We’re excited today to announce the relaunch of our partner GPEC/ICHV as One Aim Illinois! One Aim is a statewide organization with one goal: ending gun violence in Illinois. The organization is led by survivors, community organizations, and people across the state and informed by evidence-based policy to reduce gun violence and save lives. Check...Read More
Chicago is in the middle of a gun violence epidemic. Since the start of summer 2020, about 6,000 people have been shot, 1,000 of them fatally. The numbers are so large and the grief so incomprehensible it can be easy to feel hopeless, or resort to cynicism. For those lucky enough to live in areas...Read More
G-PAC Brings Gun Violence Prevention Advocates And Gun Owners Together To Enact Major Gun Violence Prevention Legislation SPRINGFIELD — Gun Violence Prevention PAC (G-PAC) Illinois today made major strides toward reducing gun violence, capitalizing on a multi-year advocacy campaign to deliver a major piece of gun violence prevention legislation that Governor JB Pritzker signed into...Read More
Directions for Filing a Witness Slip: 1.) Click on the link provided in the email or online. 2.) Fill out the Identification section with your information. For the Firm/business or agency and Title fields, write “self” unless you are authorized by a company or business to use their name on the witness slip. 3.) The...Read More
Abbey Parks who lost her husband Clay in the Aurora Henry Pratt Co. mass shooting urges Springfield to take action on the bill. Tre Bosley who is a survivor, student, and advocate discusses losing his brother Terrell to gun violence and gun violence as a racial equity issue. Read More
COLUMN: Summer Is Coming, Illegal Guns Are Spiking — Why Are Lawmakers Waiting? By Kathleen Sances – President, Gun Violence Prevention PAC Illinois – May 12th, 2011 We see it every summer in Chicago. The weather gets warm, we spend more time outdoors, and gun violence spikes. Even last summer, during a stay-at-home order. In...Read More
House Resolution 166: Supports policies that are based in equity to keep Illinois women and children safe from gun violence and will lead to healthier communities. Below are the instructions for how to file a witness slip and link to file one: 1) Fill out the Identification section with your information. For the Firm/business or...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, April 22, 2021 CONTACT: Jake Strassberger, Press@GPACIllinois.com, 312 982 3744 BIO Bill Passes Out Of House Committee, Picks Up Momentum SPRINGFIELD – Today the Block Illegal Ownership and Fix The FOID (BIO) Bill passed out of the House Judiciary Committee, picking up critical momentum as advocates across Illinois push for its...Read More
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