It has been seven years this December since 20 first grade children and six educators were shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. The latest shootings in Santa Clarita, Fresno, Oklahoma, and the recent multiple shootings in Bridgeport, Connecticut —
including a teen wounded by gunshot this past Saturday
— continue to rip through our communities and families on a daily basis. We are compelled to take action on gun violence — but also to grieve.
Please come join us alongside students, survivors, and community leaders in lighting the way and inspiring hope --
igniting action and change.
WHAT:
Seventh Annual Stamford Vigil of Hope to End Gun Violence
WHEN:
Thursday, December 5, 2019
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
WHERE:
In front of the Ferguson Public Library (public space),
Corner of Broad & Bedford Streets
Downtown Stamford, Connecticut
WHO:
Area students, survivors, community leaders, and you.
Our Stamford Vigil of Hope is held in conjunction with the
National Vigil to End Gun Violence
, run by our national partners,
The Newtown Foundation
and the
Newtown Action Alliance
, the evening before in Washington DC, and local partner
Connecticut Against Gun Violence (CAGV)
. Since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the ENOUGH Campaign has expanded its local focus to include urban gun violence, negligible accidents and suicide, the latter of which makes up more than 60 percent of gun deaths in our country.
Most of the children killed at Sandy Hook now would have been 13 years old. For them and for the 700,000 victims and survivors affected since the Newtown shooting, we grieve, we remember and we #HonorWithAction all who have been touched by gun violence. Please come light a candle with us to pause and reflect this December 5.
The Vigil this year will be held outdoors as had become the tradition in the first few years of this open community event, so we are requesting that people dress for the weather. We offer lit candles during the event.
The tone of the vigils are designed to be reverent and respectful. The Stamford Vigil of Hope is a non-partisan, non-political event, and all are welcome.
In our collective effort to continue to shine a light on the devastating epidemic of gun violence in our communities and beyond, we hope that you can join us.
Thank you.
