By Local News | MyWabashValley.com
Apr 25, 2021 10:13 PM
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) “We must protect each other,” Arthur Feinsod, president of the InterFaith Council of the Wabash Valley, said during a Sunday afternoon Zoom memorial for the six women of Asian descent killed March 16 in Atlanta.
The vigil was called “Standing with the Asian-American Community,” and the four Sikhs killed in the April 16 Indianapolis shootings were remembered, as well. Co-sponsors of the event included the InterFaith Council of the Wabash Valley, the Sisters of Providence and the Terre Haute Branch of the NAACP. Speakers included Sister Paula Damiano, Rabbi Remy Liverman, Sister Jessica Vitente, Riem Rostom, Terre Haute President of the NAACP Sylvester Edwards, Sinwon Lee Racop and Jean Kristeller.