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"Halt the Assault": Million Mom Marchers to Return to D.C.
4/6/2004
Press Release
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
United with the Million Mom March
1225 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
www.bradycampaign.org
Contact:
Rob Wilcox
Phone: 202-898-0792
Thousands of Lost Lives; America's Landmark Assault Weapons Law Hangs In the Balance
Washington, DC - Across America, mothers and others are organizing buses, stapling flyers in the supermarkets, calling into radio shows and organizing local press conferences. They're securing entertainment talent, stuffing envelopes in church basements and calling their representatives in Congress.
The message to all: Mother's Day in Washington will be the kickoff of the mother of all grassroots efforts -- a relentless campaign to get President Bush and Congress to save the assault weapons ban and take other steps to protect our neighborhoods and our children from gun violence that takes the lives of almost 30,000 Americans a year.
In 162 days, barring Congressional action, military-style assault weapons now banned by law will be legal again. Just in time for America's children to go back to school, Uzis and AK-47s will be for sale legally again.
The chapter-based grassroots Million Mom March organization will demonstrate on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Mother's Day, May 9, to begin a national drive to save the law -- with a particular focus on getting President Bush to keep his campaign pledge to renew it. Among the notables who have agreed to speak are parents of children lost at Columbine High School, authors, law enforcement leaders, faith-based leaders and women's leaders. A detailed lineup of speakers will be released at a later date.
"The President's men keep saying 'the President's position is clear,'" says Shikha Hamilton, a single mother from Detroit, Michigan who is the official spokeswoman of the 2004 Mother's Day March to Halt the Assault. "Those of us who hear gunfire in the middle of the night would appreciate a little more clarity. There's no sensible, rational explanation to let this law expire."
The Mother's Day activities will begin at 10 a.m. with an interfaith service and continue at 11 with testimonials from victims of gun violence, remarks by other gun safety advocates, and entertainment throughout the afternoon. Details as available will be included in future media advisories and also posted at www.mmm2004.com.
The evening before Mother's Day (Sat., May 8), Million Mom March members and other supporters will gather at the first-ever "NRA Blacklist Ball" in Washington D.C., a fundraiser for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence united with the Million Mom March. The event's name plays off the blacklist of people and groups the NRA maintains on its website. (For more, see www.nrablacklist.com.)
The founder of the first Million Mom March, Donna Dees-Thomases, has just published a book about her experience. Looking For a Few Good Moms was just published by Rodale Press.
"If America's mothers fail to make themselves heard, then just around the time we're stocking up on back-to-school supplies next September, terrorists, drug lords, and the mentally unstable will be able to stock up on assault weapons that can wipe out a school yard full of kids in a matter of minutes," Dees-Thomases wrote in the book's closing. "As mothers, we cannot let that happen."
News media wishing to produce advance stories or packages on the March plans are invited to contact Rob Wilcox of the Million Mom March united with the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence at 202-898-0792. The organization can set up interviews with Million Mom Marchers in scores of cities around the country.
Credentialing for press who wish to cover the march will follow with a separate media advisory to be shipped to news outlets April 12.
As the nation's largest national, non-partisan, chapter-based grassroots organization leading the fight to prevent gun violence, the Million Mom March united with the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence is dedicated to creating an America free from gun violence, where all Americans are safe at home, at school, at work, and in their communities.
Date of Release: April 6, 2004
http://www.jointogether.org/gv/news/alerts/reader/0,2061,570277,00.html
4/6/2004
Press Release
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
United with the Million Mom March
1225 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
www.bradycampaign.org
Contact:
Rob Wilcox
Phone: 202-898-0792
Thousands of Lost Lives; America's Landmark Assault Weapons Law Hangs In the Balance
Washington, DC - Across America, mothers and others are organizing buses, stapling flyers in the supermarkets, calling into radio shows and organizing local press conferences. They're securing entertainment talent, stuffing envelopes in church basements and calling their representatives in Congress.
The message to all: Mother's Day in Washington will be the kickoff of the mother of all grassroots efforts -- a relentless campaign to get President Bush and Congress to save the assault weapons ban and take other steps to protect our neighborhoods and our children from gun violence that takes the lives of almost 30,000 Americans a year.
In 162 days, barring Congressional action, military-style assault weapons now banned by law will be legal again. Just in time for America's children to go back to school, Uzis and AK-47s will be for sale legally again.
The chapter-based grassroots Million Mom March organization will demonstrate on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Mother's Day, May 9, to begin a national drive to save the law -- with a particular focus on getting President Bush to keep his campaign pledge to renew it. Among the notables who have agreed to speak are parents of children lost at Columbine High School, authors, law enforcement leaders, faith-based leaders and women's leaders. A detailed lineup of speakers will be released at a later date.
"The President's men keep saying 'the President's position is clear,'" says Shikha Hamilton, a single mother from Detroit, Michigan who is the official spokeswoman of the 2004 Mother's Day March to Halt the Assault. "Those of us who hear gunfire in the middle of the night would appreciate a little more clarity. There's no sensible, rational explanation to let this law expire."
The Mother's Day activities will begin at 10 a.m. with an interfaith service and continue at 11 with testimonials from victims of gun violence, remarks by other gun safety advocates, and entertainment throughout the afternoon. Details as available will be included in future media advisories and also posted at www.mmm2004.com.
The evening before Mother's Day (Sat., May 8), Million Mom March members and other supporters will gather at the first-ever "NRA Blacklist Ball" in Washington D.C., a fundraiser for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence united with the Million Mom March. The event's name plays off the blacklist of people and groups the NRA maintains on its website. (For more, see www.nrablacklist.com.)
The founder of the first Million Mom March, Donna Dees-Thomases, has just published a book about her experience. Looking For a Few Good Moms was just published by Rodale Press.
"If America's mothers fail to make themselves heard, then just around the time we're stocking up on back-to-school supplies next September, terrorists, drug lords, and the mentally unstable will be able to stock up on assault weapons that can wipe out a school yard full of kids in a matter of minutes," Dees-Thomases wrote in the book's closing. "As mothers, we cannot let that happen."
News media wishing to produce advance stories or packages on the March plans are invited to contact Rob Wilcox of the Million Mom March united with the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence at 202-898-0792. The organization can set up interviews with Million Mom Marchers in scores of cities around the country.
Credentialing for press who wish to cover the march will follow with a separate media advisory to be shipped to news outlets April 12.
As the nation's largest national, non-partisan, chapter-based grassroots organization leading the fight to prevent gun violence, the Million Mom March united with the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence is dedicated to creating an America free from gun violence, where all Americans are safe at home, at school, at work, and in their communities.
Date of Release: April 6, 2004
http://www.jointogether.org/gv/news/alerts/reader/0,2061,570277,00.html
