{"id":122277,"date":"2023-07-24T07:30:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T11:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=122277"},"modified":"2023-07-24T07:41:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T11:41:57","slug":"local-paper-front-page-yesterday-where-love-and-harmony-prevail-over-hatred-and-division-officials-break-ground-for-emanuel-ame-church-memorial-to-victims-of-2015-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=122277","title":{"rendered":"(Local paper front page yesterday)–\u201cwhere love and harmony prevail over hatred and division”–Officials break ground for Emanuel AME Church memorial to victims of 2015 shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThis memorial is designed to have life and legs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mayor John Tecklenburg called the memorial a \u201csacred public space\u201d and celebrated its potential to foster healing.<\/p>\n

Chris Singleton, son of the late Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, said the memorial was a helpful way forward from tragedy.<\/p>\n

Malcolm Graham, brother of the late Cynthia Graham Hurd, said the site is \u201cwhere love and harmony prevail over hatred and division.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTogether we can channel our pain into positive action,\u201d he said. \u201cAs Cynthia would say, keep the faith, do the work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Fundraising efforts, years of design and planning, and delays caused by the COVID pandemic, finally are in the rearview mirror as the Emanuel Nine Memorial Foundation broke ground today, signaling the start of the construction phase of the memorial project.https:\/\/t.co\/bolJ34ysIL<\/a><\/p>\n

— The Post and Courier (@postandcourier) July 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n