{"id":2273,"date":"2015-08-19T05:14:09","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T10:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/?p=2273"},"modified":"2015-08-18T11:21:24","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T16:21:24","slug":"dear-charleston-musical-tribute-released-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/dear-charleston-musical-tribute-released-video\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Dear Charleston&#8221; Musical Tribute Released [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u201cLocal residents come together to create musical tribute to Emanuel AME Church and the city of Charleston\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On June 17, 2015, one of the greatest tragedies the city of Charleston, South Carolina has ever seen took place. A lone gunman entered Emanuel AME Church on Calhoun Street and opened fire during a mid-week Bible study, killing 9, injuring 1, and leaving 2 survivors. Following the arrest of the shooter, the victim\u2019s families openly forgave the killer in court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-IE3o7hQZlY?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A daughter of Ethel Lance, one of the deceased, said &#8220;I will never be able to hold her again, but I forgive you, and have mercy on your soul. You hurt me. You hurt a lot of people but God forgives you, and I forgive you.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On more than one occasion, the people of the city of Charleston filled the streets with love and support for their brothers and sisters who were grieving.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The love and forgiveness displayed by the families of the victims and the people of the city of Charleston moved a group of individuals to pay tribute to those affected by this tragic event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This group of volunteers was made up of both friends and strangers from all over the Charleston area. The communities of Summerville, Lincolnville, Goose Creek, West Ashley and Mount Pleasant were all represented.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The multi-cultural group worked together to create a song, \u00a0\u201cDear Charleston\u201d, and an accompanying video that represents their recognition of social divisions in the past and racial tensions in current times while highlighting their hope for future unity among all people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The end result of their efforts can be found at: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-IE3o7hQZlY\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/-IE3o7hQZlY<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information, please contact <\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daniel Riley <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dearcharlestonproject@gmail.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n[GOOD CREDIT]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLocal residents come together to create musical tribute to Emanuel AME Church and the city of Charleston\u201d On June 17, 2015, one<\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a class=\"myButt \" href=\"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/dear-charleston-musical-tribute-released-video\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1600,"featured_media":2274,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,3,34,18,10,16,13,70],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2273"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1600"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}