Moment of Reflection: Witness and Protest

Moment of Reflection: Witness and Protest

Showing up for justice outside a notorious jail.

Staff Writer

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page from Spring 2021: Moment of Reflection: Vigil. Image of a candle light vigil June 2012 in Phoenix AZ, Joe Arpaio's tent city jail.

Image © 2012 Nancy Pierce/UUA

Image © 2012 Nancy Pierce/UUA

Witness and Protest

More than 2,500 people sang, prayed, and shouted “Shut it down!” outside Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s notorious “Tent City” jail in Phoenix, Arizona, on June 23, 2012, at a UUA-sponsored vigil to protest human rights abuses against immigrants. (Photo © 2012 Nancy Pierce/UUA)

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