All are Invited to the Concert Across America to End Gun Violence

The Concert Across America to End Gun Violence will feature 350 events across the country, including the Hudson Valley, for a day of music to honor victims of gun violence and to make gun violence prevention a voting issue in the November elections.

Musical events will take place over the course of the day at places of faith, historical theaters and other venues across the country.

The First Congregational Church of Chappaqua, Chappaqua Cares, Town of New Castle, Upper Westchester Muslim Society, Temple Beth El, Chappaqua Interfaith Council and Million Mom Marchers invite the public to join them for the northern Westchester event.

Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam, Jackson Browne, Rosanne Cash, Marc Cohn, and Vy Higginsen’s Gospel Choir in Harlem will perform in the headliner event at the Beacon Theater in NYC.

The Concert Across America to End Gun Violence is a grassroots coalition of faith-based groups, nonprofit organizations, activists, and musicians who have banded together to plan a day of music on Sept. 25, the day designated by Congress to remember victims of murder.

"On Sunday we will drown out the hateful rhetoric that has become the hallmark of the gun debate with music, and create a positive national moment of collective remembrance, supported by action and a commitment to change," said Rosanne Cash. "I believe our country is good enough and strong enough to eliminate senseless gun violence and prevent the destruction of one more family.”

WHAT: On Sunday, local Northern Westchester community artists and activists will band together for the #ConcertAcrossAmerica to #EndGunViolence with a series of live concerts brought together by social media.

WHO: Concert features Shobha Vanchiswar, Dave Bickler, Keith Robellard, First Congregational Church Chancel Choir, Greeley High School Madrigal Choir, Chappaqua Orchestra, James Blasdell, Sam Blasdell, Alex Formi and Cantor Star Trompeter.

“This concert, that spans our great country, will hopefully remind us that we need to work towards saving lives from gun violence. We need to do more than hold memorial services and offer prayers. We need to work for common sense laws about the use and ease of access to guns, particularly assault weapons that can kill many in a few seconds. We can make a difference in the lives of all of those who will not die because of easy access to assault weapons and senseless gun violence.” said Rev. Dr. Martha Jacobs, senior minister at the first Congregational Church of Chappaqua.

According to Concert Across America, venues in New York include:

• Beacon (Towne Crier Cafe)
• Blauvelt
• Brooklyn (Jalopy)
• Brooklyn (Congregation Beth Elohim)
• Brooklyn (Selichot Across Brooklyn hosted by Park Slope Jewish Center)
• Buffalo
• Cooperstown
• Chappaqua
• Greenvale (LIU Post)
• Flushing (UU Congregation)
• Kingston
• Manhasset (The Reconstructionist Church of Synagogue of North Shore)
• Manhattan (Beacon Theatre)
• Manhattan (Church of St. Francis Xavier, House of Justice, Metropolitan Community Church, St. Mark’s Bowery)
• Manhattan (Barnard College)
• New Rochelle
• Peekskill
• Port Washington
• Rochester
• Saratoga Springs
• Sayville
• Scarsdale
• Shelter Rock
• Tarrytown
• White Plains

You can also watch it streaming on Facebook.

Here are details if you choose to attend the northern Westchester event:

WHEN: Sunday September 25th, 4-5:30 pm
WHERE: First Congregational Church. 210 Orchard Ridge Road, Chappaqua, NY 10514

REGISTER: For more information, call (914) 263-5566.

ABOUT: This nationwide event will bring together a network of organizations, activists and artists with the dual goals of keeping guns out of dangerous hands and making the issue of illegal guns top of mind for members of Congress, the presidential candidates, and the American people as they go to the polls in November, 2016. For more information visit www.RememberSept25.org.

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