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Alliance For Justice's First Monday 2000 Campaign Launched
07/12/2000
For Immediate Release:
July 12, 2000
Contact Information:
Mariama Diao, 202/371-1999
Bill Breedlove, 202/822-6070
c/o The First Monday 2000 Campaign
Alliance For Justice
2000 P Street, N.W., Suite 712
Washington, D.C. 20036 www.firstmonday2000.com
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Hundreds of students from across the country gathered here today to kick off First Monday 2000, the next major anti-gun violence event after the Million Mom March. Students signed up to plan events this fall in their own communities, and heard words of encouragement from Attorney General Janet Reno, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo, and Members of Congress. First Monday 2000 will be a national day of action to end gun violence on October 2, when more than 200 events will be held on campuses and in communities around the nation to spark discussion and activism to reduce gun violence. The First Monday in October is a day when Americans traditionally focus on justice as the Supreme Court begins its term.
In addition to Reno and Cuomo, today's rally featured Representatives Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) and Bobby Rush (D-IL), who both lost family members to gun violence. Also scheduled to speak were Congresswomen Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Connie Morella (R-MD), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Janice Schakowsky (D-IL).
"October 2 will be an unprecedented day of action to stop gun violence in this country," said Alliance for Justice President Nan Aron. "We are going to put a human face on the tragedy of gun violence and remind Americans that, without responsible gun laws, every one of us is at risk. We intend to launch a mobilization so massive that politicians simply can't ignore it."
"Violence is not inevitable, nor an abstract force against which we are powerless," Reno said. "We can end violence if we as individuals, as communities, and as a nation decide not to condone it, and not to remain passive . . . Organize an event on October 2 in your university or community focusing on gun violence, and call upon your elected representatives to take action on this issue."
"All across our country, the American people are demanding common-sense safety measures that will keep guns out of the wrong hands and protect our families," Cuomo said."Congress should reject the demands of gun extremists and instead take action to reduce the number of senseless deaths and injuries caused by gunfire."
The event featured a sneak preview of a powerful new film, "Up In Arms," which was produced for the Alliance by Rory Kennedy and Liz Garbus. The film will be shown at First Monday 2000 events around the country this October.
For the last six years, the Alliance has held First Monday events to promote social justice at law schools around the country. First Monday 2000 will organize events at social work schools, nursing schools, medical schools, public health schools, as well as law schools and in town halls and other forums.
Leslie Willis-Lowry, the Philadelphia-based mother of a victim of gun violence, spoke at the kick-off rally, which was held at the National Education Association (NEA) office in Washington, D.C. Physicians for Social Responsibility Executive Director and CEO Robert K. Musil, NEA President Bob Chase, and University of Pennsylvania medical student Megan McGrath also spoke at the midday event.
Aron said that guns kill 89 Americans every day - 12 of them young people. "No community, no family, no American is unaffected," she said. "Just as students have led the way for change throughout our nation's history, students are going to organize their campuses and communities to stop gun violence. We're energized. We're mobilized. And we're not going to let the National Rifle Association push us around anymore."
In August, First Monday 2000 will join with Hamilton College to release a national poll that explores the attitudes of high school students toward guns, Aron said.
