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“Wear Orange” Campaign Inspired by Chicago Teens Working to Honor The Lives of Gun
Violence Survivors and Victims; Events are Happening in Anacortes, Mukilteo, Olympia,
Richland, Seattle, Spokane and Winslow
● Moms Demand Action Supporters from Shoreline, Bothell/Mill Creek, Lynnwood, and
several Eastside groups are going to Orange the Overpasses. On Friday June 1st they will
show up at these north end overpasses, starting at 3:30 PM:
○ 145th and I-5
○ 185th and I-5
○ 236th and I-5
○ 164th and I-5
○ 164th and Speedway
○ 41st and I-5
○ Bothell-Everett Highway and 405
○ 160th and 405
○ 522 and 102nd NE
● On the evening of June 2nd The Wear Orange Dance Party and fundraiser for Moms
Demand Action for Gun Sense in America will be headlined by Babajaga, Macksimal
and Jen Woolfe.
● Moms Demand Action supporters will plant a large orange flag at the Mukilteo City Hall
with Mukilteo Mayor Jennifer Gregerson.
● A picnic and Gun Violence Awareness rally at Percival Landing Park in Olympia.
● The newest Moms Demand Action group will hold a picnic and rally in Richland.
● Shoreline/Bothell and Eastside Moms Demand Action supporters will turn the several I-5
overpasses orange orange for the end of week traffic.
● Moms Demand Action in Spokane will meet in Dishman Hills Natural Area, for a
balloon release, short hike and yoga. All followed by a picnic.
● Bainbridge Island Moms Demand Action supporters will turn Winslow orange on June
2nd. With orange goodies, a prize wheel, artwork and a quilt commemorating lives taken
by gun violence.
● Spokane Mayor David A. Condon, Mukilteo Mayor Jennifer Gregerson and the
Bainbridge Island City Council joined the more than 67 mayors nationwide participating
in the Wear Orange campaign this year.
● Skylines and key buildings nationwide will begin turning orange on June 1st, National
Gun Violence Awareness Day. Key landmarks in Washington turning orange include the
historic lighthouse in Mukilteo, the Harborview Medical Center and the Great Seattle
Wheel on Pier 57 in Seattle.
● More than 350 Wear Orange events will take place across the country on June 2nd and
June 3rd for Wear Orange Weekend. All events are searchable via an online map
(available here) and are easy to track by following the #WearOrange hashtag.
SEATTLE
WHAT:
● Wear Orange at family friendly picnic in Columbia Park in Seattle.
● There will be face painting, games and activities.
● Speakers will honor survivors of gun violence and also share our hope for a future where
parks are only for playing, schools are only for learning, and every community is free
from gun violence.
WHO: SPEAKERS
● Bishop Aaron Branson Jr, Freedom Church of Seattle
● Reverend Harriett Walden, Mothers for Police Accountability
● Ruqiayah Damrah, Students Demand Action, Seattle
● Zoe Moore, Gun violence survivor
● Erin Cizmas, Gun violence survivor
WHERE:
Columbia Park 4721 Rainier Ave S Seattle, WA 98118
WHEN:
Saturday, June 2 at 11 AM - 2 PM
SEATTLE
WHO:
Music will be provided by some of the finest local electronic music producers and DJs including
● Babajaga - https://www.facebook.com/BabajagaMusic/
● Macksimal - https://www.mixcloud.com/Macksimal/uploads/
● Jen Woolfe - w ww.jenwoolfe.com
WHERE:
Studio Seven
110 S Horton St, Seattle, Washington 98134
● Studio Seven is donating their venue at a reduced cost to support gun violence
prevention.
WHEN:
Saturday, June 2 at 8 PM - 1 AM
TICKETS
There are two tiers of pre-sale tickets, regular admission ($15), and VIP tickets ($75) which
include no-line entry, 2 free drinks and a "Not One More" leather bracelet. To purchase tickets,
please follow this link: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3394162
Tickets will also be sold at the door for $20.
All proceeds will go to Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America
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 at President Obama’s 2nd
inaugural parade in 2013. After her death, her friends asked us to stand up, speak out and Wear
Orange to raise awareness about gun violence. Orange honors the more than 90 lives cut short
and the hundreds more wounded by gun violence every day - and demands action.
Last year more than 500 noteworthy individuals and organizations, including President Obama,
Julianne Moore, Kim Kardashian West, Amy Schumer, Vogue, Teen Vogue and Viacom
answered the call, making their support for the movement loud and clear. And across the
country, nearly 250,000 people took action online and in person at events. This year promises to
reach much, much further—the skyline is the limit. Landmarks across the country – in all 50
states – will go orange in support of National Gun Violence Awareness Day.
Spearheaded by Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Everytown for Gun
Safety, the campaign asks Americans who believe we can do more to save lives from gun
violence to do one simple thing on June 1, National Gun Violence Awareness Day: Wear
Orange. Those who wear orange pledge 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.
Moms Demand Action works in states across the country with survivors, mayors, law
enforcement officers, faith leaders, teachers, doctors and all kinds of Americans who know there
is more we can do to prevent gun violence. As the grassroots force of Everytown for Gun Safety,
we are part of the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country, with more than 4.5
million supporters and a chapter in every state.
We can support the Second Amendment while doing much more to keep guns out of the hands of
dangerous people and create a culture of responsible gun ownership.
We do this work because every day, 93 Americans die from gun violence and hundreds more are
injured. 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.
www.momsdemandaction.org
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