John—

For decades, our nation has failed to adequately address the gun violence that plagues underserved communities in our cities.

Federal funding for violent crime prevention has been insufficient, unfocused, and too often harmful, contributing to the mass incarceration that has hollowed out communities of color while failing to significantly decrease homicides.

Yesterday we released a new report, America at a Crossroads: Reimagining Federal Funding to End Community Violence [[link removed]], which explores the major federal funding streams that can be used to fund evidence-informed, community-based violence prevention strategies that actually work.

It will take intentional and sustained advocacy to move these systems in a different direction.

Giffords Law Center is at the forefront of this advocacy, and we’re asking for your help to continue our lifesaving work in 2021. [[link removed]]

The new presidential administration presents us with a tremendous opportunity—an opportunity for our federal government to recommit to its mandate to protect its citizens—including and especially from the devastating epidemic of gun violence.

We refuse to accept these deaths as inevitable or to write off any American because of the color of their skin or their zip code. Our leaders can and must do better, and we will do everything in our power to hold them accountable until they do.

We hope you’ll join us. [[link removed]]

Sincerely,
Mike

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Mike McLively
Community Violence Initiative Policy Director
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence


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