By the second half of 2023 we had resumed our regular cadence of monthly, in-person meetings after three years of video conferences. We redoubled our efforts to build up Team Enough San Diego, the local, youth-focused arm of Brady United.
July
The Board of Supervisors cast an inconclusive tie vote on accepting the conclusions of a countywide survey on gun violence. We made our disappointment clear at a press conference with Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer. . .
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. . . then picked ourselves up, dusted ourselves off and conducted another press event celebrating Manny and Patricia Oliver’s “Guacathon,” a cross-country tour in honor of their son, who was killed in the Parkland shooting.
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On one side of town we handed out literature on safe storage of firearms to support the Chula Vista Police Department’s gun buyback . . .
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. . . while on the other side of town we talked with families trying to take back their community parks from gun violence:
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August
Day of Remembrance for victims of gun violence, outside the County Administration Building:
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Back-to-school events, to reassure students:
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Postcard writing get-together, with the theme of protecting children instead of guns:
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September
Walk and Knock in City Heights:
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Kickoff event for Terra Lawson-Remer’s re-election to County Board of Supervisors (State Senator Catherine Blakespear in attendance):
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Survivors of Suicide Loss walk, Balboa Park:
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San Diego County Live Well event – 5K and 1-mile runs:
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Gun Violence Reduction Summit at County Board of Supervisors meeting – attended by California Attorney General Rob Bonta:
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October
BeSMART for Kids:
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San Diego Democratic Convention: SD4GVP volunteer Lenise Andrade; Dr. Darshana Patel, Poway Unified School District School Board President and current candidate for CA State Assembly District 76; SD4GVP Legislative Team volunteer Deanna Niño:
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WaveFC women’s soccer game at Snapdragon Stadium:
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November
Congressman Mike Levin townhall on gun violence: SD4GVP volunteer Ron Marcus, Moms Demand Action volunteer Mandy Fisher, Congressman Mike Levin, Bishop Cornelius Bowser of Shaphat Outreach, Moms Demand Action volunteer Nikki Faddick:
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Student outreach at San Diego High School:
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December
Youth-driven 11th-Annual Vigil for All Victims of Gun Violence – Mission Hills United Methodist Church:
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Quilt in honor of the victims of the school shooting in Uvalde, TX:
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