A Call for Unity in the Aftermath of Squirrel Hill

By Dorinne L. Albright

As an American, I am deeply saddened by the atrocity carried out this morning at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. As a member of the Jewish faith, I am stunned that such a display of violence has happened here in the US, a land which sheltered us in the aftermath of the Holocaust and has been a place of religious freedom since its inception. This is a time to come together and rally around those affected by this tragedy and offer our support as they piece their lives back together, forever changed by this horror.

Already, it is being politicized by those who care more about pushing an agenda than the lives that were lost today. Please join me in calling for respect to be given to a community that is grieving and for an end to the political arguments already erupting around them.

We are all Americans, we are all shocked by what is happening, and we must all come together to fight hatred not by pointing fingers at each other but by working together to end the division that is tearing our country apart.

Dorinne L. Albright is a candidate for State Representative from RI District 25, Coventry/West Warwick