The third Annual National Gun Violence Awareness Day will be marked on Friday, June 2.

Newtown Action Alliance (NAA) is partnering with the Brady Campaign Greater Danbury Chapter, Connecticut Against Gun Violence, the Enough Campaign, Greenwich Council to Prevent Gun Violence, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, and Sandy Hook Promise to turn Newtown orange to #EndGunViolence.

Nearly half a million Americans will be killed or injured by guns by the fifth anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting this December. Newtown Action Alliance works to shed a light on the epidemic of gun violence in the nation, to engage more Americans to make gun violence prevention a priority.

According to an NAA post on the Facebook Event page for the Newtown #WearOrange Walk and Rally, "Nearly half a million Americans will be killed or injured by guns by the 5th anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting this December. 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."

The public is invited to gather along Keating Farms Avenue at Fairfield Hills on Friday, June 2, by 5 pm. From there, the group will walk to Edmond Town Hall, at 45 Main Street, for a rally scheduled to begin at 6 pm.

Those planning to participate are encouraged to  "please #WearOrange and please bring your favorite gun violence prevention poster or sign," according to NAA.

Registration is requested, and can be done at . As of June 1, approximately 200 people had registered for this year's event.http://bit.ly/2qw7DkF

Directions including parking suggestions can also be found online.

Those who are unable to join the group for the walk from Fairfield Hills to Edmond Town Hall are invited to join the group for the rally.

The rally will include  a keynote address by the actress Melissa Joan Hart, a member of Everytown For Gun Safety's Creative Council.

Speakers will also include Mark Barden, founder and managing director, Sandy Hook Promise, and the father of 12/14 victim Daniel Barden; US Senator Richard Blumenthal; First Selectman Pat Llodra; NAA Chair Po Murray; Conor Pfeifer, director of operations, Triangle Community Center; Abbey Clements, volunteer and survivor fellow, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Everytown For Gun Safety; the Reverend Sam Saylor, vice president, National Gun Victims Action Council, and the father of young man killed by gun violence in Hartford; Yvonne Crasso, an activist and survivor, who lost her sister to gun violence; Tom Campbell,  president, Brady Campaign-Danbury chapter; and Jackson Mittleman and Tommy Murray, co-chairs, Jr Newtown Action Alliance.

For more information on #WearOrange National Gun Violence Awareness Day, visit wearorange.org.