The GBHS held a vigil in memory of the victims of the mass shooting in Charleston, South Carolina on June 20, 2015. On June 17, 2015, a mass shooting occurred, in which nine African Americans were killed and a tenth was injured during a Bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. Emanuel AME is one of the oldest Black churches in the United States, and it has long been a center for civil rights organizing.
![Reading of the names.](https://change_starts_now.storage.googleapis.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/11150636/Vigil-June-20-2015_GBHS-Vigin-The-NINE-2-11.jpg)
![Dee and Kenan](https://change_starts_now.storage.googleapis.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/11150636/Vigil-June-20-2015_GBHS-Dee-and-Kenan-1.jpg)
![Kenan Makgalo speaking at Vigil, June 20 2015](https://change_starts_now.storage.googleapis.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/11150636/Vigil-June-20-2015_GBHS-Kenan-2.jpg)
![Picture of order of evening.](https://change_starts_now.storage.googleapis.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/11150636/Vigil-June-20-2015_GBHS-Order-of-Service-3.jpg)
![Professor Daniel Fischlin speaking at Vigil, June 20 2015](https://change_starts_now.storage.googleapis.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/11150637/Vigil-June-20-2015_GBHS-Silence-Pres-4.jpg)
![Reading of the names at Vigil, June 20 2015](https://change_starts_now.storage.googleapis.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/11150637/Vigil-June-20-2015_GBHS-The-NINE-5.jpg)
![Andrew Craig speaking at Vigil, June 20 2015](https://change_starts_now.storage.googleapis.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/11150637/Vigil-June-20-2015_GBHS-Vigil-Andrew-Craig-6.jpg)
![David James Hudson speaking at Vigil, June 20 2015](https://change_starts_now.storage.googleapis.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/11150637/Vigil-June-20-2015_GBHS-Vigil-David-7.jpg)
![Flowers at Vigil, June 20 2015](https://change_starts_now.storage.googleapis.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/11150637/Vigil-June-20-2015_GBHS-Vigil-Flowers-8.jpg)
![James Gordon performing on acoustic guitar at Vigil, June 20 2015](https://change_starts_now.storage.googleapis.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/11150637/Vigil-June-20-2015_GBHS-Vigil-Gordon-9.jpg)
![Marva Wisdom welcoming at Vigil, June 20 2015](https://change_starts_now.storage.googleapis.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/11150637/Vigil-June-20-2015_GBHS-Vigil-Marva-10.jpg)