Awareness

of gun violence

Accountability

for gun safety

Alternatives

to solving conflict

Advocacy

for safer communities

LAST CALL: FREE SC to DC BUS SEATS THROUGH MONDAY MAY 23rd
Our Discount Codes to get free seats on Rally charter buses from various locations around SC will expire at midnight Monday evening (tonight) May 23rd. Buses will depart late Friday night June 17 from SC just before midnight, travel overnight to DC to deliver passengers to the Mall for the Moral March on Washington and depart DC that afternoon, returning to SC in the wee hours of Sunday morning (More info when you book your seat). Masking and proof of being fully vaccinated (photo of vaccination card) are required to travel on a Rally bus. We will still have a few travel scholarships available for anyone who misses the Monday May 23rd deadline to book a seat, but now is the best time to get on board for the Moral March on Washington.


GET THE CODE & BOOK YOUR SEAT NOW!
1. Contact our State Campaign Organizers David and/or Keyisha to get the DISCOUNT CODE.

Keyisha, 864-520-3418 (text/call), gvlvote@gmail.com
David, 803-215-3263 (text/call) david.ppc.sc@gmail.com

2. Book Your Seat on the Rally Bus website for FREE using the discount code. Buses from SC out of Greenville, Spartanburg, Rock Hill, Aiken, Columbia, Florence, Charleston and Beaufort. Book here: https://rally.co/ppc
(NOTE: We’ve had some trouble with the website on phones, works best on computer. On computer, scroll to state/cities list when page loads. On phone, when map comes up, use search function to find your closest city from the above.)

3. RSVP on the Poor People’s Campaign website for June 18th: https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/june18/
This is for anyone planning on joining us at the Moral March on Washington, whether you take the bus or get there another way. We know some people are making their own travel plans and staying overnight at motels. Want to carpool? Going another way? Contact Keyisha and/or David.

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 Help your congregation, group or organization explore issues of gun violence and what we can do about it.  Click the Toolkit Cover above to be redirected to the download site.

Newly updated in 2017, the Gun Violence Prevention Congregational Toolkit offers:

  • 70 pages of educational resources, pastoral resources and action tools
  • Case studies on two churches and a presbytery engaged with gun violence prevention
  • Three complete Small Group Study programs for congregations, campus groups and others
  • Worship, biblical and pastoral care resources on issues of suicide prevention, grief and solidarity
  • The Citizen's Test on Gun Violence in America
  • Sample signage for "No Guns in God's House"
  • Over 160 links to educational resources and action ideas, including gun violence prevention national groups and local contacts in all 50 states

Our promise

Our volunteers are always there to lend a hand

A powerful network for a strong community

Every day, 46 children and teens are shot in murders, assaults, suicides & suicide attempts, unintentional shootings, and police intervention.

Every day, 7 children and teens die from gun violence:

4 are murdered
2 die from suicide
Every day, 40 children and teens are shot and survive:

31 injured in an attack
1 survives a suicide attempt
8 shot unintentionally

Gun Violence effects Everyone!

114,994 people in America are shot in murders, assaults, suicides & suicide attempts, unintentional shootings, or by police intervention.>

33,880 people die from gun violence

11,564 murdered
21,037 die from suicide
544 killed unintentionally
468 killed by legal intervention
267 die but intent was unknown
81,114 people survive gun injuries:

60,041 injured in an attack
3,700 survive a suicide attempt
16,428 shot unintentionally
945 people are shot by legal intervention

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