The University of St. Thomas will close and classes will be canceled Thursday and Friday for the George Floyd memorial service.
The service is being held at 1 p.m. Thursday at North Central University, not far from St. Thomas’s Minneapolis campus.
“This is important to allow our community members space to view the memorial or otherwise participate in related activities and events honoring and demanding justice for Mr. Floyd,” St. Thomas President Julie Sullivan said in a message to students, faculty and staff.
“Equally important, it will allow our community additional time to process, pray about and reflect upon all that has occurred and to better recognize the inequities and social injustices that have become part of our community fabric at St. Thomas and within our state and nation.”
The Twin Cities have seen large protests each day since Floyd, who was black, died May 25 in Minneapolis police custody.