Gun Violence Sculpture 2
NEW YORK, USA - Feb 20, 2019: Non-Violence is a bronze sculpture by Swedish artist Carl Reutersward of an oversized Colt Python .357 Magnum revolver with a knotted barrel and muzzle pointing upwards. (Photo by Mikhail Palinchak ©palinchak/123RF.COM)
Texas Impact | May 16, 2024
Four United Methodist churches in Dallas will join faith-based Texas Impact to present a two-hour art installation May 18 during the National Rifle Association's convention to memorialize Dallas residents harmed by gun violence. The installation will open with a press conference in collaboration with Giffords Gun Owners for Safety and Moms Demand Action at 9 a.m. outside Dallas City Hall, 1500 Marilla St.
Texas Impact member congregations Northaven United Methodist Church, First United Methodist Church of Dallas, Lovers Lane United Methodist Church, Lakewood United Methodist Church and Wilshire Baptist Church will memorialize members of the Dallas community who have been victims of gun violence, and commit to taking meaningful action to help keep our communities safe.
The congregations will offer a visual memorial to Dallas residents killed by gun violence in the form of an installation of hundreds of T-shirts hand-lettered with each victim’s name, age at the time of death, and date of death. The installation is part of Texas Impact’s Vidas Robadas campaign, which provides congregations, universities, and other organizations across the state the opportunity to make visible the lived experience of gun violence in their communities.
The T-shirt installation will be on display from 9 to 11a.m. on May 18. Representatives of Texas Impact and the participating Dallas congregations will be available for comment throughout that period.
Texas Impact is a religious grassroots network whose members include individuals, congregations, and governing bodies of Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and other faiths. Texas Impact exists to advance state public policies that are consistent with the shared values of Texas faith communities.
The non-profit works on a wide variety of public policy issues within the broadly held social concerns of mainstream religious traditions. Texas Impact uses a process of discernment on public policy issues like the processes used by many faith traditions, including Scripture, the wisdom of the faith traditions, current public policy information and data, and the experiential knowledge of people of faith to develop our positions and policy goals.