{"id":502195,"date":"2016-06-16T10:27:10","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T15:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=502195"},"modified":"2016-06-16T18:30:07","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T23:30:07","slug":"local-groups-promote-peace-unity-following-orlando-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=502195","title":{"rendered":"Vigil Set Tonight Following Orlando Massacre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2016\/06\/th-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2016\/06\/th-3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"th\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-502196\" \/><\/a>TYLER &#8212; Tyler-area residents are continuing to join hands in a spirit of peace and unity following the Orlando massacre.  This evening at 6:30, a consortium of local groups representing the LGBT community and others will hold a vigil at Bergfeld Park honoring victims of the attack. Organizers say attendees should expect &#8220;peaceful, non-violent words and actions.&#8221;  On Tuesday, the East Texas Islamic Society held its already-scheduled annual open house Tuesday evening in observance of the holy month of Ramadan.  A huge crowd was on hand, and society spokesman Anwar Khalifa says after 13 years of holding the event, attendance gets better every year.   Given what&#8217;s been on the news, Khalifa says that&#8217;s &#8220;very encouraging,&#8221; noting that &#8220;we&#8217;re all here for knowledge&#8230;and better understanding.&#8221;  He adds, &#8220;I feel like it&#8217;s extremely important that we open our doors for our community.&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; Tyler-area residents are continuing to join hands in a spirit of peace and unity following the Orlando massacre. This evening at 6:30, a consortium of local groups representing the LGBT community and others will hold a vigil at Bergfeld Park honoring victims of the attack. Organizers say attendees should expect &#8220;peaceful, non-violent words &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=502195\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Vigil Set Tonight Following Orlando Massacre<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":502196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-502195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-18 20:02:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=502195"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":502713,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502195\/revisions\/502713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/502196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=502195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=502195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=502195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}