Local Activists Honor Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

About 20 local residents from Sierra Madre, Arcadia, and Pasadena gather for a celebration of life and to show their support for Ruth Bader Ginsburg the former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, the peaceful gathering vigil took place Kersting Court in Sierra Madre on Sunday, September 20, 2020. (Photo by James Carbone)

Corinne Fry the owner of Chantry 1975, celebrates the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg the former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court during a peaceful gathering vigil at Kersting Court in Sierra Madre on Sunday, September 20, 2020. (Photo by James Carbone)

"Mimi" the French Bulldog also takes part in the celebration of the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg the former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court during a peaceful gathering vigil at Kersting Court in Sierra Madre on Sunday, September 20, 2020. (Photo by James Carbone)

Local residents from Sierra Madre, Arcadia, and Pasadena gather for a celebration of life and to show their support for Ruth Bader Ginsburg the former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, the peaceful gathering vigil took place Kersting Court in Sierra Madre on Sunday, September 20, 2020. (Photo by James Carbone)

About 20 local residents from Sierra Madre, Arcadia, and Pasadena gather for a celebration of life and to show their support for Ruth Bader Ginsburg the former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court for her recent passing, the peaceful gathering vigil took place at Kersting Court in Sierra Madre on Sunday, September 20, 2020. (Photo by James Carbone)

About 20 local residents from Sierra Madre, Arcadia, and Pasadena gather for a celebration of life for Ruth Bader Ginsburg the former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court for her recent passing, the peaceful gathering vigil took place Kersting Court in Sierra Madre on Sunday, September 20, 2020. (Photo by James Carbone)

More than 30 local residents from Sierra Madre, Arcadia, and Pasadena, gathered Sunday evening for a celebration of life for Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday at 87.

The peaceful gathering and vigil took place at Kersting Court at the corner of Sierra Madre and North Baldwin Avenue in Sierra Madre, and was organized by two groups—Sierra Madre for Racial Justice and SMART (Sierra Madre Activists Rebuilding Together).

Participant and co-organizer Lauren Pressman said Sunday evening, “We were very pleased at the turnout and we received lots of positive responses from motorists and passersby.”

Pressman added that she was a longtime follower and supporter of Justice Bader Ginsburg, saying “She was such a brilliant mind and her loss is such a sad thing, and for this to happen during this time, is all the more devastating.”

But, as she noted of the masked gathering, “It always feels better to share times like these with friends and like minded.”