Thread by @MsKellyMHayes

If you are going to write a piece about how something is not happening, you should really check first.

Folks who saw a piece about there being no national commemoration efforts, please know that's not true. There is a national call to action for vigils October 4-11. You can get involved here: actionnetwork.org/event_campaign…

The fact that things are happening and have been happening really is a better story and worth telling.

There have been numerous powerful online vigils that were national, starting back in May. #WeGrieveTogether was one. Naming the Lost was another. namingthelost.com

.@FacesOfCOVID is another noteworthy effort if people want to talk about commemoration. How are folks gonna not highlight online stuff when so many people are distancing? That's so incomplete.

We only recently held the most recent #WeGrieveTogether on here, which is lending content to upcoming events in the national week of vigils. docs.google.com/document/d/1Kf…

I saw a bunch of folks dramatically agreeing with that piece saying there's been no major commemoration and I can only say that I hope those folks join ongoing commemoration efforts soon. It's more helpful to join in than erase the work people are doing.

I guess I just don't understand what's stopped folks from finding out what's going on and getting involved, if they have such powerful feelings about it.

Anyway, the week of vigils is going to be powerful. I look forward to it and I hope to see the folks who so passionately agreed that no commemoration was happening, and expressed ardent concern about this, will be thrilled to learn they were wrong and get involved right away.