Indie sister duo Aly & AJ continue to use their touring as a platform to drive awareness to causes that are important to them. They announce a deeply personal collaboration with Northwell Health, New York’s largest health system, to raise awareness and help prevent gun violence.
While kicking off their national “With Love From” tour, the sisters will ask their fans and followers to agree to ask, “Is there an unlocked gun in the home you are living in or visiting?”
It’s a cause of importance to the sister duo; while on tour in April 2022 they were caught in the crossfire of a shooting in Sacramento that left six people dead and seven injured. After seeing the devastation firsthand, spending the following months reflecting on the experience and researching how they could make a difference, they turned to Northwell because of a recently spearheaded national awareness campaign urging parents to ask others the same question about access to firearms.
During their current tour, Aly & AJ will take a moment in each show to implore the audience to scan a QR code to take the pledge. After agreeing to the pledge, fans will be put into the running to meet the sisters backstage after the show. The goal is to break the stigma against talking about gun safety and raise awareness about properly securing firearms, all in the effort to prevent gun violence.
To take the pledge, go to pledgetoask.org. For Aly and AJ’s tour stops, go to alyandaj.com.
The duo’s collaboration with Northwell helps amplify the mission to frame our nation’s gun violence as a health crisis. Since 2019, Northwell Health has led the charge in research, education and advocacy through its Center for Gun Violence Prevention. Last year, Northwell formed the National Health Care CEO Council on Gun Violence Prevention & Safety, which includes nearly 50 CEOs from health systems across the U.S. pledging to pool their resources and work together.