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Wear Orange Weekend Held in Cape Girardeau June 3-5, 2022

Leslie Washington
Dan Woods
Leslie Washington

We spoke with Leslie Washington about "Wear Orange Weekend" that will be held in Cape Girardeau June 3-5, 2022.

Leslie is a three time gun violence survivor and member of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense. She works to spread awareness of gun violence and shares her personal story.

The Wear Orange event will be held form 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. on Friday, June 3 at Peace Park in Cape Girardeau. For more information, text READY or ORANGE to 64433.

Dan is a 1994 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University. He majored in radio and minored in political science. He spent three of his four years at Southeast working as a student announcer at KRCU – the beginning of his radio career.
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    Registration and booths open at 9:00, program begins at 10:00. In honor of Gun Violence Awareness Day, please wear orange!
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