*This is so senseless! I’m sick and tired of these <modsnip> who destroy so many lives with their maniacal delusional manifestos existing only in their minds… once their mental health has fell so low - every little thing that happens becomes an element in their storyline. I wish… Oh, how I wish someone could have recognized his condition and convinced him to seek help. I wonder how many people in his life are now struggling for acceptance into this new reality.
Dated June 11:
HIGHLAND PARK, IL — Local activists are set to march through downtown Highland Park Saturday afternoon to demand action from lawmakers in the wake of recent mass shootings.
The anti-gun violence rally is one of about 450 planned across the country in conjunction with the March For Our Lives, a group founded by survivors of a 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida
Speakers slated for Saturday's rally at Sunset Woods Park include gun violence survivors and local activists.
patch.com
Dated June 3:
HIGHLAND PARK, IL — Residents of communities on Chicago's North Shore are planning rallies and marches against gun violence this month after recent mass shootings in New York, Texas and Oklahoma renewed calls for new laws aimed at increased firearm safety.
Friday marks National Gun Violence Awareness Day, which is followed by Wear Orange weekend. The Wear Orange movement began in response to the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, who was killed in January 2013 on Chicago's South Side, days after performing at President Barack Obama's second inaugural ceremony.
March For Our Lives, a group founded in the days after the February 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, has called for a nationwide mobilization the following weekend.
Local activists plan to hold Wear Orange events this weekend and a March For Our Lives next weekend.
patch.com