https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=7434281&GUID=8D9F6826-0308-4C76-B388-B36001890EC7Legistar15https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=7434281&GUID=8D9F6826-0308-4C76-B388-B36001890EC78D9F6826-0308-4C76-B388-B36001890EC7-2025-06-12-17-47-55Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JUNE 6 AS GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION DAY IN COOK COUNTY AND IMPLEMENTING “WEAR ORANGE DAY” ACROSS ALL COUNTY AGENCIES WHEREAS, gun violence remains a public health crisis affecting communities across Cook County, particularly in historically disinvested Black and Brown neighborhoods where trauma, grief, and inequity persist; and WHEREAS, the United States recorded over 48,800 gun deaths in 2021-including more than 26,000 suicides and nearly 21,000 homicides-the highest number in a single year, according to the 2023 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health report; and WHEREAS, in 2021, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office reported 1,087 gun-related homicides, and 739 such homicides in 2023, reflecting a continuing crisis that demands coordinated, urgent, and community-centered action; and WHEREAS, gun violence is now the leading cause of death for children and young adults in the United States, and Black Americans are over 10 times more likely than white Americans to die by firearm homicide; and WHEREAS, Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old hoThu, 12 Jun 2025 17:47:55 GMT