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Vigil to highlight abuses at border

‘Lights for Liberty’ event set for Friday evening at downtown Camas church

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The Camas Friends Church will host a "Lights for Liberty" candlelit vigil, co-sponsored by the Children's Home Society of Southwest Washington, at 8:30 p.m., Friday, July 12, to highlight abuses happening to asylum seekers and refugees on the southern United States border. The vigil will be held in the church parking lot, located in downtown Camas, at 1004 N.E. Fourth Ave. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

A Camas church will host a “Lights for Liberty” vigil to highlight abuses faced by asylum seekers and refugees on the United States’ southern border and call for an end to human detention camps being run by the U.S. government.

The Camas Friends Church plans to hold a peaceful, candlelit vigil from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m., Friday, July 12, in the church parking lot, at 1004 N.E. Fourth Ave., in downtown Camas. There will be speakers and singing with a moment of silence at 9 p.m.

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