Hi Jack,

While parents of University of Michigan shooting victims prepared to bury their children, pro-gun lawmakers rushed a bill through the NC House that will welcome firearms into our churches and schools. We don't have to tell you how utterly insensitive and sick that is. Every year 1,388 North Carolinians die and another 3,407 are seriously wounded by guns. Just last October, a mass shooter murdered five people in Wake County. 

We're as devastated and angry as you are that while public massacres continue nearly every day, our lawmakers choose the gun lobby over human lives. As part of the public safety pillar of our BIPOC Proclamation work, we're confronting their recklessness head-on.

Jack, are you tired of watching political opportunists barter lives for personal profit? It's only with your support that we can continue rallying for common sense regulations that keep guns out of churches and schools. Just $5 or $10 will keep us in the fight and expand our grassroots public safety work to the NC communities that have been hit hardest.
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What NNCP is doing:

1. The gun lobby's lap dogs love to operate in the shadows, so we put them on blast. Our canvassers make sure voters know who's working for and against their safety.
2. Our one-click amplification engine makes it impossible to ignore BIPOC voters. Average citizens often have no idea how to connect to lawmakers and register their demands. We fix that in seconds. Building critical mass via emails, social media and activations on voters' doorsteps, we're positioned to mobilize thouands of voters to push back on the enablers of gun violence. 
3. We embed in communities to connect voters to safety resources. In our first year of operation, NNCP partnered with Cure Violence to host a week of leadership gatherings and community education to curb gun deaths. In 2023, we're expanding our partnerships to develop a "safe haven network" of community strongholds where vulnerable residents can connect to crisis support. 

The lawmakers who rushed HB40 through the House know that BIPOC communities and religious minorties have repeatedly been attacked in their places of worship. What's more, the timing of the bill's passage coincined with the anniversary of the Parkland school shooting, hinting at their intention to intimidate all of us. We hope you feel, as we do, that silence is agreement, and that we cannot let this go quietly.

You can help us push back HARD on gun violence. We won't stop until everyone in NC feels safe no matter their race or where they worship. Will you consider pitching in $5, $10 or $20 so we can deliver on that promise together? Every dollar to NNCP goes a long way, allowing us to educate and mobilize BIPOC voters to fight for their lives.

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In Gratitude and Solidarity,

Kristen Havlik

Policy Director, New North Carolina Project