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Leawood proclaims June Pride Month and designates June 6 as National Gun Violence Awareness Day
Summary
Mayor Mark Elkins read two proclamations recognizing Pride Month and National Gun Violence Awareness Day; a volunteer with Moms Demand Action accepted the gun-violence proclamation and encouraged residents to wear orange and attend a June 7 event in Prairie Village.
Mayor Mark Elkins read two proclamations at the start of the meeting: one recognizing June 2025 as Pride Month in Leawood and a second designating June 6, 2025, as National Gun Violence Awareness Day in the city.
The Pride Month proclamation noted the city's previous action in August 2019 to expand the city nondiscrimination ordinance to provide protections for sexual orientation and gender identity. Mayor Elkins read the proclamation text and presented it to city staff…
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