More from @wkorea cause I loved it so much Photographer @pakbae Hair @halleybrisker Make-up @kaymontano Nails @lucytucketnails @wkorea @kering_official #BottegaVeneta @matthieu_blazy #womeninmotion
More from @wkorea cause I loved it so much Photographer @pakbae Hair @halleybrisker Make-up @kaymontano Nails @lucytucketnails @wkorea @kering_official #BottegaVeneta @matthieu_blazy #womeninmotion
More from @wkorea cause I loved it so much Photographer @pakbae Hair @halleybrisker Make-up @kaymontano Nails @lucytucketnails @wkorea @kering_official #BottegaVeneta @matthieu_blazy #womeninmotion
More from @wkorea cause I loved it so much Photographer @pakbae Hair @halleybrisker Make-up @kaymontano Nails @lucytucketnails @wkorea @kering_official #BottegaVeneta @matthieu_blazy #womeninmotion
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#mondaymood
in #MapsToTheStars directed by the great #DavidCronenberg
Today is National Gun Violence Awareness Day. I wear orange for #hadiyapendleton who would’ve been 26 today, just 6 months older than my oldest child. I wear orange for the 120 Americans who are killed by guns every day. I wear orange for the families and loved ones who live with such terrible loss. We don’t have to live like this. Text 644-33 to find a wear orange event near you this weekend. @everytown @momsdemand @studentsdemand #wearorange 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡
Please tag me with your posts of you wearing orange so I can repost on my stories.
This was 4:26am a couple of weeks ago. Look at these queens go. Love you @susanreillylehane and @nicolebridgeford ❤️❤️❤️ #hairandmakeup
When you take a selfie but you wonder if the angle is too low. #hope
At @talkhousebar Monday night – @cal_freundlich and @sofiadangelo27 had an AMAZING show. So proud of you @calebmoore_music
At @talkhousebar Monday night – @cal_freundlich and @sofiadangelo27 had an AMAZING show. So proud of you @calebmoore_music
At @talkhousebar Monday night – @cal_freundlich and @sofiadangelo27 had an AMAZING show. So proud of you @calebmoore_music
This week’s #WomanCrushWednesday is Alexis Gevanter (@alexis.gevanter) of New York, NY. On October 1, 2017, Alexis was at home with her six-month-old son as news broke of the mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada. As she watched in horror, holding her baby tight, Alexis knew it was time to act. After spending years as a corporate litigator, she became a full-time volunteer with @MomsDemand and is now their New York chapter’s State Leader, having previously served as the Connecticut chapter’s State Leader and Federal Legislative Lead. Last month, Alexis and over 200 other volunteers with @MomsDemand and @StudentsDemand rallied and met with legislative leadership at the State Capitol in Albany to advocate for several life-saving gun safety measures in New York, including bills that would hold the gun industry accountable, require schools to provide secure gun storage information to parents and students, and require that lockdown drills in New York State schools adopt a trauma-informed approach. Reflecting on her pivot to gun safety advocacy, Alexis shares, “It is an honor to work alongside other concerned parents, students, citizens, and especially survivors, who bravely stand up to the gun lobby and advocate tirelessly to make electoral, legislative, and cultural change. If you are like me, and you squeeze your children extra-tight before they head to school each morning, please join us in this fight.” To join Alexis and @MomsDemand, text READY to 644-33. #wcw.
This week’s #WomanCrushWednesday is Alexis Gevanter (@alexis.gevanter) of New York, NY. On October 1, 2017, Alexis was at home with her six-month-old son as news broke of the mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada. As she watched in horror, holding her baby tight, Alexis knew it was time to act. After spending years as a corporate litigator, she became a full-time volunteer with @MomsDemand and is now their New York chapter’s State Leader, having previously served as the Connecticut chapter’s State Leader and Federal Legislative Lead. Last month, Alexis and over 200 other volunteers with @MomsDemand and @StudentsDemand rallied and met with legislative leadership at the State Capitol in Albany to advocate for several life-saving gun safety measures in New York, including bills that would hold the gun industry accountable, require schools to provide secure gun storage information to parents and students, and require that lockdown drills in New York State schools adopt a trauma-informed approach. Reflecting on her pivot to gun safety advocacy, Alexis shares, “It is an honor to work alongside other concerned parents, students, citizens, and especially survivors, who bravely stand up to the gun lobby and advocate tirelessly to make electoral, legislative, and cultural change. If you are like me, and you squeeze your children extra-tight before they head to school each morning, please join us in this fight.” To join Alexis and @MomsDemand, text READY to 644-33. #wcw.
Hope and her ball
On this day seven years ago, 49 people were shot and killed and more than 50 others were wounded at Pulse, an LGBTQ nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Most of the victims were both Latinx and members of the LGBTQ community. It is the second deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.
