Re: “We are all refugees: Richmond faith community calls for unity, action in face of Trump ban,” Feb. 9-11 edition:

Thank you for covering the event Standing Together RVA.

February includes the birthday of Ray Boone, the late Free Press editor and publisher, and Valentine’s Day. It is Black History Month and American Heart Month. Maybe it was no accident that the hundreds of people gathered at the Islamic Center of Virginia on Sunday, Feb. 5, chose this month to express their ideas for making America great.  

Thanks go to the inspiring speakers of different races and religions, including religious leaders and political leaders such as Imam Ammar Amonette, Rep. A. Donald McEachin of Henrico, Sen. Mark Warner, Rev. Wallace Adams-Riley, Dr. Archana Pathak and Hazzan Marian Turk and many others who gathered to stand together and speak out for inclusion, peace, love and the Golden Rule.

Thinking of the valentines we would soon send to family and friends, we sent silent wishes and prayers to many we would never know.

FRANCES BROADDUS-CRUTCHFIELD

Powhatan County