Community Prayer Vigil Planned This Morning at Minneapolis Memorial Site One Week After Renee Good’s Death

MINNEAPOLIS, MN

 At 9:37:13 a.m. this morning, community members are expected to gather along Portland Avenue for a solemn three hour prayer vigil marking one week since Renee Good, a Minnesota mother and community advocate, was shot and killed by a federal agent.

The vigil is being organized by community activist Sheletta Brundidge, who is calling on faith leaders, prayer warriors, and residents to stand together in prayer at the exact location where Good was killed last Wednesday.

The start time is deliberate. 9:37:13 a.m. marks the precise moment, one week ago today, when Good was fatally shot by an officer with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Organizers say the timing is meant to honor the gravity of the loss and acknowledge the moment Good’s three children lost their mother.

“That is the one week anniversary of her death,” Brundidge said ahead of the vigil. “The moment her three children lost their mother. The moment our town was turned upside down.”

A Vigil Defined by Stillness and Prayer

Hosted by Brundidge’s nonprofit, ShelettaMakesADifference.org, the prayer service is scheduled to last three hours, from 9:37 a.m. to 12:37 p.m. The duration symbolizes both the three bullets fired and Good’s three children.

Participants are expected to rotate through 30 minute prayer shifts, remaining in one place throughout their time at the memorial. Organizers have emphasized that the gathering is intentionally non demonstrative.

“There won’t be any marching,” Brundidge said. “No protesting, no pomp or circumstance. We’ll be standing in one spot, for three hours, praying for peace and unity.”

Local faith leaders have signed up to participate throughout the morning, including Rev. June Pierce, who described the vigil as a response to grief that extends beyond politics or policy.

“We need to admit to ourselves that this is above all our pay grades,” Pierce said. “Our town, our state, Renee’s children, we all need prayer to find help, hope, and healing.”

A Community Pauses

Brundidge said the vigil is meant to create space for collective grief and reflection, without speeches or spectacle.

“Even the strongest people feel weak right now,” she said. “Our faith is the only thing that will get us through this. We can’t do it by ourselves. We need each other. Most of all, we need God’s help.”

The vigil will take place at the Renee Good Memorial Site, located on Portland Avenue between East 33rd and 34th Streets, and is expected to draw faith leaders and community members throughout the morning hours.

As Minneapolis awakens today to mark one week since Renee Good’s death, the gathering is intended as a moment of stillness. A collective pause in honor of a mother, a life lost, and three children now living with an absence that continues to shape the city’s conscience.

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