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On the radio show this week we discuss the steps our nation must take to end the epidemic of gun violence in America; we cover Black Maternal Health Week and how you can take action to advance maternal health equity; we dive into paid family/medical leave and Glamour (!!); and we hear about moms raising their voices for childcare in the US Capitol and how you can make a difference too. *Special guests include: Po Murray, Newtown Action Alliance, @NewtownAction; Monifa Bandele, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Dawn Huckelbridge, Paid Leave For All, @PaidLeaveForAll; and Nina Perez, MomsRising, @MomsRising.

On the radio show this week we discuss the steps our nation must take to end the epidemic of gun violence in America; we cover Black Maternal Health Week and how you can take action to advance maternal health equity; we dive into paid family/medical leave and Glamour (!!); and we hear about moms raising their voices for childcare in the US Capitol and how you can make a difference too.   *Special guests include: Po Murray, Newtown Action Alliance, @NewtownAction; Monifa Bandele, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Dawn Huckelbridge, Paid Leave For All, @PaidLeaveForAll; and Nina Perez, MomsRising, @MomsRising.  

Po Murray, Co-Founder and Chairwoman of the Newtown Action Alliance, joins Deepak Puri, CEO of The Democracy Labs, to discuss the variations in state and federal laws protecting residents from gun violence. Since Uvalde, there have been changes in the awareness of the need for background checks and holding stakeholders responsible for public safety. Citizen activists are pushing for state and federal legislation to pierce the shield that protects weapon sales.  Deepak and Po talk about: Continuing efforts to get the assault weapon ban passed  Nationalizing Ethan's Law, the child access prevention law passed in Connecticut Holding the gun industry accountable for gun violence and mass murders Preventing school shootings When motivated citizens get involved in changing public policy #NewtownActionAlliance @TheDemLabs #GunViolence #MassShootings #SchoolShootings #AssaultWeaponBan #GunLaws #GunIndustry #SandyHook #Uvalde #EthansLaw NewtownActionAlliance.org TheDemLabs.org

On this episode Leo meets Anna Johnson, a special ed teacher and gun violence prevention advocate from Raleigh, NC. Leo and Anna talk about going to the same college (at different times), Anna's time on the Change the Ref tour, her favorite TV shows, and more. You can follow Anna on Instagram @annagreenj. Anna is also the social media manager for Newtown Action Alliance and Change the Ref. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/generation-change/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/generation-change/support

Youth Power:Join Radio GAG on our Youth Power episode as we amplify the youth that are driving the gun violence prevention movement and changing the political perspective across the nation. From Nashville, to Louisville, from New York to Chicago, youth are demanding gun reform, safer streets and respect for LGBTQ+ Rights. Radio GAG interviews Rachel Jacoby of March for Our Lives and Chicago Alliance to Prevent Gun Violence; Abby Kisicki, Highland Park Survivor and organizer with Newtown Action Alliance. We also interview NYC Youth 4 Trans Rights about their success organizing the Transgender Day of Visibility 2023. All of their members are under 21 but bring attention to harmful anti-trans lawsin our country and give their reactions to the controversial marketing campaigns targeting the trans community. And we'll update you on the Senate Hearing on NY Victims of Violent Crime called by Representative Jim Jordan to embarrass Prosecutor Alvin Bragg.

Join Radio GAG, as we amplify the youth that are driving the gun violence prevention movement that's changing the political perspective across the nation. Across the country, youth are demanding gun reform, safer streets and respect for LGBTQ+ Rights. Radio GAG interviews members from NYC Youth 4 Trans Rights; Rachel Jacoby of March for Our Lives and Chicago Alliance to Prevent Gun Violence; Abby Kisicki, Highland Park Survivor and organizer with Newtown Action Alliance. Ti Cersley speaks to activists from @nycyouth4transrights about their success organizing the 2023 Transgender Day of Visibility. All members are under 21 but bring attention to harmful anti-trans laws and voice their reactions to the controversial marketing campaigns targeting the trans community. And we'll update you on the Senate Hearing on NY Victims of Violent Crime called by Representative Jim Jordan to embarrass Prosecutor Alvin Bragg. Radio GAG is available wherever you listen to podcasts.

