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Blog Carnival Gathers Diverse Voices Against Gun Violence

June 14, 2013
Gun Control

Lisa Lederer, 202-371-1996

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Thousands of Americans have died from gun violence this year alone, and still there has been no action from Congress on passing what the majority of Americans support – universal background checks to save lives and make our communities safer.  
 
As part of the ongoing effort to push for passage of gun violence prevention legislation, Momsrising.org, the online and on-the-ground grassroots organization for moms and everyone who has a mom, worked with PICONetwork, UltraViolet, Children's Defense Fund and the National Network to End Domestic Violence to organize a blog carnival that features blog posts from moms, dads and others around the country who want to end gun violence. Entitled Sorrow, Anger, ACTION! - A Gathering of Voices Against Gun Violence, this social media project complements the memorial activities of the Newtown Action Alliance on the occasion of the half-year anniversary of the shooting tragedy that devastated their community. Sorrow, Anger, ACTION! is live now at:
 
 
The blog carnival coincides with Newtown vigil activities that advocates for gun safety will today in their home communities to commemorate the six-month anniversary of the tragic shooting.
 
In the days leading up to the June 14 half-year anniversary of Newtown,  members of the Newtown Action Alliance hand-delivered letters to key legislators in the Senate and in the House of Representatives. The letters appealed to lawmakers to revisit S. 649, the Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013 and to support the Manchin-Toomey Amendment No. 715, which protects Second Amendment rights, ensures the effectiveness of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provides a responsible and consistent background check process. Accompanying the letters were lists of Americans who have been killed since December 14, 2012.
 
At noon on June 13, the Newtown Action Alliance, Momsrising.org and other concerned citizens met on the Capitol steps to form a Human Ribbon of Remembrance in memory of the 26 children and educators we lost six months ago as well as the many other Americans we’ve lost to senseless acts of gun violence prior to and since that tragic day.
 

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.