Local Black Lives Matter activists and organizers held a vigil Sunday, July 12, for in memory of Merci Mack, the Black trans woman murdered June 30 in Dallas, and other Black trans lives lost to violence.
The vigil, held outside of the apartment complex where Mack was found wounded and unconscious in her car, was the second vigil held for Mack since her death.
The event was organized and supported by a number of local organizations, including the Dallas chapter of BYP100, a national Black youth organizing project; the House of Rebirth, a housing initiative and community safe space led by Black trans women to assist Black trans women affected by oppression, and In Defense of Black Lives Dallas, the largest coalition of activist groups