SLAM and Campus Ministries held Iona’s first Transgender Day of Remembrance memorial on Nov. 20 in order to honor those who were murdered as the result of transphobia. Campus minister Gabriella Colon began with a prayer. SLAM president sophomore Justin Henry then held a moment of silence while a list of names of transgender people who were victims of hate crimes in 2016 was read and a bell was rung. Two students

spoke and two poems were read. The following names were read aloud:

Brandi Bledsoe

Monica Lora

Rae’Lynn Thomas

Dee Whigham

Tyreece “Reecey” Walker

Shante Issac Quartney

Davia Dawsonn-Yochum

Maya Young

Jasmine Sierra

Kayden Clarke

Veronica Banks Cano

Demarkis Stansberry

Kedarie/Kandicee Johnson

Kourtney Yochum

Shante Thompson

Keyonna Blakeney

Mercedes Successful

Amos Beede

“Goddess” Diamond

Deeniqua Dodds

Skye Mockabee

Erykah Tijerina

T.T. Saffore

Crystal Edmonds

Jazz Alford