Americans To Call On Congress To End Gun Violence On National Day To Demand Action -- Thursday, March 28

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Mar 27, 2013, 12:10 ET

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Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition Announces More than 100 Events Across the Country as Part of Largest Field Campaign in U.S. History to Address Gun Violence

Vice President Biden to Participate in Call with Supporters Today Ahead of Advocacy Day; www.DemandAction.org/March28

NEW YORK, March 27, 2013    /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mayors Against Illegal Guns announced that Americans will gather at more than 100 events across the country tomorrow, Thursday, March 28 as part of the National Day to Demand Action to end gun violence.  While members of Congress are home during the Easter/Passover recess, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, in conjunction with Organizing for Action, Americans for Responsible Solutions and other groups, will organize events and petition drives and generate an unprecedented number of calls into Senate district offices to call for their representatives to support commonsense gun laws like comprehensive and enforceable background checks. 

The coalition also announced that Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. will discuss efforts to pass gun reform on a call with supporters today ahead of the advocacy day tomorrow. 

The National Day to Demand Action will feature hundreds of mayors, law enforcement officials, faith leaders, gun violence survivors and family members, and other Americans who want Congress to take immediate action to strengthen our background check system and reduce gun violence.  The day is expected to be the largest gun violence advocacy event in history and is part of the largest field campaign in U.S. history to address gun violence.  The coalition recently announced that it is hiring organizers and opening campaign offices in ten key states. 

In addition to the National Day to Demand Action, the bipartisan coalition will also air ads in key states demanding that political leaders take action to pass commonsense gun reforms during the upcoming Congressional recess.  Ads can be found here: www.demandaction.org/recessads

Major events across the country will take place in the following states (list in development – all times local):

ARIZONA

Phoenix
What:   Rally
Who:    Maricopa County Board Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox, Pastor Warren Stewart, Sr., Pastor Benjamin Thomas, Sr.
When:  10:00 AM
Where: Cesar Chavez Plaza

Tucson
What:   Press Conference
Who:    South Tucson Mayor Jennifer Eckstrom, Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild and gun violence survivors Daniel Hernandez, Jr. and Pam Simon
When: 11:00 AM
Where: South Tucson City Hall, 1601 South 16th Ave.

CALIFORNIA

Pleasant Hill
What:   Petition Drive
Who:    Mayor Michael Harris
When: 3:00 PM
Where: City Hall, 100 Gregory Lane

COLORADO

Denver
What:   Media availability before or after Hunters Against Gun Violence meeting with Senator Udall
Who:    Hunters Against Gun Violence
When:  12 PM noon
Where: 999 18th St.

What:   Media availability before or after Hunters Against Gun Violence meeting with Senator Bennet
Who:    Hunters Against Gun Violence
When:  12:45 PM
Where: 1127 Sherman St., Suite 150

Golden
What:   Press Conference/Rally
Who:    Mayor Marjorie Sloan
When: 11:00 AM
Where: Rooney Rd. Sports Complex

CONNECTICUT

Hartford
What:   Press Conference        
Who:    Governor Dannel Malloy and Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra
When: 9:00 AM
Where: Hartford City Hall, 550 Main Street, Council Chambers, 2nd Floor

FLORIDA

Broward County
What:   Rally
Who:    Hallandale Beach Mayor Joy Cooper, law enforcement and faith leaders
When:  5:00 PM
Where: Hallandale Beach City Hall, 400 S. Federal Hwy.

Palm Beach County
What:   Common Sense at the Courthouse
Who:    West Palm Beach Mayor Jeri Muoio, law enforcement, faith leaders, gun violence survivors
When: 12:15 PM
Where: NE corner of Historic Courthouse in Centennial Bell Plaza, 300 N. Dixie Highway

INDIANA

Gary
What:   Press Conference
Who:    Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson
When: 1:00 PM *note new time
Where: Gary City Hall, Gary Room on 2nd Floor

Indianapolis
What:   Petition Drive/Rally 
Who:    Bishop Damon Roach and Moms Demand Action Founder Shannon Watts
When: 11:00 AM
Where: East Steps of State Capitol

MAINE

Augusta
What:   Press Conference/Petition Drive
Who:    Augusta Mayor William Stokes and Hallowell Mayor Charlotte Warren
When: 11:30 AM
Where: University of Maine at Augusta, Randall Student Center

Portland
What:   Press Conference
Who:    Portland Mayor Michael Brennan and former Lewiston Mayor Larry Gilbert
When: 10:00 AM
Where: Portland City Hall, State of Maine Room

MINNESOTA

Minnetonka
What:   Press Conference
Who:    Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, Chaska Police Chief Knight and gun violence survivor John Souter
When:  9:30 AM
Where: Hennepin County Library, 12601 Ridgedale Dr.

