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Each side of the river mark Nationwide Gun Violence Consciousness Day

Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. and North Little Rock Mayor Terry Hartwick each signed proclamations this week declaring June 2, 2023, “Put on Orange Day” for his or her respective cities.

Mayor Frank Scott Jr. joins Little Rock Mothers Demand Motion volunteers to put on orange to finish gun violence.

Nationwide Gun Violence Consciousness Day and Put on Orange is noticed nationally on the primary Friday in June. Put on Orange weekend originated after the loss of life of Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old lady who was shot and killed in 2013 on a playground in Chicago. Pendleton’s associates determined to commemorate her life by carrying orange, the colour hunters put on to guard themselves and others. 

“Now, we’ve turned that right into a nationwide occasion throughout the nation the place teams of Mothers Demand Motion volunteers come collectively and honor victims and survivors of gun violence by carrying orange,” Anna Morshedi, the higher Little Rock Mothers Demand Motion native lead, mentioned. 

Morshedi mentioned Little Rock’s record number of homicides final 12 months exhibits there’s loads of work to do to deal with gun violence within the metropolis. The Little Rock Police Division additionally recovered tons of of illegal firearms in 2022, and this 12 months Arkansas is ranked by Everytown for Gun Security as second worst within the nation for its gun regulation energy. Scott has repeatedly spoken out towards gun violence and is a member of the group Mayors In opposition to Unlawful Weapons. 

Little Rock Mothers Demand Motion is internet hosting a Put on Orange group occasion this Sunday with Keyon Neely, the founding father of the Children U R Every thing youth intervention program. The occasion shall be from 2 p.m. to five p.m. on the Consciousness Middle, 900 S. Pine St. and can embody meals, children actions, audio system and gun violence prevention assets. 

 

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