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Georgetown University students organized for a vigil for conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated in Utah on Sept. 12.

Students Mourn Charlie Kirk, Condemn Political Violence at Vigil

By Ruth Abramovitz, Senior News Editor September 18, 2025

Georgetown University students mourned conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated Sept. 10, at a vigil held on the Old North steps Sept. 12.  Kirk, the founder of conservative...

Ajani Stella/The Hoya | At a vigil for Gaza by a faculty group, faculty read out names of children killed.

GU Community Commemorates Children Killed in Gaza, Petitions for Town Hall

By Nora Toscano and Ajani Stella September 11, 2025

A Georgetown University faculty group organized a vigil Sept. 11 to commemorate children killed in Gaza and petition the university to hold town halls discussing the humanitarian crisis. About 50 community...

Members of Georgetown’s Office of Jewish Life, the Georgetown Israel Alliance and Chabad Georgetown held a Feb. 20 vigil to honor the Israeli hostages killed in Gaza.

GU Jewish Community Holds Vigil for Israeli Hostages

By Ajani Stella, Academics Desk Editor February 21, 2025

Georgetown University community members mourned Israeli hostages killed in Gaza in a vigil and prayer service Feb. 20 in Red Square. The vigil included speeches and prayers grieving for the hostages...

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GU’s Jewish Community Mourns One Year Since Oct. 7

By Aamir Jamil, Senior News Editor October 17, 2024

Members of the Georgetown University community gathered for a prayer service and candlelight vigil on the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel. The Office of Jewish Life, the...

Lebanese Student Association Hosts Vigil in Solidarity With Lebanon

Lebanese Student Association Hosts Vigil in Solidarity With Lebanon

By Kate Hwang and Aamir Jamil October 16, 2024

 Over 100 members of the Georgetown University community commemorated the victims of Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon at a candlelight vigil Oct. 4 in Red Square.  At the vigil, organized by...

Kate Hwang/The Hoya | Georgetown University community members gathered at a commemorative vigil to mark the second anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death on Sept. 16.

ICS Hosts Vigil in Remembrance of Mahsa Amini Two Years After Her Death

By Kate Hwang, Student Life Desk Editor September 20, 2024

Georgetown University community members gathered at a commemorative vigil to mark the second anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death. Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died Sept. 16, 2022, while in the...

Georgetown Community Members Organize Day of Solidarity With Gaza

Georgetown Community Members Organize Day of Solidarity With Gaza

By Aamir Jamil, GUSA Desk Editor February 2, 2024

Over 100 Georgetown University students and workers attended vigils Jan. 26 as part of a day of solidarity to commemorate those killed in Gaza. Georgetown University Medical Students for Palestine (GUMS4Palestine),...

Students Host Vigil to Remember Gun Violence Victims During National Gun Violence Survivors Week

Students Host Vigil to Remember Gun Violence Victims During National Gun Violence Survivors Week

By Evie Steele and Maren Fagan January 25, 2024

CW: This article references and discusses gun violence and intimate partner violence. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources.  Georgetown University’s chapter...

Students Organize Vigil to Honor, Mourn Tyre Nichols

Students Organize Vigil to Honor, Mourn Tyre Nichols

By Evie Steele February 9, 2023

Content Warning: This article discusses police brutality. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. Georgetown University students gathered at a candlelight vigil to...

Students Mourn Deaths of Uyghurs in China at Candlelight Vigil

Students Mourn Deaths of Uyghurs in China at Candlelight Vigil

By Sophia Lu December 2, 2022

Georgetown University students held a vigil to honor the lives lost in an apartment fire that led to the deaths of 10 people in Xinjiang, an autonomous territory in northwest China that is home to the...

Students Organize Vigil to Protest Killing of Mahsa Amini

Students Organize Vigil to Protest Killing of Mahsa Amini

By Evie Steele September 30, 2022

Georgetown University students staged a vigil to mourn and protest the killing of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman who was killed while in police custody for improperly wearing a hijab. Since...

Demonstrators Remember Ethiopian Airlines Crash Victims

By Harrison McBride September 13, 2019

Demonstrators gathered for a vigil in honor of the victims of March’s Ethiopian Airlines crash, which took the life of Cedric Asiavugwa (LAW ’19), outside the Department of Transportation on Sept....

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