MEDIA ADVISORY - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Aria Grossman, (619) 736-0072, [email protected]
Families for Safe Streets to Observe World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims in San Diego
San Diego, November 13, 2025— Families for Safe Streets San Diego (FSSSD), Circulate San Diego, and advocacy organizations are organizing an event to observe World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims on November 16, 2025, beginning at 9:30 AM.
When: Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 9:30 a.m.
Where: San Diego County Bicycle Coalition Office – 300 15th St, San Diego, CA 92101
Who:
- Joe LaCava, Council President, City of San Diego
- Stephen Whitburn, Councilmember, City of San Diego
- Raul Campillo, Councilmember, City of San Diego
- Sean Elo-Rivera, Councilmember, City of San Diego
- Summer Stephan, District Attorney, County of San Diego
- Laura Keenan, founder of Families for Safe Streets San Diego
- Members of Families for Safe Streets San Diego:
- Nancy Cavanaugh
- Katie Gordon
- Michelle Gonzalez
- Bridget and John Chalekian
What: The event will feature testimonials from family member of those who were killed in crashes in the San Diego area. Many elected officials and community leaders will attend and be available for one-on-one interviews after the event.
After the event, volunteers will disburse across the San Diego region to place memorial signs at crash sites to honor victims who died in the past two years.
Representatives from the San Diego County’s District Attorney’s Victim Advocates team will be in attendance to provide support and resources to attendees who have recently lost loved ones.
Visuals: Press-conference format with family of victims sharing testimonials of traffic violence. After the event, press may accompany volunteers hanging memorial signs to honor victims at crash sites across the San Diego region, with attending elected officials.
Background:In San Diego County, 538 people were killed in traffic crashes in 2023 and 2024. World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims is a worldwide day to honor these individuals along with the 1.35 million people killed around the world each year in preventable traffic crashes and call for safer streets.
Families for Safe Streets San Diego is a group of families who have lost loved ones to traffic violence while they were walking or biking.
More information is available at: https://www.circulatesd.org/2025_world_day_of_remembrance
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