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  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Education Fund · [email protected]
September 12, 2024 at 7:06 PM

Firearm Suicide Prevention Webinar ft. Lt. Gov. Davis

A conversation with Lt. Gov. Davis, Eastern PA Director of AFSP Samantha Bruno, and Dr. Jay Breneman CW: Mention of suicide. If you or someone you care about is experiencing suicidal thoughts, help is available. Please call 988 or visit 988lifeline.org to speak with someone now.  Fellow Advocate, F…
  Carol Lastowka, CeaseFirePA · [email protected]
September 11, 2024 at 7:36 PM

Keeping all PA kids safe 🍎

Please join us on Zoom on September 18. Fellow Advocate, I’m reaching out to tell you about our Statewide #KeepKidsSafe Virtual Roundtable on Wednesday, September 18, at 6:30 p.m.  COUNT ME IN School communities across the country are still reeling from last week's tragic and preventable high schoo…
  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA PAC · [email protected]
September 10, 2024 at 9:34 PM

Meet Elizabeth Moro

Our PAC is proud to endorse Elizabeth Moro for PA HD-160.  Fellow Advocate,  I’m thrilled to share this news with you: Our PAC is endorsing Elizabeth Moro to replace Rep. Craig Williams in PA House District 160 – and you can click here to help us support her! A few months ago we told you about our s…
  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA · [email protected]
September 4, 2024 at 9:45 PM

We want to hear from you

Take our 2-minute survey to share your concerns about gun violence this school year.   Now that Pennsylvania schools are back in session, our campaign to #KeepKidsSafe is also in full swing.  Part of that campaign is tapping into the concerns that parents and guardians across the Commonwealth share…
  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA · [email protected]
August 31, 2024 at 4:36 PM

5 min to save a life

Get involved in our Keep Kids Safe Campaign! Fellow Advocate, Together, we’re building a movement to #KeepKidsSafe across Pennsylvania this school year. I know I say that a lot but I don’t say it lightly.  Through the end of September, we’re focusing our efforts on gun safety policies that will fost…
  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA · [email protected]
August 26, 2024 at 6:16 PM

Not just school buildings

Let’s keep kids safe in school zones too. Fellow Advocate, We spend a lot of time talking about school shootings, and how to prevent them, and rightfully so. But according to a new report by The Trace,1 gun violence in the vicinity of schools can also traumatize children and impede their learning. …
  Josh Fleitman, CeaseFirePA · [email protected]
August 23, 2024 at 4:31 PM

Friday night lights turned deadly

Take action to require background checks on ammo sales.  Fellow Advocate, When you think of Friday night lights, what comes to mind? For me, it’s a chill in the air, the smell of grass, and the thrill of a high school football game. Certainly, it doesn’t conjure up images of horrific gun violence. B…
  Becky Wainwright, CeaseFirePA PAC · [email protected]
August 22, 2024 at 7:46 PM

[REMINDER] Philly PAC Fundraiser

This event is right around the corner.  Fellow Advocate, I wanted to remind you about a powerful – and fun! – event in your area. A few weeks ago, I told you about our Greater Philadelphia PAC fundraiser, which is being held on Wednesday, September 11, at 6 p.m, at the home of Adam and Lisa Kessler…
  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA · [email protected]
August 19, 2024 at 9:15 PM

Announcing our new merch site 🥁

Now, you can show off your advocacy with our merch store. Fellow Advocate, I have some really exciting news for you: Our merchandise store is making its debut today! And, just in time for Back to School, our featured item is a CeaseFirePA backpack. As our movement grows more powerful and more diver…
  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA · [email protected]
August 12, 2024 at 4:31 PM

Launching our Keep Kids Safe Campaign 🚀

Join our call to prioritize gun safety this school year. Fellow Advocate, As my wife and I prepare our daughter to start school this fall, I have one consistent, haunting thought distracting me from picking out backpacks and pouring over the kindergarten curriculum. Will my daughter, and all Pennsyl…
  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA · [email protected]
August 7, 2024 at 9:09 PM

I’ve got a secret 👀

Our Advocacy Day video is ready for your viewing pleasure. Fellow Advocate,  I’ve been sitting on an exciting secret. I commissioned a hype video of our Advocacy Day on May 7 – our largest day of action this year – and it’s now ready for your viewing and sharing pleasure! 🍿 Today marks three months …
  Carol Lastowka, CeaseFirePA Education Fund · [email protected]
August 5, 2024 at 6:30 PM

Letter to the Editor Webinar ✍️

Learn how to write an effective Letter to the Editor in your local paper. I hope your summer is going swimmingly! 🏊 I wanted to (very briefly, I promise!) interrupt these last hot and hazy summer days to invite you to take a powerful next step in your advocacy. As we all start thinking about Back to…
  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Action · [email protected]
August 1, 2024 at 9:40 PM

We’re endorsing Kamala Harris AND 83 PA champions!

We’re building a federal-state partnership to end gun violence. Fellow Advocate, It’s official: CeaseFirePA Action has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for President in 2024.  Vice President Harris has been an integral part of the most pro-gun safety Presidential Administration in U.S. History.…
  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Education Fund · [email protected]
July 31, 2024 at 10:26 PM

Changing the narrative on firearm suicide

Our new Director of Firearm Suicide Prevention Policy started this month.  Fellow Advocate, Firearm suicide is responsible for over half of all gun deaths in Pennsylvania,1 impacting rural areas from the Poconos to the coal region the most. It is a crisis that affects our friends, family, and neigh…
  Becky Wainwright, CeaseFirePA PAC · [email protected]
July 31, 2024 at 4:10 PM

CORRECTION: All in for Hadley

We are cohosting a Philly fundraiser for Hadley Haas next week.  I'm reaching out again to issue a correction on this. A previous version of this email had the wrong location and date for this exciting event.Please see the corrected version below, and join us at the home of Jamey Delaplane and Mark …
  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA PAC · [email protected]
July 30, 2024 at 11:01 PM

Announcing our PA House endorsees ✨

Open to see the list of gun safety champions we’re endorsing this fall. Fellow Advocate,I’m coming to you with the biggest news of the summer (no, seriously). Our list of Pennsylvania House endorsees is here and hot off the presses! We’ve endorsed a full roster of eighty-one candidates running for P…
  Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA PAC · [email protected]
July 29, 2024 at 11:31 PM

Challenge accepted?

Help us unlock a $15,000 donation.   Since I last reached out, I received some truly excellent news:  generous donors have challenged us to raise $185,000 toward our $200,000 goal of flipping (at least) two PA House seats to gun safety champions, and promised to chip in the remaining $15,000 if we …
  Becky Wainwright, CeaseFirePA PAC · [email protected]
July 26, 2024 at 6:15 PM

You’re invited

Join us for a fundraiser to elect gun safety champions.  Hi Fellow Advocate,  You probably got an email from Adam this week explaining the importance of our PAC strategy this fall. But, ICYMI, here’s the short version: we plan on investing $100,000 in at least two flippable PA House districts ahead …