BALTIMORE – On Saturday, June 8, as part of Wear Orange Weekend and following National Gun Violence Awareness Day on June 7, volunteers with Students Demand Action Baltimore, part of Everytown for Gun Safety, will host a Wear Orange Youth Summit and Rally in Baltimore to honor the lives of those affected by gun violence and elevate gun violence prevention efforts nationwide.
More than 700 Wear Orange events will take place across the country on June 8 and June 9 for Wear Orange Weekend. More than 1,000 influencers, brands, mayors, partner organizations and buildings and landmarks in nearly all 50 states and D.C. will participate in the Wear Orange campaign. Learn more about Wear Orange here.
Orange is the color that Hadiya Pendleton’s friends wore in her honor after she was shot and killed in Chicago at the age of 15 — just one week after performing in President Obama’s second inaugural parade in 2013. Orange honors the 100 lives cut short and the hundreds more wounded by gun violence every day — and demands action.
WHAT:
A Students Demand Action rally elevating the voice of every American who demands an end to gun violence and honoring the lives of those affected by gun violence. The event will include a panel featuring community activists.
WHO:
Bill Henry, Baltimore City Councilman
Joshua Turner, volunteer with Students Demand Action
Kevin Beasley, co-founder of Baltimore Ceasefire
Daquon Mints, founder of Gloves Up Guns Down
Elijah Miles, founder of Tendea Family
Dedra Layne, Director of Safe Streets Baltimore
James Thimpson, Director of Safety and Community Partnerships, ROCA Baltimore
WHERE:
Coppin State University
Weldon Johnson Auditorium
2500 W North Ave
Baltimore, MD 21216
WHEN:
Saturday, June 8, 2019
12 PM
To find additional Wear Orange events in Maryland visit: https://wearorange.org/
About Wear Orange
In 2013, a small group of teens at a South Side Chicago high school asked their classmates to honor the life of their murdered friend Hadiya Pendleton by wearing orange – the color hunters wear in the woods to protect themselves and others and a color that reflects the value of human life. They inspired the Wear Orange campaign (wearorange.org), which is led by a broad-based coalition working to reduce gun violence in America. Spearheaded by Everytown for Gun Safety, the campaign asks Americans who want to save lives from gun violence to do one simple thing on June 7, National Gun Violence Awareness Day: Wear Orange. Thousands of Americans will also participate in events Wear Orange weekend on June 8 and 9 with nationwide days of action. Those who wear orange promise to honor the lives of Americans stolen by gun violence, to help keep firearms out of dangerous hands and to protect our children from gun violence. Orange is the symbol of the gun violence prevention movement, and is used by activists all over the country to raise awareness.