In response to the
defacing of the Martin Luther King Jr. mural by a white supremacist hate group, faith leaders and community members in State College will hold a “Unite Against Hate” peace vigil at MLK Plaza at 3 p.m. on Sunday.
Organized by Reverend Jes Kast, a pastor with the Faith United Church of Christ, and colleagues Reverend Bonnie, Reverend Kate, Reverend Ben, and Reverend Carol, the vigil seeks to “reclaim” the MLK Plaza in “the name of justice and of love.”
Members of the State College community are invited to join the vigil, and are encouraged to bring candles.
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President Biden has promised to address the environmental impacts of systemic racism. On Wednesday, he signed an executive order on environmental justice. Carolyn Kaster/AP
Devon Hall has lived most of his nearly seven decades in Duplin County, N.C. The land is flat and green there in the southeastern part of the state, about an hour s drive from the coast. It s lovely unless you live downwind of one of the county s many industrial hog farms. It can get really bad, says Hall, the co-founder of the Rural Empowerment Association for Community Help in Duplin County.
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President-elect Joe Biden leaves at The Queen Theater after announcing his climate and energy team nominees and appointees in Wilmington Del., Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Devon Hall has lived most of his nearly seven decades in Duplin County, N.C. The land is flat and green there in the southeastern part of the state, about an hour’s drive from the coast. It’s lovely unless you live downwind of one of the county’s many industrial hog farms.
“It can get really bad,” says Hall, the co-founder of the Rural Empowerment Association for Community Help in Duplin County.