June 2 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Peace Plaza
Downtown, Rochester, MN 55902 United States
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507-202-7220
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What Is National Wear Orange Day?
Orange is the color that Hadiya Pendleton’s friends wore in her honor when 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, they asked us to stand up, speak out, and Wear Orange to raise awareness about gun violence.
We wear orange for Hadiya and to honor the more than 90 lives cut short and the hundreds more injured by gun violence every day — and to demand action. Orange is what hunters wear in the woods to protect themselves and others from harm. Orange is a bright, bold color that demands to be seen. Orange expresses our collective hope as a nation — a hope for a future free from gun violence.
We are not headlines or statistics. We are mothers, sisters, fathers, brothers, and friends. We are teachers, dancers, athletes and activists. We are here and we are united. We will be seen and we will work for change.

Together, with thousands of Americans, we turned America orange in years past. But the work doesn’t end there. Everytown USA, established after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense and our other partner organizations continue to do life-saving work so that we can get closer to realizing a future free of gun violence. We wore orange to be seen, now demand that we will be heard.