YEAR 2025

Let's start with the bad - Shuttering the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention and gutting the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was BAD. Staff cuts, leadership chaos, and policy shifts undermined institutional knowledge and the CDC's public health defense mission. 

And the UGLY - School and mass shootings continued. The recent high-profile shooting at Brown University left two students dead and nine injured. We've also reached a disturbing reality where individuals now endure multiple mass shootings in one lifetime. Two Brown students, Mia Tretta (21) and Zoe Weissman (20), had previously survived mass shootings at Saugus HS in California and Parkland Florida respectively. 

Yet, still thankful for the good - The Supreme Court upheld Biden's 2021 executive order on ghost gun regulation, and data still confirms states like Massachusetts with stronger gun safety laws and fewer guns have lower gun death rates! At SHV, we continued to advocate for common-sense gun safety legislation at the MA state house, and several federal bills in Washington D.C.

Taking action beyond words, SHV executive director stepped up as a captain at Newtown Action Alliance's annual Survivors on the Hill Advocacy Day in D.C. She championed key federal bills including an Assault Weapons Ban, Safe Storage and Break the Cycle of Violence Act.

(photo: At Senator Warren's office with Imani Franklin and Sonya Coleman seated in front; NC survivors and CT youth activists in the back)

Onward to 2026! 

With your help, we'll persist, remain present, and act for gun violence prevention.

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