Po Murray, Founder and Chairwoman of Newtown Action Alliance, joins Deepak Puri in an interview about ending gun violence. After the shooting at her local Sandy Hook Elementary School, Po took a fresh look at gun control and the role she could play in keeping weapons of war out of the hands of civilians like her neighbor who shot and murdered 26 people that day. Po and Deepak discuss: Working with survivors of gun violence to create a sea change in the dialogue about guns Role of revenue from the sales of weapons of war in lobbying for relaxed gun laws Marketing of assault weapons to young people Need for individuals to speak up to their elected officials about the need for an assault weapon ban Lunch lobby sessions to urge Congress and other elected officials to act @NewtownAction @NewtownActionAlliance #EndGunViolence #HonorWithAction #BanAssaultWeapons #BanWeaponsOfWar #GunControl @TheDemLabs Monday Lunch and Lobby sessions: Newtown Action Alliance.org/endgunviolence-lunch-lobby-days NewtownActionAlliance.org TheDemLab.org

Hosts Sean Stefanic and Sarah Germain Lilly discuss the violent chain of death connecting two deadly forces on the rise in America and Mexico; Fentyal trafficking and the illegal gun trade. Robert Dominic shares the GVP news update. Newtown Action Alliance leader Po Murray details the international delegation which traveled to Mexico to meet with Mexican leaders about the crisis. Asheby Beasley, who recently took over a Fox news report on the Nashville shooting, her lobbying efforts and the common sense gun laws that unify both parties. Author Sunu Chandy reads a poem from her new book Dear Comrades.

Join Radio GAG for our new podcast episode “Honor with Action in DC Part 2”. Gays Against Guns was a powerful presence at the Gun Violence Prevention summit week in Washington DC which was attended by many gun violence prevention groups from around the country and organized by the Newtown Action Alliance led by Po Murray. Our show focuses on the Gays Against Guns Press conference at As You Are, an LGBTQ+ cafe and gathering place near the Capitol. Then we ride the bus with Manuel and Patricia Oliver, parents of Joaquin Oliver who was murdered in the Parkland mass shooting to the 10th Annual Vigil for All Victims of Gun Violence at St. Mark's Episcopal Church. Radio GAG shares original sound from the Vigil, including President Biden's remarks and those of Keinon Carter, Pulse Survivor. GAG members share their experiences accompanying survivors of gun violence to lobby Senators for a vote on the Assault Weapons Ban and other gun safety legislation before the end of the 117th Session of Congress. Hear it on an all new episode of Radio GAG, the Gays Against Guns on your favorite podcast platforms.

Last week, we broke news of the CDC removing gun defense use estimates and a review paper it commissioned from its website after meeting privately with a group of advocates. This week, we have one of those advocates on the show. Mark Bryant, executive director of the Gun Violence Archive, was involved in the private meeting with CDC officials. He attacked Florida State University criminologist Gary Kleck's estimate of 2.5 million defensive gun uses per year as misleading. And he said it was preventing new gun restrictions from making progress. The CDC initially rebuffed the request from Bryant, GVPedia's Devin Hughes, and Newtown Action Alliance's Po Murray. However, they eventually changed course and deleted the defensive use estimates from their website without getting input from other points of view or making a public announcement of the edit. Mark joins the show to explain and defend his role in the conversation, which he says he was added to late in the process. He argued his only concern in the conversation was with the accuracy of the data. Things got a bit heated when I challenged him on a number of points and vice versa. However, it stayed civil overall, and I think the conversation was fruitful and exciting. Beyond the politics of the situation, we also discussed the controversy over how best to measure defensive gun uses as well as things like mass shootings. Plus, Contributing Writer Jake Fogleman and I give updates on New Jersey's gun-carry restrictions and California's fee-shifting law. Special Guest: Mark Bryant.

