OFA-MN Volunteers Holding Gun Violence Prevention Event in Minneapolis to Mark Six-Month Anniversary of Newtown Shootings

Organizing for Action Volunteers and Supporters Continue to Fight for Commonsense Gun Violence Prevention Legislation Six Months after Tragedy Struck Sandy Hook Minneapolis, MN – On Thursday, June 13th, OFA-MN volunteers will be holding a vigil in Minneapolis in honor of the six-month anniversary of the tragic Newtown shootings. It’s been half a year since 20 children and six heroic staff members were senselessly taken at Sandy Hook Elementary School and Congress has yet to pass legislation to help reduce gun violence in the future. While an obstructive minority in Congress have stood with the gun lobby, the parents of those lost at Sandy Hook continue to fight valiantly, with the support of the overwhelming majority of Americans, for commonsense measures like expanded background checks. Organizing for Action volunteers and supporters will not stop fighting because it is simply too important to make sure that we pass legislation that keep guns out of dangerous hands. On Thursday, they will reiterate to Congress that this issue is not going anywhere, and that it’s time for leaders on Capitol Hill to listen to the voices of their constituents and expand background checks to help protect our children and our communities. Who: OFA-MN volunteers and community members from the Minneapolis area When: 7:00 PM on Thursday, June 13th Where: Peace Garden, 4124 Roseway Rd, Minneapolis, MN About Organizing For Action Organizing for Action (OFA) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to advancing the policies that the American people voted for in 2012. In less than five months, more than 2.5 million volunteers have taken action through Organizing for Action. As a grassroots funded social advocacy group, OFA is committed to tipping the scales of power back to the American people instead of special interests in Washington. OFA is working to advance policies like job creation, strengthening the middle class, gun violence prevention, comprehensive immigration reform and measures combating climate change that a majority of the American people support. More information at www.barackobama.com