Champions of Change

Lisa Nutter, President, Philadelphia Academies, Inc.

"These are our children. Some of them are children who have made bad choices and some of them are children who got caught in the cross-fire. The reality is that it doesn't matter how a young person dies. What matters is a life is missing..."
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Lynne Abraham, District Attorney, City of Philadelphia

"Nothing can be off the table in this effort. Most important, women must lead this effort. I am convinced that women hold the key to the success of this series of interventions. After all, we are the moms who stand vigil over our children and are the stalwarts for advancing their needs. Let's do it!"
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Sister Mary Scullion, Co-Executive Director, Project H.O.M.E.

"The countless young lives that have been lost to violence cry out for an end to this madness."
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Leslie Stiles, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Commission for Women

"As women, we are still the major caregivers so it is critical that we stay vigilant and aggressive in advocating for better gun laws."
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Arlene F. Bell, Esq., President & CEO, Caring People Alliance

"Protecting our future begins with protecting our children."
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Susan H. Badeau, Executive Director, Philadelphia Children's Commission

"Gun violence is the typhoid or polio of our times. It is a public health crisis and our goal should be to eradicate it."
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Alba E. Martinez, Esq., Former President and CEO, United Way of Southeastern PA, now directing Vanguard's Education Markets Group

"Our Southeastern Pennsylvania community is being badly hurt by the absence of laws that effectively control, limit and punish the irresponsible and destructive purchase, sale and distribution of guns."
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Rosemarie Greco, Director, Governor's Office of Health Care Reform

"No one, no thing in Philadelphia is immune from gun violence. Its effect is beyond city or even region, it is universal."
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Loree Jones, Former Managing Director, City of Philadelphia

"We can no longer ignore the consequences of pretending that illegal guns do not exist and are wreaking havoc in our homes and communities."
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Melissa Weiler Gerber, Executive Director, WOMENS WAY

"Reasonable gun control legislation is an important factor in making our community safer for women and their families."
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Marla Gold, MD, Dean & Professor, School of Public Health, Drexel University

"It isn't about meetings nor marches for us anymore, it's about action."
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Rabbi Andi Merow, Beth Sholom Congregation

"One who saves a single life is like one who has saved the entire world."
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