← ProJo My Turn: Elizabeth Abbott: RI Should Defy the Gun Lobby Week 2: Students Not Targets Rally → Students from Around Rhode Island Protest at the State House With the 2018 session winding down and no action on The Safe Schools Act, students demonstrated...
Letter to the Editor of the Providence Journal Find Contact Info for Your Favorite Local Newspaper My Turn: Elizabeth Abbott R.I. Should Defy the Gun Lobby Posted April 23, 2018 Last month, impressive youth from all over this country brought their pleas for safety to...
RICAGV Press Release National Gun Violence Prevention Awareness Day FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Saturday, June 2, 2018 CONTACT: Kat Kerwin, Director of Communications Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence on National Gun Violence Prevention Awareness Day Providence,...
What a busy first week! Over the past 7 days I’ve gone to a bill signing with the Governor, canvassed in Speaker Mattiello’s District, been helping the students of RI organize an action coming up soon, and so much more in-between. Transitioning from working as a...
← Great Turnout for Lobby Day Week 1: Youth Engagement Campaign → A year-long investigation involving more than 150 state, federal and local law enforcement officers lead to the arrests of 49 people in May 2018, including a gang member who was stopped en...
← Bishop Tobin Writes in Support of RI Coalition Against Gun Violence Efforts for Common Sense Gun Control 49 Motorcycle Gang Members Arrest in Pre-Dawn Drug Bust → Supporters of common-sense gun safety reforms showed up by the dozens late Tuesday afternoon...
RICAGV Press Release Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence Wins Support of Bishop, Mayors and Professionals FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 22, 2018 CONTACT: Kat Kerwin, Director of Communications Providence, Rhode Island May 22, 2018 – The Rhode Island Coalition...
RICAGV Press Release The Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence Condemns the Rhode Island Democratic Party’s Exclusion on Gun Safety FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 9, 2018 CONTACT: Kat Kerwin, Director of Communications Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun...
An 18-year-old former student at Fair Haven Union High School was charged with 4 felonies after police were alerted by his mother that he had bought a gun. A friend also contact the police because he was talking admiringly about the Parkland shooting, and hinted at...