A moment of silence was held as the snow fell in St. Stephen today, to honour those lost in a mass shooting, and to show solidarity for Muslims in the community. Six people were killed and five others remain in critical condition after being shot while they prayed in a mosque in Quebec City this week.
Carol Lynn Gamblin of the Charlotte County Abuse Prevention Network, who organized the Community Solidarity Event in St. Stephen, says we need to challenge the hate in the world, such as hateful humour that’s used to crush people, to insult people, or to put them in their place, “Unfriend people. Make a comment. If it’s somebody on Facebook, if it’s somebody telling you a joke over coffee. Is it a funny joke? Or is it a little itty bitty hate crime with a chuckle at the end.”
Carol Lynn Gamblin with the CC Abuse Prevention Network leading the crowd in a moment of silence for those in the Quebec City shooting. pic.twitter.com/vSTzQjCDIz
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Gamblin says for anyone to be singled out for violence or abuse because of their faith, ethnicity, sex, or gender, is absolutely horrific and unacceptable.
Cpl. Jayson Hansen hangs a green ribbon at the Solidarity Event in #StStephen to honor and support muslims in the community. pic.twitter.com/PSrN7uJVbE
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The crowd also gathered to hang green ribbons along the front gate of Chocolate Park is support of muslims in the community.
