The AIDS Healthcare Foundation honored Heather Heyer, the 32-year-old counter-protester killed at an August white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Monday by inviting her mother to ride on its 2018 Tournament of Roses parade float.
Susan Bro helped found the Heather Heyer Foundation after her daughter was killed in order to provide scholarships for students who seek to work on social justice issues, She was one of 10 guests invited to ride the float, which honored the upcoming 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s death.
The float honored King and other social justice advocates like Heyer, who “stood up to hate and injustice at risk of their own lives,” according to a AIDS Healthcare Foundation statement.
“My daughter Heather stood bravely for unity and against hate and always believed in dialogue and discussion as the keys to peace,” Bro said in a statement.
In a symbolic act, the float riders wore purple scarves in tribute to Heyer because purple was her favorite color, according to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation statement.
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Pierre Dupuy, of Altadena, and his brother Jacques walk along Orange Grove Blvd. checking out floats before driving Pasadena Mayor Terry Tornek and his family in their “Jitney Bus” in the 2018 Rose Parade in Pasadena on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
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Los Angeles Sheriff Deputies with a K-9 at the intersection of Colorado Blvd and Lake Ave. before the 2018 Rose Parade in Pasadena on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles daily News/SCNG)
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A Los Angeles Sheriff Deputy at the intersection of Colorado Blvd and Lake Ave. before the 2018 Rose Parade in Pasadena on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles daily News/SCNG)
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An F-35 on the left and right of the B-2 Stealth Bomber before the 2018 Rose Parade in Pasadena on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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