Gun Safety

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[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Tamir Rice, a 12 year old boy, looks at the camera with a smile.]

May 6, 2019

A reckless killer of children should not carry a badge. Yet, that’s exactly what Cleveland’s police union is trying to do — get Timothy Loehmann, who shot to death 12-year-old Tamir Rice while he was playing in a park , back on the Cleveland police force. The very idea makes me both sick to my...

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Gloria Pan

Family Economic Security Gun Safety Immigration Realistic & Fair Wages

May 3, 2019

Happy Friday and Happy Spring! We're back with this week's list of top #5Actions, featuring ways to speak out for affordable and high-quality childcare and equal pay, and against police brutality and family incarceration. Mother's Day is also coming up, and we're sharing an easy way to fuel our...

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Karen Showalter

Gun Safety Immigration Realistic & Fair Wages

April 26, 2019

Happy Friday and Happy Spring. This is a busy time of year, full of school breaks, holidays and the warm momentum that is spring-turning-slowly-to-summer. It's a busy time in Washington, too, with many of our top issues hurtling forward, or at the center of heated debate. So now is not a time to...

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Karen Showalter

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Gun Safety Politics & Policy

April 8, 2019

Cold-hearted. That’s one of the only polite words I can come up with to describe how the gun lobby and their allies in Congress have stonewalled every effort to reduce our country’s gun violence epidemic. But now there’s new legislation that would prevent school shootings and suicides — and people...

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Gloria Pan

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Gun Safety Immigration Realistic & Fair Wages

April 5, 2019

Happy Friday! Hot off the presses: Our latest list of top actions from the past week on everything from diapers to gun safety. We urgently need your support. Please scroll through and make sure you've added your voice to all. Then be sure to share with friends and family, too. Thank you! => 1...

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Karen Showalter

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Gun Safety Paid Family Leave Realistic & Fair Wages

March 29, 2019

We're back with this week's list of top actions, ready for you to sign and share. This is a busy time for lawmakers, as new bills and budgets are being proposed and voted on at the federal and state levels. We must remain vigilant and speak out about the proposals that help families and our economy...

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Karen Showalter

Gun Safety

March 29, 2019

On March 15, a terrorist carrying two semi-automatic weapons and three rifles attacked worshipers at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 50 men, women, and children—some of them refugees who had fled war zones seeking safety. In the hours that followed nearly 70,000 New Zealanders...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Gun Safety

March 28, 2019

Just hours after more than 100 people in Christchurch were injured or killed in a brutal anti-Muslim hate crime, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that New Zealand's gun laws would be changed. Six days later, New Zealand banned military-style semi-automatic assault weapons and high capacity...

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Gloria Pan

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Gun Safety Maternal Justice Paid Sick Days

March 23, 2019

Happy Saturday! We're sharing our latest list of top actions from the past week for your social justice-seeking pleasure. This week we're talking about gun safety, tax reform, maternal justice, and more! As always your voice is powerful and urgently needed. Please take a moment to sign and share...

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Karen Showalter

Gun Safety Maternal Justice MomsRising

March 18, 2019

MomsRising joined organizers and leaders from across the state like Citizen Action of the Capital Region, Urban Justice Center, Prison Justice Network and JustLeadership. These coalition leaders have been gathering since the new year at the Albany State Capitol to advocate against the harsh...

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