A candlelight vigil will be held to speak out against hate crimes against immigrants in Suffolk County , in particular, the murder of Marcello Lucero, an immigrant from Ecuador. The perpetrators clearly stated according to news accounts that they were planning to "find some Mexicans." This vicious hate crime is only the latest in a long series of crimes targeting Latinos in Suffolk County.Candlelight Vigil in Memory of Marcello Lucero
No more hate, no more violence, we are all community
Date: November 14th, 7pm
Place: Railroad Ave and Sephton Street , Patchogue , NY
The event is being called together and organized by many community members in Patchogue, NY. It will begin with a religious ceremony and words from the family of the deceased. In addition, community organizations such as the Workplace Project, the Long Island Immigrant Alliance, Carecen, Jobs with Justice, LICPP, SEIU, Ola of Southampton, Long Island Wins, and STRONG will be participating. Additional speakers will include: the Consulate of Ecuador, the Mayor of Patchogue, and Rev. Allan Ramirez.
Please join us in standing together with the family, friends and the entire community in expressing outrage not only at the murder of Marcello Lucero, but also against the intolerance that breeds hate crimes in Suffolk County. Please bring a candle and a flower, if you can.
Contacts:
Nadia Marin-Molina/Carlos Canales
Workplace Project 516-565-5377 or 516-984-5755
Luis Valenzuela, LI Immigrant Alliance
631-789-0720 or 631 603-4266
2 comments:
This is so heartbreaking. I'm so sorry.....and wonder when the hate will ever end.
Obama's election was so very hopeful...and then the very same day we find out that gays who love each other may no longer marry in California...because people cannot stop hating.
And then this...the life of a young man...taken to feed somebody's hate. They ruined his life, and the lives of those who loved him, and threw away their own lives in the process...all due to hate.
Sometimes I think that many animals are better than we are.
A truly awful crime. It is shocking how we can read about these crimes in the year 2008. It shouldn't be. These teenagers need to be educated that "Mexicans" are just as human as they are, despite a different language, skin tone or culture. Hopefully in jail they will learn this truth.
As for the previous anonymous comment, this incident has nothing to do with gay marriage so let's not bring that into this. People who are against gay marriage have a strong moral conviction against it. They do not "hate" gays or want to stab them to death. If they do then you are correct in saying that they are no better than animals.
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