Wake Up. Kick Ass. Repeat!
Gun Violence affects all of us every day, directly and indirectly. By becoming involved with WAGV, you can support the fight to end gun violence and help make our communities safer and healthier.
Join Us
If you can spare a few minutes a week from the comfort of your own home, making a phone call, writing an email or simply sharing information through social media, WE NEED YOU! Become a member of WAGV and we will notify you about upcoming events, what’s happening with gun legislation, and simple things you can do to help reduce gun violence.
Learn, Take Action, Commit
Learn
Learn the Facts
The gun lobby has been busy spreading fear and lies about gun violence and its cause. Be prepared to debunk the lies.
Learn The Laws In Your State
Gun laws are different in every state. The Giffords Law Center To Prevent Gun Violence has current and easy-to-understand information on all of the states’ gun laws. Learn more
Learn about Congress and the NRA
Find out where your Congress members stand with the NRA by texting NRA to 50409 and then follow the instructions you receive by reply text.
Take Action
Act
Get involved in your state by joining a gun violence prevention organization, where you can attend local events and be involved in changing gun laws at the state level. In California, join US! Not in California? Check out States United To Prevent Gun Violence’ list of state affiliated gun violence prevention organizations ».
Vote
The first and most powerful thing you can do to end gun violence is to VOTE, and to encourage all your family and friends to do the same. Bad politicians are elected by good citizens who don’t show up to vote. Register to Vote!
Write Letters To The Editor
You can help shape media coverage and public opinion and play a critical role in gun violence prevention by writing Letters To The Editor! Check out our letter-writing pointers
Talk
Keep the conversation going: Talk to your friends, family and neighbors about safe gun storage.
Contact us to bring the TALK Project to your school, faith group, hospital, or other organization.
Learn more about our TALK Project
Divest
Commit to divesting your banking, shopping, and retirement funds from gun manufacturing companies and gun sellers. Check out our website divestforourlives.org
Post to Social Media
Social media is the political arena of our times, and is the best way to get a message out to a large group of people instantaneously. By simply sharing our messages and updates through social media, you can begin to affect change. Make sure you are following us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.
Commit
Call
Commit to calling, writing, emailing or tweeting Congress every week.
Volunteer
Commit to volunteering at events. Help pass out information at a Farmers Market or other community events.
Think … Before You Speak
Words matter. Commit to changing your language. The language of gun violence is pervasive in our culture. But it doesn’t need to be that way.
Learn more
Tools That Make It Easy
Democracy.io — This site lets you send personalized messages to your two Senators and Representative through a single website. You can submit one message to all — not three different messages on three different forms on three different websites.
TownHallProject.com — To find out when and where your representative is holding a town hall — where you can show up and speak out to your legislator.
5calls.org — To find your representatives, their phone numbers, multiple issues and scripts you can use – this site makes it easy. You can also sign up with 5calls and they will send you weekly notices with issues that may interest you and calls to action that are time-sensitive.