In America, guns kill more than 30,000 men, women, and children every single year. Whether you’re walking down the street, in a school or at church no place is truly safe.
Among high-income countries, the United States accounts for:
- 80% of all firearm deaths
- 86% of women killed by firearms
- and 87% of all children up to the age of 14 who are killed by firearms
In the United States, firearm homicide rate 20 times higher than the combined rates of 22 countries with comparable wealth and population size, no extensive research as to why this is the case.
Gun violence in the United States is a human rights crisis. Despite having one of the highest rates of gun violence in the world, the United States has not taken practical steps to implement violence reduction or prevention.
A black male aged 15-34 is more than ten times more likely to die from firearm homicide than a white male of the same age group.
Impact Empowerment Group has launched a huge initiative called the iCare Campaign. This campaign does three amazing things:
- Life coaching and support for gang prevention.
- We push for legislation that encourages responsible gun ownership.
- Send out crisis teams to ensure survivors of gun-related violence have access to affordable and quality care.
This cause is extremely urgent because an average of 106 individuals die every day from a firearm and gang-related deaths. We believe that if we all come together we can make a huge difference for these families and put an end to gun violence.
The best way to get involved is to join Impact Empowerment Group as a monthly sustaining member. When you do that you join the hundreds of other human rights defenders who share your values and give as much as they can for as long as they can.
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