Join in on the movement by making a statement for gun control.
that, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Black Americans make up the majority of gun homicide victims and are 10 times more likely than white Americans to die by gun homicide. Furthermore, the CDC says Black children and teens are 14 times more likely than white children and teens to die by gun homicide.
With violence against unarmed Black men and women in an agonizing spotlight following the appalling shooting deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and Andre Hill — all of whom were unarmed and reflect only a fraction of a widespread, tragic, and often underreported issue — Gun Violence Awareness Day and the Wear Orange campaign feels as pertinent as ever, if not more so.
This year, National Gun Violence Awareness Day is June 4, and Wear Orange Weekend extends through Sunday, June 6. To show their support, celebrities, teachers, and hundreds of others are taking to social media to show that they're wearing orange today and throughout the weekend as a symbol of solidarity. You can find the photos at the
hashtag on Instagram, and Everytown invites you to join in and post your own orange-adorned photos to help spread the word., with the Academy Award-winning team at Lion Forge Animation:
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