Carol Lastowka, CeaseFirePA Education Fund · [email protected]

July 5, 2024 at 9:30 PM

Guess who is headlining our summer meeting?

Join us and our special guest next Wednesday, 7/10. Fellow Advocate,  I hope you’re having a sizzling summer so far and that your Fourth (of July) was fantastic! I’m reaching out because I wanted to personally invite you to our Volunteer Virtual BBQ and Summer Meeting on Wednesday, July 10. And as …

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Action · [email protected]

July 3, 2024 at 10:31 PM

One year since Kingsessing

The solution is stalled in Harrisburg.  Today marks one year since the horrific Philadelphia mass shooting that killed four adults and wounded two children. Around 8 p.m. on July 3, 2023, a jarring barrage of shots rang out in Southwest Philly’s Kingsessing neighborhood, where the sound of gunfire …

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Action · [email protected]

June 27, 2024 at 2:07 PM

URGENT: PA budget deadline in 3 days

We need $100 mil to fight gun violence.  Fellow Advocate, I have a couple important updates to share about our push for a $100 million gun safety budget in Pennsylvania. First, this week, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared gun violence a public health crisis, for the first time in American …

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Action · [email protected]

June 21, 2024 at 9:46 PM

SCOTUS upholds DV protections

Tell PA Sen. Leadership – ERPOs are constitutional  Fellow Advocate, I’m coming to you with some good news: Today, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in U.S. v. Rahimi to uphold decades of established law, keeping guns out of the hands of individuals with civil domestic violence restraining orders. But…

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Action · [email protected]

June 18, 2024 at 4:15 PM

FWD: SCOTUS overturns federal bump stock ban

Demand a statewide ban in PA.   I know you get a lot of emails, but I need to make sure you saw my message from last Friday, when the United State Supreme Court overturned the federal bump stock ban.  It's been all over the national news, but those stories have all omitted a very important piece re…

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Action · [email protected]

June 17, 2024 at 6:55 PM

Can you make it tomorrow?

Please join us at a press conference tomorrow at City Hall.  Fellow Advocate, I wanted to reach out quickly and invite you to a Public Safety Press Conference tomorrow, to sign a new bill to ban bump stocks in Philadelphia. It will be held in the Mayor’s Reception Room, Philadelphia City Hall, on T…

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Action · [email protected]

June 14, 2024 at 7:27 PM

BREAKING: SCOTUS overturns federal bump stock ban

Demand a statewide ban in PA.  Fellow Advocate, I’m coming to you with some breaking news: Today, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal bump stock ban1 enacted in response to the worst mass shooting in our nation’s history, in Las Vegas in 2017. Now I urgently need you to contact your state…

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Action · [email protected]

June 13, 2024 at 4:21 PM

Investing in safer communities

We need $100 mil to fight gun violence.  Fellow Advocate, It’s budget season in Harrisburg again, and that means we are continuing to push for big investments in community-based gun violence prevention and intervention programs across the Commonwealth. From now through the legislature’s June 30 bud…

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Action · [email protected]

June 12, 2024 at 3:31 PM

Can you make it on Friday?

Please join us at a press conference this Friday.  Fellow Advocate, I wanted to reach out quickly and invite you to a Gun Violence Awareness Month press conference and rally this Friday, June 14, held by Sen. Vincent Hughes. This event will be held at Mighty Writers, 12 E. Church Lane, Philadelphia…

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA · [email protected]

June 7, 2024 at 7:45 PM

Give in honor of Wear Orange Weekend

Contribute to our movement and help power our events this weekend.   This weekend, June 7-9, is Wear Orange Weekend. Gun violence prevention advocates across the country, and here in Pennsylvania, will gather to honor the lost and stand with survivors of gun violence.Some photos from Wear Orange eve…

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Action · [email protected]

