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DuPage County Board proclaims June 6 National Gun Violence Awareness Day, urges wear-orange events
Summary
The DuPage County Board on May 27 approved a proclamation designating June 6, 2025, as National Gun Violence Awareness Day and June 6–8 as Wear Orange weekend, and members of Moms Demand Action described local events and safe-storage messaging.
The DuPage County Board on Tuesday approved a proclamation designating June 6, 2025, as National Gun Violence Awareness Day and June 6–8 as Wear Orange weekend to honor victims and promote local prevention efforts.
The proclamation, read by DuPage County Board Chair Deborah A. Conroy, “do hereby declare 06/06/2025 as the National Gun Violence Awareness Day, and June 6 to 06/08/2025 as Wear Orange,” and encourages residents to participate in local awareness activities.
The Nut Graf: The county resolution is symbolic but intended to amplify local outreach. Board members invited volunteers from Moms Demand Action to describe planned events and to thank the board for supporting awareness and safe-storage messaging in schools.
Moms Demand Action volunteers who joined the board at the podium outlined community activities. Yina Yu, a DuPage County board member who sponsored the proclamation, thanked county leaders and named local volunteers, saying, “I’m really grateful, to Chair Conroy and to the County Board for this first-time proclamation to honor National Gun Violence Awareness Day and Wear Orange weekend.”
Shannon Goodrich, listed in the meeting as Elmhurst co-lead for Moms Demand Action, told the board the group is circulating information on local events and practical steps residents can take. “It’s very important that we keep our children safe from gun violence and we know that this is preventable,” Goodrich said, and she described a June 4 talk at the Elmhurst Public Library and a June 6 ribbon-tying event in Clarendon Hills.
The proclamation text cites national statistics and frames the day as part of a nationwide “wear orange” campaign honoring Hadiya Pendleton and other victims of gun violence. Board members approved the proclamation by voice vote during the meeting in Wheaton.
The board and volunteers also encouraged community activities such as ribbon-tying and a blood drive; Goodrich noted a Clarendon Hills blood drive scheduled for June 6 and urged residents to participate because “there’s always a shortage in the summer for blood.”
Ending: The proclamation requires no new county funding and was passed as a ceremonial resolution; board members said they intend the designation to raise awareness about prevention and safe-storage options in local communities.
