![]() ![]() from UVA’s School of Law in 1975. Thomas was the first African-American to be appointed to the Supreme Court of Virginia and at the age of 32, the youngest person ever to sit on the court. He is a “double-’Hoo,” having earned his undergraduate degree in American government with distinction in 1972 and his J.D. The Honorable John Charles Thomas will open the program. “We hope that those who are in Old Cabell Hall and those who are within earshot will take that moment to reflect and use that as a moment of discernment.” She said the moment of silence will be an opportunity for everyone, in Charlottesville and around the world, to reflect and remember those who were lost or injured and those who came to their aid in last year’s violence. The event’s other main organizer, Melody Barnes, is a fellow at UVA’s Miller Center and the School of Law and the recently elected vice chair of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation. Suarez said it is incumbent on each community member to ask how they want to be part of a lasting solution and contribute to the evolving community. “A very important word in the program title is ‘reflection.’ I would encourage people, whether they are present at the event itself, or watching it on the livestream, to reflect on what they have seen and heard.” “It’s a beginning, not an end,” said co-organizer Michael Suarez, professor of English, director of UVA’s Rare Book School and a Jesuit priest at the Church of the Holy Comforter in Charlottesville. Organizers say the program is an important step in a long journey to address the hate that was visited on UVA and Charlottesville last summer. It will feature a moment of silence, save for the tolling of the University Chapel’s bells, plus instrumental and community choral performances and a poetry reading, followed by remarks from UVA President James E. in Old Cabell Hall Auditorium and can be viewed on the University’s Facebook page. But organizers are encouraging people to view the online livestream of the program, which comes one year to the day after white supremacists staged violent protests at UVA and in downtown Charlottesville. Saturday’s University of Virginia event, “The Hope that Summons Us: A Morning of Reflection and Renewal,” has attracted large interest and all 650 tickets have been distributed.
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