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TAKE ACTION for Deah, Yusor and Razan #ChapelHillShooting

Posted on February 11, 2015

Please join the Campaign to TAKE ON HATE as we take action for Deah, Yusor and Razan.

First, attend one of these vigils tonight and Friday in remembrance of the three young American Muslims killed in Chapel Hill, N.C.

#ChapelHillShooting Interfaith Vigils #TAKEONHATE

Orlando, Fla.
Thursday, Feb. 12 at 6:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida - Reflection Pond

San Francisco, Calif.
Thursday, Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m.
Union Square

Brooklyn, N.Y.
Friday, Feb. 13 at 1 p.m.
Arab American Association of New York

Tempe, Ariz.
Friday, Feb. 13 at 8 p.m. 
Islamic Community Center of Tempe - Community Town Hall Discussion

Detroit, Mich.
Friday, Feb. 13 at 5:30 p.m.
Wayne State University - DeRoy Auditorium

Since the tragic deaths of Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23; his wife, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, 21; and her sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19, TAKE ON HATE and other community organizers have already held vigils at Chicago's Loyola University and Columbia College and the University of Michigan's Dearborn, Ann Arbor and Flint campuses. 

Second, sign this petition to join the Campaign to TAKE ON HATE to call for U.S. Department of Justice Attorney General Eric Holder to open a full and rigorous federal hate crime investigation into the tragic killing of the three vibrant young American Muslims in Chapel Hill.

Third, stayed tuned as TAKE ON HATE plans community conversations for next week on the Chapel Hill tragedy and the prevalence of hate crimes in America.

Read more:TAKE ON HATE mourns tragic killing of 3 Muslim Americans

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