[Occupymendocino] Fwd: Pledge to wear orange for National Gun Violence Awareness Day

[Irene L. Malone]

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> From: "Heidi Hess, CREDO Action" <act at credoaction.com>
> Date: May 31, 2015 7:12:44 AM PDT
> To: "Irene Malone" <irenelsm at mcn.org>
> Subject: Pledge to wear orange for National Gun Violence Awareness Day
> Reply-To: "Heidi Hess, CREDO Action" <act at credoaction.com>
>
>
>
> Wear orange on June 2
> Dear Irene,
>
> Gun violence is an epidemic in the United States, with 88 people  
> killed by gun violence every day. There are countless common sense  
> strategies to help end this epidemic, but the NRA has a chokehold  
> on Congress, as well as many state legislatures, so change won’t  
> come without a fight.
>
> One powerful way to join the fight is to help make clear to  
> lawmakers and the media that a majority of Americans want an end to  
> gun violence. That’s why CREDO has joined forces with our friends  
> at Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Everytown for  
> Gun Safety to participate in the first National Gun Violence  
> Awareness Day on June 2.
>
> Next Tuesday, people who believe we must do more to end gun  
> violence in our country will wear orange to be seen and heard in  
> every community across America. Click here to join them.
>
>
> Hunters wear orange for gun safety, as a way to protect their own  
> lives and the lives of others. It's a symbol for the value of human  
> life. Wearing orange next Tuesday is a visual affirmation of the  
> right of every American to live a life free from gun violence.
>
> Wear Orange and National Gun Violence Prevention Day were inspired  
> by teens who asked their classmates to commemorate the life of a  
> slain friend — Hadiya Pendleton — by wearing orange. Hadiya marched  
> in President Obama’s second inaugural parade in 2013 and was shot  
> and killed a week later in a park near her home in Chicago. June 2  
> would have been Hadiya’s 18th birthday.
>
> Gun violence touches every corner of America — in fact, just last  
> weekend 33 people were shot in Chicago alone. We don't have to live  
> in a country where shootings happen every day. If we all stand up  
> together and demand change, we will succeed. Click the link below  
> to sign the pledge:
>
> http://act.credoaction.com/sign/Wear_Orange? 
> t=5&akid=14502.2103749.Yhh5W1
>
> Thank you for being part of this movement,
>
> Heidi Hess, Campaign Manager
> CREDO Action from Working Assets
>
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