Along with peaceful memorials and vigils across the United States, Santa Rosa and Sonoma County honored Renee Good and others involved with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) engagement. This candlelight ceremony served as a peaceful memorial to recognize Good and others who have died in ICE custody or from ICE-related violence.
Attendees gathered at Old Courthouse Square in downtown Santa Rosa last Saturday, Jan. 17, to offer spoken remembrances, reflections, moments of silence, and messages calling for accountability or justice. Hopefully, this collective mourning was meant to raise awareness about not only Good’s death but also ICE violence across the nation.
This group of several hundred listened to gentle folk music, heard speeches from a variety of political leaders representing Sonoma County, and quietly raised candles to commemorate Good and other victims of violence…