Warren jewelry designer LeeAnn Herreid of Individual Icons is winner of the DANGRR: A Design Competition, a collaboration between R.I. artist Boris Bally and The Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence. Ms. Herreid’s iconic designs embodied both wit and...
RICAGV Press Release Celebrating Activism at Annual Thank You Party FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 26, 2018 CONTACT: Kat Kerwin, Director of Communications Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Celebrates Activism at Annual Thank You Party Providence, Rhode Island July 26,...
RICAGV Press Release RICAGV Unveils Their Youth Empowerment Strategy FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 12, 2018 CONTACT: Kat Kerwin, Director of Communications Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence Unveils Their Youth Empowerment Strategy Providence, Rhode Island July...
My name is Jenna Carmichael. I am interning with the Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence this summer before returning to my senior year of high school. As a young woman interested in issue advocacy work and organizing, I was inspired by this week’s primary...
2018 Session Recap: Big Gains for Common-Sense Gun Safety Reform Amazing Organizational Growth and Grassroots Activism Across the State This legislative session was very busy, with over 2,348 bills introduced in the House and Senate. And yet, in spite of the demands...
RICAGV Press Release Statement on the End of the 2018 Legislative Session FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 22, 2018 CONTACT: Kat Kerwin, Director of Communications Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence Statement on the End of the 2018 Legislative Session Providence,...
← RICAGV Statement on HB 8119 - Legalizing Civilian Ownership of Stun Guns (Tazers) Statement on the End of the 2018 Legislative Session → Thanks so much to the 20 RICAGV supporters who hit the House chamber for one more lobbying session last night. It was a...
RICAGV Press Release ← Week 2: Students Not Targets Rally Final Lobby Day of 2018 a Huge Success → Statement on HB 8119 – Legalizing Civilian Ownership of Stun Guns (Tazers) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 19, 2018 CONTACT: Kat Kerwin, Director of...
On June 13th the Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence Youth led and performed a protest in the Rhode Island General Assembly gallery. The protest was wildly successful with 100 student participants flooding the gallery with shirts with targets on their backs....