Sentences with phrase «honor gun violence victims»

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According to Frank, the team's ride was to honor all victims of gun violence and to push for «common - sense» gun legislation.

Cerberus needs to honor its promise to the victims of Sandy Hook and to all Americans whose lives have been turned upside down by gun violence by ending its investment in this destructive industry.»

Also at 11 a.m., Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Hakeem Jeffries and Nydia Velázquez, New York City Public Advocate Letitia James and others gather to honor the Orlando victims and call for Congressional action to stop gun violence, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Two Capital Region students are among five teens statewide who have won Gov. Andrew Cuomo's first Carey Gabay Scholarship, a program for disadvantaged students that honors the former Cuomo aide who was a victim of gun violence a year ago during Brooklyn's annual West Indian Day celebration.

Lori Alhadeff, mother of Alyssa Alhadeff — one of the 17 victims killed during the Stoneman Douglas massacre — held a tennis fundraiser in honor of her daughter for a non-profit organization to end gun violence and help fund schools with better security measures.

period classes and participate in a 17 - minute walkout, both in honor of the 17 victims of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in February and to protest Congress» inaction to «do more than tweet thoughts and prayers in response to the gun violence plaguing our schools and neighborhoods.»

After Media Matters learned that iHeartRadio was going to honor conservative radio host Michael Berry — a notorious race - baiter who routinely mocks Chicago gun violence victims — as «talk personality of the year,» The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence and MPOWER Change both called on iHeartRadio to rescind Berry's violence victims — as «talk personality of the year,» The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence and MPOWER Change both called on iHeartRadio to rescind Berry's Violence and MPOWER Change both called on iHeartRadio to rescind Berry's award...

The march — organized by the Stoneman Douglas student group #NeverAgain and the gun control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety — is the culmination of a monthlong effort to honor the victims of the shooting, and to push for an end to gun violence.

A mostly white group of Stoneman Douglas survivors started a movement after the shooting to honor the victims and rally Americans to stop gun violence.

Spradlin, who is the president of the Young Democrats Club on campus, said there were three reasons the students participated in the walkout: first was to honor the lives of the victims; second was to show Congress that students care about the issue of gun violence; and third was to take direct action by registering students to vote and writing to members of Congress to demand change.

We are writing this in honor of not only the 17 angels lost on February 14th of 2018, but for all victims of gun violence across the country.

On Wednesday, March 14, around 150 Sierra Pacific High School students honored victims of gun violence by walking out of their classes.