Christiana Santiago's life celebrated during memorial service
Sun. September 11, 2011 5:17 PM by GoPride.com News Staff
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Chicago, IL -
Hundreds of people attended a celebration of life Saturday for community activist Christina Santiago, who was killed in the Indiana State Fair stage collapse Aug. 13.
Santiago's friends, family and co-workers were present for the memorial at the Chicago History Museum. Also present was her partner, Alisha Marie Brennon, who was seriously injured in the accident.
Mona Noriega, commissioner of the City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations, read a message from Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to Brennon.
"I extend my deepest sympathies to all who called her their own and especially to you," the message said.
The 29-year-old was remembered as a fiercely intelligent, unstoppable as an advocate and often hilarious as a friend.
Santiago was the manager of the Lesbian Community Care Project at Chicago'sHoward Brown Health Center. She had worked there for nearly six years, and had recently received the center's 2010 Spirit Award.
She was buried in her home state of New York last month next to her mother.
Read more about the memorial service and Christina Santiago's life in the Windy City Times.
Santiago's friends, family and co-workers were present for the memorial at the Chicago History Museum. Also present was her partner, Alisha Marie Brennon, who was seriously injured in the accident.
Mona Noriega, commissioner of the City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations, read a message from Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to Brennon.
"I extend my deepest sympathies to all who called her their own and especially to you," the message said.
The 29-year-old was remembered as a fiercely intelligent, unstoppable as an advocate and often hilarious as a friend.
Santiago was the manager of the Lesbian Community Care Project at Chicago'sHoward Brown Health Center. She had worked there for nearly six years, and had recently received the center's 2010 Spirit Award.
She was buried in her home state of New York last month next to her mother.
Read more about the memorial service and Christina Santiago's life in the Windy City Times.