May 31, 2024 at 4:31 PM

Our newest board member

As we get ready to ramp up for the fall, I’m proud to announce Cayla Waddington has joined our Board of Directors. Cayla Speaking at our Advocacy Day rally in Harrisburg, May 7, 2024. Credit: Dave Hochendoner.I want to introduce you to the new Youth Advisor to our Board of Directors, Cayla Waddingt…

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  Carol Lastowka, CeaseFirePA Education Fund · [email protected]

May 29, 2024 at 6:01 PM

Join us on June 8 in Southwest Philly →

We will have a table at this great event.  I’m reaching out to invite you to an important event in your area. Please join us for the Philadelphia Wear Orange – Gun Violence Victim Remembrance Rally and Community Resource Fair. It will be held at the Mothers Bonded by Grief Botanical Garden of Heali…

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Action · [email protected]

May 8, 2024 at 10:28 PM

This is a marathon

I’m still angry about yesterday’s vote, but so inspired by our presence.Give me a moment to explain what happened yesterday. In the morning, our movement showed up like never before. A sea of 560 orange-clad survivors, doctors, priests, nuns, rabbis, nurses, teenagers, and everyday Pennsylvanians fl…

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  Carol’s iPhone · [email protected]

May 7, 2024 at 1:02 PM

My morning bus report

We are headed to Harrisburg for Advocacy Day and we need you to take action with us. As CeaseFirePA’s Organizing Manager, I’m tasked with helping to run the show at Advocacy Day – and on top of that I’m currently on my way from Southeast PA to Harrisburg to help paint the Capitol orange.  My team a…

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Action · [email protected]

May 6, 2024 at 8:35 PM

Just one day away

It’s not too late to invest in our biggest day of the year.We are now one day away from Advocacy Day and I have to say that I am overwhelmed by your generosity and commitment to our movement. Since I last wrote you, 60 grassroots donors have stepped up to the plate, allowing us to accommodate even m…

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Action · [email protected]

May 2, 2024 at 10:46 PM

Help sponsor our biggest day of the year

Your investment can make next week’s Advocacy Day extra impactful.Our Advocacy Day is next Tuesday, May 7th, and I can’t wait to showcase the enormous power of our movement with you in Harrisburg. So far, over 500 advocates from the majority of PA counties have signed up to travel to Harrisburg and …

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Education Fund · [email protected]

April 30, 2024 at 5:55 PM

BREAKING: U.S. House Judiciary Committee in Philly

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on gun violence in Philly– can you make it? I wanted you to be the first to know: the U.S. House Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on gun violence in Philadelphia this Friday, May 3, at 9:00 a.m., at the William J. Green Jr. Federal Buil…

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Action · [email protected]

April 25, 2024 at 1:50 PM

Tell your Senator: Demand a Hearing on Ghost Gun Bill

It’s time the Senate heard from us on Ghost Guns!I want to be completely honest about one thing: it was your activism that compelled the Pennsylvania House to pass the bipartisan House Bill 7771 (aka the Ghost Gun Bill) last month. Your relentless advocacy convinced our representatives, including th…

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  Carol Lastowka, CeaseFirePA Action · [email protected]

April 23, 2024 at 10:08 PM

Only missing you

Our Advocacy Day buses are booked and ready – we’re just missing your RSVP!I am so excited for our Advocacy Day on May 7! I wanted to drop you a quick note to make sure you get on the bus! ICYMI: Our Advocacy Day is going to be a showcase of our gun safety movement’s power in Harrisburg. Advocates f…

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Action · [email protected]

April 18, 2024 at 2:20 PM

Ask your Rep. to Co-Sponsor Bill to Stop Gun Trafficking ⤵️

House Bill 2206 to stop crime guns is out of Judiciary and needs more co-sponsors! I’m writing to you with some truly excellent news: House Bill 22061 just advanced through the Judiciary Committee of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives! If you need a refresher (that’s ok!), right now all gun d…

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Action · [email protected]

