Press Releases
The IVYY Project at Grady Awarded $100,000 Grant from the Everytown Community Safety Fund to Sustain Critical Gun Violence Prevention Work in Atlanta
Everytown Will Also Provide Strategic Support Including Peer Convening, Capacity-Building Training, Data and Research Access and Support from Everytown’s Volunteer Networks ATLANTA — Today,…
Hand in Hand Hospital Violence Intervention Program Awarded $100,000 Grant from the Everytown Community Safety Fund to Sustain Critical Gun Violence Prevention Work in Newport News
Everytown Will Also Provide Strategic Support Including Peer Convening, Capacity-Building Training, Data and Research Access and Support from Everytown’s Volunteer Networks NEWPORT NEWS,…
Selma Center for Nonviolence, Truth, and Reconciliation Awarded $100,000 Grant from The Everytown Community Safety Fund to Sustain Critical Gun Violence Prevention Work in Selma
Everytown Will Also Provide Strategic Support Including Peer Convening, Capacity-Building Training, Data & Research Access and Support from Everytown’s Volunteer Networks Selma, Ala. —…
Louis D. Brown Peace Institute Awarded $100,000 Grant from the Everytown Community Safety Fund to Sustain Critical Gun Violence Prevention Work in Boston
Everytown Will Also Provide Strategic Support Including Peer Convening, Capacity-Building Training, Data and Research Access and Support from Everytown’s Volunteer Networks BOSTON — Today,…
Shaphat Outreach Awarded $100,000 Grant from the Everytown Community Safety Fund to Sustain Critical Gun Violence Prevention Work in San Diego
Everytown Will Also Provide Strategic Support Including Peer Convening, Capacity-Building Training, Data and Research Access and Support from Everytown’s Volunteer Networks SAN DIEGO —…
A Better Way, Inc. Awarded $100,000 Grant from the Everytown Community Safety Fund to Sustain Critical Gun Violence Prevention Work in Trenton
Everytown Will Also Provide Strategic Support Including Peer Convening, Capacity-Building Training, Data and Research Access and Support from Everytown’s Volunteer Networks TRENTON, N.J. —…
Baton Rouge Community Street Team Awarded $100,000 Grant from the Everytown Community Safety Fund to Sustain Critical Gun Violence Prevention Work in Baton Rouge
Everytown Will Also Provide Strategic Support Including Peer Convening, Capacity-Building Training, Data and Research Access and Support from Everytown’s Volunteer Networks BATON ROUGE,…
The Center for Structural Equity Awarded $100,000 Grant from the Everytown Community Safety Fund to Sustain Critical Gun Violence Prevention Work in Wilmington
Everytown Will Also Provide Strategic Support Including Peer Convening, Capacity-Building Training, Data and Research Access and Support from Everytown’s Volunteer Networks WILMINGTON, Del. —…
Everytown for Gun Safety Applauds Reintroduction of the Disarm Hate Act
WASHINGTON – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety released the following statements applauding Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16), and Rep. Maxwell Frost…
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL UNDERGOES SECOND ACTIVE SHOOTER LOCKDOWN IN TWO WEEKS; STUDENTS DEMAND ACTION AND MOMS DEMAND ACTION RESPOND
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The North Carolina chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots…
EVERYTOWN COMMUNITY SAFETY FUND AWARDS $2.35 MILLION TO 35 COMMUNITY-BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP SUSTAIN CRITICAL GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION WORK NATIONWIDE, SURPASSING $10 MILLION TO 117 ORGANIZATIONS IN 67 CITIES SINCE 2019
Everytown Awards $1.5 Million in New Grants to 15 Community Violence Intervention Organizations; $600,000 in Sustainer Grants to 15 Existing Grantees; $250,000 in a…
Members of Congress Highlight Gun Safety Policies During Gun Violence Prevention Week of Action
WASHINGTON — This week, as part of the Gun Violence Prevention Week of Action, members of Congress participated in in-district events across the country…
Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Giffords, Brady Applaud Michigan Lawmakers for Introducing Legislation To Keep Gun Out of the Hands of Domestic Abusers, Call on Them to Pass With Urgency
LANSING, Mich. – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action, GIFFORDS, and Brady, released the following statements applauding the Michigan lawmakers for introducing…
ATF’s Proposed Rule to Close Online and Gun Show Loophole: What You Need to Know
Last week, the Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) turned President Biden’s clear, strong executive action on…
Following Recent Gun Violence, Massachusetts Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers Urge Lawmakers to Take Action on Gun Safety as Lawmakers Return to Beacon Hill
BOSTON – The Massachusetts chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, issued the…
Fatal Police Shooting of 21-Year-Old Pregnant Black Woman, Ta’Kiya Young, Once Again Highlights Need to Take Action on Gun Violence By Police
Today, Ohio authorities released official bodycam footage showing 21-year-old Ta’Kiya Young being shot and killed by Ohio police officers on August 24. In…
As Suicide Prevention Awareness Month Begins, Gun Safety Advocates Continue Fight To End Preventable Public Health Crisis of Gun Suicide
Resources for Journalists on Responsibly Covering Gun Suicide are Available Here As September begins and marks the start of Suicide Prevention Awareness…
WHAT’S AT STAKE TODAY: Senate Appropriations Committee Considers the Gun Violence Prevention and School Safety Act
Today, lawmakers in the Senate Appropriations Committee will consider The Gun Violence Prevention and School Safety Act (AB 28). The measure, introduced by…
Everytown, Moms Demand Action Applaud ATF’s Proposed Rule Closing Gun Seller Loophole
Following March Executive Action from Biden-Harris Administration, ATF Proposed Rule Moves United States Closer to Universal Background Checks WASHINGTON — Today, the Department…
Gun Violence Prevention Groups Condemn Tennessee Legislature for Failing to Pass Meaningful Gun Safety Legislation
Washington DC — Gun violence prevention organizations Everytown for Gun Safety, Brady, GIFFORDS, and March for Our Lives condemned the Republican-led Tennessee legislature for…
Everytown Law and University of Memphis School of Law Announce First-of-its-Kind Law School Clinical Partnership to Provide Legal Assistance to Pediatric Victims of Gun Violence
MEMPHIS – Today, Everytown Law, the largest and most experienced team of litigators in the U.S. working full-time on advancing gun violence prevention in…
Tennessee Special Session Ends: Legislature Rejects Efforts to Arm Teachers and Put More Guns in Schools but Fails to Take Significant Action on Gun Safety Following the Mass Shooting at the Covenant School and Months of Advocacy
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, released…
Gunfire Rings Out at Multiple High School Sporting Events Over the Weekend, Killing One Student and Traumatizing Countless Communities
In a Shooting Yesterday at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Faculty Member was Also Shot And Killed During The Second…
SHOOTER AT UNC CHAPEL HILL GRADUATE SCHOOL KILLS ONE FACULTY MEMBER, NORTH CAROLINA MOMS DEMAND ACTION AND STUDENTS DEMAND ACTION RESPOND
Chapel Hill, N.C. – The North Carolina chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots…