Vigil To Honor Nex Benedict On 3/3

2/27/2024

Above you see word of a vigil on Sunday, 3/3, to honor and remember the life of Nex Benedict.

Thanks to organizers Meghan Fairbanks and Ethan Michelle Ganz for the leadership in organizing the event. All of us can take the lead when events demand.

Nex Benedict is the non-binary 16 year old who died after a fight in school in Owasso, Oklahoma.

Oklahoma has a hateful climate right now towards people such as Nex Benedict.

It's not so great in Texas either.

Showing up for others is very much part of showing up for democracy. We have to ready to fight for everybody. Please consider attending this vigil on March 3.

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I'm Neil Aquino.

I'm a rank & file Houstonian. I’ve volunteered extensively for Democratic candidates and causes, and served as staff for multiple campaigns. My work for Democratic campaigns has involved communications and strategy.

I’m an organizer of the Weekly John Cornyn Houston Office Protest. The Cornyn Protest team has been outside Senator Cornyn’s office each Tuesday for eight years now with one clear message: In addition to voting, we must show up physically and non-conventionally for the fights over democracy. Events have proven this assertion correct.

I'm on the Egberto Willies Politics Done Right Show every Thursday from 6 AM to 7 AM for the Houston Democracy Project segment. You can hear the show on the radio, stream it on KPFT or watch later on Egberto's YouTube channel.

I am the 2024 Barbara Cigainero Volunteer of the Year Award recipient the Houston LGBTQIA+ Political Caucus. I have a political science degree from Xavier University in Cincinnati and ran a Cincinnati City Council office.

I read a lot of books and follow baseball closely.

Vigil To Honor Nex Benedict On 3/3

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