April 16, 2024 at 6:46 PM

What I told NPR

We have big plans to address PA’s gun suicide crisis and we need your help addressing them. Content warning: suicide. If you or anyone you know is in crisis or considering suicide, please call or text the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 9-8-8. As I told NPR Morning Edition's Michel Martin today, "M…

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  Becky Wainwright, CeaseFirePA PAC · [email protected]

April 13, 2024 at 4:27 PM

See your donation MATCHED

As we head into fall elections, generous donor has agreed to match our goal. Fellow Advocate,  I wanted to make sure you saw Adam’s note from yesterday about the impact we plan to have in the upcoming fall elections. As the Development Director at CeaseFirePA PAC, it’s my job to make sure the money …

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA PAC · [email protected]

April 12, 2024 at 5:10 PM

Help us elect gun safety champions this fall ⬇️

Our PAC makes gains in flippable districts, and proves that gun safety is a winning stance. I was just sitting down to start planning CeaseFirePA’s PAC spending for this election year, and it occurred to me that I should reach out and give you a peek into this critical facet of our work to elect gu…

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA · [email protected]

April 6, 2024 at 3:00 PM

Meet Lt. Gov. Austin Davis

Get your tickets today "At 16 years old, someone was shot on my block, and I decided that rather than wait for someone else to take action, I was going to do something about it." [1]- Austin Davis, PA Lieutenant Governor Friend,   Lt. Gov. Austin Davis has dedicated his public life to ending gun vio…

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  Brandon Flood, CeaseFirePA Action · [email protected]

March 27, 2024 at 8:10 PM

Today’s BIG victory

Today, the PA House passed legislation to treat ghost guns as real guns. Fellow Advocate,  I’m coming to you live from the Capitol again, with some fantastic news! The PA House just passed major legislation1 banning ghost guns as we know them. Thanks to your heroic efforts, House Bill 777 passed its…

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  Brandon Flood, CeaseFirePA Action · [email protected]

March 25, 2024 at 7:31 PM

FWD: Take action on ghost guns [URGENT]⤵️

Please see below and join me in taking action Hi, it’s me, Brandon – CeaseFirePA Action’s Deputy Director of Government Affairs. I’m coming to you live from Harrisburg. Before I go into the Capitol, I wanted to make sure you saw Adam’s email from the other day. ICYMI: HB 777, which would ban ghost g…

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Action · [email protected]

March 23, 2024 at 6:20 PM

Take action on ghost guns [URGENT]⤵️

Last weekend in Bucks County, a gunman used a semi-automatic ghost gun to commit a triple homicide and then fled to New Jersey in a stolen vehicle. This triggered an interstate manhunt, and forced the Falls Township community into a weekend-long lock down, canceling their St. Patrick’s Day parade.1…

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Education Fund · [email protected]

March 18, 2024 at 9:15 PM

Crime Gun Summit – April 16 & 17

Fellow Advocate,   On April 16 & 17, CeaseFirePA will be joining with Brady: United Against Gun Violence for a Crime Gun Summit in Philadelphia. It’s going to be a powerful and informative event, and tickets are going fast, so reserve yours now.  Brady is a national leader in the gun safety advo…

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Education Fund · [email protected]

March 8, 2024 at 7:34 PM

Multiple SEPTA shootings are preventable.

Tell Harrisburg To Take Action Gun Violence Prevention Advocate,  Tuesday night, my kid begged me to take the SEPTA bus home–she finds it fun. We got off blocks from Broad & Snyder–about 30 minutes before someone was murdered on a different bus blocks away.1 The day prior, a teenager was killed …

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Action · [email protected]

February 28, 2024 at 4:48 PM

we're making progress on ghost guns

help us score another win for safety Gun Violence Prevention Advocate,  Ghost guns – fully-functioning, untraceable firearms that can be quickly assembled from a kit, and can be bought without a background check – are wreaking havoc on our communities. Recently, Delaware County was rocked by the kil…

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Action · [email protected]

February 13, 2024 at 5:03 PM

He couldn't buy a gun–but can buy a ghost gun kit that is as deadly.

