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The university that hosted Charlie Kirk when he was murdered last September will cancel classes on the anniversary of his death.
“Healing continues in different ways for each member of our university community as we approach Sept. 10, the one-year anniversary of the tragic events surrounding Charlie Kirk’s death,” stated a recent email sent to the campus community, according to KSL News. “To provide time and space for reflection, service, and connection, UVU will close operations that day.”
The Daily Herald student newspaper reported that campus leaders also invited students and staff to participate in United Way’s annual Day of Caring that day, as it is a “long-standing tradition of service is an opportunity to come together and continue healing through helping others,” the email to the campus community stated.
Kirk, a political and cultural Christian activist who led a massive and effective outreach organization debating liberal students and educating on conservative issues on campuses across the country, was shot in the neck as he spoke to a crowd of thousands at Utah Valley University.
Kirk was at UVU as part of his “The American Comeback Tour,” stopping at campuses nationwide to talk to students about immigration, abortion, transgender rights, among many other hot-button topics.
Tyler Robinson stands accused of murdering Kirk from a campus rooftop, and his preliminary hearing took place over the summer.
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