PORTLAND, Maine - City and church leaders are gathering in Portland tonight to honor those killed in last week's church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina. The city of Portland, the NAACP Portland Branch, Portland's Racial Justice Congress, Green Memorial AME Zion Church and Williams Temple Church of God and Christ organized the event at Merrill Auditorium. Maine Things Considered host Nora Flaherty talks with Irwin Gratz, who is covering the gathering.
A similar event is scheduled for Monday evening in Bangor.
