Written By Alyx Dote/KVOA.com TUCSON– Sunday, 2,000 community members arrived at Hi Corbett Field to be a part of this year’s Human Embrace Event. Sunday marked the six-year anniversary of the January 8, 2011 mass shooting that left six people dead…
More than 2,000 people gathered to remember the shooting tragedy of Jan. 8, 2011 and form a human symbol called Embrace. Six people were killed and thirteen others were wounded that day as Congresswoman Giffords was holding a Congress on Your Corner for her constituents. The human Embrace represents how our community came together following the shooting and embraced all of us who were there that horrific day. We will be eternally grateful for the compassion, good will, prayers and support we received then and continues now.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Martha McSally will lead members of the Arizona Congressional delegation to introduce legislation this Friday designating a permanent national memorial to honor the victims of the January 8, 2011 shooting in Tucson. The shooting took…
We are very excited to announce Tucson Medical Center as our lead sponsor for the January 8th Memorial. The Memorial Gardens Walk will be named in their honor for their generous donation of $500,000. We are incredibly thankful for their…
We Remember, Do You? January 8, 2017 Human Embrace Event Hi-Corbett Field Gates opens at 1 p.m. Program promptly starts at 2 p.m. DON’T FORGET TO WEAR A WHITE SHIRT! Show your support for our community and other communities who…
By Carmen Duarte Arizona Daily Star Two Arizona congressmen are leading a bipartisan effort and asking President Obama to help secure federal funding and resources to help build Tucson’s Jan. 8 memorial. U.S. Reps. Raúl Grijalva and David Schweikert led…
BREAKING NEWS…Today, September 1, 2016, 33 members of the U.S. House of Representatives submitted a letter to President Obama in support of the January 8th Memorial. All 9 Members of the Arizona Delegation and 24 other Representatives came together to…
Two donors who make major gifts to Tucson’s January 8th Memorial will be recognized at the downtown site under a policy recently approved by Pima County. The name of a major donor will be permanently displayed at the Courthouse Garden,…
Please join us for the January 8th Bell Ringing Ceremony on Friday, January 8, 2016 at Banner University Medical Center on the Front Lawn, 1501 N. Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ. Ceremony starts at 9:50 A.M. – Bell Ringing at 10:11 A.M.
U of A Basketball Halftime Recognition (on court) Thursday, January 14, 2016 Game starts at 7:00 PM
