Kaur, who represented the Sikh Coalition, spoke out alongside the city’s mayor and other elected officials to demand action that would prevent such attacks from happening again.
“We must support one another, not just in grief, but in calling our policymakers and elected officials to make meaningful change,” Kaur said. “The time to act is not later, but now. We are far too many tragedies, too late, in doing so.”