National Gun Violence Awareness Day

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White House to be lit orange for gun violence awareness

The White House will be illuminated in orange Friday night in honor of National Gun Violence Awareness Day, as the nation has been shaken by a recent string of deadly mass shootings.

The White House's north facade will be bathed in orange light from Friday at sunset until 1:30 a.m. ET Saturday.

Several other government buildings -- including California's Capitol dome and City Hall in New York City -- will also be lit up in orange over the weekend.

The eighth annual National Gun Violence Awareness Day comes as people in the US are reeling from a spate of mass shootings in the last month, including at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, a supermarket in the heart of a Black community in Buffalo, New York and a medical facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/06/03/politics/white-house-orange-gun-violence-awareness/index.html

I had not seen any recognition or mention of this on DU. Did anyone participate in any way or know it existed?

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1. Thanks M$M...

...I guess since no one was shot at the event, the media didn't really give it much air time.