DEBUNKING The “Tough On Crime” Myth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e6ffVtDnzU&t=42s DEBUNKING The "Tough On Crime" Myth Founder and executive director of LIVE FREE USA Pastor Michael McBride breaks down the consequences of ""tough on crime"" policies. http://www.twitter.com/impastormike_ and http://www.twitter.com/livefreeusa http://www.livefreeusa.org/
FLASHBACK: LIVE FREE Joins Death Penalty Action in Urging President Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland to End the Death Penalty and Destroy the Federal Death Penalty Chamber GalleryFLASHBACK: LIVE FREE Joins Death Penalty Action in Urging President Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland to End the Death Penalty and Destroy the Federal Death Penalty Chamber
FLASHBACK: LIVE FREE Joins Death Penalty Action in Urging President Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland to End the Death Penalty and Destroy the Federal Death Penalty Chamber
For Immediate Release Jan. 11, 2022 Contact: Jennifer R. Farmer, jenniferr@spotlightpr.org LIVE FREE Joins Death Penalty Action in Urging President Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland to End the Death Penalty and Destroy the Federal Death Penalty Chamber WASHINGTON – LIVE FREE, a 10-year-old entity dedicated to ending gun violence [...]
$5B for Community Gun Violence Intervention Included in House Budget Plan
$5B for Community Gun Violence Intervention Included in House Budget Plan FROM THE TRACE Legal challenges to gun restrictions have been building since 2008, when the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in District of Columbia v. Heller established the right to own a firearm for self-defense. Learn more at The Trace.
Gun Safety Alliance Launches Pre-morial Fund to Help Prevent Gun Violence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoUtCiiMr_Q New campaign from business leader network aims to raise awareness of gun violence prevention groups NEW YORK, NY. — June 24, 2021 — Today the Gun Safety Alliance (GSA) is launching its Pre-morial Fund campaign to raise awareness of gun violence issues in major U.S. cities and spotlight the organizations making a difference on the ground to put an end to gun violence. Every [...]
FLASHBACK: Pastor Mike Will Throw Out The First Pitch In Honor of Gun Violence Victims
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 4, 2021 CONTACTS: Shana Daum/sdaum@sfgiants.com 415-290-5809 Phil Zabriskie/pzabriskie@levi.com 917-856-7094 Levi’s® and San Francisco Giants Make Gun Violence Awareness the Focus of the 2021 Community Advocate Program, partnering with LIVE FREE SAN FRANCISCO – On National Gun Violence Awareness Day, Levi’s® and the Giants are announcing a [...]
Indiana Faith Leaders Advocate For Gun Violence Intervention, Driving Cards
Members of the religious coalition Faith in Indiana gathered at the Statehouse Tuesday to do two things: call on Gov. Eric Holcomb to use part of Indiana’s share of the American Rescue Plan on gun violence intervention programs, and ask for a summer study committee to revisit proposed legislation for driving cards. [...]
FLASHBACK: Biden to Unveil Long-Awaited Executive Action on Guns
President Joe Biden will direct the administration to begin the process of requiring buyers of so-called ghost guns — homemade or makeshift firearms that lack serial numbers — to undergo background checks, according to three people who have spoken to the White House about the plans. | AP Photo/Evan Vucci [...]
This Anti-Violence Strategy May Be Coming To St. Louis, But Activists See Red Flags
Both mayoral candidates in tomorrow’s election favor an approach called focused deterrence. Some advocates caution it could reinforce punitive policing. Last year, 262 people were murdered in St. Louis, bringing the city’s homicide rate higher than it’s been in 50 years. Most of those cases are still open and unsolved. Those figures have made [...]
White House Causes Frustration in Private and Public Responses to Gun Violence
"If we only talk about gun violence when there's a mass shooting, then we're going to have a certain perspective of what gun violence looks like and what the remedies are," said Antonio Cediel of Faith in Action. Read more here.
Women’s History Month: Brittany White
Brittany White, decarceration campaign manager for LIVE FREE, spoke with The Dallas Morning News about Street Certified and New Georgia Project’s work mobilizing formerly incarcerated people to vote in Georgia. “What is important is to build a network of formerly incarcerated people who feel empowered in their vote. That is highlighted in this moment, [...]
