<div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div>Mimi Kessler<br>919-599-2892<br></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">City of Durham Communications Department</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:Communications@durhamnc.gov">Communications@durhamnc.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Dec 29, 2022 at 12:38 PM<br>Subject: [TPD-NC] Durham Hosts Inaugural Day of Remembrance for Gun-Related Homicide Victims<br>To: <br></div><br><br><div class="msg-1004932533226361469">
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#ef3d42">For Immediate Release: December 29, 2022</span><span style="color:#d3372a"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Durham Hosts Inaugural Day of Remembrance for Gun-Related Homicide Victims</span></b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
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<b>What</b>: Inaugural Day of Remembrance for Gun-Related Homicide Victims<u></u><u></u></p>
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<b>Who</b>: City of Durham Mayor Elaine O’Neal, City Council, and Mayors Against Illegal Guns<u></u><u></u></p>
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<b>When</b>: Friday, December 30, 2022 at 3 p.m.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<b>Where</b>: CCB Plaza in front of “Major” the Bull, 201 N. Corcoran St., Durham, N.C. 27701<u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:black">On December 30, </span><a href="https://mayors.everytown.org" target="_blank">Mayors Against Illegal Guns</a><span style="color:black"> is asking cities across the country to commemorate the lives of the victims lost
this year and to demand an end to gun-related violence.<b><u></u><u></u></b></span></p>
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</span></span></span></b><u></u><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">Durham will join this national commemoration and stand in solidarity for the Inaugural Day of Remembrance for Gun-Related Homicide
Victims.</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u>As part of this nationwide observance, Durham and the other participating communities are holding ceremonies in remembrance of the victims of gun violence.
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</span></span></span><u></u>During tomorrow’s <a href="https://www.durhamnc.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=3315" target="_blank">
ceremony</a>, Mayor Elaine O’Neal and members of the Durham City Council will acknowledge each of the 43 lives lost in Durham in 2022, and issue a call for action to end gun violence.
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</span></span></span><u></u>At the ceremony, a single balloon will be released to commemorate the lives of the victims, and each person’s name will be read aloud.
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</span></span></span><u></u>In addition to Durham, the following cities have signed on to this initiative: New York, New York; Newark, New Jersey; Mount Vernon, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Baltimore, Maryland; Atlanta, Georgia;
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