Friend,

Last year, Rep. Joanna McClinton stood in the Pennsylvania Capitol fighting to end gun violence. When she was told gun safety bills wouldn’t move, she fought even harder to save lives from this epidemic.

She is the definition of courage–and now she is one of three honorees at this year’s award ceremony on May 9, 2023 in Conshohocken.

We need more heroes in this fight to save lives. And we have them. The lawyers at Hogan Lovells took on a pro bono case to empower local governments to enact gun safety laws. It is now in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on behalf of survivors, the City of Philadelphia, and CeaseFirePA.

For years the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Center for Violence Prevention has conducted research and then put a strategy into practice to save kids from their number one killer: guns. They hand out gun locks, train doctors to discuss safe storage with patients, and educate decision-makers on their own research about life-saving laws.