Legislative Advocacy
Contact your elected state and federal representatives:
http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml
Legislative Resources (including tips on how to lobby your legislator) on resource page of CT Against Gun Violence
http://www.cagv.org/wp/marching-on-2013/
Page devoted to advocating the 46 Senators who voted against 2013 bill on background checks:
http://www.theydontworkforyou.org/
Episcopal Public Policy Network:
http://advocacy.episcopalchurch.org/home
The Brady Campaign
http://www.bradycampaign.org
Mayors Against Illegal Guns
http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/home/home.shtml
Newtown Action Alliance
http://www.newtownaction.org
WAYS YOUR CONGREGATION CAN TAKE A STAND
Sandy Hook Promise
http://www.sandyhookpromise.org/
Charter for Compassion
http://charterforcompassion.org/
Resources from PICO
http://www.lifelinestohealing.org/resources/lifelines-live-free-sabbath
Youth Resources From EYE (Episcopal Youth Event)
Youth Commitment to Challenging Violence
Youth Group Pledge & Advocacy Resources
The Micah Pledge (see below for PDF version as well)
http://www.weebly.com/uploads/1/9/4/9/19491241/micah-pledge.doc
http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml
Legislative Resources (including tips on how to lobby your legislator) on resource page of CT Against Gun Violence
http://www.cagv.org/wp/marching-on-2013/
Page devoted to advocating the 46 Senators who voted against 2013 bill on background checks:
http://www.theydontworkforyou.org/
Episcopal Public Policy Network:
http://advocacy.episcopalchurch.org/home
The Brady Campaign
http://www.bradycampaign.org
Mayors Against Illegal Guns
http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/home/home.shtml
Newtown Action Alliance
http://www.newtownaction.org
WAYS YOUR CONGREGATION CAN TAKE A STAND
Sandy Hook Promise
http://www.sandyhookpromise.org/
Charter for Compassion
http://charterforcompassion.org/
Resources from PICO
http://www.lifelinestohealing.org/resources/lifelines-live-free-sabbath
Youth Resources From EYE (Episcopal Youth Event)
Youth Commitment to Challenging Violence
Youth Group Pledge & Advocacy Resources
The Micah Pledge (see below for PDF version as well)
http://www.weebly.com/uploads/1/9/4/9/19491241/micah-pledge.doc
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ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS
A variety of grassroots organizations that are engaged in work of challenging violence in a variety of forms.
GENERAL
Episcopal Peace Fellowship
http://epfnational.org/
It Can Happen Here
http://itcanhappenhere.org/
Black Women for Positive Change
http://www.blackwomenforpositivechange.org/
CHILDREN
Children Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org/
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Interfaith Partners Against Domestic Violence
http://www.interfaithpartners.org/
GUN VIOLENCE
Episcopalians Against Gun Violence
https://www.facebook.com/EpiscopaliansAgainstGunViolence
Faiths United Against Gun Violence
http://faithsagainstgunviolence.org/about/
Demand Action (Mayor's Against Illegal Guns)
http://www.demandaction.org/
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America
http://momsdemandaction.org/
The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence
http://www.bradycenter.org/
Gun Violence in Schools
http://tobecomeateacher.org/teachers-stand-on-guns-in-classrooms/
Americans for Responsible Solution
http://americansforresponsiblesolutions.org/
MENTAL ILLNESS
National Alliance on Mental Illness
http://www.nami.org/
GENERAL
Episcopal Peace Fellowship
http://epfnational.org/
It Can Happen Here
http://itcanhappenhere.org/
Black Women for Positive Change
http://www.blackwomenforpositivechange.org/
CHILDREN
Children Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org/
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Interfaith Partners Against Domestic Violence
http://www.interfaithpartners.org/
GUN VIOLENCE
Episcopalians Against Gun Violence
https://www.facebook.com/EpiscopaliansAgainstGunViolence
Faiths United Against Gun Violence
http://faithsagainstgunviolence.org/about/
Demand Action (Mayor's Against Illegal Guns)
http://www.demandaction.org/
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America
http://momsdemandaction.org/
The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence
http://www.bradycenter.org/
Gun Violence in Schools
http://tobecomeateacher.org/teachers-stand-on-guns-in-classrooms/
Americans for Responsible Solution
http://americansforresponsiblesolutions.org/
MENTAL ILLNESS
National Alliance on Mental Illness
http://www.nami.org/