{"id":35383,"date":"2017-06-16T16:52:01","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T20:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=35383"},"modified":"2017-06-16T16:52:01","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T20:52:01","slug":"bradbury-sullivan-lgbt-community-center-raises-1200-pulse-memorial-orlando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=35383","title":{"rendered":"Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center Raises $1200 for the Pulse Memorial in Orlando"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ALLENTOWN, PA &#8212; In memory of the 49 people whose lives were brutally taken from them on June 12, 2016 during the massacre at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida, Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center has raised $1,200 for the One Pulse Foundation, a non-profit working to build a permanent memorial in Orlando.<\/p>\n<p>Funds were raised at the Lehigh Valley&#8217;s pulse memorial rally on June 12, 2017 at Stonewall Lehigh Valley, as well as donations from community members and a $300 match from Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center.<\/p>\n<p>Adrian Shanker, Executive Director of Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center, stated: &#8220;The massacre at Pulse was a tragic moment in American history. The completion of a memorial in Orlando is an important symbol of the resilience of our community and a fitting way to remember and honor those whose lives were taken from them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"gmail_default m_-1798050930637815651gmail-m_3621844356947699200gmail-m_-6980794992558126345gmail-m_-6205558110894634990gmail-m_1155068333684176855gmail-m_-5898842633702071475gmail-m_-5904139923983439521m_-3832331193241715417m_-3960865086975114667gmail-m_2543218764992035095gmail_msg m_-1798050930637815651gmail-m_3621844356947699200gmail-m_-6980794992558126345gmail-m_-6205558110894634990gmail-m_1155068333684176855gmail-m_-5898842633702071475gmail-m_-5904139923983439521m_-3832331193241715417gmail_msg\">\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\u200b<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">About Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradburysullivancenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.bradburysullivancenter.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1497732399524000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFNJ36ii2DIyqxHWAyDBfQmX6E5XA\">www.bradburysullivancenter.or<wbr \/>g<\/a><span style=\"color: #222222;\">) provides arts &amp; culture, health promotion, and youth programs as well as supportive services to strengthen and support the LGBT community across the Greater Lehigh Valley.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nInformation provided by:<br \/>\nAdrian Shanker<br \/>\nExecutive Director<br \/>\nBradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24986,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/LGBT-Lehigh-Valley-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35383"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}