Valentine’s Not Gun Violence Rally Students and Faith Leaders Spoke Eloquently About Preventing Gun Violence As a remembrance of the victims of the Parkland, FL school shooting, three groups of amazing and dedicated student groups organized the...
Standing Up to the Bullies at the State House What an amazing show of courage and patience that our speakers and supporters displayed at the Safe Schools Act Rally last Tuesday, June 11, 2019! We would like to send a giant thank you to featured speakers who had to...
Art, Advocacy, EmpowermentSaturday, April 20th, 1 to 4pm“One Gun Gone and the Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence are natural partners with a shared mission of making our cities and our state safer for youth from the threat of gun violence,” said RICAGV...
← Buy a Gun Barrel Necklace Thanks for Signing! → Will You Make Gun Safety Reform a Priority in 2019? On February 14, 2018, 17 students and teachers were shot to death at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL; 17 others were shot but survived....
← Motorcyclist Shot in Providence William Degnan for House District 39 → R.I. Students Use Video to Change the Narrative on Gun Violence Prevention Amelia Lopez and Pedro Moya, members of Young Voices, have created four impressive and timely videos to raise...
RICAGV Press Release Youth Power Rally Empowers Student Activists to Organize and Vote FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, August 14, 2018 CONTACT: Kat Kerwin, Director of Communications Providence, Rhode Island August 14, 2018 Youth activists representing Young Voices,...
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...
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....