Clemson will host a service to remember and honor the victims of the Orlando shootings at 6 p.m. Wednesday (June 15) at the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts. Representatives from the student body, local faith- and non-faith-based groups and the university will participate.
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Speakers/Program Participants:
Dr. Kimberly M. Poole
Associate Dean of Students
Director, Advocacy and Success
Dr. Almeda Jacks
Vice President for Student Affairs
Altheia Richardson
Executive Director, Gantt Multicultural Center
Joey Wilson
President, Undergraduate Student Government
Myrtede Alfred,
Chief of Staff, Graduate Student Government
Jessie Bailey
President, Clemson University Sexuality and Gender Alliance
Dr. Salvador Oropesa
Chair of the Department of Languages, Clemson University
Stanton M. Adams
Director of Creative Ministries, Clemson United Methodist Church
The Rev. Terre Balof
Minister of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Clemson
Nedal Mefleh
President of the Islamic Society of Clemson (ISC)
Dr. Peter Cohen
Philosophy and Religion Department
Faculty Advisor, Hillel Jewish Students Organization
Advisory Board Member, Atlantic Institute
Josh Morgan
Chair, President’s LGBTQ Task Force
The following individuals, staff and students, will be reading the names of the deceased:
Francisco Gutierrez
Xio Mendez
Amanda Arroyo
Camden Johnson
Kiana Vazquez
Nia Avila
Sara Smith
Raquel Contreras
Collaborative Partners for Planning:
Dean of Students
Office of Advocacy and Success
Campus Activities and Events
Gantt Multicultural Center
Clemson University Libraries
President’s LGBTQ Task Force
Student Affairs Publications
Clemson United Methodist Church
