In the wake of the events in Buffalo, NY, and Uvalde, TX amongst many others, on June 3rd The City of Olivette will wear orange for the national gun violence awareness day!

The fight to end gun violence has never been more urgent. During National Gun Violence Awareness Day and Wear Orange Weekend, we join together to demand a future free from gun violence once and for all. This year, National Gun Violence Awareness Day, also known as #WearOrange Day, is being honored on June 3, 2022, and the week ends on the 5th.

On January 21, 2013, Hadiya Pendleton marched in President Obama’s second inaugural parade. One week later, Hadiya was shot and killed on a playground in Chicago. Soon after this tragedy, Hadiya’s friends commemorated her life by wearing orange, the color hunters wear in the woods to protect themselves and others. Wear Orange is now observed every June. Thousands of people wear the color orange to honor Hadiya and the more than 40,000 people who are killed with guns and approximately 85,000 who are shot and wounded every year.