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Register today for the 2025 Emergency Gun Violence Summit!

Register today!

About the 2025 Emergency Gun Violence Summit!

Join us for the Third Annual Emergency Gun Violence Summit.  Forward Latino and the 80% Coalition invite you to join us in confronting one of our most pressing public crises in our communities, gun violence. On October 15th, Milwaukee will host the Third Annual Emergency Gun Violence Summit, bringing together a cross-section of voices: community members, faith leaders, national experts,

elected officials, healthcare professionals, educators, and advocates.  This statewide and national convening fosters collaboration and policy innovation around gun violence prevention, addressing urban and rural challenges alike.

 

Through workshops, panel discussions, and community dialogue, the summit will explore:


- National and local gun violence trends

- The human toll on families and communities

- The impact of gun violence on our children

- Proven community violence intervention strategies

- Legislative options

- Gun violence and domestic abuse

- Adult, Child & Veteran suicide prevention approaches

- Survivor assistance

- Faith-based violence prevention strategies

- Healthcare provider & first responder perspectives on gun violence

- Mental health and trauma care needs of survivors

- School safety


The Summit will also offer a  dedicated high school student track, empowering the next generation to discuss the issue with their peers, members of law enforcement the judicial system, and much more!

Local & Nat'l Speakers, 12 workshops & 3 general sessions!

    Sponsorship Opportunities & Table Packages!

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    80% Coalition Legislative Priorities

    Close Background Check Loopholes

    Allow Extreme Risk Protection Orders

    Allow Extreme Risk Protection Orders

     Pass legislation that extends the current background check requirement to include any sale or transfer of firearms at gun shows, online or from an individual. 

    Allow Extreme Risk Protection Orders

    Allow Extreme Risk Protection Orders

    Allow Extreme Risk Protection Orders

    Pass legislation that allows law enforcement or a family member to petition the court if they believe an individual with a firearm is a danger to themselves and/or to others and if the threat is found to be credible, empower law enforcement to retrieve the firearm(s) until the threat is no longer.

    About Us

    The 80% Coalition is non-partisan and is comprised of advocacy, business, education, faith-based, professional and service organizations committed to pushing back against hate and urging our legislators at the state and federal levels to pass commonsense gun violence prevention legislation. 

    Coalition Members

    Advanced Wireless,  Inc., Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Bishops Against Gun Violence, Brady: United Against Gun Violence, Crusaders of Justicia, Doctors for America, Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee, Felmers Chaney Advocacy Board, First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee, Forward Latino, Greater Milwaukee Synod, ELCA, Hours Against Hate, Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee, Islamic Society of Milwaukee, JCRC - Milwaukee Jewish Federation, League of United Latin American Citizens Wisconsin, March for Our Lives MKE, March For Our Lives Wisconsin, Milwaukee Inner-City Congregations Allied for Hope (MICAH), Milwaukee Metropolitan Community Church, Milwaukee Muslim Women's Coalition, Mom's Demand Action - Wisconsin, NAACP - Milwaukee Branch, Wisconsin State NAACP Conference of Branches, NAMI Dane County, NAMI Wisconsin, National Council of Jewish Women - Milwaukee, Racine Interfaith Coalition, Renace, Serve 2 Unite, Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, UMOS, United Methodist Church WI/SE District, Wisconsin Conference, United Church of Christ, Wisconsin Anti Violence Effort (WAVE), Wisconsin Council of Churches & Wisconsin Council of Rabbis.

    Gun violence by the numbers

    388 mass shootings in the United States in the first 252 days of 2024!

    388 mass shootings in the United States in the first 252 days of 2024!

    388 mass shootings in the United States in the first 252 days of 2024!

    Source: Gun Violence Archive

    Every 12 hours, a woman is shot to death by her intimate partner!

    388 mass shootings in the United States in the first 252 days of 2024!

    388 mass shootings in the United States in the first 252 days of 2024!

    Source: Brady United Against Gun Violence

    Guns are the #1 killer of children and teens in the United States!

    388 mass shootings in the United States in the first 252 days of 2024!

    Guns are the #1 killer of children and teens in the United States!

    Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    57% of all gun related deaths are from suicide!

    70% lower likelihood of mass shooting deaths when the assault weapons ban was in place.

    Guns are the #1 killer of children and teens in the United States!

    Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    70% lower likelihood of mass shooting deaths when the assault weapons ban was in place.

    70% lower likelihood of mass shooting deaths when the assault weapons ban was in place.

    70% lower likelihood of mass shooting deaths when the assault weapons ban was in place.

    Source: Journal of trauma and acute care surgery 86, 2019 

    Most rural counties have a 37% higher rate of gun deaths than most urban counties!

    70% lower likelihood of mass shooting deaths when the assault weapons ban was in place.

    70% lower likelihood of mass shooting deaths when the assault weapons ban was in place.

    Source: Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Thank you to all our 2024 speakers!

    Kimberly Mata-Rubio, Survivor,

    Uvalde, Texas

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      2024 Silver Gifts & Contributions

      Sheldon & Marianne Lubar

      Madeleine & David Lubar

      Susan A. Lubar

      Joan Lubar & John Crouch

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