My friend, Latalia "Nikki" Robinson, was joyful, an inspiring mother, and a great teacher. Her life was taken by her husband at the end of a gun in December 2013, an incredible loss to her three children, siblings, parents, relatives, and friends. I’ve joined the fight against gun violence in honor of my friend and to help prevent others from experiencing this kind of tragedy. It's time to work on the gun violence epidemic in America. Wear Orange on June 2, 2017 to end gun violence and please consider donating.
Your donations will go to Wear Orange events across the nation, including our first annual Wear Orange event in Gainesville, Florida, which will raise awareness locally and provide resources for getting involved. Donations will also go to the BeSMART campaign, which helps parents and adults prevent child gun deaths and injuries, the Everytown Survivor Network, Survivor Engagement programs, Gun Sense University which trains hundreds of activists and survivors to increase their impact in working to reduce gun violence, and The Everytown for Gun Safety Research Support Fund."In 2012, Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old Chicago high school student who had just marched in President Obama’s reinauguaral parade was killed by gunfire in her hometown of Chicago. Friends of hers decided to honor her life by wearing orange–the color hunters wear in the woods to protect themselves and others. On June 2, 2015, what would have been Hadiya’s 18th birthday, more than 200 organizations and influencers asked people nationwide to join them by wearing orange to honor her life, the lives of the more than 90 Americans killed by gun violence and the hundreds more who are injured every day.
In just two years, the Wear Orange campaign, inspired by bold and creative teens who refused to be silent in the face of daily gun violence, has turned into a nationwide movement to honor the victims and survivors of gun violence in America. Last year hundreds of thousands of Americans joined us on June 2nd in calling for an end to gun violence. Over 150 cities declared June 2nd Gun Violence Awareness Day, Moms volunteer leaders held over 200 public events spanning all 50 states, skylines turned orange from coast to coast, and from local school districts, to major corporations, America turned orange. This year, we’re planning an even louder, brighter, and bigger display–to give everyone in America the chance to join our movement, and to lend their voice to the call to end gun violence.
Together we will organize a day of action that shows indisputably that there is a movement of Americans united in the belief that we must do more to stop gun violence. Thank you for helping us turn America orange -- louder and brighter than ever."
Please donate to save lives from gun violence and Wear Orange on June 2, 2017.