{"id":1467,"date":"2016-06-05T10:25:39","date_gmt":"2016-06-05T14:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=1467"},"modified":"2018-06-03T10:32:38","modified_gmt":"2018-06-03T14:32:38","slug":"vigil-national-gun-violence-awareness-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2016\/06\/05\/vigil-national-gun-violence-awareness-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Vigil for National Gun Violence Awareness Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

In December 1992, a student went on a school shooting rampage at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Mass. Among those murdered were Galen Gibson, an 18-year-old student from Gloucester, and the friend of my friend Amanda Cook. Galen’s father, Gregory Gibson, another friend of mine, wrote a book about the loss of his son, “Gone Boy: A Walkabout.”<\/p>\n

Galen Gibson’s murder continues to haunt them. And as more and more mass shootings are perpetrated across our country, like many of us, they wrestle with the question of why our nation seems uninterested in doing anything to prevent these killings.<\/p>\n

\"Lighting<\/a>
Lighting candles for the National Gun Violence Awareness Day vigil in front of Gloucester\u2019s Unitarian Universalist Church, June 2, 2016. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Thursday, June 2, Amanda organized Gloucester Wears Orange for National Gun Violence Awareness Day<\/a>\u2014including a proclamation from the mayor, shop owners filling their windows with the color orange (the movement\u2019s signature color), and held a vigil in front of Gloucester\u2019s Unitarian Universalist Church (pictured here).<\/p>\n

\u201cLet us keep raising out voices,\u201d Amanda Cook wrote. \u201cUntil gun violence is seen and understood as a problem there will be no change. Let us speak up until our that change is made.\u201d<\/p>\n

Previously:\u00a0<\/strong>“We Can End Gun Violence Rally” at Massachusetts State House<\/a>, Dec. 12, 2015.<\/p>\n

\"Amanda<\/a>
Amanda Cook begins the National Gun Violence Awareness Day vigil in front of Gloucester\u2019s Unitarian Universalist Church, June 2, 2016. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Children<\/a>
Children read shooting statistics at the National Gun Violence Awareness Day vigil in front of Gloucester\u2019s Unitarian Universalist Church, June 2, 2016. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"National<\/a>
National Gun Violence Awareness Day vigil in front of Gloucester\u2019s Unitarian Universalist Church, June 2, 2016. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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