URI to hold vigil today following mass shootings at Orlando nightclub

Set for 1:30 p.m. on Kingston campus quadrangle

WHO: David M. Dooley, URI president; Annie Russell, director of URI’s Gender and Sexuality Center; other campus leaders and students

WHAT: The University’s Gender and Sexuality Center will hold a vigil and rally today for the victims of the mass shooting at the Orlando nightclub over the weekend. All community members at URI have been invited to speak and mourn the victims.

WHEN: Today, June 13, 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: The Kingston campus quadrangle.

TO MAKE COVERAGE ARRANGEMENTS: Contact Dave Lavallee, URI Communications & Marketing, 401-874-5862, dlavallee@uri.edu