Orange Origami Cranes for National Gun Violence Awareness : 05/22/18

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

100 Cranes

A friend handed me a bag of orange cranes last night. 100 cranes.

"I thought it was a lot," she said, "then I realized it wasn't even 1%."

100 cranes is just a little more than would represent the 96 deaths each day.

We sat together and folded more cranes.

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In 2016 over 37,000 people lost their lives to gun violence in the United States.

37,000.

We are making orange origami cranes to remember each of these people.

Origami cranes are a symbol of hope and healing. Each crane is a prayer, a thought, a remembrance. Every crane folded is an action.

Orange is the color of National Gun Violence Awareness Day. Read about it at wearorange.org.

We are making orange cranes to remember victims of gun violence.

You can help. Make orange cranes. Make cranes in public to start the conversation about gun violence. Make cranes marked with the names of the people we lost. Make cranes to remember the people you never knew.

We will add your cranes to a public display.

37,000 orange cranes.