Ceremony and Right Action Belong Together

The 60 year cycle signals a time of coming full circle…both an ending and a beginning. August 1st, 1966 marked the first mass shooting on a school campus in the U.S. It occurred on the grounds of the University of Texas in Austin. Since then, there have been countless mass shootings across the U.S. while the attempts at gun reform and access to mental health support are continuously attacked, especially in Texas. This is unthinkable and can not continue.

Please join the IMAGINE PEACE Promise Alliance, the Austin Raging Grannies, and Nonviolent Austin for a community vigil memorializing the 60 year anniversary of the UT Tower shooting. Together, we will memorialize the victims, hear from survivors, and give public witness to the grave impact violence has on our communities. We are gathering in the Rotunda of the ‘People’s House’, the Texas State Capitol, where moral documents impacting the lives of our communities are created.

Violence is an epidemic. Truth-telling, community-building, healing, and an embodiment of reverence for life are remedies.

Please join us as we honor this pivotal moment in history and recommit ourselves to eradicating violence in all of its forms.

In LOVE, PEACE, and SOLIDARITY,

The IMAGINE PEACE Promise Alliance