Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America
Many of you know I have been involved in the gun violence prevention movement for years now. On December 12, 2012, I had just dropped off birthday snacks to my son's second grade classroom. When I got back in my car to drive to work I started to hear reports that first graders and teachers had been shot inside their elementary school in a town called Newtown and that students were hiding in closets. The news knocked the wind out of me and as it got progressively worse I vowed that day that I would double my efforts and would never stop fighting to keep our families and communities safe. Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America was started the following day through a Facebook page and it rapidly grew to a chapter in every state with over 3 million members. This grassroots organization gets things done and we are pushing back everyday on the NRA's agenda of guns everywhere for anyone at anytime. Last year I marched across the Golden Gate Bridge on June 2nd with 400 others to mark National Gun Violence Awareness Day. This year we will march again on June 3rd wearing bright orange for our Wear Orange campaign.
The Wear Orange Campaign was inspired by friends of Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old Chicago student killed by gunfire just days after dancing in the President's Inaugural Parade. They decided to honor her life by wearing orange — the color hunters wear in the woods to say "see me". On June 2, what would have been Hadiya’s 20th birthday, hundreds of thousands of Americans will come together to #WearOrange and show their support for a future free from gun violence. This year, Moms Demand Action is running our first ever Wear Orange fundraising campaign to support our work to elevate the voices of survivors of gun violence, our BeSMART campaign to promote gun safety and prevent child gun deaths, and our ongoing efforts to train more gun sense activists. Please contribute to support gun sense policies and invest in the women who will lead us to a future free from gun violence!
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