Years and years before, Pulse was the very first gay bar I visited in Orlando. Now, 49 shot and killed, hundreds of others wounded. You just couldn’t believe the news. I may not have known anyone there, but what happened brought all of us closer — we were a united community. Shortly after, leaders from across Central Florida organizations and nonprofits gathered in a room to figure out ways to heal Orlando; a group that would soon grow into the One Orlando Alliance. Together we would get through it. And despite only having lived here for 11 months, it meant that Orlando truly was home.
