Hundreds of anti-gun violence advocates wore orange in Alexandria’s Market Square on Friday, June 7, 2019. (Photo by James Cullum)
ALEXANDRIA, VA – Everyone loses in an act of gun violence. In the instant loved ones are taken by a bullet, there is a ripple effect. Countless lives are changed forever.
Hundreds of anti-gun violence advocates wore orange in Alexandria’s Market Square on Friday, June 7, 2019.
Orange is the color that Hadiya Pendleton‘s friends wore in her honor when she was shot and killed in Chicago at the age of 15 – just one week after performing at president Obama’s 2nd inaugural parade in 2013. Since then, orange has been the defining color of the gun violence prevention movement.
Speakers at the event included members of the Virginia General Assembly and Salli Garrigan, a survivor of the Columbine High School shooting.
Hundreds of anti-gun violence advocates wore orange in Alexandria’s Market Square on Friday, June 7, 2019. (Photo by James Cullum)Hundreds of anti-gun violence advocates wore orange in Alexandria’s Market Square on Friday, June 7, 2019. (Photo by James Cullum)Hundreds of anti-gun violence advocates wore orange in Alexandria’s Market Square on Friday, June 7, 2019. (Photo by James Cullum)Hundreds of anti-gun violence advocates wore orange in Alexandria’s Market Square on Friday, June 7, 2019. (Photo by James Cullum)Kofi Annan, President of the Fairfax NAACP, speaks at Wear Orange Day in Alexandria’s Market Square on June 7, 2019. (Photo by James Cullum)Hundreds of anti-gun violence advocates wore orange in Alexandria’s Market Square on Friday, June 7, 2019. (Photo by James Cullum)Hundreds of anti-gun violence advocates wore orange in Alexandria’s Market Square on Friday, June 7, 2019. (Photo by James Cullum)Hundreds of anti-gun violence advocates wore orange in Alexandria’s Market Square on Friday, June 7, 2019. (Photo by James Cullum)Columbine shooting survivor and activist Salli Garrigan speaks at Wear Orange Day in Alexandria’s Market Square on June 7, 2019. (Photo by James Cullum)Hundreds of anti-gun violence advocates wore orange in Alexandria’s Market Square on Friday, June 7, 2019. (Photo by James Cullum)Hundreds of anti-gun violence advocates wore orange in Alexandria’s Market Square on Friday, June 7, 2019. (Photo by James Cullum)
Kevin is Publisher's Assistant and Senior Editor with The Zebra Press. He has been working for Alexandria's "Good News" newspaper since 2019. A graduate of George Mason University, he earned a bachelor's in English with a concentration in Creative Writing. He also studied at the Columbia School of Broadcasting and holds a master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Marymount University. He is an alumnus of T.C. Williams High School. Go Titans!
