Local community activist groups and black elected officials, led by the Imperial Women Coalition, Women's March Ohio, and Black on Black Crime Inc, will host the 8-Year Anniversary of the Imperial Avenue Murders of 11 Black Women Rally and Vigil on Sunday, October 29, 2017 from 3:00 to 4:30 pm at 12205 Imperial Avenue in Cleveland in front of the since demolished home of serial killer and death row inmate Anthony Sowell. Convicted on 82 of 83 counts, Sowell has lost two appeals. He and his lawyers have asked the US Supreme Court to hear his case. Bring protest signs and candles to the event.

Speakers will include elected officials, community activists, and family members of the Imperial Avenue murder victims and the East 93rd Street serial murder victims, whose killer is still at large.

Please call the Imperial Women Coalition at 216-659-0473 for more information. Orclick here for the Imperial Women Coalition Facebook page. Stop violence against women and girls.