First Monday 2000 is a program of the Alliance for Justice, a national association of public interest advocacy organizations located in Washington, D.C., and Physicians for Social Responsibility. The more than 125 co-sponsors of First Monday 2000 include the Million Mom March, Handgun Control Inc., the American Bar Association, the National Association of Social Workers, the National Education Association, the Children?s Defense Fund, and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Further information on the Alliance For Justice?s First Monday 2000 Campaign is
available on the Internet at http://www.firstmonday2000.com/
Participating schools .... http://www.firstmonday2000.com/informed/schools.html
STATE SCHOOL CITY
AL Samford Univ. Birmingham
AL Univ. of Southern Alabama Mobile
AL Troy State Univ. Troy
AL Univ. of Alabama Tuscaloosa
AR Univ. of Arkansas at Fayetteville Fayetteville
AR Univ. of Arkansas Little Rock
AZ Arizona State Univ. Tempe
AZ The Univ. of Arizona Tucson
CA Univ. of California at Berkeley Berkeley
CA Whittier Costa Mesa
CA Univ. of California at Davis Davis
CA Western State Fullerton
CA National Univ. La Jolla
CA Loyola Los Angeles
CA Southwestern Univ. Los Angeles
CA Univ. of Southern California Los Angeles
CA UCLA Los Angeles
CA Univ. of the Pacific Sacramento
CA California Western School of Law San iego
CA San Diego State San Diego
CA Univ. of San Diego San Diego
CA Golden Gate Univ. San Francisco
CA Univ. of San Francisco San Francisco
CA San Jose State San Jose
CA Santa Clara Univ. Santa Clara
CA Stanford Univ. Stanford
CO Univ. of Colorado Boulder
CO Univ. of Denver Denver
CO Univ. of Northern Colorado Greeley
CT Western CT State Danbury
CT QuinnipaiacCollege Hamden
CT Univ. of Connecticut Hartford/Farmington
CT Yale Univ. New Haven
DC American Univ. Washington
DC Georgetown Univ. Washington
DC Howard Univ. Washington
DC Univ. of District of Columbia Washington
DC Catholic Univ. of America Washington
DC George Wash. Univ. Washington
DE Widener Univ. Wilmington
FL Univ. of Miami Coral Gables
FL NOVA Southeastern Univ. Fort Lauderdale
FL Univ. of Florida Gainesville
FL St. Thomas Miami
FL Univ. of West Florida Pensacola
FL Stetson Univ. St. Petersburg
FL Florida State Univ. Tallahassee
GA Univ. of Georgia Athens
GA Emory Univ. Atlanta
GA Georgia State Atlanta
GA Mercer Univ. Macon
IL Southern Illinois Univ. Carbondale
IL Univ. of Illinois Champaign
IL Depaul Univ. Chicago
IL Finch Univ. of Health Sciences Chicago
IL John Marshall Law School Chicago
IL Northwestern Univ. Chicago
IL Univ. of Chicago Chicago
IL Univ. of Illinois Chicago Chicago
IL Loyola Univ. Chicago
IL Northern Illinois Univ. Dekalb
IN Indiana Univ. Bloomington
IN Indiana Univ. Indianapolis
IN Notre Dame Notre Dame
IN Valparaiso Univ. Valparaiso
KS Univ. of Kansas Kansas City
KS Washburn Univ. Topeka
KS Univ. of Kansas Wichita
KS Wichita State Wichita
KY Northern Kentucky Univ. Highland Heights
KY Univ. of Kentucky Lexington
KY Spalding Univ Louisville
KY Univ. of Louisville Louisville
LA Univ. of Louisiana Monroe
LA LSU New Orleans New Orleans
LA Loyola Univ. New Orleans
LA Tulane Univ. New Orleans
MA Boston Univ. Boston
MA New England Boston
MA Northeastern Univ. Boston
MA Suffolk Univ. Boston
MA Harvard Univ. Cambridge
MA Western New England Springfield
MA Brandeis Univ. Waltham
MD John Hopkins Univ. Baltimore
MD Univ. of Baltimore Baltimore
MI Univ. of Michigan Ann Arbor
MI Marygrove College Detroit
MI Michigan State Univ. Detroit
MI Univ. of Detroit Detroit
MI Wayne State Univ. Detroit
MI Grand Valley State Univ. Grand Rapids
MI Western Michigan Univ Kalamazoo
MI Thomas M.Cooley Law School Lansing
MI Madonna Univ Livonia
MI Eastern Michigan Univ. Ypsilanti
MN Univ. of Minnesota Duluh
MN College of St Benedict St. Joseph
MN Hamline Univ. St. Paul
MN William Mitchell College of Law St. Paul
MO Univ. of Missouri Columbia
MO Evangel Univ. Springfield
MO Saint Louis Univ. St. Louis
