If you know me, you know my passion for Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a non partisan organization supporting the Second Amendment of the Constitution while at the same time dedicated to gun safety education and common sense gun legislation.
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 in 2013. They decided to honor her life by wearing orange - the color hunters wear in the woods to say, "see me." On June 2, 2017, 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 for Gun Sense in America, 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 "mothers and others" who will lead us to a future free from gun violence!