NATIONAL VIGIL HELD ON DECEMBER 11TH TO MARK 12-YEAR REMEMBRANCE OF SANDY HOOK SHOOTING TRAGEDY
For Immediate Release
December 10, 2024
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NATIONAL VIGIL HELD ON DECEMBER 11TH TO MARK 12-YEAR REMEMBRANCE OF
SANDY HOOK SHOOTING TRAGEDY
VIGIL WILL HONOR ALL VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF GUN VIOLENCE
NATIONWIDE VIGILS AND EVENTS TO #EndGunViolence TO BE HELD ACROSS AMERICA
WHAT: December 14, 2024 is the 12-year mark of the Sandy Hook tragedy. Since the tragic shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, more than 1.2 million Americans have been shot; nearly 500,000 Americans have been killed by guns; there have been over 5400 mass shooting incidents; and guns are now the number one killer of American children and teens.
In an effort to continue to shine a light on the devastating epidemic of gun violence in our nation, the Newtown Action Alliance Foundation, Newtown Action Alliance, St Marks Episcopal Church, Faith Leaders for Ending Gun Violence, The Joyce Foundation, Fund for a Safer Future, Sandy Hook Promise, Giffords, Everytown for Gun Safety, Orange Ribbons for Jaime, Ban Assault Weapons NOW, Leaders We Deserve, Brady United to Prevent Gun Violence, March for Our Lives, Riley Howell Foundation, Community Justice, Guns Down America, Grandmothers For Gun Responsibility, and 150+ other partners will host the 11th Annual National Vigil for All Victims of Gun Violence near the 12th anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting tragedy.
The annual national candlelight vigil service of mourning and loving remembrance for all who have fallen victim to the ongoing epidemic of gun violence in America will be held on Wednesday, December 11, 2024 from 7:00 - 9:30 pm ET at St Marks Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. This service will anchor the Nationwide Vigils & Events to #EndGunViolence during the month of December. The list of Nationwide Vigils & Events to #EndGunViolence can be found on www.newtownactionalliancefoundation.org.
The victims, survivors and the families impacted by gun violence are often forgotten. The gun violence prevention movement will unite to support the families and communities impacted by gun violence, educate, continue to raise awareness, and keep this critical issue front and center throughout our nation. Together, we will renew our vow to #HonorWithAction to #EndGunViolence in America.
WHO:
165+ gun violence survivors from 24 states
Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries
Steven Dettelbach, Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
Gabby Giffords, Former Congresswoman and Founder of Giffords
Greg Jackson, Deputy Director of White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention
Rob Wilcox, Deputy Director of White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention
David Hogg, Cofounder of Leaders We Deserve and March for Our Lives
Reverend Michele Morgan, Rector of St Marks Episocpal Church, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.
The Reverend John Kellogg, Christ Church,Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.
Po Murray, Co-founder & Chairwoman, Newtown Action Alliance & Newtown Action Alliance Foundation
Kris Brown, President, Brady United to Prevent Gun Violence
Fred Guttenberg, Father of Jaime who was killed in Parkland, Founder of Orange Ribbons for Jaime
Arthur Barnard, Father of Arthur Strout who was killed in Lewiston, Maine
Korey Salter, Senior Director of National Partnerships & Constituency Engagement, Everytown for Gun Safety
Natalie Fall, Executive Director, March for Our Lives
Hudson Munoz, Executive Director, Guns Down America
Gail Schwartz, Aunt of Alex Schacter who was killed in Parkland, President of Ban Assault Weapons NOW
Doug Hammer, Pianist and Composer
Holly Forbes, Singer
WHERE:
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Capitol Hill
301 A St SE, Washington, DC 20003
WHEN: Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 7:00-9:30 PM ET
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The Newtown Action Alliance Foundation (https://www.newtownactionalliancefoundation.org/) is a charitable arm of the Newtown Action Alliance. It is a Newtown-based; all volunteer organization formed after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings. Our mission is “To provide comfort, education, scholarship and other support and resources to people and communities impacted by, and living or growing up among or in the aftermath, of violence in American society; and to help them lead the way toward positive cultural change over the long term.”
Newtown Action Alliance (https://www.newtownactionalliance.org/) is a grassroots national gun violence prevention organization formed after the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. It works to make America’s children, families, and all citizens safer through legislative and cultural change that will reduce gun violence in our nation.