I’m (almost) at a loss for words sharing this announcement with you,
John:
President Joe Biden just announced the creation of a federal Office of Gun
Violence Prevention.
This win couldn’t have happened without years of non-stop work by
activists and young leaders at groups like March For Our Lives -- plus
years of work by groups like PCCC electing people and urging the White
House to take bold action. Together, we did it!!!
I’ll share more about the work young leaders did to get us to this point,
but first: [ [link removed] ]Please split a donation of $3 or more today between Leaders
We Deserve and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee to help carry
this momentum forward and elect the leaders we deserve. The PCCC has been
organizing for gun control for over a decade and elected great people to
office -- and we need them in this fight.
Here’s why we can draw a direct line from our work to the Biden
administration’s new Office of Gun Violence Prevention, John.
When we talk about electing the "leaders we deserve," we’re talking about
folks like Maxwell Frost, one of our Advisory Board members (supported
early by the PCCC) and the first Gen-Z Member of Congress.
Maxwell served as the first National Organizing Director for March For Our
Lives and really helped us level-up our organizing work, especially on
behalf of a federal Office of Gun Violence Prevention. We did everything
from asking presidential candidates about opening that department if they
were elected at our 2020 Gun Safety Forum to sleeping on an office floor
in the Virginia House of Delegates to ensure we were able to lobby on
behalf of gun violence prevention, while armed white supremacists pointed
guns at them through windows.
The very first bill he introduced on the House floor was to establish a
federal Office of Gun Violence Prevention. Republicans blocked it, but he
didn’t give up, and neither did we. Even when it became clear that
NRA-sponsored politicians weren’t going to let his bill pass, President
Biden stepped in. In fact, Vice President Kamala Harris introduced Maxwell
at the official announcement of the Office of GVP, and Maxwell got to
introduce President Biden!!
And when we talk about leveraging the power of the youth vote, we’re
talking about years of record-breaking youth voting turnout that led us to
this announcement.
In the last five years, we went from having the most pro-NRA president in
American history to the most pro-gun safety president in American history.
Young people were critical in electing Biden.
Our voices and votes matter. But we need to elect more young people to
make sure we build power on the inside and outside of politics
[ [link removed] ]Help us carry this momentum and get more life-saving work done by
splitting a donation between the PCCC and Leaders We Deserve.
We should celebrate this momentous victory, John -- but it
doesn’t mean we can slow down or stop anytime soon.
There is still so much work to be done, from tackling the climate crisis
to expanding abortion access to building a country that isn’t run by the
rich and powerful few.
There is a long road ahead of us, and we need your help if we’re going to
score more wins, elect more young people to office, and stop the fascist
takeover of our country.
[ [link removed] ]If you’re celebrating this victory, but are ready for the important
work ahead, please split a donation between Leaders We Deserve and the
PCCC to help fund our work.
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the progress we deserve.
-- David Hogg
P.S. Me when we finally get the Office of Gun Violence Prevention 👇😊
[4]Me when we finally get the Office of Gun Violence Protection
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