CeaseFire Pennsylvania Education Fund

In 2022-2023, ceasefirepa Education Fund continued to educate the public, engage partners and mobilize the public to address gun violence. Our efforts included highlighting successful violence intervention programs throughout the commonwealth funded by resources and increasing access for other nonprofits. In february, we hosted the 100th mayor: restoring safety forum with whyy news, and billy penn-it was a discussion among candidates on how they plan to approach policing and the gun violence epidemic as mayor. We also continued to build support for approaches to reduce ghost guns, ultimately leading to an atf rulemaking that ends this threat to public health. We ramped up our efforts to organize the public health community through our new partnership program. Our leadership institute continued to build public knowledge about drivers of violence and increase civic participation. We mobilized new partners in the public health and faith community.