WEAR ORANGE CHICAGO

On January 21, 2013, 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton marched in President Obama’s second inaugural parade. One week later, she was shot and killed on a Chicago playground.

Her friends commemorated her life by wearing orange, the color hunters wear in the woods to protect themselves and others.

June 2-4, join Moms Demand Action/Everytown Survivor Network, Arts4Impact, and a coalition of grassroots organizations from across Illinois supporting victims of gun violence and demanding sane gun laws.

Chicagoans killed by guns every day

Americans killed by guns every day

Children killed by guns since Sandy Hook

Minors living in a home with at least one loaded, unlocked firearm

UPCOMING Arts4Impact WEAR ORANGE Activations

JUNE 3

PEACE FEST: ONE LOVE EDITION

2-7 PM • PEACE CAMPUS • 6402 S. HONORE ST

We Grow, Chicago Survivors, Moms Demand Action, Imagine Englewood If, and the greater Englewood community come together to honor gun violence victims and survivor families.

The annual Wear Orange block party will include an Arts4Impact activation, food, music, and youth activities that celebrate and uplift African American and Latinx culture.

Event Attendees in front of a selfie station

Arts4Impact Selfie Station.

JUNE 4

WEAR ORANGE EXPERIENCE

6:30-9:30PM • THE DEN • 1331 N. MILWAUKEE AVE.

Moms Demand Action and GVP orgs from across Chicagoland, including Illinois Alliance to Prevent Gun Violence, People for a Safer Society, IMPACT, Doctors for America, and Social Innovation Group of Chicago, Collaboraction, and PAX Group came together to support victims and survivors of gun violence.

The event, emceed by Phenom, featured an evening full of live music, art, comedy, poetry, an Arts4Impact activation, and an energizing DJ performance.

Students Demand Action groups from New Trier High School, Northwestern University, Highland Park High School, and Lake Forest will host a youth-only experience connecting students from the South, West, and North sides.

Event proceeds support local GVP nonprofits, including M.A.S.K., Mothers on a Mission 28, Israel’s Gift of Hope, La Villita Community Church, and Antmound Foundation.