WEAR ORANGE 2017
As many of you know, I volunteer my time with Moms Demand Action for Gunsense in America. This is the grassroots organization that is fighting for gun violence prevention by standing up to the NRA and demanding common sense gun laws.
Gun violence is an epidemic in the United States. Each day, over 90 people are killed with a gun here - and each year over 17,000 children between the ages of 0-19 are victims of gun violence.
The daily toll of gun violence in America doesn’t always make headlines, but this violence affects everyone, everywhere. It strikes big cities, small towns and rural communities. It disproportionately affects communities of color, and American women are 11 times more likely to be murdered with a gun than women in other developed countries.
I became involved with Moms Demand Action because I don't want my children to live in a world where lockdown drills are normal. I am angry that, just weeks ago, I had to teach my young daughters what to do if they hear gunshots at the park. And I am furious that, after so many children were killed in Newtown, our federal government has done nothing. This is simply not ok.
The Wear Orange Campaign was inspired by friends of Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old girl killed by gunfire in her hometown of Chicago. They honored her life by wearing orange — the color hunters wear in the woods to say "see me" and tells others that "my life has value". 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. You, too, can do something to reduce the culture of violence in our country, and save some of the 33,000 lives lost to gun violence this year alone. 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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