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Champaign County proclaims June 6, 2025, National Gun Violence Awareness Day
Summary
The County Board adopted a proclamation declaring the first Friday in June 2025 as National Gun Violence Awareness Day to honor victims and survivors and encourage community awareness.
The Champaign County Board adopted a proclamation at its May 22 meeting declaring Friday, June 6, 2025, to be National Gun Violence Awareness Day in Champaign County.
Ellie read the proclamation that urges citizens to wear orange to honor victims and survivors and cites national and state statistics within the proclamation text. The document encourages local support for community efforts to prevent gun violence and states the county’s commitment to keep firearms out of the hands of people who pose a danger to themselves or others.
The board moved and seconded the proclamation and adopted it by voice vote. The proclamation references National Gun Violence Awareness Day observances and the anniversary of Hadiya Pendleton’s death in 2013 as background for the awareness effort.
The proclamation is ceremonial and requests community participation; no enforcement action or new county program was authorized as part of the adoption.
