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Tuesday marks the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death. The Sunup Initiative in Corbin will be hosting a Vigil in Remembrance of Victims of Racial Violence at 8:30 p.m. in the lot across from Sanders Park on Main Street.
“We hope to draw awareness to the issue of violence against people of color. This last year has seen an increase in violence again Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, Latino people as well as continued violence against black people,” said Lisa Garrison, a member of the leadership team for the Sunup Initiative.
When attending the event, Garrison said, “They can bring their thoughts, reflections, open hearts. They can bring signs to show their feelings, but this is a vigil not a protest.”
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I have monitored the development of the creeping tale of a suppose inertia by successive government in addressing the development needs of Ghanaians. #FixTheCountry.
While there are genuine concerns by some citizenry over some challenges in the past few months, a group of people with political motives have latched onto these genuine sentiments to launch a political onslaught on the Nana Addo Dankwa government.
I do not intend to hide under a façade of neutrality to push an agenda, as some will always do. Neutrality is an elusive adventure of cowards. I have watched the evolution of neutrals into partisan players, an experience that has kept me tiptoeing whenever I am passing by a supposed neutral.