At an intimate event held at Electric Lady Studios in New York, VIPs gathered to raise money and awareness for the fight to end gun violence.
Remi Wolf, Gus Wenner, John Feinblatt, Karen Elson, Lee Foster, and Rachel Antonoff. Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Electric Lady StudiosThat was the prevailing sentiment at a fundraiser hosted by Karen Elson, Gus Wenner, Rachel Antonoff, and Lee Foster in New York City on June 8 at Electric Lady Studios.
“I received a text from my son’s school that his school was on lockdown,” she told the crowd assembled in the studio, which also included Christian Siriano and the artist. “I’d heard on the news that there was a school shooting but we didn’t know which school. I texted my son and asked him if he was okay, and the text I got back was: ‘Mom, I’m so fucking scared. I’ve heard there is a shooting at my friend’s school and I’m scared that my friends are dead.
“We wanted to get a group of interesting and interested, engaged people from different backgrounds with some amount of influence to use their mediums, their platforms, their art forms, to make a difference,” Wenner said.Brooke Neidich, Grace Gummer, and Karen Elson.Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Electric Lady StudiosPhoto by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Electric Lady Studios
“The school shootings in particular have hit parents in the gut,” he explained. “The most damaging thing the NRA has done is convince people that guns make you safer, despite mountains of evidence indicating otherwise. So are we going to rid this country of guns? Probably not. But we need to use our platforms, our influence, our money—because movements aren’t powered without money—to change public perception of guns.
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