Wear Orange Weekend starts June 4th
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John, we're less than a month away from the start of Wear
Orange Weekend. On June 4th, we'll kick things off by commemorating
National Gun Violence Awareness Day to honor the lives of people in the
United States affected by gun violence and demand an end to this crisis.
[ [link removed] ]Learn more about what we're doing this year to Wear Orange, including
events happening across the country.

After Hadiya Pendleton was shot and killed in 2013 at the age of 15, her
friends and family organized in Chicago to honor her life by wearing the
color orange. Wear Orange originated on June 2, 2015—what would have been
Hadiya's 18th birthday—and is now observed nationally on the first Friday
in June and the following weekend each year in order to raise awareness
for gun violence prevention.

This year, that means calling special attention to how the gun violence
crisis has worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, the number of
people killed by gun violence exceeded 40,000—the highest rate of gun
deaths in two decades.^1

So, on June 4th, we'll #WearOrange and come together with communities
across the country as we work to end gun violence. [ [link removed] ]Save the date and
learn more about how you can be a part of Wear Orange Weekend.

[ [link removed] ]Learn More About Wear Orange

Thank you for being a part of this movement. We hope you'll join us this
year to make #WearOrange as impactful as possible.

Wear Orange 2021

P.S. [ [link removed] ]You'll find Wear Orange events on our website, with more added
every day, including [ [link removed] ]a national Students Demand Action virtual event.
We'll be in touch soon with more details.

1. Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund. “Gun Violence and COVID-19 in
2020”. 7 May 2021.


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