Sandy Hook Promise, Connecticut Against Gun Violence, Connecticut Teens Against Gun Violence, Jr Newtown Action Alliance, the Connecticut Chapter of Moms Demand Action, Mothers United Against Violence, and the Newtown Action Alliance will rally to Turn Newtown Orange to End Gun Violence, Sunday, June 2, from 3 to 5 pm, at Newtown Middle School, 11 Queen Street, Newtown.

The Connecticut-based gun violence prevention organizations and their supporters will walk from Newtown Middle School to Mile High Road and back to the middle school to raise awareness of the public health crisis of gun violence in America.

This rally is one of many happening across the country for the #WearOrange campaign centered around National Gun Violence Awareness Day.

Speakers on Sunday will include

*Senator Richard Blumenthal;

*Senator Chris Murphy;

*Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont;

*Newtown First Selectman Dan Rosenthal;

*Mike Song, father of 15-year-old Ethan Song, who died in an unintentional shooting;

*Natalie Barden, Jr Newtown Action Alliance, sister of Daniel, who was killed in the Sandy Hook tragedy;

*Tara Donnelly Gotlieb and Riley Deloughy, Moms Demand Action; and

*Jeremy Stein, Connecticut Against Gun Violence.

The Wear Orange Campaign and National Gun Violence Awareness Day was inspired by Chicago teens who refused to be silent in the face of gun violence after their 15-year-old friend, Hadiya Pendleton, was killed by a stray bullet days after performing at President Obama’s second inauguration. June 2 was her birthday; they selected orange because it is the color used by hunters to protect themselves.

Sandy Hook Promise (SHP) is a national nonprofit organization based in Newtown and led by several family members whose loved ones were killed in the tragic mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012. SHP’s mission is to prevent gun violence (and other forms of violence and victimization) before it can happen by educating and mobilizing youth and adults to identify, intervene, and get help for at-risk individuals.

CAGV is a Connecticut 501(c)(4) organization dedicated to making Connecticut communities, families, and children safe from gun violence through legislative advocacy, public education, and grassroots engagement.

NAA is a Newtown-based, national grassroots organization formed after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting to achieve the steady and continuous reduction of gun violence through legislative and cultural changes. Jr Newtown Action Alliance is the youth-led organization affiliated with NAA.

Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is a grassroots movement of Americans fighting for public safety measures that can protect people from gun violence. Moms Demand Action is part of Everytown for Gun Safety, the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country with more than 5 million supporters and more than 350,000 donors.