Young People Turn Social Media Orange To Protest Gun Violence #WearOrangeWeekend

06.01.18
Young People Turn Social Media Orange To Protest Gun Violence #WearOrangeWeekend
Young people around the country took to social media this weekend to participate in the Wear Orange campaign to bring awareness to the 96 people who die each day from gun violence in America. To commemorate National Gun Violence Awareness Day, thousands used #WearOrange and posted messages in memory of those who've lost their lives and in support of tougher gun legislation. Friday’s social media campaign is part of the larger Wear Orange Weekend, a national movement that advocates for tougher gun legislation. Orange represents the color worn by Hadiya Pendleton’s friends after the 15-year-old was shot and killed in 2013, just days after performing at Barack Obama’s inaugural parade. Wanting to protest gun violence, the friends formed Project Orange Tree. Their work would lay the foundation for National Gun Violence Awareness Day. Saturday's marquee events include a march on New York City's Brooklyn Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
Moms Demand Action: Golden Gate Bridge March
https://twitter.com/youthradio/status/1003007862530961408 https://twitter.com/youthradio/status/1003006640491122688 https://twitter.com/youthradio/status/1003006442553524224 https://twitter.com/youthradio/status/1003002458883293184 https://twitter.com/youthradio/status/1003000508301209600 https://twitter.com/youthradio/status/1002996141405847552 https://twitter.com/youthradio/status/1002995341866631168 https://twitter.com/youthradio/status/1002992901129789440 https://twitter.com/youthradio/status/1002992740475416576 https://twitter.com/youthradio/status/1002992454075904001
Youth Over Guns: Brooklyn Bridge March
https://twitter.com/John_Papanier/status/1003001577819471874 https://twitter.com/youthradio/status/1002981340478889984 https://twitter.com/youthradio/status/1002957189051543554 https://twitter.com/youthradio/status/1002953893339377664 https://twitter.com/youthradio/status/1002953542209064960 https://twitter.com/youthradio/status/1002951020090150912 https://twitter.com/AHedit/status/1002966260995457024 https://twitter.com/NoRA4USA/status/1002965009612333056 https://twitter.com/tb4rock/status/1002951322298089472  
Wear Orange Day Becomes Wear Orange Weekend: Saturday
https://twitter.com/fountxin/status/1002961617762570240 https://twitter.com/MindfulPursuit/status/1002961556769034241  
Youth Leaders Of Today Take Up The Mantle
https://twitter.com/Emma4Change/status/1002538561206407169 https://twitter.com/MattxRed/status/1002527488738816000 https://twitter.com/TheTinyDiplomat/status/1001794694844698631 https://twitter.com/TheTinyDiplomat/status/1002528888239611907
The NRA Tried TO Take Back Orange...
https://twitter.com/nra/status/1002505041880772608
...Only To Get Served By Teens
https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/status/1002570644498931712
#WearOrange Touches The Lives Of Many
https://twitter.com/smartactivist/status/1002351191882457088 https://twitter.com/TTstuber/status/1002552504444440576 https://twitter.com/SGL378/status/1002567698482688000 https://www.instagram.com/p/BjfFzvoAkgC/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BjfC1iNB5bR/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BjfBocQh0Re/ Actress Mina Sundwall, age 16 https://www.instagram.com/p/BjexxjUFhhJ/
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