Hey, John — Trevor Wild here, National Distributed Organizer at March For Our Lives! I work with teams of volunteers to imagine what a world free from gun violence looks like.

There is an epidemic of violence affecting our children, families, and particularly marginalized communities. Our current system of public safety is broken – but we have the power to fix it.

One of the key areas we need to address gun violence is police brutality and violence against Black and brown communities — that’s exactly what the People’s Response Act will do.

John, this month, March For Our Lives members are heading to Capitol Hill to advocate for this bill and ask Congress to sign it into law.

But we need more than just the young people on the ground to make this happen — so I’m personally asking if you can urge your representatives to support the People’s Response Act today. We’ve already written out your message, all you have to do is click to send it!

Here’s more on what the People’s Response Act calls for: ⤵️

• A focus on preventing violence before it starts and building systems of care that are rooted in improving the well-being of all communities
• Restorative justice and harm reduction-based treatment of mental health and substance abuse
• Creating a Division on Community Safety within the Department of Health and Human Services which will fund, conduct, and coordinate research, technical assistance, and grant programs related to non-carceral, health-centered investments in public safety
• Launching a federal first responders unit to support states and local governments with emergency health crises
• Providing $11 billion in grant funding to state and local governments, as well as community-based organizations, to fully fund public safety and improve crisis response
• Establishing a $2.5 billion First Responder Hiring Grant to create thousands of jobs and provide funding to state, local, and tribal governments, as well as community organizations, to hire a variety of emergency first responders

The far-right continually tries to tell us the lie that the solution to violence is more guns in our communities. But that’s just not true.

The public safety solutions proven to work are rooted in care and empathy, not criminalization or arming more people. The People’s Response Act centers our community and safety by establishing an evidence-based, public health approach to public safety.

Please, send a message to your representatives today urging them to support the People’s Response Act — it will only take a moment. Contacting our representatives is one of the most powerful ways we can amplify our message and hold our leaders accountable for addressing public safety.

In solidarity,

Trevor