FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 20, 2021 CONTACT: Peter Bilderback, RICAGV Board Vice-Chair, wpbilderback@gmail.com Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence Statement on the Rittenhouse Verdict Providence, RI, November 20, 2021 – Yesterday we learned that...
Students at Coventry High School endured a 4-hour lockdown when multiple threats of a student having a gun was reported on Monday, November 15, 2021. No weapon was found in a search that day of the entire school, everyone in it, and all their belongings. In a news...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, October 27, 2021CONTACT: Sydney Montstream-Quas, RICAGV Board Chairsydney@ricagv.org Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence Welcomes Three New Board Members October 25, 2021 The Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence is...
A shooting threat directed at Gilbert Stuart Middle School was reported by two individuals who said their children had shown them a disturbring message on their phone: “According to police, the message from an unknown phone said the following, “I hate Ms. Onye...
Rhode Island I.M.A.G.I.N.E.s Peace: A Metals Exhibition October 7-29, 2021 Pre-Registration is required for entry and must be done at least 1 hour prior to arrival – all tickets are FREE! Pre-Register Online Now Named after John Lennon’s song “Imagine,” Rhode...
RICAGV Commissions Artist Gem Barros In the summer of 2021 the Board asked Gem to create a piece of art that would memorialize the pain of gun violence not only as a parent who lost her daughter, but also as a Rhode Islander during a dramatic surge in gun deaths and...
Six people were killed or injured in two seperate incidents in Warren and Providence in less than a week. This brings the total of non-suicide gun deaths in Rhode Island to twenty-seven, just shy of the 2020 total of twenty-eight. 15 RI Municipalities with Gun...
20 Non-Suicide Gun Deaths Statewide In a 2021 vs 2020 comparison of January through August, non-suicide gun deaths almost doubled (see chart below). Gun injuries across the state have increased even more in this same time frame. From a statistical standpoint, this is...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, August 20, 2021 CONTACT:Linda Finn, Executive Director(401) 258-6851 ~ linda@ricagv.org Sydney Montstream-Quas, Board Chair(401) 636-0579 ~ sydney@ricagv.org The Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence was formed in 2013 as a...
RICAGV Responds to Tragic Mass Shooting at Brown UniversityDecember 14, 2025
