The Church of the Advocate is sponsoring a gathering in downtown Carrboro on the Jan 12 anniversary of last year’s earthquake in Haiti, which caused widespread destruction and killed 300,000 people.
Part of a nationwide effort to raise public awareness about dire conditions in Haiti, organizers ask those attending to bring bells if they can.
The gathering, on the lawn at Weaver Street Market, will begin at 4:30 p.m. with prayers and a moment of silence. At 4:53, the time the earthquake struck, those who have bells will ring them for 35 seconds, marking the quake’s duration.