The Healing Place Church will be the location this Saturday of a prayer vigil to pray for lives lost.

The event is called "Stand Up For Black Men & Boys Lives" and the organizer say, in a press release, that it will be peaceful prayer event to stand together for "human lives everywhere".

The public is invited to attend the event this Saturday, May 30 at the Healing Place Church which is located at 19202 Highland Road in Baton Rouge.

The organizer of the event are asking anyone who is planning to attend to practice social distancing, and they are asking that all attendees wearing a mask throughout the event.

According to the press release, the purpose of the vigil is because "we will no longer stand down and allow our precious human beings, black men and black boys to be unmercifully murdered."

 

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