(CNN) -- Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords announced she will resign from Congress this week -- but not before finishing her "Congress On Your Corner" event that was interrupted by the shooting rampage that left six people dead and Giffords with a gunshot wound to her head. At the private gathering Monday, Giffords will meet with some of the people who were at the event last year, including some who aided injured people and some who subdued the gunman, according to a statement from her office. "A lot has happened over the past year. We cannot change that," Giffords, 41, says in a video on her website, speaking in a halting manner. She said she will resign to continue her recuperation from the brain injury she suffered when she was shot on January 8, 2011.
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Giffords will finish the "Congress on Your Corner" event she started before she was shot
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Giffords announces she will resign in a video on her website
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She was shot in the head on January 8, 2011, in a rampage that left 6 dead
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Gov. Brewer says she expects the general election for Giffords' seat will be in June
So to do what is best for @placeholder, I will step down this week."