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![Moms Demand Action volunteer Claire Hein Blanton poses for a photo next to her husband. They are both masked and wearing red Moms Demand Action t-shirts.](https://www.everytown.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image_50416385-640x360.jpg)
Claire Hein Blanton: Governor Abbott has continued to fail Texans. He has continued to fail our children.
![Neha Bengalore poses for a photo standing and wearing a red Students Demand Action t-shirt](https://www.everytown.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Tampa-Interviews-22-e1663947652622-640x360.jpeg)
Self care helps you get in touch with yourself after challenging times
![Selina Saenz posing for a photo with another Moms Demand Action volunteer in front of a Moms Demand Action banner](https://www.everytown.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/451A7382-3929-4358-8A10-ACAF0C07906D-Elise-Zimmerman-640x360.jpg)
Empoderar las voces latinas ayudará al movimiento de prevención de la violencia con armas de fuego
![Lined up white bricks with memorial objects on display at the Gun Violence Memorial Project](https://www.everytown.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Everytown_020921_Photo_GV-Memorial_Building-Museum_47-scaled-1-640x360.jpeg)
Gun Violence Memorial Project: Objects to remember those taken by gun violence
![Selina Saenz posing for a photo with another Moms Demand Action volunteer in front of a Moms Demand Action banner](https://www.everytown.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/451A7382-3929-4358-8A10-ACAF0C07906D-Elise-Zimmerman-640x360.jpg)
Empowering Latinx voices will help the gun violence prevention movement
In Iowa, Gun Safety is on the Ballot This November
Public Measure #1 would force Iowa courts to evaluate firearm-related laws, jeopardizing basic, common-sense public safety laws in Iowa.
2022 State Victories for Gun Safety
Throughout the 2022 session, state lawmakers and governors enacted at least 51 gun safety laws and blocked 95% of the gun lobby’s agenda.
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How Everytown’s Community Safety Fund Grantees Prevent Gun Violence
![Flynn Williams and three other Students Demand Action volunteers smile for a photo together](https://www.everytown.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/flynn-williams-pride-month-blog-2-1920x1080-1-640x360.jpeg)
Finding your identity does not define your worth
![Andrea Jenkins, Minneapolis City Council President, smiles while seated on a bench](https://www.everytown.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/andrea-jenkins-scaled-e1648829236911-640x360.jpg)
Minneapolis Council President Andrea Jenkins: I see you, I feel you, and I am here for you
![Marita Etcubañez of Asian Americans Advancing Justice speaks at a podium at an event](https://www.everytown.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Circle-Photo-Marita-at-Immigration-report-launch-640x360.jpg)
I am touched by the bravery of all the people who stand firm that “hate has no place here”
![Joanna Cifredo, a human rights activist, smiles while leaning on a pole that has a poster with a rainbow pride flag on it](https://www.everytown.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Equidadya-e1648652974559-640x360.jpg)
There are allies and then there is community: Be community
![Ta'Kirah Jeffries selfie](https://www.everytown.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/52bc4ead-e1644591723863-640x360.jpeg)
The best way to deal with and overcome trauma is to openly acknowledge its presence
![Crystal Turner with images of her two children who were murdered, Donell and Jenea](https://www.everytown.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_3785-640x360.jpeg)
Crystal Turner: ‘Not only am I here for you, I’m right beside you in this fight’
![Vincent Perez and Shane Columbo smile together](https://www.everytown.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_0012-4-640x360.jpg)
Vincent Perez: Sharing your story is the way we bring community about us
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Find the Perfect Holiday Gift for the Gun Violence Prevention Advocate in Your Life
Remembering the 48 transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people killed so far in 2021
2021 is the deadliest year on record for transgender people in the United States. On Transgender Day of Remembrance, November 20, we honor the transgender,…
Veterans Day, Memorial Day, and where my son fits in.
It’s a decision I struggle with every year. Should I celebrate my son X’avier, who served in the Army National Guard on Veterans Day? Or…
![Irene on the left stands with her sister Janie, who was killed at the age of 30.](https://www.everytown.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/image-4-e1634250156549-640x360.png)
I have never been a victim of domestic violence, but I am a survivor of it.
![A group of about 15 people march while wearing purple shirts and while holding Mujeres Latinas en Accion signs.](https://www.everytown.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/DSC_5165-640x360.jpg)
Empowering Latina domestic violence survivors to become leaders in our community
![Doreen Marshall from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention smiles in her headshot](https://www.everytown.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Doreen-Marshall-640x360.jpg)
It’s time to deepen the conversation about mental health and suicide
![James smiles while wearing his Everytown Survivor Network shirt. Behind him is a sign that reads We Can End Gun Violence.](https://www.everytown.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/WIN_20210814_15_46_24_Pro-640x360.jpg)
After losing my father to gun suicide, the Everytown Survivor Network helped me realize that I’m a survivor, too.
![Jeannie She speaks at the podium at the Road Trip for Background Checks event at the Capitol](https://www.everytown.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/1324_Lynch-640x360.jpg)
AAPI Students Demand Action volunteers reflect on the hate-fueled Atlanta, Georgia mass shooting
![Volunteer leader Ade stands outdoors](https://www.everytown.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/F3FB8255-00EF-49E0-8031-1AE3D7EC1087-e1633354905788-640x360.jpeg)