Gays Against Guns was a powerful presence at the Gun Violence Prevention summit week in Washington DC which was attended by many gun violence prevention groups from around the country and organized by the Newtown Action Alliance led by Po Murray. Our show focuses on the Gays Against Guns Press conference at As You Are, an LGBTQ+ cafe and gathering place near the Capitol. Then we ride the bus with Manuel and Patricia Oliver, parents of Joachin Oliver who was murdered in the Parkland mas shooting to the 10th Annual Vigil for All Victims of Gun Violence at St. Mark's Episcopal Church. President Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke at the Vigil, the first time in ten years a President has done so.

The Newtown Action Alliance calls for renewed action against gun violence in Washington D.C. Michael Valva will serve 25 to life for the murder of his son. Governor Kathy Hochul is warning New Yorkers of another COVID surge. And the state's attorney general takes heat for the inappropriate actions of her longtime chief of staff.

Listen in as Raquel and Jennifer join Kristin Song in conversation about gun safety, responsible and sensible gun storage, and their importance in ending gun violence. Kristin Song became a gun safety activist after her 15-year-old son Ethan was killed with an unsecured gun in his best friend's house. After learning that the negligent gun owner would not be charged, but instead, his 14-year-old son would be charged with manslaughter, Kristin was determined to strengthen Connecticut's safe storage law and put the responsibility on gun owners instead of children.Kristin's unifying approach in Connecticut was instrumental in bringing together both major political parties to put aside their affiliation, leave their egos at the door and keep kids safe. Ethan's Law requires all guns to be secured if a child or unauthorized person can gain access, passed with overwhelming bipartisan support.Kristin expanded her mission to keep kids safe to the federal level. Ethan's Law was introduced in the Senate and House in 2021. Kristin testified in front of the Senate judiciary committee in May of 2021, and as of today, Ethan's Law has hundreds of cosponsors and organizations that have stepped up to endorse Ethan's Law.How to reach Kristin:Ethan Miller Song Foundation: www.songstrong.orgTwitter: @ethanlaw2Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kristin.song.58Mentioned in this episode:Newtown Action Alliance, https://www.newtownactionalliance.org/#EndGunViolence Lunch & Lobby Days, https://www.newtownactionalliance.org/endgunviolence-lunch-lobby-daysLet Raquel and Jennifer know what you think about this and other episodes of Madness Cafe on IG @madnesscafepodcast or by email at madnesscafepodcast@gmail.com,And don't forget to rate and review the show wherever you listen!Thanks for listening and responding!

Lisa is joned by Dave Ackert with Newtown Action Alliance and Annie Hornish of the US Humane Society to discuss the shooting of a bear in Newtown by an off duty police officer. Photo: iStock / Getty Images Plus JMrocek

On the radio show this week, we cover the epidemic of gun violence and the next steps we need to take to solve it; get the scoop on prescription drug pricing reform and how relief may soon be coming your way; hear the latest in the childcare crisis and which solutions are moving forward and how; and listen to an update on access to reproductive healthcare and how you can lend a hand! *Special guest include: Po Murray, Newtown Action Alliance, @NewtownAction; Bailey Reavis, Families USA, @FamiliesUSA; Julie Kashen, The Century Foundation, @TCFdotorg; Tina Sherman, MomsRising, @MomsRising

* Biden Upends 'Strategic Ambiguity' Over US Response to a Future Chinese Attack on Taiwan; Chas Freeman, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from 1993-94; Producer: Scott Harris. * Texas School Massacre Provokes Renewed Demand for Widely Supported Gun Regulation; Po Murray, Chair of Newtown Action Alliance and Newtown Action Alliance Foundation; Producer: Scott Harris. * Walk for Appalachia's Future Highlights Mountain Valley Pipeline's Threat to Endangered Species; Autumn Crowe, program director of the West Virginia Rivers Coalition; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.

Ti Cersley speaks with Sara Knizhnic from Newtown Action Alliance joins the show to discuss her work on Ethan's law. As well as the Sandy Hook families recent settlement with Remington and CA Governor Newsom's new proposed law to allow private individuals to sue people who make, sell or distribute weapons banned in the state. In Memoriam- Christi Spicuzza, 38 years old, 2/10/22, Monroeville, Pennsylvania.

* How War Can be Averted in Ukraine; Lawrence B. Wilkerson, dist. adj prof of Govt & Public Policy at the College of William and Mary; Producer: Scott Harris. * Families of Sandy Hook School Massacre Victims Win Historic Suit against Remington Arms Company; Po Murray, chair of Newtown Action Alliance and Newtown Action Alliance Foundation; Producer: Melinda Tuhus. * The Danger of Extremists Inside Canada's 'Freedom Convoy;' David Hoffman, associate professor of Sociology at the Canada's University of New Brunswick; Producer: Scott Harris.

Today, Tes talks with Sara Knizhnik. Sara holds a BA from Northwestern University and an MA from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. She served as a university-level English-as-a-Second-Language Instructor at various universities in the Chicago area for 17 years before becoming first a volunteer, part-time gun violence prevention (GVP) advocate with Moms Demand Action and then a full-time, professional GVP advocate with the Newtown Action Alliance (NAA). Sara is the Director of Community Engagement for NAA, a national gun violence prevention (GVP) organization founded in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting in Newtown, CT in December 2012. Sara is also one of the Principals and founders of Purpose Storytellers, a clever public affairs firm dedicated to helping nonprofits get to the next level of policy influence and thought leadership. Sara spends her time, as both a professional and a volunteer, educating the public about how they can become active in the movements in support of gun violence prevention and criminal justice reform. She is also a Vernon Township Trustee. Sara lives in Vernon Hills, Illinois with her husband and two children. To learn more about Sara Knizhnik: Follow Me Everywhere via Linktree - Please click here.

This week Cariad talks to improviser and actor Sam Irving (Spontaneous Sherlock & Spontaneous Potter) about his experience of the Dunblane School massacre. Sam was a pupil at the Dunblane Primary school when the massacre occurred in 1996. As ever we talk grief, processing trauma after many years + Bob Dylan.Here is the list of organisations that Sam mentions in the show:- Change The Ref - empowering young people to enact societal change, particularly around gun regulation and the NRA. Founded by the parents of one of the Parkland victims.https://changetheref.org/ - Newtown Action Alliance - founded by Newtown residents after the Sandy Hook massacre. Pushing for legislative and cultural change to reduce gun violence.https://www.newtownactionalliance.org/- March For Our Lives - a student-led volunteer group campaigning for an end to gun violencehttps://marchforourlives.com/ - Gun Control Network - UK-based non-profit founded after the Dunblane massacre, pushing for further gun control measures in the UK.http://gun-control-network.org/gun-control-networkYou can follow Sam's improv troupe @thespontplayers on Twitter or for more info head to:https://www.thespontaneousplayers.com/You can follow the Griefcast on Twitter + Instagram @thegriefcastGriefcast is hosted by Cariad Lloyd, edited by Kate Holland, recorded at Whistledown Studios (or Cariad's living room in lockdown), artwork is by Jayde Perkin and the music is provided by The Glue Ensemble. And remember, you are not alone.Rose D'or Nominee 2019, Podcast of the Year 2018, Best Podcast ARIA's 2018.Apple Podcast Spotlight pick for October 2021"the pandemic's most important podcast" TelegraphSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/griefcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

*Atlanta & Boulder Mass Shootings Underscore Urgent Need to Pass Gun Violence Prevention Legislation Po Murray, Chairwoman of Newtown Action Alliance and Newtown Action Alliance Foundation Producer: Scott Harris *Campaign to End Solitary Confinement in Connecticut Prisons Moves Forward Sean Sellars previously incarcerated at CT’s supermax prison and Kebra Smith a former DOC Nurse Producer: Melinda Tuhus *With Charges Dropped, Popular Former President Lula da Silva May Run Against Bolsonaro in 2022 Alexander Main, Director of International Policy with the Center for Economic and Policy Research Producer: Scott Harris

Newtown Action Alliance and Newtown Action Alliance Foundation's Po Murray: Atlanta & Boulder Mass Shootings Underscore Urgent Need to Pass Gun Violence Prevention LegislationFormer Supermax prison inmate Sean Sellars and former Department of Correction nurse Kebra Smith: Campaign to End Solitary Confinement in Connecticut Prisons Moves Forward Center for Economic and Policy Research's Alexander Main: With Charges Dropped, Popular Former President Lula da Silva May Run Against Bolsonaro in 2022Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Ten years of war have broken Syria into pieces• The crisis in state governments isn’t the budget• Over 700 complaints of police abuse filed after protests

Newtown Action Alliance and Newtown Action Alliance Foundation's Po Murray: Atlanta & Boulder Mass Shootings Underscore Urgent Need to Pass Gun Violence Prevention LegislationFormer Supermax prison inmate Sean Sellars and former Department of Correction nurse Kebra Smith: Campaign to End Solitary Confinement in Connecticut Prisons Moves Forward Center for Economic and Policy Research's Alexander Main: With Charges Dropped, Popular Former President Lula da Silva May Run Against Bolsonaro in 2022Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Ten years of war have broken Syria into pieces• The crisis in state governments isn’t the budget• Over 700 complaints of police abuse filed after protests

So the 2020 election is in the history books. On Thursday, November 5th – two days after the polls closed – we hosted the first ever live episode of Sorry Not Sorry to put it in perspective. Our guests had such great information, and so many smart things to say that I know you’ll forgive the slightly less than perfect audio that comes from a live streamed event. At the time, it was clear that Biden has a significant popular vote margin, and was then about four million votes ahead of Donald Trump. But, despite that big win, the electoral college was not settled. Disunity still in our country, with a huge divide between Trump’s supporters and Biden’s supporters over the fundamental questions of what it means to be American. But the issues in this election go far wider than the presidency. Control of the senate still hangs in the balance, and won’t be decided until January. The conronavirus just reached its highest daily rate of new infections since the pandemic started and the fate of the affordable care act will decided by the Supreme Court, and what happens with healthcare by the new government next year. More than 100,000 Americans are victims of gun violence each year, and 40,000 of them die. And we can’t find the families of more than 500 immigrant children we separated at the border. It’s a lot. To help us make sense of it all, I’ve invited an incredible group of experts here tonight. We were joined by E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and the author of Code Red: How Progressives and Moderates Can Unite to Save Our Country, Jesse Wegman is a member of the New York Times Editorial Board and the author of Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College, Po Murray is Chair of the Newtown Action Alliance, Laura Packard is National Co-Chair of Health Care Voter, and Hassan Ahmad is an immigration attorney and immigrant rights activist. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alyssa-milano-sorry-not-sorry/message

Po Murray, Chair of the grassroots Newtown Action Alliance, is a friend and personal hero. She explains the grassroots group's efforts to stem gun violence through legislation and cultural change. We also talk about activism as a means of addressing trauma, and the widespread effects of gun violence in America.Visit the Newtown Action Alliance website and sign up for newsletters with action alerts and updates, or to volunteer from anywhere in the country.Sign up for the Junior Newtown Action Alliance Summer Music Series.Help get out the vote with Turnout 2020.Visit the Truth & Consequences website, Facebook page, Instagram & Twitter accounts. Check out the Second Wound website, Facebook page, Instagram & Twitter accounts. Learn about personal coaching with host Miranda Pacchiana, MSW on the Second Wound website coaching page. Want to treat yourself & support the show? Check out our affiliate Buffy for cozy, affordable bedding products that are safe for animals, the environment, and your budget! Get a Free Trial, Free Shipping, Free Returns at Buffy!Add convenience to your life while supporting the podcast. Instacart saves you a trip to the market by delivering groceries and other goods right to your door.

Po Murray, Chair of the grassroots Newtown Action Alliance, is a friend and personal hero. She explains the grassroots group's efforts to stem gun violence through legislation and cultural change. We also talk about activism as a means of addressing trauma, and the widespread effects of gun violence in America.Visit the Newtown Action Alliance website and sign up for newsletters with action alerts and updates, or to volunteer from anywhere in the country.Sign up for the Junior Newtown Action Alliance Summer Music Series.Help get out the vote with Turnout 2020.Visit the Truth & Consequences website, Facebook page, Instagram & Twitter accounts. Check out the Second Wound website, Facebook page, Instagram & Twitter accounts. Learn about personal coaching with host Miranda Pacchiana, MSW on the Second Wound website coaching page. Want to treat yourself & support the show? Check out our affiliate Buffy for cozy, affordable bedding products that are safe for animals, the environment, and your budget! Get a Free Trial, Free Shipping, Free Returns at Buffy!Add convenience to your life while supporting the podcast. Instacart saves you a trip to the market by delivering groceries and other goods right to your door.

David Stowe, vice chair of the Newtown Action Alliance, discusses the fight ahead for gun control in the wake of the recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio Resistance panel: Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard Hill. Recorded on Aug. 10, 2019

Thomas Campbell, a board member of the Newtown Action Alliance, a non-profit grassroots organization formed after the Sandy Hook event with an aim to reduce gun violence. More info at www.newtownactionalliance.org

Swords to Plowshares started through a partnership with Newtown Action Alliance, the Episcopal Church, the UCC, and the New Haven Police Department. Three years ago, the Rev. Jeremy Lucas won an AR-15 in a raffle for a softball team and destroyed the gun and turned it into a gardening tool with the help of Raw Tools Inc. He dedicated that gardening tool to the Newtown Action Alliance, which led to a conversation about change in Connecticut around turning guns into gardening tools. Jim worked with the Yale-New Haven Hospital and churches in the New Haven area, and begun putting together the Swords to Plowshares Ministry Network.   Read more at CoffeeHour.org 

In our third episode, MA student Elizabeth Charash, conducting research on US gun violence, explores the progression of women's leadership in the gun violence prevention movement, speaking with the Co-founder Chairwoman of the Newtown Action Alliance and Newtown Foundation, Po Murray.

This episode first aired December 13, 2013. Hosted by sociologist Keith Brekhus from Montana along with Liberal Fix Producer Naomi Minogue.  Every week the two of them feature a special guest and tackle those tough issues with a perspective that comes from outside the beltway. If you are interested in being a guest and for any other inquiries or comments concerning the show please contact our producer Naomi De Luna Minogue via email: naomi@liberalfixradio.com. Join the Liberal Fix community, a like-minded group of individuals dedicated to promoting progressive ideals and progressive activists making a difference. Liberal Fix Website Liberal Fix seeks not to relive or revisit the tragedy that occurred nearly one year ago at Sandy Hook Elementary, but rather pay tribute once again to those who have been lost. We discuss a much different Newtown, Connecticut that is still healing, but growing stronger every day in part through the help of activists like the very inspirational Sarah Clements.  During this very memorable episode we feature a special pre-recorded inverview with Sarah Clements. Sarah Clements is a senior at Newtown High School. Her mother is a teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School and a survivor of the shooting in December. Sarah uses change and activism to transform her painful experiences into positive action. She founded and leads the Jr. Newtown Action Alliance, the student branch of the Newtown Action Alliance, a grassroots organization that formed after 12/14 looking to address the issue of gun violence in America through legislative and cultural change. She looks forward to continuing her work in gun violence prevention by working with young people around the country, in urban and suburban areas, to help solve this problem which affects her generation so disproportionately.    

Liberal Fix seeks not to relive or revisit the tragedy that occurred nearly one year ago at Sandy Hook Elementary, but rather pay tribute once again to those who have been lost, but also visit a much different Newtown, Connecticut that is still healing, but growing stronger every day in part through the help of activists like the very inspirational Sarah Clements.  During this very memorable episode we feature a special preorecorded inverview with Sarah Clements. Sarah Clements is a senior at Newtown High School. Her mother is a teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School and a survivor of the shooting in December. Sarah uses change and activism to transform her painful experiences into positive action. She founded and leads the Jr. Newtown Action Alliance, the student branch of the Newtown Action Alliance, a grassroots organization that formed after 12/14 looking to address the issue of gun violence in America through legislative and cultural change. She looks forward to continuing her work in gun violence prevention by working with young people around the country, in urban and suburban areas, to help solve this problem which affects her generation so disproportionately. Hosted by Indiana writer Dan Bimrose, sociologist Keith Brekhus from Montana and our producer Naomi Minogue.  Every Friday the three of them feature a special guest and tackle those tough issues with a pespective that comes from outside the beltway.