Vigils were held across the country to remember the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol building and citizens doing the work of government in it at the time. The gathering numbered about 80 people.

The Kent vigil was sponsored by the Portage County NAACP, Kent Interfaith Council and the League of Women Voters of Kent. Speakers were Frank Hairston, emcee, and John Kennedy of the PC NAACP; Iris Meltzer, president of the League of Women Voters of Ohio; Chris Clevenger Moore of the KSU Young Democrats; and Nancy Warlop of KIFA.

Pastor Denzel Jones of the United Church of Jesus Christ in Ravenna offered up prayers to begin and end the vigil. Speakers were invited from political parties in Portage County, Ohio. This event took place Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, in Kent, Ohio. 

Candlelight Prayer Vigil Remembering Jan. 6, 2021; Citizens Gather in Kent, Ohio

A 24-minute video of the prayer vigil in downtown Kent by John Reynolds

Candlelight Prayer Vigil Speaker Iris Meltzer of League of Women Voters
3 minutes

Candlelight Prayer Vigil Speaker John Kennedy of Portage County NAACP
6:34 minutes 

Candlelight Prayer Vigil Speaker Chris Clevenger Moore of KSU Young Democrats, 3 minutes

 Candlelight Prayer Vigil Speaker Nancy Warlop of Kent Interfaith Council
2:27 minutes

Candlelight Prayer Vigil Speaker and Emcee Frank Hairston
of Portage County NAACP, 47 seconds, 2:23 minutes