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MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)– Community activists gathered in Rosa Park Square Sunday night, to host a vigil honoring all homicide victims.
Macon set a grim record with 50 homicides in 2020. The groups ‘Macon Headspace’ and ‘Freedom for All’, wanted to honor victims with a candlelight ceremony.
Speakers read each name and age aloud. The groups emphasized the victims are more than just a number.
Rowdy Soloman attended the event and also recited poetry to honor victims and their families. He hopes events like these will bring the city together.
“Seeing all of us come together, was the greatest thing that I could ever see in our city, we need more of that,” Soloman stated. “It doesn’t matter what color you are, or what environment you come from. Love’s the main thing that we need here.”
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MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) Macon community activists gathered in Rosa Parks Square overnight to honor those killed this year. Organizers of the event called each homicide victim more than just a number.
“Unfortunately it’s more than just 50 people being buried, but it’s 50 plus people who now have sons and daughters going to prison, and there’s hundreds more whose families are being torn to shreds,” said Christoper Berry.
As the Christmas lights lit downtown Macon Sunday evening, so did 50 luminaries. Each luminary honored someone who lost their life to an act of violence.