June 7 -- National Gun Violence Awareness Day
Go Orange on June 7 -- National Gun Violence Awareness Day
People across the country will be wearing orange on Friday June 7 to mark the 5th annual National Gun Violence Awareness Day. The Wear Orange Campaign was inspired by a group of Chicago teens who asked classmates to commemorate the life of their friend, 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, who was shot and killed one week after marching in President Obama’s second inaugural parade. By wearing orange, a color that hunters use to protect themselves in the woods, proponents hope to make orange a symbol for the value of human life and honor the 88 American lives cut short by gun violence every day. Every town and their partner organizations continue to do life-saving work in order to realize a future free from gun violence. “We wear orange to be seen, and demand that we be heard.”
More information and a list of local events can be found at Wear Orange.
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