COLUMBIA – A candlelight vigil was held Wednesday night time on the Stephens Lake Park island to honor and keep in mind the lives misplaced at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas.
It has been per week and at some point since a gunman entered Robb Elementary College and shot 19 younger kids and two lecturers.
Missouri Youth Voices is the group that organized the occasion.
Missouri Youth Voices is a collective group of scholars throughout mid-Missouri taking their voices and issues to the general public and the media.
The group posted concerning the candlelight vigil by way of its social media pages.
“We as many People are devastated by the tragedy that occurred at Robb Elementary on Could twenty fourth. For years, our nation has confronted points with gun violence, however kids needs to be the final folks to ever need to face that situation,” its Fb submit stated.
Katherine Cox-Littrell, a member of Missouri Youth Voices, talked about a daunting truth.
“I used to be seven after I first discovered about faculty shootings. I’m now 17 and do not see any change in that ten yr time span,” stated Cox-Littrell.
Cox-Littrell voiced that the group and her determined to carry a vigil as a result of it was essential for folks to mourn collectively.
“Not everyone’s offended about the identical points,” stated Cox-Littrell. “However lots of people might be unhappy about the identical points. And so this can be a nice approach to type of cross get together strains and maintain fingers to unite everyone,” stated Cox-Littrell.
Cox-Littrell talked about she desires to see change on the democratic stage.
“You’ve the facility to do one thing. And everyone does. All people has the facility to vote. All people has the facility to make their voice heard. Do not simply say, Oh, I am so dangerous. Do one thing. Name your senator. Name your consultant. If you’re an elected official, plan one thing, get one thing to alter, stated Cox-Littrell.