Post in sng-board] 3 dead after shooting at Seward Market

2010 Jan 07 15:10 UTC

I, too, am deeply saddened by this event, and I wonder whether others would
like to respond to it in some way to show that the Seward community--its
Somali and non-Somali residents--condemns this violence.  A
candlelight/flashlight vigil at 7:45 p.m. tonight (the time of the shooting
yesterday), for example, in front of Seward Market might be a way to make a
statement for peace.  Another idea, for a more artistic soul, is to create
t-shirts and sell them throughout Seward that say "Seward--A Pretty Good
Neighborhood" with "pretty good" crossed out and "Great" written over it.
In the Star-Tribune story today, this description of Seward was mentioned
twice, and I think such faint praise for Seward also warrants a response.

Fran Vavrus
(24th Ave)