Join us and #RememberPulse by taking action to #EndGunViolence in America.
she’s 👏 speaking 👏 #MaryAndGeorge
My #WomenCrushWednesday this week is Sharline Brown, a gun violence survivor and activist from the Midlands of South Carolina. Sharline is a volunteer with @BeSMARTforKids, a campaign that aims to prevent suicides, school shootings, and unintentional shootings by children and teens by promoting secure firearm storage. Sharline was drawn to this work following the death of her brother, Willie “Will” Henry Manning Jr., who was shot and killed nine years ago yesterday. In her words, “I turned my pain into a purpose and a passion–and that passion is Be SMART.” Sharline joined her local Be SMART program in 2019 and has been integral to its success ever since, promoting secure gun storage all throughout the greater Columbia metropolitan area. In a TV interview, Sharline shared some of her more recent work with the campaign, including a partnership with twenty Midlands-area barber shops to offer free gun locks as well as efforts to recruit more Be SMART volunteers through her sorority, Zeta Phi Beta. Sharline contributes her group’s success to the support of her community. “I would like to share this recognition with my fellow volunteer leaders Merie Mirosavich and Sarah Venn. My team would not be able to carry out our important work without the unwavering support of our volunteers, community leaders, and valued partners. We understand that by joining forces as a community, we can make a significant impact in ensuring the safety of our community through awareness and education.” Thank you, Sharline, for honoring your brother with your action, and thank you to all the #WCWs working to keep our children safe. To watch the full interview, check the link in my bio, and learn more about @BeSMARTforKids by texting SMART to 644-33.
My #WomenCrushWednesday this week is Sharline Brown, a gun violence survivor and activist from the Midlands of South Carolina. Sharline is a volunteer with @BeSMARTforKids, a campaign that aims to prevent suicides, school shootings, and unintentional shootings by children and teens by promoting secure firearm storage. Sharline was drawn to this work following the death of her brother, Willie “Will” Henry Manning Jr., who was shot and killed nine years ago yesterday. In her words, “I turned my pain into a purpose and a passion–and that passion is Be SMART.” Sharline joined her local Be SMART program in 2019 and has been integral to its success ever since, promoting secure gun storage all throughout the greater Columbia metropolitan area. In a TV interview, Sharline shared some of her more recent work with the campaign, including a partnership with twenty Midlands-area barber shops to offer free gun locks as well as efforts to recruit more Be SMART volunteers through her sorority, Zeta Phi Beta. Sharline contributes her group’s success to the support of her community. “I would like to share this recognition with my fellow volunteer leaders Merie Mirosavich and Sarah Venn. My team would not be able to carry out our important work without the unwavering support of our volunteers, community leaders, and valued partners. We understand that by joining forces as a community, we can make a significant impact in ensuring the safety of our community through awareness and education.” Thank you, Sharline, for honoring your brother with your action, and thank you to all the #WCWs working to keep our children safe. To watch the full interview, check the link in my bio, and learn more about @BeSMARTforKids by texting SMART to 644-33.
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Today, we join all those celebrating Juneteenth and continue to advocate for a future free from gun violence for Black communities. Join us and @MomsDemand this Thursday (6/22) at 2pm ET for a virtual celebration of Black joy in our movement. Register at the link in our bio.
Eight years ago today, a white supremacist opened fire at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine Black worshippers and wounding one person.
We remember and honor the victims, survivors, and the entire Charleston community as we reaffirm our commitment to #DisarmHate in all its forms.
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Today should have been Hadiya Pendleton’s 26th birthday.
In January of 2013, Hadiya—a 15-year-old from the South Side of Chicago—marched in President Obama’s second inaugural parade. A week later, she was shot and killed on a playground after taking her final exams.
Hadiya’s friends decided to honor her by wearing orange. They chose orange because it’s the color that hunters wear in the woods to signal to others not to shoot.
Wear Orange began in Chicago in 2013, and then nationwide on June 2, 2015—on what would have been Hadiya’s 18th birthday. Now, people from all over the country come together on the first Friday in June for National Gun Violence Awareness Day.
Each year, people across America wear orange to spread awareness about to our nation’s gun violence crisis that steals more than 120 lives every day—and to honor victims and survivors of gun violence, including Hadiya.
#WearOrange today to honor Hadiya and every person who has been impacted by gun violence. Then, find a Wear Orange Weekend event near you by texting ORANGE to 644-33.
For this week’s #WomanCrushWednesday, I’d like to feature Erica Yamauchi (@lovealwayseri) from Honolulu, Hawai’i. Erica is a Volunteer Leader in the @momsdemand Hawai’i chapter and has been involved in the movement since Moms Demand Action was formed in 2012.
Although Erica lived in Hawai’i as a child, she also spent some of her formative years in rural North Carolina. While a high school student there, one of Erica’s best friends was shot and killed after another friend gained access to a firearm. This tragic experience, along with having children of her own, has made her a strong advocate for secure gun storage. Reflecting on why this is important to her, Erica says, “When I started a family…I realized how much we have chosen to normalize everyday gun violence in our lives. That’s when I decided to be part of this movement.”
With 60% of gun deaths in Hawai’i being by firearm suicide, Erica brings her background and experience in trauma-informed care as Director of Communications and Engagement in the Office of Wellness and Resilience in Hawai’i’s Governor’s Office (@govhawaii) to the gun violence prevention movement. Her passion and dedication to saving lives has made her one of the Hawai’i chapter’s longest-serving volunteers, playing an integral role in growing the chapter’s base and community partnerships.
“It’s been an incredible experience to see our informal, mostly online group of concerned citizens morph into an organized statewide chapter across several islands here in Hawai’i,” she said.
As we celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI) Heritage Month this May, I am honored to uplift Erica’s story and her tireless work to save lives in Hawai’i.
