2022 Wear Orange Social Media Toolkit
Sample Social Media Post Text for June 3:
Join me this National Gun Violence Awareness Day in calling attention to the gun violence crisis that claims more than 110 lives and wounds more than 200 others every single day. Wear orange and share your pic on social media with the #WearOrange hashtag! wearorange.org
This National Gun Violence Awareness Day, join me in lending our voices to those who no longer have one due to senseless gun violence. Wear orange and share your pic on social media with the #WearOrange hashtag. wearorange.org
Today on National Gun Violence Awareness Day, I #WearOrange to honor the more than 40K lives that are taken by gun violence each year, and the countless lives that are forever changed by this preventable crisis.
Additional Facts to Share
English
Gun violence is robbing America of our future. [I/We] #WearOrange on National Gun Violence Awareness Day because children in this country deserve better.
Español
La violencia con armas de fuego le está robando nuestro futuro. [Yo/Nosotros] #WearOrange en el Día Nacional de Concientización sobre la Violencia con Armas de Fuego porque los niños en este país merecen algo mejor.
English
There is no question: Gun violence IS a women’s issue. [I/We] #WearOrange on National Gun Violence Awareness Day for all whose lives have been cut short, threatened, or forever changed by an armed abuser.
Español
No hay duda: la violencia con armas ES un problema que impacta a mujeres. [Yo/Nosotros] #WearOrange en el Día Nacional de Concientización sobre la Violencia con Armas de Fuego para todas las vidas que han sido interrumpidas, amenazadas o cambiadas para siempre por un abusador armado.
English
Gun violence—intensified by long-standing inequities and public health disparities—is taking a devastating toll on Black and Latinx people in America. [I/We] #WearOrange to call attention to the disproportionate impact of gun violence on [our/these] communities.
Español
La violencia con armas de fuego, intensificada por las desigualdades y disparidades en la salud pública, tiene un efecto devastador en personas negras y latinas. [Yo/Nosotros] #WearOrange para llamar la atención al impacto de la violencia con armas en [nuestras/estas] comunidades.
English
Gun suicide claims the lives of nearly 24,000 people in America every year. Disrupting access to guns in times of crisis can save lives. On National Gun Violence Awareness Day, [I/we] #WearOrange to shine a light on this preventable crisis.
Español
El suicidio con armas cobra la vida de casi 24,000 personas en EE. UU. cada año. Interrumpir el acceso a las armas en tiempos de crisis puede salvar vidas. En el Día Nacional de Concientización sobre la Violencia con Armas, [yo/nosotros] #WearOrange para arrojar luz sobre esta crisis.
English
Guns and hate are a fatal combination. This National Gun Violence Awareness Day, [I/we] #WearOrange to call attention to the deadly intersection of racism, white supremacy, and gun violence in America.
Español
Las armas y el odio son una combinación fatal. Este Día Nacional de Concientización sobre la Violencia con Armas de Fuego, [yo/nosotros] #WearOrange para llamar la atención a la intersección mortal del racismo, la supremacía blanca y la violencia armada en los Estados Unidos.
Key Information for #WearOrange on Social Media:
Official hashtag for all platforms: #WearOrange. Please use this hashtag in all of your #WearOrange posts so we can tie the conversation together and show the scale of the movement.
Remember to attach a pic of yourself wearing orange to your social posts
Wear Orange coalition website: wearorange.org
Tool to turn your profile pic orange: wearorange.org/wear-orange
What to do before June 3
If you only do one thing, wear and share Orange on June 3. But, if you’re willing to help promote the campaign prior to National Gun Violence Awareness Day, please feel free to use these sample messages. These are just suggestions – feel free to edit or put in your own voice.
Orange is the color we wear on National Gun Violence Awareness Day to honor those whose lives have been taken or forever changed by senseless and preventable gun violence.
On June 3, 2022, join me and #WearOrange.
On June 3, 2022—National Gun Violence Awareness Day—people across the country will #WearOrange & come together to call attention to the gun violence crisis that takes more than 110 lives and wounds hundreds more in the US every single day. Learn more at wearorange.org.
Everytown Contacts
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out – we’re here to help. If you need official Wear Orange merch, please email the Culture team at culture@everytown.org by May 24 so you get your gear in time. Thanks again for your support of #WearOrange and the movement to end gun violence in America!