Light A Candle For AngieIt’s a painful video to watch. There is the real personal losses of real family members and friends who lost Angie to hate crime violence.

I cried the first time I saw the video…and the second…and the third. I can’t watch the video a fourth time as yet, Lighting A Candle For Angie Zapatabut I probably will be watching this video a fourth, fifth, and likely twenty-something-ish time during the trial of Angie Zapata’s alleged killer — a trial which begins on Tuesday of next week. I’ve lit a candle for Angie on my Facebook and Twitter pages, as ProgressNow Colorado has asked all of us who care about Angie Zapata, her family, her friends, and her community to do:

We’re asking everyone who joins Light a Candle for Angie to change their profile picture to a candle or you with a candle as an online vigil for Angie. Please change your profile pic and leave it up for the start of the trial.

So, if you have a Facebook or MySpace profile, consider replacing your profile picture with a picture of a candle — or a picture of you holding a candle — until the trial is over. And, consider becoming a member of the Light a Candle for Angie Zapata Facebook cause.

Twitter - Justice For AngieThere are other resources that will be available during the trial. One is the Twitter JusticeForAngie ID, by which you can follow microblogging of the courtroom developments.

Here’s a (at this point) complete listing of all of the official, Angie Zapata trial resources:

Website:

http://www.angiezapata.com/

YouTube Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8J8FmbvBcQ

GLAAD Online Resource Kit: http://www.glaad.org/publications/kits/angiezapata/

Link to Online Ads:

http://drop.peakcreativemedia.com/gill/zapata-ad/AngieZapata2.html

Link to Newspaper Ad:

http://www.progressnowcolorado.org/page/-/ZapataAd_CoSprings_10.6X21.5.pdf

Link to ‘Light a Candle for Angie’ Facebook campaign:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Light-a-Candle-for-Angie-Zapata/55051188422?ref=mf

Twitter:

http://twitter.com/justiceforangie

MySpace:

http://www.myspace.com/lightacandleforangie

So, please keep Angie in your thoughts for at least the duration of the trial. And again, consider lighting a candle for Angie — both in the real world, and on your profile pages.

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Further Reading:

* Denver Post: Transgender slaying advertised to raise awareness

* Fort Collins Now: Groups launch ad campaign to remember murder victim

* Colorado Independent: Coalition unfurls ‘End Hate’ campaign ahead of Angie Zapata murder trial