SEATTLE, April 16, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- One year after Congress failed to pass legislation to require comprehensive gun background checks despite near-unanimous public support, gun violence survivors, faith leaders and moms will gather today to launch 'Everytown for Gun Safety,' a new gun violence prevention group.  Everytown will ask Americans to join the fight to reduce the gun violence that kills 86 Americans every day and affects every town – big cities and small towns alike. 

The event in Seattle is just one of a number of events happening around the country today that will bring together local community leaders to speak out for common-sense gun laws that will reduce gun violence. 

What: Gun violence survivors, faith leaders and moms will gather today to launch 'Everytown for Gun Safety' a new gun violence prevention group

Who:  Speaking: 

• Mayor Ed Murray, Mayor of Seattle and coalition member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns
• Cheryl Stumbo, survivor of the 2006 Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle shooting and sponsor of WA Initiative 594, which would require criminal background checks on all gun sales
• Courtney Weaver, domestic violence shooting survivor
• Kate Beck, Washington Chapter Leader of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America
• Rev. Sandy Brown of First United Methodist Church in Seattle
• Rev. Elizabeth Patrick of University Baptist Church in Seattle
• Rabbi Danny Weiner, Senior Rabbi of Temple De Hirsch Sinai in Seattle
• Pastor Carey Anderson, Senior Minister of First AME Church in Seattle
• Rev. Paul Benz, Co-Director of the Faith Action Network and ordained minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

When: Today, April 16 at 10:30 AM

Where: Seattle Center, Next 50 Annex,
305 Harrison Street
Seattle, WA

About Everytown for Gun Safety 
Everytown for Gun Safety is a movement of Americans fighting for common-sense policies that will reduce gun violence and save lives. Everytown is the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country with more than 1.5 million supporters including moms, mayors, survivors, and everyday Americans who are fighting for reforms that respect the Second Amendment and protect people.  At the core of Everytown are Mayors Against Illegal Guns, founded in 2006 by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Boston Mayor Tom Menino, and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a grassroots movement of American mothers founded on the day after Newtown. Learn more at www.everytown.org and follow us @Everytown

CONTACT
Kate Downen, [email protected]

SOURCE Everytown for Gun Safety