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From Suburbs To Inner Cities, 2nd Annual Sandy Hook Ride On Washington
Set To Show Unity For Sensible Gun Violence Prevention
For more information on the rally, the riders and the four-day Sandy Hook Ride on Washington, please call Josh Zecher at 202-463-0045, email him at josh.zecher@463.com or check the ride's web site: sandyhookrideonwashington.com.
NEWTOWN, Conn., March 4, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Gun violence
touches all ethnicities and socio-economic groups and the push for
more sensible gun safety legislation has helped to unify communities
that would appear to have little in common. On March 8that 8:00 am
ET, Team 26, a group of cyclists, will embark on a 400 mile journey -
the 2nd Annual Sandy Hook Ride on Washington (SHROW) -- from Newtown,
CT to show how diverse communities across the nation have one common
goal: make our streets safer and put an end to the gun-violence
epidemic.
The four-day "rolling rally" will include events in Ridgefield, Ct,
Greenwich, Ct., Harlem, NY, Doylestown, Pa., Baltimore, Md., College
Park, Md., the Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC and end
at the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building. A full ride itinerary can
be found below.
Four Newtown, Ct. residents -- Monte Frank, Bill Muzzio, Chris Peck,
and Armand Daccache - are members of the team that includes a former
Junior World Championships National Team member, US National Team
member, Canadian National Team member, Maccabiah World Games Silver
Medalist, State and Regional Champions and Omar Samaha, whose sister
Reema was killed in the Virginia Tech shootings
Specifically, the riders support common sense measures to help curb
gun violence:
-- Requiring all gun buyers pass criminal background checks.
-- Instituting a ban of military-style assault weapons and
high-capacity magazines.
-- Making gun trafficking a federal crime, including real penalties
for "straw buyers"
-- Strengthening gun ownership restrictions for people with severe
mental illness.
"Last year, our 400-mile journey quickly showed us that Americans in
small towns and big towns, rural and urban, all have been impacted by
gun violence and want change to occur," said SHROW Team Leader Monte
Frank. "The tragedy at Sandy Hook spurred us to action but we ride
for all victims of gun violence. We ride to remember them, and to push
for stronger gun violence prevention laws to reduce the epidemic of
gun violence that plagues our nation whether it is in a one-stoplight
town or our nation's most populous city."
2nd Annual Sandy Hook Ride on Washington Itinerary
March 8
-- 8 am - Newtown Send-Off Rally Location: Edmond Town Hall (45 Main
Street, Newtown, CT) Details: Speakers include U.S. Senator Richard
Blumenthal (D-CT), U.S. Representative Elizabeth Esty (CT-5), Pastor
Matthew Crebbin, Pastor Sam Saylor, a Hartford clergy member who lost
his son to gun violence, TEAM 26 founder Monte Frank, Junior Newtown
Action Alliance's Sarah Clements, and Sandy Hook Promise'sMark Barden.
There will also be a special Ben's Bells presentation. U.S.
Representative Jim Himes (CT-4) will be riding with the team from
Newtown to Greenwich.
-- 10:30 am - Ridgefield, Ct. Rally Location: Ridgefield Community
Center at the Lounsbury House (316 Main Street, Ridgefield,
Connecticut) Details: U.S. Representative Jim Himes (CT-4) will host.
Speakers include First Selectman Rudy Marconi and Monte Frank.
-- 12:30 pm - Greenwich, Ct. Rally Location: Greenwich Town Hall (101
Field Point Road, Greenwich, Connecticut) Details: Jonathan Perloe,
Greenwich Council Against Gun Violence will host. Speakers include
Representative Jim Himes, Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen,
Greenwich First Selectman Peter Tesei, Greenwich Selectman Drew
Marzullo, Greenwich Selectman David Theis, Monte Frank of Team 26,
Dawn Spearman, founder, You are Not Alone, Bridgeport, CT, Reverend
Maxwell Grant, Senior Minister, Second Congregational Church,
Greenwich, Ron Pinciaro, Executive Director, Connecticut Against Gun
Violence, Rabbi Andrew R. Sklarz, MSW, Greenwich Reform Synagogue.
-- 3:30 pm - Harlem, NY Rally Location: National Action Network
Headquarters (106 W. 145th St., Harlem, New York) Details: Yvette
Heyliger, GVP Lead, Organizing for America (OFA) Harlem/Northern
Manhattan Chapter will host. Speakers include Manhattan Borough
President Gale Brewer, Manhattan City Council Member Ben Kallos,
Manhattan City Council Member Yandis Rodriguez, Monte Frank of Team
26, Jackie Rowe Adams of Harlem Mothers SAVE, Reverend Vernon Williams
of Perfect Peace Ministries Youth Outreach, Sarah Clements of Jr.
Newtown Action Alliance, Erik Cliette of Harlem Hospital's "Guns
Down/Life's Up", Beloved Hammond of NYC Mission Society's Harlem SNUG,
Leah Gunn Barrett of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence and other
community leaders, political leaders and musical performers.
March 9
-- 11 am - Morristown, NJ Rally Location: Town Hall (200 South Street,
Morristown, New Jersey) Details: Maura Sherlach, daughter of Mary
Sherlach (school psychologist killed at Sandy Hook School), U.S.
Representative Rush Holt, Morristown Mayor Timothy P. Dougherty, Essex
County Freeholder Brendan Gill
-- 4 pm - Doylestown, Pa. RallyLocation: Central Bucks High School
West (Bucks County School District) (375 W Court St., Doylestown,
Pennsylvania) Details: Mayor Ron Strouse; Monte Frank, Leader of Team
26; Shira Goodman, Executive Director of CeaseFirePA; and Christine
Licata, PA Chapter Leader of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in
America
March 10
-- 4:30 pm - Baltimore, Md. Press Conference Location: City Hall (100
N Holliday St, Baltimore, Maryland) Details: Mayor Stephanie Rawlings
Blake will host.
March 11
-- 11:45 am - Washington National Cathedral Location: 3101 Wisconsin
Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016 Details: Team 26 will view an art
exhibit titled "Meditation on Mourning" sponsored by the Newtown
Foundation.
-- 1 pm - Connecticut Congressional Delegation Press Conference
Location: West Front Lawn of the U.S. Capitol Details: Press
conference with Senator Blumenthal, U.S. Senator Christopher Murphy
(D-CT), Rep. Esty, Rep. Himes, U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro
(CT-3), U.S. Representative John Larson (CT-1), U.S. Representative
Joe Courtney (CT-2), U.S. Representative Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), other
members of Congress and the dean of the Washington National Cathedral.
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