Through a variety of activities on and around April 16, 2008, the Brady Campaign, its Million Mom March Chapters, and other allies called on their communities to honor gun violence victims by taking action today.

Photos from Around the Country

Washington DC -- Virginia Tech victim Lily Habtu, Rev Jesse Jackson, Brady Pres Paul Helmke, and Rep Jim Moran (VA) join lie-in on U.S. Capitol lawn

Washington DC -- Virginia Million Mom March Chapter members join in Capitol Hill event

Charlotte, NC -- Activists participate in one of the 80 lie-ins across the country

New York -- Jackie Hilly speaks before lie-in at Times Square

Washington DC -- Brady President Paul Helmke in crowd before Supreme Court lie- in

Washington DC -- Activists gather in front of the Capitol for rally and remembrances

Washington DC -- Virginia Tech victim Lily Habtu speaks at Capitol Hill event

Chicago -- Remembering Virginia Tech Outside of the State of Illinois building

Los Angeles CA -- California Chapter leaders Charlie Blek and Suzanne Verge at UCLA event

Washington DC -- Activists from the Brady Campaign, ProtesteEasyGuns.com, and Virginia Tech join in the lie-in outside the Supreme Court

Detroit -- Activists prepare for lie-in with message about keeping guns out of schools

Washington DC -- Founder of ProtestEasyGuns.com Abby Spangler and Senator Lautenberg before the lie-in at the Supreme Court

Los Angeles CA -- Tracy, cousin of Virginia Tech victim, finds comfort at UCLA event

Chicago -- Million Mom March Chapter leaders at Chicago event

Washington DC -- Richmond (VA) Chapter President and father of Virginia Tech victim, Andy Goddard speaks outside the Supreme Court

Dallas -- Children look over participants at Dallas lie-in

Dallas -- School children remind us of the high-profile school shootings

Los Angeles -- Mary Leigh Blek holds infant grandson Matthew and addresses crowd

New York -- Million Mom March founder Donna Dees-Thomases thanking organizers at Times Square lie-in

Detroit -- Million Mom March Chapter members and local leaders lie-in on Virginia Tech anniversary

In more than 100 events around America, family and friends of Virginia Tech victims, along with Million Mom March chapters, community allies and activists, took time to remember the 100,000 people who are killed or injured every year in America with firearms, as well as their families and loved ones.

They also spoke out. "There are too many gun violence victims — and there is something we can do about it: close the gun show loophole!"

Local activists organized victim memorials, lie-in demonstrations, candlelight vigils, marches, rallies, and press events in the communities listed below. Click on a city (in red) to find out what occurred in your area.

• Alabama: University of Alabama
  
• Arizona: Arizona State University, Phoenix, Tucson
  
• California: Chico, Fairfield, Grass Valley, Los Angeles Valley College, Oakland, Pine Mountain, Pleasant Hill, San Diego, San Mateo, UCLA
  
• Colorado: Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver, Fort Collins
  
• Connecticut: New Haven, Stamford
  
• District of Columbia: American University, Supreme Court and Capitol Hill
  
• Florida: Fort Lauderdale
  
• Hawaii: Honolulu
  
• Illinois: DeKalb, Chicago, Englewood, Naperville, Roseland, West Side
  
• Indiana: Bloomington, Indiana University, South Bend
  
• Iowa: Mount Vernon
  
• Kansas: Overland Park
  
• Louisiana: Tulane University
  
• Maine: Portland
  
• Maryland: Baltimore, Goucher College
  
• Massachusetts: Amherst, Boston, Old Westbury, Wellesley, Worcester
  
• Michigan: Detroit, Kalamazoo
  
• Minnesota: Duluth, St. Paul
  
• New Jersey: Ewing, Princeton, Trenton
  
• New Mexico: Albuquerque
  
• New York: Albany, Bronx, Cornell University, Harlem, Syracuse, Times Square
  
• North Carolina: Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Duke, Wilmington, Winston-Salem
  
• Ohio: Cincinnati, Columbus, Kent, Oberlin, Toledo
  
• Oregon: Salem
  
• Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, Quakertown, West Chester
  
• South Carolina: Charleston, Columbia
  
• Tennessee: Knoxville
  
• Texas: Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio
  
• Virginia: Blacksburg, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Richmond
  
• Washington: Seattle
  
• Wisconsin: Madison, Milwaukee