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Home Lifestyle Community Happenings SLCC students gather to remember Harvey Milk
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SLCC students gather to remember Harvey Milk

By
Miranda Webb
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December 7, 2021
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Banner reads "Remember Harvey Milk"
Attendees honor Harvey Milk during the Harvey Milk Vigil and Remembrance in Salt Lake City on Nov. 27. Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, was assassinated on Nov. 27, 1978. (Johnny Morris)

On Nov. 27, Salt Lake Community College students gathered on 9th and 9th in Salt Lake City for the third annual Harvey Milk Vigil and Remembrance event, which was free and open to the public.

Milk, a former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, was the first openly gay politician in the state of California. Milk, an activist for the LGBTQ community, was assassinated on Nov. 27, 1978.

The event aimed to honor Milk’s life and legacy. Notable public figures who attended included Misty Snow, the first transgender person to appear as a candidate for U.S. Senate on a general election ballot, and Chris Wharton, a member of the Salt Lake City Council.

At the beginning of the event, Zala Long, SLCC political science major read a poem she wrote about her experience as a queer black woman.

Excerpt of Zala Long’s poem

“I am the protest / The liberation / The pain / The only black girl in the classroom / The only black women in gay club / I am The whole damn thang / Black and queer / Queer and black / These two identities must see all of me / I don’t quite fill safe in queer spaces with no faces that look like me / Yet I shine with the lights off.”

Elisa Stone, professor of English at SLCC, shared a guided meditation to set the tone of self-love and acceptance for the event. Dr. Anthony J. Nocella, assistant professor of criminal justice at SLCC, helped organize the event.

Snow spoke about the historical significance of Milk.

“What Harvey Milk did was groundbreaking,” Snow said. “He showed that even if you are a queer person, you can run for elected office; in some cases, you can even get elected.”

Wharton spoke on the importance of the queer community demonstrating their rights.

“When you’re a queer person, holding hands in public is a demonstration of your rights,” Wharton said. “All of you that are interested should come out, and the next political thing you could do is run for office.”

Peter Moosman, coordinator for the Gender and Sexuality Student Resource Center at SLCC, shared his support of Milk’s life and legacy.

“Here we stand in the cold to light a candle and remember him,” Moosman said. “Harvey Milk is a symbol of resistance, change, progress, and hope.”

After several speakers shared a few words, members of Utah Criminology Student Association passed around candles and led a moment of silence to remember Milk.

Harvey Milk Vigil and Remembrance in Salt Lake City, Nov. 27
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Banner reads "Remember Harvey Milk"
Attendees honor Harvey Milk during the Harvey Milk Vigil and Remembrance in Salt Lake City on Nov. 27. Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, was assassinated on Nov. 27, 1978. (Johnny Morris)
A white banner reads "MILK" in black letters
Attendees of the Harvey Walk Vigil and Remembrance hold a sign to celebrate the life of the late politician on Nov. 27 in Salt Lake City. (Johnny Morris)
Candles lit to honor Harvey Milk
Attendees light candles to celebrate the life Harvey Milk during the Harvey Milk Vigil and Remembrance on Nov. 27 in Salt Lake City. Milk, a pioneer of the LGBTQ rights movement, was the first openly gay man elected to public office in the U.S. (Johnny Morris)
Chalk art reads "Remember Harvey Milk"
Attendees create chalk art to honor Harvey Milk during the Harvey Milk Vigil and Remembrance on Nov. 27 in Salt Lake City. (Johnny Morris)
Zala Long reads her poem
Zala Long reads her poem during the Harvey Milk Vigil and Remembrance on Nov. 27 in Salt Lake City. (Johnny Morris)
Crowd gathers at a vigil for Harvey Milk
A crowd gathers to honor and remember Harvey Milk during a vigil on Nov. 27 in Salt Lake City. Harvey Milk, the first openly gay politician in the state of California, was assassinated on Nov. 27, 1978. (Johnny Morris)
Two Harvey Milk vigil attendees
LGBTQ community members and allies attend the Harvey Milk Vigil and Remembrance on Nov. 27 in Salt Lake City. Milk, an American politician and gay-rights activist, was assassinated on Nov. 27, 1978, in San Francisco. (Johnny Morris)
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  • Anthony J. Nocella
  • Chris Wharton
  • Elisa Stone
  • Harvey Milk
  • Harvey Milk Vigil and Remembrance
  • LGBTQ
  • Misty Snow
  • Peter Moosman
  • politics
  • Salt Lake City
  • Salt Lake Community College
  • Zala Long
Miranda Webb

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