It’s Thanksgiving and We Are Grateful for YOU! We know practicing gratitude is strongly and consistently associated with greater happiness. It helps people feel more positive emotions, relish good experiences, improve their health, deal with adversity and build...
Thank you for joining our Annual Celebration! We are grateful to our supporters who attended our celebration at Save the Bay on October 17. A special shout out to volunteers Stan Dimock, Lynne Turnbull, Jim Worthington, Ramsey Davis and Lynn Hughes. Partners in...
A new study maps the lasting effects of gun violence on children and teens who survive their injuries By: Theresa Gaffney StatNews.com. Published Nov. 6th, 2023 Empty chairs displaying the names of students killed during school shootings are shown during a September...
The Era of Progress on Gun Mortality: State Gun Regulations and Gun Deaths from 1991 to 2016 By: Patrick Sharkey, Megan Kang National Library of Science. Published November 1 st, 2023. Abstract Background: The recent rise of gun violence may lead to the perception...
RICAGV Board member Diana Garlington, special guest at the White House for the President’s announcement of the first federal Office of Gun Violence Prevention. On Friday, September 15, I received an invitation from the Social Secretary in the White House...
Welcome Melissa Carden, RICAGV’s New Executive Director The RICAGV Board of Directors is thrilled to announce the hiring of Melissa Carden as our new Executive Director. A Pawtucket native and graduate of Villanova University, Melissa is a highly skilled...
Court strikes down challenge to RI’s concealed carry permit laws By: Jack Perry The Providence Journal. Published June 27th, 2023 AG Neronha says his office successfully defended constitutional challenge to RI concealed-carry permit laws. A constitutional...
What’s Next? The General Assembly recessed for the year without voting on any gun legislation. We’re extremely disappointed and frustrated, especially with the House leadership, all of whom RICAGV endorsed during the 2022 election cycle. This is not ok and we...
Gun Violence Awareness Day is on June 1, 2023. This is also known as the Wear Orange Day, and was founded to honor survivors and victims of gun violence. It originally began on June 2, 2015, on what would have been the 18th birthday of Hadiya Pendleton. Pendleton was...