WEAR ORANGE in Hyannis, June 2!

There will be a “Wear Orange” Rally in Hyannis on Thursday, June 2nd at 6:30 in observation of National Gun Violence Awareness Day. The program is sponsored by the Cape Cod Chapter of Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense in America. Participants will meet outside of the Federated Church of Hyannis on 320 Main Street for speakers and music, and then proceed to Aselton Park for a short walk. State Representative Brian Mannal and Grandmothers Against Gun Violence President, Kathleen Glueck will be two of the featured speakers. Everyone is encouraged to wear orange.

RSVP Here: http://act.everytown.org/event/2016-wear-orange-events/2840/signup/

Wear Orange Day was inspired by friends of Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old high school student from the south side of Chicago, who was shot in the back and killed on January 29, 2013. Hadiya’s friends 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 (including President Obama, Julianne Moore, the New York Mets) asked people nationwide to join them by wearing orange to honor her life, and the lives of the more than 91 Americans killed by gun violence every day. #Wear Orange is now a nationwide movement.

Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense in America is a non-partisan grassroots movement of Americans supporting common sense, middle-ground solutions to the escalating problem of gun violence in America. It was formed after the Sandy Hook Elementary mass shooting and now has chapters in every state. The group is part of Everytown For Gun Safety. “MOMS” is not anti-gun; they are anti-gun violence.