Kirk and Owens, known for rhetoric targeting various minority groups, are scheduled to speak UIC’s Dorin Forum as part of a TPUSA tour.
Charlie Kirk speaks at a Turning Point USA Campus Clash event at the JW Marriott Hotel in Chicago in 2018.
UIC Against Hatred is a collective of separate student groups that came together in February after learning about Kirk and Owens’ appearance. It’s hoping to replicate the success of 2016 when Donald Trump canceled a planned rally at UIC after droves of students began protesting, the spokesperson said.Organizers said the counter-event will run from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at UIC’s East Campus Quad and Latino Cultural Center with at least 100 people expected to attend.
On a March 6 episode of The Charlie Kirk Show, which is broadcast on Salem Radio Stations across the country, Kirk called transgender people “sick.”
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