Anniversary Vigil For Nakhia Today

I recently wrote about justice finally being served in my friend Nakhia Williams' case in Louisville with the wastes of DNA who committed the crime being punished for doing so .

Today is the fourth anniversary of  Nikki's death and there is a vigil being planned for her at 10:30 AM EDT.  She was a good friend that I miss and I wish I could be there for it.  

Here's the press reease from the Fairness Campaign for the vigil

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Nakhia "Nikki" Williams was a proud transgender woman, a writer and painter, who was deeply involved in her community. She was brutally murdered in Louisville on August 20, 2008, a few days shy of her 30th birthday. This Monday, August 20--the anniversary of Nikki's murder--the Fairness Campaign will join her family to remember Nikki, and all victims of bias-motivated violent crime, at the site of her murder, 15th and Market Streets, 10:30 a.m.

Pinwheels will be distributed at the gathering symbolizing hope of ending all bias-motivated violent crime.

"With the recent Sikh temple shooting, the assault on a young lesbian girl in Louisville, and the brutal attack of a Nebraska lesbian, it is necessary to further the discussion of ending prejudice and bias-based violent crime in America," shared Fairness Campaign co-coordinator Keith Brooks.

WHAT: Pinwheels of Hope--A Remembrance of All Victims of Bias-Motivated Violent Crime

WHEN: Monday, August 20, 10:30 a.m. (anniversary of Nakhia's murder)

WHERE: 15th & Market Streets in Downtown Louisville (site of Nakhia's murder)