A bill to ban ghost guns is awaiting action in HarrisburgGun Violence Prevention Advocate, Fifteen-year-olds can’t buy a firearm. But, they can buy an untraceable, ghost gun kit, quickly assemble it in their home and then use it to kill someone. That’s precisely what happened last week in Delaware C…

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Action · [email protected]

February 6, 2024 at 6:45 PM

Let the green flow to stop the red from flowing in our communities

This will save lives, if the General Assembly enacts it.Gun Violence Prevention Advocate,  Governor Shapiro just proposed investing $100 million to combat gun violence--including a significant CeaseFirePA request to inspect gun dealers to ensure they aren’t enabling firearm trafficking.This is a big…

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA · [email protected]

February 1, 2024 at 1:19 PM

Honor Lt. Gov. Davis at Keystone Courage

Get your ticketFriend,   Our work to end gun violence in Pennsylvania never stops, but it's important to take pause and honor our partners in this fight. Please join us for the Keystone Courage Awards on Thursday, April 18, to recognize these special honorees for their work to end the gun violence c…

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA · [email protected]

January 25, 2024 at 3:42 PM

Friend , this year will be even bigger

Last advocacy day we took over the Capitol. Let's do it again.  Friend, Nearly a year ago we Marched for Our Lives in Harrisburg. Survivors and doctors testified. Pennsylvanians grabbed legislators in the hallway. You couldn’t miss the sea of orange. And then the most significant gun safety policies…

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Action · [email protected]

January 18, 2024 at 8:39 PM

This has never happened before

Assault weapons ban passes PA House Judiciary Committee.Gun Violence Prevention Advocate,  Yesterday, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Judiciary Committee advanced a ban on selling assault weapons.1 This is a first after decades of mass shootings have turned the places where we learn, pray,…

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Education Fund · [email protected]

January 11, 2024 at 7:23 PM

Your representative & Senator Saval need to watch this

Your legislator needs to hear Kareem's storyFriend, Every lawmaker in Pennsylvania needs to see Jeani’s story. In 2012, she came home to the worst thing any parent can imagine: her 17-year-old son, Kareem, soaked in his own blood and lying dead in his bed.  He was shot by local gang members with a f…

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  Adam Garber, Executive Director, CeaseFirePA · [email protected]

January 5, 2024 at 3:15 PM

A big year thanks to you, friend

We are starting 2024 off right! Friend,Thanks to you, 2024 is going to be a big year. This December, more than 500 Pennsylvanians gave the resources to advance life-saving gun safety laws this year.  I hope you’re rested up because we have big plans:Empowering survivors to share how failures of our …

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA · [email protected]

December 31, 2023 at 10:28 PM

less than 7 hours

Donate now before the year ends. It's not too late! You still have one last chance to give before the year ends and join our movement to end gun violence. See our original message below:  Gun Violence Prevention Advocate, With the New Year comes new goals for action on gun safety–and we’re preparin…

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA · [email protected]

December 31, 2023 at 1:51 PM

Your last chance to be part of our gun safety movement in 2023

Donate now before the year ends. Gun Violence Prevention Advocate,  With the New Year comes new goals for action on gun safety–and we’re preparing for a big year ahead. More gun dealer inspections. More gun safety bills in the PA House. New campaigns to hold legislators accountable for allowing the…

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  Becky Wainwright, CeaseFirePA · [email protected]

December 30, 2023 at 3:05 PM

Will we have the resources?

Gun Violence Prevention Advocate,  We probably haven’t met yet, but I joined CeaseFirePA this year because I’m a mother of three wonderful kids. And, I worry every day I send them to school, will I get a call about a shooting like at Parkland or Uvalde?That’s why I spend every day ensuring we have …

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  Adam Garber, Executive Director, CeaseFirePA · [email protected]

December 28, 2023 at 3:12 PM

Here’s how you can join our movement to end gun violence.

