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Preventing Gun Violence

League of Women Voters

Submitted by HIGHLAND PARK-HIGHWOOD in November 2022.

Event Date: 
12/01/2022 - 7:30pm

Preventing Gun Violence is not partisan.  How do we turn our heartbreak and anger into effective action and change the dynamic?

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Gun Violence in Massachusetts

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Submitted by Westwood/ Walpole/ Dedham in September 2022.

Event Date: 
10/03/2022 - 7:00pm
Event location: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81113616201

What is happening regarding gun violence in Massachusetts? Join the League of Women Voters of Westwood Walpole & Dedham to discuss this issue with Executive Director, Ruth Zacharin, of the MA Coalition against Gun Violence on Monday, 10/3 at 7 PM on Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81113616201
Ruth spent over 20 years working with youth and adults impacted by domestic and sexual violence before becoming the inaugural Executive Director of the Coalition in May of 2019. Ruth has her MSW from the University of Pennsylvania and is also trained as a community organizer. She is particularly interested in creating models of trauma informed advocacy and policy making.

Nearly 250 people die from gun violence each year in MA, and many more are injured. Suicide is the leading cause of gun death in our country.

For more information regarding this program or information regarding the League of Women Voters, contact LWVWWD [at] gmail.com, Membership in the LWV is open to all men and women 16 years and older. You can join our chapter here https://my.lwv.org/massachusetts/westwood-walpole-dedham/join
Democracy is not a spectator sport!

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Reducing the Plague of Gun Violence Here, There, Everywhere

League of Women Voters

Submitted by HIGHLAND PARK-HIGHWOOD in September 2022.

Event Date: 
09/13/2022 - 7:00pm

Gun violence and violence in general takes a huge toll every year; not only in lives lost and altered but in the trauma that lives on.

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PREVENTING GUN VIOLENCE THROUGH A COMMUNITY OF CARE

Preventing Gun Violence Through a Community of Care

Submitted by Downers Grove-Woodridge-Lisle in July 2022.

Event Date: 
09/22/2022 - 7:00pm
Event location: 

Hadley Junior High Library

Preventing Gun Violence Through  A Community of Care was presented at a community meeting co-sponsored by The League of Women Voters for Downers Grove / Lisle / Woodridge  and League of Women Voters Glen Ellyn.  The program was Thursday, Septemb
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