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CNN: One year after Tennessee school shooting, thousands will join hands to honor victims of gun violence

Lizzi Riordan · March 27, 2024 ·

“CNN — In Nashville, one year after a shooting at a private school took six lives, thousands will come together to honor victims of gun violence and provide a visible demonstration in support of reform.

About 13,000 people are expected to form a four-mile human chain Wednesday beginning at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt where some of the victims of the shooting were taken a year ago. It will lead to the state Capitol.

The non-profit Voices for a Safer Tennessee is organizing the event to honor the victims of The Covenant School shooting, including three 9-year-old children, and the hundreds of other lives lost to gun violence in the last year, a national crisis showing few signs of slowing down.”

Continue reading at CNN.

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Upcoming Events

Downtown YMCA Tabling
Downtown YMCA Tabling
11 Mar 26
Chattanooga
Kenton Spring Fling Arts & Crafts Market
Kenton Spring Fling Arts & Crafts Market
14 Mar 26
Kenton
Tellico Village Lions Club
Tellico Village Lions Club
17 Mar 26
Loudon
Old Crow Medicine Show Concert Table
Old Crow Medicine Show Concert Table
20 Mar 26
Knoxville
64th Annual Wearin’ of The Green Irish Day Parade and Arts & Crafts Festival
64th Annual Wearin’ of The Green Irish Day Parade and Arts & Crafts Festival
21 Mar 26
Erin

Past Events

  • UTC Social Work Field Fair
    UTC Social Work Field Fair
    5 Mar 26
    Chattanooga
  • Hixson Kiwanis Club
    Hixson Kiwanis Club
    3 Mar 26
    Hixson
  • Farragut Health and Wellness Expo
    Farragut Health and Wellness Expo
    1 Mar 26
    Farragut
  • YMCA Tabling Event
    YMCA Tabling Event
    26 Feb 26
    Knoxville
  • Clarksville Sunrise Rotary
    Clarksville Sunrise Rotary
    26 Feb 26
    Clarksville

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