80 Percent Coalition

Be the change!

Register today for Wisconsin's largest gun violence prevention event organized by Forward Latino and the more than 38 advocacy, business, faith-based, and service groups that make up the 80% Coalition! This year's summit is being held at the Baird Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 10, 2024!

Come hear and meet with survivors, national experts, faith-based leaders, elected officials, and advocates to learn what you can do to be the change! These presenters will share solutions, policies, and violence intervention strategies for both urban and rural communities. The summit will also feature a session on becoming an effective gun violence prevention advocate!

Topics for this year’s workshops and information sessions include:

•25 years since Columbine: Student Perspectives on Gun Violence

•Community Intervention Strategies for Preventing Gun Violence

•Domestic Violence, Guns & the Law

•Faith & Firearms

•Gun Violence by the Numbers

•Gun Violence & Public Perceptions

•Law Enforcement & the Justice System: Building Bridges in Preventing Gun Violence

•Legal Perspectives: The Fallout of Bruen

•School Safety in the Era of Gun Violence

•Suicide Prevention Best Practices

•The Intersection of Guns & Hate

•The Journey From Survivor to Advocate

•The Physical & Mental Trauma Caused by Gun Violence

& more!

The Summit is free except for the luncheon. Grants are available for high school juniors and seniors who wish to attend the luncheon with a high school faculty member or administrator. Contact Forward Latino at (833)528-4661 for more information.

Gun violence by the numbers

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

Source: Gun Violence Archive

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!

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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!

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

Source: Brady United Against Gun Violence

57% of all gun related deaths are from suicide!

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

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

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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.

Source: Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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, Community Coalition for Quality Policing, 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, 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.

Legislative priorities

Close Background Check Loopholes

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

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.

Forward Latino & the 80% Coalition are proud to announce the 2024 Emergency Gun Violence Summit in Milwaukee, WI!

Be the change!

Confirmed Speakers

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!

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!

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

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!

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

57% of all gun related deaths are from suicide!

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

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

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.

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.

Registration

Location: Baird Center, Milwaukee, WI Date: October 10, 2024

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Memories from 2023 Emergency Gun Violence Summit

Featured 2023 Presentation: "I am my mother's voice"

About Us

Coalition Members

Legislative priorities

Close Background Check Loopholes

Allow Extreme Risk Protection Orders

Allow Extreme Risk Protection Orders

Allow Extreme Risk Protection Orders

Allow Extreme Risk Protection Orders

Allow Extreme Risk Protection Orders