NEBRASKA

Omaha
What:   Press Conference
Who:    Mayor Jim Suttle
When:  10:00 AM
Where: Omaha City Hall, 1819 Farnam Street

NORTH CAROLINA

Charlotte
What:   Press Conference
Who:    Rev. Dr. Dwayne A. Walker and Suzanne Rallis, head of Charlotte Moms Demand Action
When:  3:00 PM
Where: Outside the Charlotte Mecklenburg Government Center (Fourth Street side)

Durham
What:   Press Conference
Who:    Durham Mayor Bill Bell, Chapel Hill Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt, Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton, Morrisville Mayor Jackie Holcombe and gun violence survivor Effie Steele
When:  10:30 AM
Where: Durham City Hall, 2nd Floor Committee Room, 101 City Hall Plaza

Greensboro
What:   Press Conference
Who:    Mayor Pro Tem/former Mayor Yvonne Johnson, gun violence survivors
When: 2:00 PM
Where: Congregational United Church of Christ, 400 W. Radiance Dr.

Raleigh
What:   Candlelight Vigil
Who:    Gun violence survivor Kim Erickson Yaman and Jen Geurin Ferrell, founder of Forward Americans
When: 6:30 PM
Where: Moore Square, 200 S. Blount St.

NEW YORK

Binghamton
What:   Press Conference
Who:    Mayor Matthew Ryan
When: 11:00 AM
Where: Binghamton City Hall, 38 Hawley Street

OHIO

Columbus
What:   Press Conference/Rally
Who:    Office of the Mayor, The Central Ohio Trauma System
When:  1:00 PM
Where: Station 19, 3611 H. High Street

PENNSYLVANIA

Easton
What:   Rally
Who:    Mayor Sal Panto and Chief of Police Allen R. Krajcik
When: 2:00 PM
Where: Center Square, 3rd and Northampton

Lower Merion
What:   Rally
Who:    Mayor County Commissioner Josh Shapiro, Norristown Chief of Police Willy Richet
When: 2:30 PM
Where: Montgomery County Courthouse, 2 E Airy Street, Norristown

Philadelphia
What:   Press Conference
Who:    Mayor Michael Nutter, Deputy Police Commissioner Richard Ross, Jr., gun violence survivor Joe Davis
When: 12:00 noon
Where: Widener Library, 2808 West Lehigh Avenue (28th and Lehigh)

TEXAS

DeSoto
What:   Press Conference
Who:    Mayor Carl D. Sherman
When: 3:00 PM
Where: DeSoto City Hall, 211 East Pleasant Run

WISCONSIN

Madison
What:   Press Conference
Who:    Mayor Paul Soglin
When:  2:30 PM
Where: City of Madison Mayor's Office, 210 MLK Jr. Blvd, Room 403, City-County Building

Milwaukee
What:   Press Conference        
Who:    Mayor Tom Barrett and Milwaukee Firefighters Demand Action
When: 10:15 AM
Where: Engine 2, 755 N. James Lovell Street

About Mayors Against Illegal Guns

Since its creation in April 2006, Mayors Against Illegal Guns has grown from 15 members to more than 900 mayors from across the country. We have more than 1.5 million grassroots supporters, making us the largest gun violence prevention advocacy organization in the country.  The bipartisan coalition, co-chaired by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, has united the nation's mayors around these common goals: protecting communities by holding gun offenders accountable; demanding access to crime gun trace data that is critical to law enforcement efforts to combat gun trafficking; and working with legislators to fix weaknesses and loopholes in the law that make it far too easy for criminals and other dangerous people to get guns.  Learn more at www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org

Contact: Mayor Bloomberg's Press Office (212) 788-2958
Mayor Menino's Press Office  (617) 635-4461

CONTACTS
Erika Soto Lamb: [email protected] or 646-580-5281 
Alex Katz: [email protected] or 617-721-3779

SOURCE Mayors Against Illegal Guns

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