11th Annual Community Forum

May 23, 2024 | Uncategorized

Forum Agenda Opening Judy Sherry, Founder and President Grandparents For Gun Safety Welcome Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas Video Grandparents for Gun Safety Advocates of the Year Presentations Individual:  Representative Linda Featherston Organization: Community...

May 2024 Monthly Meeting Recording

May 21, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter & Meeting Archive

GGS & Our Partners: We’re Stronger Working Together Monday, May 20, 4:00 – 5:30 pm Colonial Church in Prairie Village – Social Hall 7039 Mission Road   GGS is not alone in its multi-pronged efforts to help make Kansas City a safer place to live...

KSHB Interview with Judy Sherry following another shooting of a young child in KC

May 18, 2024 | Blog

By: JuYeon Kim Posted at 7:12 PM, May 17, 2024 KANSAS CITY, Mo — Just this year, eight children have been killed in Kansas City, Missouri. A girl under the age of six is in serious condition at a hospital after she was shot late Thursday night while in a vehicle in...

Filibuster is OVER! SJR74 has been tossed back to the House.

May 16, 2024 | Blog

With only two days left in the 2024 session SJR74 has been tossed back to the House. They can get rid of the ballot candy, put it in a joint conference committee or let it die (preferably). As you know, SJR74 is the bill that would make it difficult for Missouri...

The Community Effort Behind Buffalo’s Huge Drop in Shootings

May 16, 2024 | Blog

By Chip Brown Lee In his more than three decades of working to reduce violence in Buffalo, New York, Pastor James Giles has seen it all — the spikes and the reversions to the mean; when it’s “popping off” and when it’s quieter than usual. Giles is a self-described...