John— Save the date: Friday, June 5, 2020 is National Gun Violence Awareness Day. And we'll all be wearing orange.

In 2013, 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton was shot and killed in Chicago. After her death, her friends and family wore orange to honor Hadiya and the hundreds of Americans killed and wounded by gun violence every day. Every year since then, to coincide with Hadiya's birthday on June 2, we've worked to continue their efforts by wearing orange on the first Friday of June and the entirety of that weekend.

So, on June 5th we'll #WearOrange to draw our nation's attention to gun violence. Save the date on your calendar and join us to raise awareness for gun violence and Wear Orange on Friday, June 5th and through Wear Orange Weekend.

This will get Wear Orange added to your personal calendar for June 5th!

John—we know that even during the COVID-19 pandemic, gun violence is impacting communities across the country. And that's why we're still doing everything we can to make #WearOrange as impactful as possible. We're organizing virtual Wear Orange events with community partners, so that Moms Demand Action volunteers, Students Demand Action volunteers, survivors of gun violence, and all people in America can come together in this movement. We'll still be wearing plenty of orange, and we'll still be connecting with one another to end the nation's gun violence crisis. We hope you'll join us.

Thank you for being a part of this movement.

Wear Orange 2020

P.S. You'll find over 100 virtual events on our website with more added every day, including a national Students Demand Action virtual event. We'll be in touch soon with more details.