Truthiness is “What I say is right, and [nothing] anyone else says could possibly be true.”
It’s not only that I feel it to be true, but that I feel it to be true.
There’s not only an emotional quality, but there’s a selfish quality.
— Stephen Colbert, quoted in The A. V. Club, 25 Jan. 2006
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“We don’t get to choose what is true. We only get to choose what we do about it.”
― Kami Garcia, Beautiful Darkness
Dear Fellow Activists,
A lot has happened since I shared my thoughts on communal responsibility and gun owners and that was just two weeks ago! Now I’m thinking about language. Who gets to choose labels? Who gets to choose the meaning of those labels and what does it mean to really be “Pro-Life.” I’m sure many of you are thinking about all of this too.
“The world howls for social justice, but when it comes to social responsibility,
you sometimes can’t even hear crickets chirping.”
~ Dean Koontz
Dear Fellow Activists,
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about communal responsibility, specifically who is held accountable for all the actions of all others in their group or community — and who is not. As a minority, there have been many times when a terrible wrong doing is reported and I silently pray that the perpetrator is not a member of my group. People of color and of religious minorities in this country know exactly what I’m talking about.
But what of gun owners? Why do they get to escape communal responsibility? When there is a mass murder or a report comes out announcing that […]
| “We may think we live in a digital age. But there are some things technology will never replace.” — Katie Hopkins |
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November 2019
Women Against Gun Violence (WAGV) is one of the oldest grassroots gun violence prevention nonprofits in the country. We’ve been around for over 25 years and we know what it takes to get things done — networking, coalition building, and perseverance. Our Board of Directors and constituents represent many different communities and many points of view but we all agree that to make our communities safe we must do more than react to gun violence, we must prevent it.
Please donate to make our work possible. We promise to be good stewards of your gift and are proud that almost 90% of all money we receive goes to support our programs.
This is just some of what we accomplished this year. […]
Dear Fellow Activists,
In 2016 Women Against Gun Violence (WAGV) coordinated and hosted Los Angeles City’s first Firearms and Suicide Prevention Summit. We brought together experts and activists from many disciplines to come up with innovative strategies to reduce the number of suicides by gun. Inspired by our Summit, Los Angeles City passed an ordinance requiring all gun stores and ranges to post suicide prevention information. Just last month, the City of Culver City also passed a similar ordinance and now, a new California law requiring gun dealer signage showing the suicide prevention hotline number will go into effect statewide in 2020!
Think globally act locally.
It may be hard to accept but it is […]
The concept that a person’s perception and how they ‘feel’ about things supersedes fact.
— coined by Stephen Colbert
Dear Fellow Activists,
Many of you are feeling discouraged. Many of you are asking us What Can Be Done? What Can I Do?
First, let me assure you that even small acts can be significant. You don’t have to do something big, something flashy, or something considered “newsworthy.” You don’t have to carry a sign or wear a t-shirt.
You can make a phone call, have a conversation with a neighbor, call your legislator … but always know the facts! One of the most important things you can do to help prevent gun violence is to know and […]
Gun manufacturers have found a way around Facebook and Instagram’s ban on advertising guns; they simply pay Instagram influencers to do their dirty work for them, and by influencers, we mean women. Women who pose in skimpy, tight clothing and even in thong underwear, holding big guns. And they get thousands of dollars for doing it.
We’d like to introduce you to some other women. These women serve on the board of directors of Women Against Gun Violence. You won’t find them posing on Instagram with guns. Instead, you might find them marching, or in the halls of Congress, or teaching gun safety in classrooms. What sets these women apart is that they have all had children or loved ones who have been […]