Photos from Delaware Valley Remembers Sandy Hook
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- Thank you to all the volunteers who helped on December 7
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- Signing in before the event
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- Timothy Horner, Villanova Assistant Professor of Peace & Justice Education, gave the welcome
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- Rev. Katie Day of Heeding God’s Call opened the program with a prayer
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- Memorial slideshow of the victims at Sandy Hook
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- Tom Buglio of Chester County Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence and Shira Goodman of CeaseFire PA MC’ed the event
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- Lori Haas, whose daughter was shot and wounded at Virginia Tech, urged the crowd not to sanitize gun violence with the use of euphemisms; loved ones are not “lost,” she said; they are “ripped from us.”
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- Starr Cummin Bright shared her powerful story of surviving being shot at point blank range at a church in Chester County
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- LisaBeth Weber performed her beautiful song, “All the Angels”
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- Beverly Wright of Chester, shared the tragic impact of her son’s death by gun violence
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- Villanova’s a cappella group, Minor Problem, gave an energized musical performance
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- Governor Ed Rendell delivered the keynote address
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- Rendell’s $100 question: What logical argument is there for the legality of someone with three felony armed robbery convictions being allowed to purchase an AR-15 from a private seller without a background check
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- Governor Rendell received a standing ovation
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- Terry Rumsey, Co-Chair of Delaware County United, delivered a request for financial support for the Delaware Valley Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence
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- Video of Francine Wheeler, whose son, Ben, was killed at Sandy Hook, testifying about background checks at the PA House Judiciary Committee
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- Villanova’s Gospel Choir closed the program
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- Dave Scholnick, PA Director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, urged supporters to push state legislators to co-sponsor H.B. 1010, which would require background checks on the private sale of long guns in PA
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- Heeding God’s Call and Villanova students installed this t-shirt Memorial to the Lost representing the 26 victims at Sandy Hook and the 288 gun homicide victims in Philadelphia last year
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- Memorial to the Lost on the Villanova campus
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- Singing at the Memorial to the Lost
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- Shawn Kraemer, Chair of Lower Merion United
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- Robin Lasersohn, Co-Chair of Delaware County United
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- Rendell with singer songwriter, LisaBeth Weber
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- Chester Mayor John Linder and Police Commissioner Joseph Bail have been consistent supporters of gun violence prevention efforts
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- Kathy Leary of BuxMont Coalition for Peace Action served on the event organizing committee
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- Audience members came from all over the Delaware Valley
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- Che Saitta of CeaseFire PA and Shara Dunham of Heeding God’s Call
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- Delaware County United Steering Committee member, Carol Seeley
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- Brendan McPhillips of Mayors Against Illegal Guns handled the press work for the event, which got great coverage
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- Bill Deckhart of BuxMont Coalition for Peace Action gave an impassioned call to get involved with local gun violence prevention organizations
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- Thank you to everyone who came out to mark the Sandy Hook anniversary and is ready to speak out for stronger gun laws
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- This beautiful photo of Shara Dunham of Heeding God’s preparing the electric candles was published in the Delaware County Daily Times and the Main Line Times
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- Walking by the Memorial to the Lost
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- Singing at the Memorial to the Lost
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- Memorial to the Lost
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- Processing to Lancaster Ave. for the vigil
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- The event was to mark the one-year anniversary of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT
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- We processed past the beautiful Rosemont Chapel
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- Candlelight vigil on Lancaster Ave.
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