WoMen Against Gun Violence was founded 30 years ago and, since that time, the men and women of WoMen Against Gun Violence have worked tirelessly and fearlessly to prevent gun violence in our communities, state, and nation through both impactful legislation like background checks for all gun and ammunition sales and through our cutting edge programs on safe gun storage, on voting, and on divestment.
Our work has been and continues to be a model for communities across the United States.
WE BELIEVE
Our TALK Project puts safe gun storage information and gun locks in the hands of parents and caretakers because when guns are properly locked up they can’t be used for suicides, school shootings, and unintentional shootings.
Our educational summits and salons bring together experts and community members across specialties and interests to come up with innovative solutions to prevent gun violence. WAGV’s Speakers Bureau is a substantive component of its other successful programs, often providing the “heart” of gun violence.
For real and lasting change, we must all vote. Women Against Gun Violence works with the League of Women Voters to train registrars and then registers young, first-time voters at school, at shopping malls, at rallies, at concerts – wherever potential voters can be found.
Women Against Gun Violence supports divestment of holdings in gun manufacturing and retailing and the boycott of companies who support the NRA. If we work together to withhold our money, we can have the same impact activists had on holding the tobacco companies accountable. We believe investing in the gun industry and supporting companies that support the NRA is a losing proposition – both morally and financially.
We believe that strong impactful legislation is necessary to prevent gun violence because the data show that states with strong gun violence prevention laws have lower rates of deaths associated with gun violence.