The “Plant Justice Grow Peace” group at Spirit of Peace Church of the Brethren in East Lansing, Mich., held a vigil against gun violence on June 2, for National Gun Violence Awareness Day.
A mass shooting on Feb. 13, 2023, killed three students at Michigan State University (MSU) and injured five. The church’s rented sanctuary is in the University United Methodist Church, across the street from campus.
After a discussion during a Gun Violence Campaign Meetup with On Earth Peace, the group purchased orange t-shirts featuring the church logo and the slogan “No More Silence, End Gun Violence” and wore them for the vigil in front of the state capitol building in Lansing. —Beverly Leaf
This article originally appeared in Messenger magazine.