Following Wednesday’s mass shooting at Union Station, local calls for gun reform have reignited. Cereal for Breakfast is one group asking for change.
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The group organized an event Saturday at Rochester Roasting and Brewing in the Crossroads. Cereal for Breakfast organizers Noel Fallon and Libby Roepe said immediacy is crucial following gun violence.
People had to donate $50 to attend. That money went to Lives on the Line, a nonprofit Cereal for Breakfast aligns with. Lives on the Line advocates for gun reform in both Kansas and Missouri.
“I could not believe we were having this happen in our own town, and then I thought, maybe I should believe it,” said Annie Noll with Lives on the Line.
Cereal for Breakfast calls itself a grassroots organization and mobilizes to raise money for other nonprofits that work for gun reform on a larger scale. On top of that, people are encouraged to write and call their congresspeople to ask for change at events.