Vigil For Charlottesville
It was interesting the mix of people who came to the vigil. You had conservative looking men in button-down shirts, but you also had a man in shorts and a Harley-Davidson tee-shirt, saying that some behavior would not be tolerated.
Reverend Kimberly Chastain watched the behavior of the White Supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, and wondered why nobody in Binghamton was doing anything about it. Then she realized that she had a church, with a sound system, and the Christmas candles, and she knew a lot of the other clergy in town. She put a post in Facebook that there would be a non-denominational vigil in front of the United Presbyterian Church on Sunday evening. The local newspaper picked it up and posted it, as well. They were hoping to get 70 people. I stopped counting at 200.
Vigil For Charlottesville
It was interesting the mix of people who came to the vigil. You had conservative looking men in button-down shirts, but you also had a man in shorts and a Harley-Davidson tee-shirt, saying that some behavior would not be tolerated.
Reverend Kimberly Chastain watched the behavior of the White Supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, and wondered why nobody in Binghamton was doing anything about it. Then she realized that she had a church, with a sound system, and the Christmas candles, and she knew a lot of the other clergy in town. She put a post in Facebook that there would be a non-denominational vigil in front of the United Presbyterian Church on Sunday evening. The local newspaper picked it up and posted it, as well. They were hoping to get 70 people. I stopped counting at 200.