  Membership Status: Friend, Our records show that you are not a member of CeaseFirePA. Become a member by donating today to join our movement to end gun violence.  Gun Violence Prevention Advocate, we’re reaching the end of 2023 — and we need your support more than ever.  2023 was a historic year …

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  Adam Garber, Executive Director, CeaseFirePA · [email protected]

December 26, 2023 at 3:15 PM

Hear Dan's story

Gun Violence Prevention Advocate, Dan’s story speaks to the core of the things we care deeply about in life: community, faith, and feeling safe in our neighborhoods. On October 27, 2018 he gathered with his regular Torah study group. It quickly became clear it wasn’t a normal day because he was at …

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Action · [email protected]

December 21, 2023 at 3:10 PM

How unsecured guns endanger children

Take action now to support safe storage. Gun Violence Prevention Advocate,  I’m going to tell you a hard story – but it’s important for you to hear. Andrew’s story is every family member’s worst nightmare. At 10 years old, Chris was playing at a friend's house when his friend pulled out his father'…

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  Adam Garber, Executive Director, CeaseFirePA · [email protected]

December 18, 2023 at 8:10 PM

Friend, we’re not done yet

Ok Gun Violence Prevention Advocate, get out your scorecard! Let’s tally up the year and see how we scored. This is the most movement we’ve seen in our state in years. Here’s how you can help, Friend: Give today to be a part of this team.  Your investment here at the end of the year will propel thi…

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  Alicia Andrews, Board Chair, CeaseFirePA · [email protected]

December 13, 2023 at 3:17 PM

Friend, are you committed to saving lives?

Support our work for safer communities Gun Violence Prevention Advocate,   I’m a mom of two who lives in a small town near Pittsburgh. While I’ve chaired CeaseFirePA’s board for years, I am personally grieving the impact of gun violence for the first time.  Uncle Joe holding Alicia’s daughter Just o…

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Education Fund · [email protected]

December 10, 2023 at 4:16 PM

Share your own story

What’s Your Gun Violence Story? Gun Violence Prevention Advocate, There is power in a story. Fundamentally, social change is premised on the stories we tell ourselves as individuals and a society – a story of injustice and the path to correct it. That’s why this week we’ve been sharing the stories o…

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Education Fund · [email protected]

December 9, 2023 at 4:33 PM

You understand how our system is deadly - now share the stories

Take The Next Step Gun Violence Prevention Advocate, This past week, you’ve watched some of our powerful stories of survivors describing firsthand how their pain could’ve been prevented – if only the solutions at our disposal were used by policymakers.  Once you’ve seen how Pennsylvania’s system is …

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA · [email protected]

December 8, 2023 at 8:22 PM

y’all, it was a historic year of action

Here’s how you can help us save lives in 2024 Gun Violence Prevention Advocate,   I’ve been reflecting on this past year, and I have to just tell y’all: It was a historic year of action. Because of you, we passed two bipartisan life-saving bills in the PA House, with more on the way. We initiated i…

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Education Fund · [email protected]

December 6, 2023 at 3:02 PM

These firsthand stories reveal the truth about gun violence

New Storytelling Project Launches TodayBehind most gun deaths is a system that’s designed to be deadly. Hey Gun Violence Prevention Advocate,  I’m really excited to share a huge new project with you that we’ve been working on for months and is finally ready to launch...It’s time to face the truth: g…

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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Education Fund · [email protected]

November 30, 2023 at 4:11 PM

You still have time to double your impact

Gun Violence Prevention Advocate,  It’s not too late to give! Donate If you missed Giving Tuesday, you can still join in the season of generosity. There is still time left time to double your impact to fight back against gun violence. Our match has been extended–all donations will be matched by a g…

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