Please join us to get the latest details on the CAGV 2021 legislative agenda. We're focused on two priorities this year: reducing gun suicide by strengthening Connecticut's Extreme Risk Protection Order law, and launching the CT Initiative to Prevent Community Gun Violence, a state-level grant-making authority to fund community-based violence prevention programs. Learn […]
The youth of America is taking action and making a difference in the fight for gun violence prevention. At CAGV, we’re helping our CT youth to find their voices and take action to create a safer CT for us all. Thursday, February 25th is Fairfield County Giving Day. We’ll be requesting donations to […]
Join the CT Against Gun Violence Youth Council for a fun night of trivia with comedian Brendan Milove and then stay for an opportunity to learn about our work to end gun violence and how you can become a part of the movement! Click here to register and you will be sent a link […]
CT Against Gun Violence is excited to partner with the Connecticut Violence Intervention Program for this year's Wear Orange event to observe National Gun Violence Awareness Day. It’s a day to honor victims, celebrate survivors and renew our pledge to work together to end gun violence. We chose to have this year's Wear Orange event […]
Gunsense Vermont presents a panel discussion on gun violence as a public health crisis. This webinar features expert panelists Dr. Becca Bell, Dr. Cassandra Crifasi, and Jeremy Stein. Register here. Dr. Becca Bell: Dr. Bell is a pediatric critical care physician at the University of Vermont Children’s Hospital and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the […]
Change is in season. Our 2019 annual benefit was a luncheon in Greenwich. Our 2020 annual benefit was an online "lunch-in" in the privacy of your own home or office. We're changing it up again. This year we have reimagined our annual benefit to the CAGV Evening Cocktail Reception. We welcome you to join us […]
Gift cards will be exchanged for operable guns (while supplies last) *Guns must be transported in the trunk of the car. *Non-operable guns, BB guns, ammunition are welcome but no gift cards will be given for these items. $25: Single and double shot (Derringer-Style) handguns and any type of black powdered guns $50: Rifles and […]
John Richie's documentary, Shell Shocked, is a gut-wrenching look at how gun violence was devastating Black youth growing up in New Orleans. Its message is as relevant today as it was when the film was released in 2013. Click here to pre-register. Join John, along with Patrick Young, director of the New Orleans Office of […]
NICKEL MINES is a new musical recalling the 2006 Lancaster, PA Amish schoolhouse shooting in which a gunman shot and killed five girls before taking his own life. This breathtaking piece of theater combines spoken dialogue, movement and original music to explore multiple viewpoints and perspectives from that fateful morning. The performance is a living memorial to the young […]
CAGV is collecting shoes and socks to donate to organizations in our CT Communities doing the work of violence prevention and interruption and also organizations working on quality of life issues for community members. Some of these organizations include Compass Peace Collaborative and CT Violence Intervention Program. We are collecting… -New adult sneakers […]
Last year in CT someone was murdered with a gun, on average, once every three days. More than half of the killings occurred in Bridgeport, Hartford and New Haven alone. We’re seeing a level of gun homicide not seen in 25 years. It’s a public health crisis that won’t go away unless the state […]
CT Against Gun Violence is excited to announce that this year’s Wear Orange event to observe National Gun Violence Awareness Day will take place on the New Haven Green on Thursday, June 2 from 6:00pm to 7:30pm. We'll focus on the public health crisis of community gun violence, and how it disproportionately victimizes Black and […]
In the wake of yet another deadly weekend, Congressman Himes will convene a conversation about recent developments in the gun violence prevention movement. Last month, Congress broke a logjam and passed the most significant gun reform in decades. That same week, the Supreme Court undermined New York’s gun regulations. This month, Connecticut’s Red Flag Law […]
Each year, hundreds of supporters gather to learn about the gun violence prevention movement and how CAGV is working to reduce gun deaths and injuries in Connecticut. Following the success of last year's evening format, we are again hosting our 2022 Annual Benefit on the rooftop of The Village, the beautiful multi-use space in Stamford. […]
If you’re age 13-19, please come to our CAGV Youth Council statewide summit to learn about the crisis of gun violence and how to advocate in the gun violence prevention movement. Click here to register.
We need to put an end to gun violence and secure our right to safety. That’s why Amnesty International USA and CT Against Gun Violence are hosting a Town Hall Meeting on the crisis of gun violence in Connecticut. Join us in Bridgeport on December 1st and RSVP here! We’ll be hosting a moderated […]
On April 5, CAGV had our first Lobby Day at the state capitol to talk to legislators about HB-6667, Governor Lamont's Act Addressing Gun Violence. CAGV supporters were joined by allies, including members of the Greater Hartford Interfaith Action Alliance and staff from Hartford Communities that Care. Check us out below! We were there […]
On April 5, CAGV had our first Lobby Day at the state capitol to talk to legislators about HB-6667, Governor Lamont's Act Addressing Gun Violence. CAGV supporters were joined by allies, including members of the Greater Hartford Interfaith Action Alliance and staff from Hartford Communities that Care. Check us out below! We were there […]
On April 5, CAGV had our first Lobby Day at the state capitol to talk to legislators about HB-6667, Governor Lamont's Act Addressing Gun Violence. CAGV supporters were joined by allies, including members of the Greater Hartford Interfaith Action Alliance and staff from Hartford Communities that Care. Check us out below! We were there […]
On April 5, CAGV had our first Lobby Day at the state capitol to talk to legislators about HB-6667, Governor Lamont's Act Addressing Gun Violence. CAGV supporters were joined by allies, including members of the Greater Hartford Interfaith Action Alliance and staff from Hartford Communities that Care. Check us out below! We were there […]
I am writing to invite you to attend the National Safer Communities Summit, which will be held on June 16, 2023, at the University of Hartford. The summit will focus on the one-year anniversary of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the first significant piece of federal gun safety legislation passed in 30 years. Senator Murphy would be honored to have you join us on […]
Please save the date and spread the word for our Juneteenth commemoration and community action on June 17th, 2023 at 1 PM EST at The Lyceum Conference Center in Hartford, CT. Together, we'll reflect on Juneteenth, the day that marks the end of slavery in the United States, and advocate for putting racial justice at […]
Please join us for the CT Against Gun Violence Fall Benefit Luncheon Featuring a discussion with Nicolas Dawidoff, award-winning author of The Other Side of Prospect - A Story of Violence, Injustice and the American City Click here for more information and to purchase tickets