A center serving queer youth of color in Rhode Island has been broken into, resulting in a noose being hung up.

Providence Youth Student Movement (PrYSM) is a grassroots center committed to serving queer Southeast Asian youth in Providence, Rhode Island. Its executive director, Sarath Suong, has reported a break in, which he claims occurred at some point between Sunday afternoon and Monday morning.

“Maybe it was a prank, but IT IS NOT funny. But I don’t think it’s a joke, I think we were sent a CLEAR message,” he wrote on Facebook.

While the majority of the vandalism was minor, with chairs being stacked, rulers and scissors rearranged oddly and all the drawers left open, two knives were stabbed into a table and a noose was found hanging from the building’s rafters.

Suong is standing firm.

“You will not intimidate us, you will not steer us away from our mission, you will never dampen our spirit. You have only motivated us even more. We will continue to fight for justice and defend our community, our families, and our people.”