UW-Stevens Point holds vigil for Orlando shooting victims
6/16/2016
WSAW Channel 7 Wausau

By Rebecca Cardenas

The Steven Point community left with heavy hearts and lingering questions after a vigil for the Orlando shooting victims at the U-W campus Thursday.

Members of the LGBTQ community and their straight allies draped their arms around each other as 49 names were read from the list of those who lost their lives in Sunday's massacre.

"What promise was lost." Stevens Point council member Mary Kneebone said, tearfully, "Having lived through discrimination and oppression, I had to be here."...

...UWSP Hall Director Alyssa Bolante helped orchestrate Thursday's vigils.​

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