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Wear Orange event

Alyssa Lunsford ~ alunsford@semissourian.com
Friday, June 7, 2024

SEMO Moms Demand Action, S.N.A.P and community members gathered at Peace Park June 7 to honor victims and survivors of gun violence and talk about ending gun violence.

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    Ramona Bailey poses happily with a photo frame (Alyssa Lunsford ~ alunsford@semissourian.com)
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    Community members write down why they choose to wear orange (Alyssa Lunsford ~ alunsford@semissourian.com)
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    Rev. Geneva Allen-Patterson gives the master of ceremony speech to start off the event (Alyssa Lunsford ~ alunsford@semissourian.com)
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    Ramona Bailey sings "Let There Be Peace On Earth" (Alyssa Lunsford ~ alunsford@semissourian.com)
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    Pastor Teresa Campbell gives the opening invocation  (Alyssa Lunsford ~ alunsford@semissourian.com)
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    Lynda Stewart explains why they were orange and the reason for the event (Alyssa Lunsford ~ alunsford@semissourian.com)
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    Mayor Stacy Kinder reads the proclamation and presents it to the members who put on the Wear Orange event (Alyssa Lunsford ~ alunsford@semissourian.com)
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    Felice Patton tells her story as a gun violence survivor and why she founded Stop Needless Acts of violence Please S.N.A.P. (Alyssa Lunsford ~ alunsford@semissourian.com)
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    Leslie Washington and Mayor Stacy Kinder pose for a photo (Alyssa Lunsford ~ alunsford@semissourian.com)
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    A community members records the speeches at the Wear Orange event (Alyssa Lunsford ~ alunsford@semissourian.com)
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    Leslie Washington holds the proclamation done by Mayor Stacy Kinder  (Alyssa Lunsford ~ alunsford@semissourian.com)