A candlelight vigil honoring conservative activist Charlie Kirk will be held at Greenwich Town Hall on Thursday, Sept. 10, at 7 p.m.

The event marks one year since Kirk, 31, was fatally shot during a speaking engagement at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Reuters reported. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox called the shooting "a political assassination" at a press conference that day. The event is free.

A local high school student affiliated with Club America, Turning Point USA's youth program, is organizing the vigil. Her mother, Jennifer Spaziante, said the event is open to all.

"A vigil does not cost anything to show up," Spaziante said in an email to Greenwich Free Press. "It's for anyone in the town who would like to come and speak and remember."

First Selectman Fred Camillo helped secure approval for the Town Hall gathering, according to the Greenwich Free Press report. No public statement from Camillo's office about the vigil was available.

Kirk founded Turning Point USA in 2012 as a nonprofit promoting conservative values on college campuses. Club America, its high school arm, lists more than 1,200 chapters nationwide, including one at Brunswick School in Greenwich and another at Darien High School.

The vigil comes days after a Utah judge moved the case toward trial. On Sept. 1, Utah District Judge Tony Graf ordered Tyler Robinson, 23, of St. George, Utah, to stand trial on charges of aggravated murder and six other counts. Robinson has pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty if he is convicted, KUER reported.

Kirk's widow, Erika Kirk, has taken over leadership of Turning Point USA, according to the Jerusalem Post. The Kirk family said in a statement after the Sept. 1 ruling that the decision was an important step in their pursuit of justice.

Attendees on Thursday are asked to bring a battery-operated candle. Robinson's next court date is a pretrial hearing on Oct. 23.