n commemoration of the second anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy, as well as the 60,000 American victims of gun violence since December 2012, the Newtown Foundation is being joined by Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence, States United to Prevent Gun Violence, and the Washington National Cathedral in a nationwide vigil service of mourning and remembrance for all those who have fallen victim to the ongoing epidemic of gun violence in America. Below is a schedule from the Newtown Action Alliance of events going on throughout Connecticut in the next two weeks:
- 12/11 at 5:30 the Enough Campaign, CAGV, and the Brady Campaign are holding a vigil in front of Ferguson Library, at 1 Public Library Plaza, Stamford, CT, contact Shira Tarantino at [email protected]
- 12/11 from 5:30-6:30 The Northwest Corner Committee for Gun Violence Prevention is holding a vigil in Salisbury at the Junction of route 41 and 44 in front of The White Hart Inn, Salisbury CT –please bring your own candle, contact Sophia deBoer at [email protected]
- 12/11 at 6:30 pm The Unitarian Church in Westport, at 10 Lyons Plains Road, Westport CT –bring photos of loved ones lost to gun violence, contact Roberta Finkelstein at [email protected]
- 12/12 at 7:30 pm Temple Shearith Israel is holding Shabbat Service with a special reading, at 46 Peaceable St, Ridgefield, CT, contact Rabbi David Reiner at [email protected]
- 12/14 at 10 am First Congregation Church of Woodstock, UCC, is holding special services, at 543 Route 169, Woodstock CT, contact Rev. Jocelyn Gardner Spencer at [email protected]
- 12/14 at 11:30 am Step Up, Step Out: End the Culture of Violence, at Asylum Hill Congregational Church, 814 Asylum Ave. Hartford, contact Karen Dibala at [email protected]
- 12/14 at 4:00 pm Trinity Church is having simple prayers with a candle vigil, at Pequot Ave at Center St, Southport CT, contact Mary Beth Auszura, Leslie Smith at [email protected] and [email protected]
- 12/19 at 7:00 pm Gishrei Shalom Jewish Congregation is adding special prayers to the liturgy, meet in the Chapel of FCC, 37 Main St Southington CT, contact Rabbi Shelley Kovar Becker at [email protected]