{"id":283988,"date":"2026-09-11T19:29:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T19:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/283988\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T19:29:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T19:29:18","slug":"community-holds-monthly-immigrant-vigil-in-downtown-erie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/283988\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Holds Monthly Immigrant Vigil in Downtown Erie | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"unnamed.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1179\" height=\"636\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>This afternoon, community members held the monthly &#8220;You Are Not Alone&#8221; immigrant vigil near Perry Square.<\/p>\n<p>They stood in solidarity with immigrants and refugees who say they face uncertainty and fear.<\/p>\n<p>Each month, the vigil is organized by a different grassroots group. Their message is one of support and a hope to keep attention on those who feel vulnerable. This month was organized by \u201cPresque Isle Rise Up\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The vigil lasted about thirty minutes with reflections, prayer, and songs to support those facing the unknown.<\/p>\n<p>The vigil is held every second Friday of each month on the steps of the federal courthouse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This afternoon, community members held the monthly &#8220;You Are Not Alone&#8221; immigrant vigil near Perry Square. They stood&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[2347,136,138,137,118428,370,118429],"class_list":["post-283988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-community-support","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-immigrant-vigil","tag-perry-square","tag-presque-isle-rise-up"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}