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UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Pennsylvania Primary Election Day
7 AM - 8 PM
Vote By Mail - NOTE ballots must be RECEIVED by June 2 at 5 PM.
Your Polling Place - NOTE - The number of polling places in Allegheny County will be decreased severely in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Join voters across the Commonwealth in voting for candidates who will support gun safety legislation.
To see where your state legislative candidates (in Allegheny County with a few adjacent districts) stand on gun safety, click on 'more' at the upper right hand part of the page for the results of candidate gun safety questionnaires. We are posting these as they are returned by the candidates, so if you don't see your district yet, keep checking back.
Mail your ballot TODAY! It must be RECEIVED at your county Board of Elections by 5 PM on Tuesday, June 2.
Thursday, June 4, 2020
Wear Orange for Gun Safety: Digital Rally
12 PM
Register here. (registration is required).
We are Joining CeaseFire PA, Senator Bob Casey and a host of additional elected and community partners for this annual event promoting gun safety. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the event this year will be a virtual rally. In addition to registering to attend the rally, we ask you to encourage everyone in your network to attend AND to film a 15-second video of yourself (alone or with your family and friends) answering the question "What most needs to be done to end gun violence?" Post the video on your own social media feeds AND share it with us at info@squirrelhillstandsagainstgunviolence.org or on our Facebook page. We will put up a Facebook post for video sharing.
PAST EVENTS
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Get Out The Vote in Allegheny County - Phone banking event
February 14, 2020
Public Event - Tell Mike Turzai: Stop Gun Suicides Mail In Campaign, Call In Day and Rally
Sunday, January 19, 2020
Member Event: 2020 Planning & Strategy Meeting
December 11, 2019
Public Event: Remembering Newtown: Healing and Action 7 Years Later
October 24, 2019
Public Event: In Memoriam: Remembering the Victims of Gun Violence, Demanding Stronger Gun Laws
September 18, 2019
Public Event: Letter to the Editor Writing Workshop on Gun Violence
September 10, 2019
Public Event: Turning Anguish Into Action: Next Steps for a World Free From Gun Violence
August 29, 2019
Public Event: Ask Conor Lamb (PA-17) about Gun Legislation - Town Hall
August 20, 2019
Public Event: Ask Conor Lamb (PA-17) about Gun Legislation - Town Hall
August 14, 2019
Public Event: Monthly Meeting with Guest Speaker, State Representative Ed Gainey
August 8, 2019
Public Event: Enough: Disarm/Dismantle Hate
Rally & Vigil
July 31, 2019
Member Event: Organizational Meeting for Outreach and Education Committee
June 8, 2019
Public Event: Wear Orange Pittsburgh
June 4, 2019
Public Event: Tuesdays with Toomey Takes on Gun Violence!
May 22, 2019
Public Event: Guns Down in Pittsburgh
May 21, 2019
Monthly Working Meeting of Squirrel Hill Stands Against Gun Violence
May 2, 2019
Public Event: Team 26 Rides to Pittsburgh
April 28, 2019
Public Event: Looking Back, Marching Forward
April 23, 2019
Monthly Working Meeting of Squirrel Hill Stands Against Gun Violence
April 8, 2019
Lobby Day in Harrisburg for Extreme Risk Protection Orders
March 26, 2019
Monthly Meeting of Squirrel Hill Stands Against Gun Violence
March 24, 2019
The Legislative Path to Ending Gun Violence: Workshop
March 4, 2019
The Impact of Gun Violence on the African American Community
February 26, 2019
Open Working Meeting - Squirrel Hill Stands Against Gun Violence
February 24, 2019
Gun Violence Prevention 101
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Letter Writing Campaign to Support Pittsburgh's New Package of Common Sense Gun Safety Measures
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Lobbying Trip to Harrisburg with CeasefirePA
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