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  Brittany White · [email protected]
October 15, 2019 at 6:33 PM

Black Lives Matter -- more than ever.

John,  Just 24 hours ago, it was announced that the police officer who murdered Atatiana Jefferson in her home while she was babysitting her nephew is being charged with murder. Make no mistake: police gun violence is still gun violence and that’s why we must demand justice for Atatiana Jefferso…
  Amber Goodwin · [email protected]
September 27, 2019 at 3:50 PM

What I said to Congress

Hi John,  Yesterday we walked out of the first House Committee hearing on gun violence in communities of color.  Standing before Members of Congress, I testified that gun violence impacts every American community. But Black, Latinx and Indigenous communities bear the heaviest burden of this vio…
  Amber Goodwin · [email protected]
September 12, 2019 at 6:31 PM

This is why gun violence impacts some more than others:

John,  If you’ve been following our organization for a while, you already know that people of color are disproportionally impacted by gun violence. This is no accident -- it is by design.  Gun violence is a function of the larger system of oppression in the United States. And while people of col…
  Amber Goodwin · [email protected]
September 3, 2019 at 4:21 PM

Horror in my hometown (please read)

John,  I am proud to be from Midland, Texas. But my hometown was just the scene of yet another a horrific mass shooting, this time targeting my community as they drove down I-20.  via Midland Reporter-Telegram  But it doesn’t end there. In the last 11 days, Southeast Jamaica, Queens endured an …
  Gregory Jackson · [email protected]
August 16, 2019 at 2:50 PM

My first week

John,  My name is Gregory Jackson, and I wanted to take a second to introduce myself. I’m the Community Justice Action Fund’s new national advocacy director and I cannot wait to hit the ground running and work to end everyday gun violence -- not just the shootings publicized on the news -- once …