Moms Demand Action Quad Cities, Metropolitan Community Church of the Quad Cities, One Human Family and Quad Cities Interfaith are joining forces to host a memorial/remembrance service for the victims and survivors of the Sandy Hook shooting.
It’s set for 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 14, at the Metropolitan Community Church of the Quad Cities in Davenport.
The Sandy Hook shooting that killed 20 students and six adults took place on Dec. 14, 2012. To mark its 11th anniversary, the organizations are holding a brief program to honor the victims, their families and all lives lost to gun violence in all its forms, according to a news release.
Kaleigh Rogers, Moms Demand Action local lead, said in the release that mass shootings like Sandy Hook grab media attention and tend to draw people into the gun violence prevention movement because they remind us that no place is safe. “Each year at this event we recommit to taking action to prevent future tragedies like this, as well as all other forms of gun violence that plague our communities daily,” Ms. Rogers said in the release.
A remembrance wall is being set up this year at the church — at 2930 W. Locust St., Davenport — for attendees to add names of loved ones lost to gun violence, Ms. Rogers said. The evening will include a short program followed by fellowship, refreshments and opportunities to get involved in the gun violence prevention movement, the release states.
