January

MLK Parade, San Diego – With coalition member Mothers with a Message and Union of Pan-Asian Communities (UPAC):

 

Coalition member Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic (SAFE) – Roundtable discussion at UCSD on the intersection of medical care and gun violence prevention:

 

February

Visit to U.S. Senator Alex Padilla’s San Diego office with Swing Left:

 

 

Supporting Firearm Procurement Ordinance at the Board of Supervisors:

 

Tabling at Festival of Love:

 

Talk at Point Loma Rotary Club:

 

March

March 1 general meeting – Heather Ferbert presents on Gun Violence Response Unit in the San Diego City Attorney’s Office:

 

Presentation to Rancho Bernardo Democrats Club:

 

Press conference to announce Darshana Patel’s Assembly Bill 237 (criminal to threaten to commit a crime at a daycare, school, university, workplace, house of worship, medical facility, or public venue with reckless disregard for safety) — Darshana Patel, Marni von Wilpert:

 

Brady summit: Building a Future Without Gun Violence. Juan Avila, Garden Pathways; Keycha Gallon, Treasurer and Project Coordinator, Motivated 2 Help Others, and Founder, Keyz to the Future; Fernando Rejon, Executive Director, Urban Peace Institute:

 

 

April

Hands Off! — Protest in downtown San Diego:

 

Tabling at Peace in the Park:

 

Brady Advocacy Week:
-Sen. Weber-Pierson’s office with District Director Chevelle Newell-Tate
-With Assemblymember Chris Ward
-With District Director Tiffany Boyd Hodgson at Assemblymember Patel’s office

 

 

Walk and Knock in Southeast San Diego:

 

Brady Advocacy Week (cont’d):

-Assembly Member Boerner’s Office, Ross Tritt, Madeline Chimento

-David Alvarez’s office

-CA State Senator Steve Padilla’s office

May

Clairemont Garden Tour — Nicole Crosby, San Diego City Attorney’s Office; and Kimberly Weinstein:

Cold Case Cruise – Alicia Valenzuela:

June

San Diego County Board of Supervisors meeting — Proclamation honoring Gun Violence Awareness Day 2025:

San Diego County Administration Building illuminated in honor of Wear Orange:

Call to Action — Writing postcards asking California voters to demand action from their congressional representatives:

San Diego Police Department gun buyback — 112 guns collected, including 1 ghost gun and 1 machine gun:

Honoring Bishop Cornelius Bowser of Shaphat Outreach for his work in reducing violence in Southeast San Diego. Bishop Bowser received the Key to the Movement Award from the People’s Association of Justice Advocates (Shane Harris) at Christopher Wilson Memorial Park: