Two U.S. lawmakers from Connecticut are helping launch a week long remembrance of the 20 children and six adults fatally shot at the Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Rep. Elizabeth Esty and Sen. Richard Blumenthal are joining Newtown Action Alliance Monday in launching #HonorWithAction Week to remember those who were killed on Dec. 14, 2012.
Immediately following a news conference at 10 a.m. Monday at the YWCA in New Britain, Esty and Blumenthal will volunteer with children and participate in classroom activities. Throughout the week, Esty, Blumenthal, and their staff will be volunteering in Connecticut and Washington, D.C.
Newtown Action Alliance has coordinated more than 180 vigils and events across the country to commemorate the anniversary and honor victims of gun violence. A national vigil in Washington, D.C. is set for Thursday, Dec. 11.
