The parents of the fashion ugg boots 15-year-old girl gang-raped after a Richmond High School homecoming dance spoke Saturday, pleading for people to "be courageous in speaking the truth and in holding people accountable.'' The family's pastor read a prepared statement during a community meeting in the school's auditorium Saturday morning. "Please do not respond to this tragic event by promoting hatred or by causing more pain. We have had enough violence already in this place. If you need to express your outrage, please channel your anger into positive action," the girl's family wrote. "Work toward Ugg Short Metallic Boots changing the atmosphere in our schools and in this community so that this kind of thing never happens again." Pastor Jim Wheeler, of First Presbyterian Church of Richmond, shared the comments with a couple hundred concerned parents and community members who congregated to discuss safety and available health and safety programs. Five people are being held in connection with the Oct. 24 on-campus rape that has shocked Richmond and the nation, although police believe many more watched or participated in the assault. "(The parents) Ugg Sundance II Boots really wanted to change what was happening and they didn't want it to be violent," said Wheeler in an interview at the high school courtyard. "There's been a lot said out there in the media and blogs " some pretty ignorant statements. They just don't want to promote and keep that kind of thing going.