Concert to End Gun Violence Ewing NJ

On Sunday September 25, 2016 throughout the United States simultaneous concerts took place around the subject of gun violence.

http://concertacrossamerica.org/

"Remember Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016

Artists and activists

will band together for the 

#ConcertAcrossAmerica to 

#EndGunViolence

with a series of live concerts

brought together by social media."

In Ewing Township a suburb of Trenton NJ, Event Coordinator Eric Miller partnered with Trinity United Methodist Church to host the 12-8pm event.

Eric Miller has appeared on the Trenton 365 Show in the past to promote his series of events "Candlelight Concerts for Epilepsy Awareness" of which he started after the sudden passing of his Wife Carolina in 2011.  Those shows began in the living room of his house and moved to the sanctuary of Trinity.  Eric mentioned that he and Senior Pastor Brian Joyce are BFF's and talk regularly.

Have a listen to my chat with Pastor Joyce sharing about Trinity.
https://soundcloud.com/trenton365/pastor-brian-joyce-trinity

Earlier in the week Eric and Regina Thompson-Jenkins of The Tre' Devon Lane Foundation were live in the WIMG1300am Studio to promote the event.  You can hear the interview in it's entirety via this link.
https://soundcloud.com/trenton365/concert-to-end-gun-violence

In addition to live music on two stages attendees were able to view an Art Exhibit coordinated by Artworks Trenton.  Artist Addison Vincent who manages installations for Artworks shared a bit about  the visual arts organization.
https://soundcloud.com/trenton365/addison-vincent-artworks

Carole Stiller of Million Moms March NJ shared information about this national organization and will be a guest on the Trenton 365 Show in the near future, have a listen to our chat.
https://soundcloud.com/trenton365/carole-stiller-million-mom

Dwight Panozzo of Gays Against Guns shared a spoken word piece and chatted with me afterwards about the organization.
https://soundcloud.com/trenton365/dwight-panozzo-phd-gays

There was plenty of live music from a diverse and eclectic group of performers including traditional Indian music, a KISS tribute band Rock N Rollover, Singer Songwriters and more. 

I was particularly moved by a John Richie film I viewed based upon Gun Violence in New Orleans LA, coordinated by Pop Up Anthology.  Katherine Elizabeth Clark one of the Partners was recently a guest on the Trenton 365 Show promoting a viewing of local films that took place in partnership with the Trenton Film Society at the Mill Hill Playhouse.

Here is the link to the interview with Katherine and Filmmaker Adrian Colon.
https://soundcloud.com/trenton365/katherine-clark-adrian-colon

Refreshments were available for purchase from a number of food-trucks including Tim McRae's WTF-Wheres The Food Truk and others.

You can learn more about the WTF? Food Truk via this link.
https://soundcloud.com/trenton365/sets/tim-mcrae

Regardless of your stance on guns, the illegal use and the effects on society when a life is taken by one is devastating.

I encourage you to consider how we can communicate our concerns, our "for" and "against" in a safe and open space so that we can build a better community for everyone!