GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH

Why Orange


WEAR ORANGE WEEKEND 2023 June 2 – 4

Survivor Walk

June 3 – 10am

Depart Stevenson & St. Clair – Collinwood Convenient Store parking lot. Short walk to Collinwood Library and return

Register: wear-orange-cleveland.eventbrite.com

Wear Orange Worship Service

June 4 – 11:30am

Memorial Missionary Baptist Church

3386 East 119th

Cleveland, Ohio 44120

Gun Violence Awareness Summit June 5 – 10

Topics & Activities

Gun Violence, A Public Health Crisis

Pray 4 Justice Vigil

Resources information & outreach

Healing Events

Zen Zone Land Blessing

June 9 – 4pm

For 2023, Wear Orange Weekend included the Pray 4 Justice Vigil and Resource event, a Survivor Walk, and billboard ads. We used billboard ads to promote the Wear Orange activities, Gun Violence Awareness month in addition to encouraging the use of the Crime Stoppers tip line to report information on open homicide cases. One homicide case from 2012 was solved because of the billboard ad.  Nearly 50 people participated in the Survivor Walk. Total participation throughout the month’s activities reached nearly 200.