Gun violence during COVID-19 Twitter Chat (3 PM ET), Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and VAWA's anniversary: Your civic action to-do list for 4-6-20
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3. Despite “stay-at-home” orders all across our country, shootings continue to terrorize communities.
In a nutshell: Gun sales skyrocketing puts all of us at greater risk, especially domestic violence victims and children living in homes without proper gun storage solutions.
Take action: Join a twitter chat today from 3-4 pm ET using the hashtag, #PublicHealth4GVP, to discuss this public health crisis!
2. Saturday marked one year since the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) passed the House of Representatives with bipartisan support, and yet the majority of the Senate has been unwilling to support the important improvements in the bill.
In a nutshell: Since an improved VAWA hasn’t passed the Senate, programs and survivors are in even greater need of emergency funding and assistance.
Take action: Call your senators and tell them that a fourth COVID stimulus package must address survivors’ needs.
1. Rape crisis centers are struggling to support survivors during this crisis.
In a nutshell: The third COVID relief package failed to support sexual assault survivors and children exposed to domestic violence.
Take action: For Sexual Assault Awareness Month, use social media to tell your elected officials that the federal Sexual Assault Services Program (SASP) needs at least $100 million to help rape crisis centers respond to the needs of survivors! Use the hashtags #SAAM, #CongressDoBetter, and #COVID19.