Selfless Hands Foundation and Moms Demand Action - OK are coming together to raise awareness for National Gun Violence Awareness Day, which is recognized on June 3, 2023.

We will embark on our first summer community project to beautify our adopted street in OKC (an area disproportionately impacted by crime and gun violence), stock our community food pantry boxes, and assist and feed our local community members in need in Northeast Oklahoma City.

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What is “Wear Orange”?

On January 21, 2013, Hadiya Pendleton marched in President Obama’s second inaugural parade.

One week later, Hadiya was shot and killed on a playground in Chicago. Soon after this tragedy, Hadiya’s friends commemorated her life by wearing orange, the color hunters wear in the woods to protect themselves and others.

Wear Orange is now observed every June. Thousands of people wear the color orange to honor Hadiya and the more than 40,000 people who are killed with guns and approximately 85,000 who are shot and wounded every year.