General Interest

CeaseFirePA Honors Ed Stack- C.E.O. Dick’s Sporting Goods

CeaseFirePA Honors Ed Stack- C.E.O. Dick’s Sporting Goods

We are excited to announce our inaugural virtual fundraising event to honor Ed Stack, Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO, with the Keystone Courage Award on October 14,2020. We hope you will join our co-chairs, the Honorable Timothy Lewis from Pittsburgh, and Ellan and Len...

CeaseFire Pennsylvania Endorses 70 Gun Safety Candidates for 2020

CeaseFire Pennsylvania Endorses 70 Gun Safety Candidates for 2020

Today, CeaseFire Pennsylvania endorsed a slate of state and federal candidates who strongly support gun safety laws for the 2020 elections. “More than ever, we are seeing the devastating effects that gun violence inflicts on our communities” said Adam Garber,...

CeaseFire Pennsylvania Education Fund condemns this week’s vigilante attacks on protesters in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania

“Fighting for racial justice is difficult and dangerous enough without citizen vigilantes opening fire on ordinary Americans exercising their civic responsibility to make the world a better place,” said Rob Conroy, CeaseFirePA’s organizing director. “While someone dying or being injured is the worst possible outcome, these assaults—even when taken at face value—demonstrate that the failure of our government to establish gun safety laws actively endangers our communities and works to weaken our democracy.”

New Videos Help Doctors Protect Patients During Gun Sale Surge

New Videos Help Doctors Protect Patients During Gun Sale Surge

According to new research, the dramatic surge in gun sales since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to more suicide by gun, intimate partner violence, and surging violence in communities around the country. To address this growing problem, leading public...

CeaseFirePA is Hiring a Campaign Organizer

CeaseFirePA is Hiring a Campaign Organizer

CeaseFirePA is looking for organizers to help end the epidemic of gun violence by leading our efforts in Pennsylvania. Gun violence takes too many lives and harms too many people across the country. Mass shootings have devastated Pittsburgh, Parkland, Las Vegas,...

CeaseFirePA & City of Philadelphia Announce Lawsuit Compelling Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Address Gun Violence

CeaseFirePA is Hiring a Philadelphia Organizer

CeaseFirePA is looking for organizers to help end the epidemic of gun violence by leading our efforts in Pennsylvania. Gun violence takes too many lives and harms too many people across the country. Mass shootings have devastated Pittsburgh, Parkland, Las Vegas,...

Facing the truth about gun violence in PA