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Show support for victims of gun violence by #WearingOrange

FILE - This undated file family photo provided by Damon Stewart shows 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton of Chicago who was was shot and killed Jan. 29, 2013 in a park during a gang dispute she had nothing to do with about a mile from President Barack Obama’s Chicago home. Hadiya was laid to rest Feb. 9, 2103. Since her death, the number of homicides and other violent crimes that turned Chicago into a national symbol of gun violence have fallen sharply as the city and police have changed their strategies. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Damon Stewart, File)
FILE - This undated file family photo provided by Damon Stewart shows 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton of Chicago who was was shot and killed Jan. 29, 2013 in a park during a gang dispute she had nothing to do with about a mile from President Barack Obama’s Chicago home. Hadiya was laid to rest Feb. 9, 2103. Since her death, the number of homicides and other violent crimes that turned Chicago into a national symbol of gun violence have fallen sharply as the city and police have changed their strategies. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Damon Stewart, File)
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June 2, 2015

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If you see a lot of people sporting orange today, many may be wearing the color to mark the first National Gun Violence Awareness Day.

Today, on what would have been Hadiya Pendleton's birthday, the internet and the country will turn orange.

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Pendleton, according to the Chicago Sun Times, was killed in 2013.  She was killed by an alleged gang member a mile from President Barack Obama's Chicago home.  She had performed at his inauguration a week before her murder.

She would have graduated high school this year.

Organizers of wearorange.org said the color "symbolizes the value of human life."

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