#StandwithCharleston Candlelight Vigil

Sunday, June 21st, 8pm, Daily News Plaza, Barclays Center
620 Atlantic Ave (Btw Flatbush Ave and 6th Ave) Brooklyn | Subway: 2,3,4,5, B,Q,D,N,R

The attack this week against congregants at the historic Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston strikes everyone of good conscience as particularly heinous because we rightly treat houses of worship with reverence - and a place of peace, a place held sacred, a place where worshipers were at prayer, in Bible study, was violated by a hate-filled attacker.

An attacker who so cruelly took nine innocents from their friends, families, and community. We are inspired by the leadership and humanity of Reverend Clementa Pinckney, and we strive to carry on his good works and that of the other victims. In this moment of anguish, it is our deepest wish that our thoughts and prayers can in some small measure help to ease the pain of the many victims of this horrific attack.

This Sunday, June 21st, we ask all New Yorkers to stand with Charleston and members of the A.M.E. community for an interfaith candlelight vigil at Daily News Plaza outside of Barclays Center. The faith community, along with local leaders and concerned residents, will gather beginning at 8:00 PM. Let us stand united as the ultimate family, One Brooklyn, this Father's Day evening to mourn those we have lost and recommit to all those we have and cherish.

With Hope,

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Senator Jesse Hamilton