By Jen Schumann | Rocky Mountain Voice
This story was updated to include the list of CSU vigil speakers and highlights from their reflections on Charlie Kirk.
Instead of a speech by Charlie Kirk at CSU, a vigil will be held in his honor. At 5:30 pm on Thursday, Sept. 18, a student-led gathering will begin at CSU’s Canvas Stadium. The stadium can seat 36,000 and is located at 751 W Pitkin St., Fort Collins.
CSU says it worked with organizers to move activities into secure campus venues and will use its clear-bag rule and magnetometers at entry. The university also notes these are externally organized events and not CSU-endorsed. Campus will operate as usual and parking will be tight. Planning ahead is recommended. Firearms are not permitted on college campuses under state law.
Vega Stamatien, TPUSA College Rockies field representative after serving as chapter president at the University of Northern Colorado, announced the vigil details in a tweet, inviting the public to join in remembering Kirk.
Before Kirk’s political assassination on Sept. 10, Statmatien had pointed to the importance of The American Comeback Tour—in bringing students together for honest conversation.
“It’s no secret that we need more civil discourse and open dialogue on campus, and that’s exactly what we strive to achieve as a TPUSA chapter.”
Even though Kirk won’t be taking the stage, the CSU Canvas Stadium will serve as a vigil—to mourn, celebrate and honor his life and legacy.
Admission is free to the public with RSVP. Attendance is on a first come first serve basis. Advance registration is required via this link: https://events2022.tpusa.com/events/tpusa-csu-vigil-for-charlie-kirk
For CSU’s full notice, including security requirements and campus operations, read the university’s statement here.
Speakers announced for the CSU vigil
Isabel Brown, a Turning Point USA and Daily Wire contributor and host of The Isabel Brown Show, credits Charlie Kirk as her most influential mentor. She has shared that he wrote her White House recommendation letter and guided her career from her student days to her national platform. Brown said Kirk taught her to pair faith with courage in the public square and called him the person who most shaped her voice.
Andrew Wommack, founder of Andrew Wommack Ministries and Charis Bible College, called Kirk’s murder a sign of the cultural battle. “We are in the third great awakening… the ungodly are not gonna go quietly. But I believe we are winning—the momentum is on our side,” he said. He said Kirk’s confidence came from faith. “Because Charlie was prepared, he could speak even when there was potential danger to his life. He was free of the fear of death.”
Heidi Ganahl, former University of Colorado Regent, the GOP’s 2022 nominee for governor and founder of Rocky Mountain Voice, described Kirk as both a mentor and a friend. She has recalled his encouragement during her own political storms and the way he coached her daughter Tori through student politics at the University of Oregon. “Charlie never gave up on Colorado—he always came back,” Ganahl said. “He was more than a friend—he was a mentor who taught me to be fearless.”
Will Witt, author of Do Not Comply and How to Win Friends and Influence Enemies, and CEO of Pure Basics Collective, began his activism with Kirk at Turning Point USA nearly a decade ago. He helped launch TPUSA chapters across the Mountain West before gaining a national platform with PragerU and later in media leadership. Reflecting on Kirk’s death in a Sept. 10 video, Witt said, “He had such a fervor and a mission, such a real, honest, genuine belief in all of the things that he believed in—like no one else I had really ever met.”
RSVP to attend the vigil here: https://events2022.tpusa.com/events/tpusa-csu-vigil-for-charlie-kirk
Earlier RMV reporting on the life and impact of Charlie Kirk:
- A nation mourns: The unthinkable murder of Charlie Kirk and the politics of silence
- The courage of a calling
- From Oregon to Boulder: The early fights that shaped Charlie Kirk
- To American youth: we’re passing you the torch
- Why the murder of Charlie Kirk strikes at America’s core values
- Faith under fire: Grief, risk—and the legacy Charlie left behind
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