Gun Violence Response Day Postponed to Sept. 12, 2020
Due to overwhelming concern regarding the weather and COVID-19, we are putting in place a rain date of Saturday, September 12, 2020. In the event there is inclement weather, we will notify the groups no later than 11:00 am via email on Saturday morning.
Below you will find event information, such as Meeting locations, March and Caravan Routes and Times.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact The Office of Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke at 718-287-1142.
Rep. Clarke to Leads NYC Gun Violence
Prevention Day and Solidarity Walk
Brooklyn, NY – This Saturday at 2:00 PM, Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) will lead a Ninth District Gun Violence Prevention Day and Solidarity Walk alongside several NYC CURE Violence organizations.
Given the recent increase in shootings and gun-related deaths that have impacted the Ninth District of New York, as well as the city at large, Congresswoman Clarke finds it imperative that community members, local elected officials and neighborhood organizations come together to produce solutions that reduce gun violence in affected communities.
WHAT: NYC Gun Violence Prevention Day and Solidarity Walk
WHO: Host Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke, Assemblywoman Latrice Walker, Brownsville In and Violence Out (BIVO), Brooklyn Think Tank Matters (BTTM), Chris Owens Foundation, East Flatbush Village (EFV), Elite Learners, Gangster’s Making Astronomical Community Change (G-MACC), GOD SQUAD, Man Up!, Men Elevating Leadership (MEL), Save our Streets (SOS), The Foundation for the Advancement and Rehabilitation of the Marginalized (The FARM), and Wheelchairs Against Guns (WAG).
WHEN: Saturday, September 12, 2020; 2:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: Brooklyn Museum
RSVP Options: CARAVAN or WALK
Eventbrite: https://nycgunviolencepreventionresponseday.eventbrite.com