DONATE
PHILADELPHIA-- Earlier this week, Walter Wallace Jr. was shot multiple times by the police while he was in mental crisis in West Philadelphia. CeaseFirePA, the state's leading gun violence prevention organization, connected police violence to gun violence destroying...
“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.”
May 15, 2020 For Immediate Release: For More Information: Adam Garber, CeaseFirePA Executive Director, adam@ceasefirepa.org, (267) 515-1220 Rob Conroy, CeaseFirePA Director of Organizing, rob.conroy@ceasefirepa.org, (412) 965-0383 Harrisburg-- Pennsylvania state...
Statement of CeaseFirePA on Today's Mass Shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue Pittsburgh, PA, October 27, 2018 --- CeaseFirePA is saddened and horrified by today's mass murder at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. So far, we know that at least eight people have...
Today the Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee voted to advance three key gun safety reform bills, bills that are designed to save lives. The Committee voted to approve House Bills 2227, 2060, and 273. Each of these bills creates a process to make sure that someone...
March 28, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For additional information, contact Shira Goodman, Executive Director CeaseFirePA Condemns Senate Efforts to Resurrect The "Sue Our Cities" Law CeaseFirePA condemns this morning's vote by the Local Government Committee of the...
CeaseFire Pennsylvania believes that Pennsylvania can and should lead the way as our nation works to reduce gun violence and gun tragedies. Accordingly, we aim to support candidates who will be leaders on the issue of gun violence prevention. This year’s United...
Philadelphia, June 27, 2016 – The issue of gun violence and how we can reduce its toll has taken center stage in the national debate since the horrific mass shooting in Orlando on June 12. Last week, CeaseFire Pennsylvania, a group that advocates for commonsense...
