Wear Orange Lighting Ceremony For The MCB Friday

NYACK , NY – On Friday, the New York chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for Gun Safety, will host a Wear Orange lighting ceremony of the Mario Cuomo Bridge to honor the lives of those affected by gun violence and to elevate gun violence prevention efforts nationwide.

The event is part of Wear Orange Weekend and follows National Gun Violence Awareness Day Thursday.

Orange is the color that Hadiya Pendleton’s friends wore in her honor after she was shot and killed in Chicago at the age of 15 — just one week after performing in President Obama’s second inaugural parade in 2013. Orange honors the 100 lives cut short and the hundreds more wounded by gun violence every day.

Hundreds of Wear Orange events will take place across the country on June 8 and June 9 for Wear Orange Weekend.

WHAT: A ceremony for the lighting of the Mario Cuomo Bridge honoring the lives of those affected by gun violence and elevating gun violence prevention efforts in New York and nationwide.

WHO:

• Terry Frye-Slade whose son Ted was shot and killed in 2013
• Shari Maurer, Local Group Lead, Rockland
• Katherine Schowalter, Local Group Lead, Westchester
• Proclamations from Senator David Carlucci, Senator James Skoufis, Senator Pete Harkham, Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee, and Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski.

WHERE: Nyack Memorial Park, 4 Depew Ave., Nyack , New York

WHEN: Friday, June 7, 2019, 7:pm

About Wear Orange

In 2013, a small group of teens at a South Side Chicago high school asked their classmates to honor the life of their murdered friend Hadiya Pendleton by wearing orange – the color hunters wear in the woods to protect themselves and others and a color that reflects the value of human life. They inspired the Wear Orange campaign (Wear Orange), which is led by a broad-based coalition working to reduce gun violence in America. Spearheaded by Everytown for Gun Safety, the campaign asks Americans who want to save lives from gun violence to do one simple thing on June 7, National Gun Violence Awareness Day: Wear Orange. Thousands of Americans will also participate in events Wear Orange weekend on June 8 and 9 with nationwide days of action. Those who wear orange promise to honor the lives of Americans stolen by gun violence, to help keep firearms out of dangerous hands and to protect our children from gun violence. Orange is the symbol of the gun violence prevention movement, and is used by activists all over the country to raise awareness.