File #: 25-3115    Version: 1 Name: GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION DAY
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 6/9/2025 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 6/12/2025 Final action: 6/12/2025
Title: 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 like...
Sponsors: TARA S. STAMPS, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), FRANK J. AGUILAR, ALMA E. ANAYA, SCOTT R. BRITTON, JOHN P. DALEY, BRIDGET DEGNEN, BRIDGET GAINER, BILL LOWRY, DR. KISHA E. McCASKILL, DONNA MILLER, STANLEY MOORE, JOSINA MORITA, KEVIN B. MORRISON, SEAN M. MORRISON, MICHAEL SCOTT JR., MAGGIE TREVOR, JESSICA VÁSQUEZ
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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 honor student from King College Prep High School in Chicago, was tragically killed in 2013-just days after performing at President Barack Obama's second inauguration-catalyzing a national movement; and

WHEREAS, in Hadiya's honor, the color orange-her favorite-has become a national symbol for gun violence awareness and is worn each year on June 6, now recognized as Gun Violence Prevention Day; and

WHEREAS, U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, along with Congresswoman Robin Kelly, introduced a federal resolution in 2025 formally recognizing June 6 as National Gun Violence Prevention Day; and

WHEREAS, community organizations such as Moms Demand Action, organizing both nationally and locally within the 1st District of Cook County, have played a vital role in mobilizing awareness, policy advocacy, and survivor support across neighborhoods impacted by gun violence; and

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