To The Editor:

Help us turn Newtown and America ORANGE!

Thursday, June 2, 2016, marks the 2nd Annual National Gun Violence Awareness Day. Newtown Action Alliance is partnering with Connecticut Against Gun Violence, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Sandy Hook Promise, Greenwich Council Against Gun Violence, the Brady Campaign Southwestern CT Chapter, and the Enough Campaign to turn Newtown orange.

Over 100,000 Americans have been killed by guns and over 250,000 Americans have been injured by guns since the tragic shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School. Newtown is moving forward but Newtown has not moved on. We must continue to shed a light on the epidemic of gun violence in our nation to engage more Americans to make gun violence prevention a priority.

Please join us June 2, at 6  pm, at Fairfield Hills, for our "Orange Walk" from Fairfield Hills over to Edmond Town Hall, for our #WearOrange Rally. Please #WearOrange and feel free to bring a gun violence prevention poster/sign.

Speakers include Ron Pinciaro, executive director of Connecticut Against Gun Violence; Abbey Clements, survivor engagement lead, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, CT Chapter; Po Murray, chairwoman of Newtown Action Alliance; Nicole Hockley, founder and managing director of Sandy Hook Promise; Jonathan Perloe, leader of Greenwich Council Against Gun Violence and president of the Brady Campaign Southwestern CT Chapter; Tom Campbell, Family of Victim of Gun Violence; and Reverend Matt Crebbin, Newtown Congregational Church.

If you are not able to join us in Newtown, we encourage you to #WearOrange on June 2 to honor all victims and survivors of gun violence on National Gun Violence Awareness Day.

Sincerely,

Po Murray

Newtown Action Alliance

PO Box 3325, Newtown May 18, 2016