Mobilizing Communities for Action: How Organizations Can Come Together to Prevent Gun Violence

June 13, 2023
5pm-8pm

The James E. Rohr Auditorium, The Tower at PNC Plaza
300 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Amidst growing gun violence in our communities, how can government, the private sector, and community based non-profit organizations come together to address the root causes of this epidemic? Please join us at this  forum, which will examine the ways in which we can collaborate to proactively create opportunity and make our region safe for children, their families, and their communities. We will be joined by a number of local and national keynote speakers, and then engage in a community conversation about how we can best work together to keep our communities safe.

Keynote Speakers:

·        Ed Gainey, Mayor, City of Pittsburgh

      Anthony Smith, Executive Director, Cities United

 Sean Garrett, President and CEO, United Way of Metro Chicago

Josh Fleitman, Campaign Director, CeaseFirePA

Moderator:
Anna Hollis Kander, Executive Director, Amachi Pittsburgh

Doors open at 5:00pm for registration and a networking reception. The program will begin at 6:00pm.

Presented by the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania in partnership with The Pittsburgh Foundation and University of Pittsburgh Institute of Politics, this program is the third in a three-part series on protecting our region's children from gun violence. For more information on the series, please visit this page hosted by the Pittsburgh Foundation.