A community service scheduled for Sunday in response to antisemitic rallies held in Macon last week has been moved to accommodate a larger crowd.
“A Service of Love and Unity” is slated for 2 p.m. Sunday at Mulberry Street United Methodist Church (719 Mulberry St. in downtown Macon). The event was originally scheduled to take place at Temple Beth Israel.
A handful of neo-Nazi extremists rallied outside of the synagogue on June 23, shouting hateful rhetoric and hanging a caricature of a Jewish man wrapped in a Pride flag in effigy from a Macon street sign.
Sen. Jon Ossoff, Georgia’s first Jewish senator, is also planning to attend, as are several Macon-Bibb County community leaders and other elected officials.
The main parking lot at Mulberry Street UMC will be reserved for folks with mobility challenges and event organizers and speakers. Parking attendants will be on the street to direct drivers.
Parking lots near the church, at the Grand Opera House and First Presbyterian Church will be available for parking, and street parking downtown is free on Sunday.
This story comes to GPB through a reporting partnership with The Telegraph.