MS Univ. of Mississippi University
MT Univ. of Montana Missoula
NC Campbell Univ. Buies Creek
NC Univ. of North Carolina Chapel Hill
NC North Carolina Central Univ. Durham
NC Duke Univ. Durham
NC Wake Forest Univ. Winston-Salem
ND Univ. of North Dakota Grand Forks
NE Creighton Univ. Omaha
NH Franklin Pierce Law Center Concord
NJ Ramapo College Mahwah
NJ Rutgers Univ. Camden
NJ Rutgers Univ. Newark
NJ Seton Hall Newark
NM Univ. of New Mexico Albuquerque
NY Albany Medical School Albany
NY Union Univ. Albany Albany
NY Albert Einstein College of Med Bronx
NY Brooklyn Law School Brooklyn
NY State Univ. of New York(SUNY Buffalo) Buffalo
NY City Univ. of New York (CUNY) at Queens College Flushing
NY Hofstra Univ. Hempsted
NY Touro College Huntington
NY Cornell Univ. Ithaca
NY St. John's Univ. Jamaica
NY Fordham Univ. New York
NY New York Law School New York
NY New York Univ. New York
NY Yeshiva Univ. New York
NY Columbia Univ. New York
NY Columbia Univ. New York
NY Pace Univ. Pleasantville
NY Univ. of Rochester Rochester
NY Syracuse Univ. Syracuse
NY Syracuse Univ. Syracuse
OH Ohio Northern Univ. Ada
OH Univ. of Akron Akron
OH Univ. of Cincinnati Cincinnati
OH Cleveland State Univ. Cleveland
OH Case Western Reserve Cleveland
OH Capital Univ. Columbus
OH Ohio State Univ. Columbus
OH Univ. of Dayton Dayton
OH Univ. of Toledo Toledo
OK Oklahoma Panhandle State Univ. Goodwell
OK Oklahoma City Univ. Oklahoma City
OK Univ. of Tulsa Oklahoma City
OR Univ. of Oregon Eugene
OR Linfield College McMinnville
OR Lewis and Clark Portland
OR Williamette Univ. Salem
PA Penn State Univ. Carlisle
PA Widener Univ. Harrisburg
PA Temple Univ. Philadelphia
PA Univ. of Pennsylvania Philadelphia
PA Duquesne Univ. Pittsburgh
PA Univ. of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
PA Villanova Univ. Villanova
PR Univ. of Puerto Rico San Juan
RI Roger Williams Univ. Bristol
SC Univ. of South Carolina Columbia
SD Augustana College Sioux Falls
SD Univ. of South Dakota Vermillion
TN Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville
TN Univ. of Memphis Memphis
TN Belmont Univ Nashville
TN Meharry Medical College Nashville
TN Vanderbilt Univ. Nashville
TX Univ. of Texas at Austin Austin
TX Southern Methodist Univ. Dallas
TX Univ. of Texas Houston
TX South Texas College of Law Houston
TX Texas Southern Univ. Houston
TX Univ. of Houston Houston
TX Texas Wesleyan Univ. Irving
TX Texas Tech Univ. Lubbock
TX Univ. of the Incarnate Word San Antonio
TX St. Mary's Univ. San Antonio
UT Brigham Young Univ. Provo
UT Univ. of Utah Salt Lake City
VA George Mason Univ. Arlington
VA Univ. of Virginia Charlottesville
VA Washington and Lee Lexington
VA Regent Univ. Virginia Beach
VA College of William & Mary Williamsburg
VT Vermont Law School South Royalton
WA Univ. of Washington Seattle
WA Gonzaga Univ. Spokane
WA Seattle Univ. Tacoma
WI Edgewood College Madison
WI Univ. of Wisconsin Madison
WI Marquette Univ. Milwaukee
WI Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee
WI Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee
WV West Virginia Univ. Morgantown
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Alliance For Justice's First Monday 2000 Campaign Launched
07/12/2000
For Immediate Release:
July 12, 2000
Contact Information:
Mariama Diao, 202/371-1999
Bill Breedlove, 202/822-6070
c/o The First Monday 2000 Campaign
Alliance For Justice
2000 P Street, N.W., Suite 712
Washington, D.C. 20036 www.firstmonday2000.com
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Hundreds of students from across the country gathered here today to kick off First Monday 2000, the next major anti-gun violence event after the Million Mom March. Students signed up to plan events this fall in their own communities, and heard words of encouragement from Attorney General Janet Reno, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo, and Members of Congress. First Monday 2000 will be a national day of action to end gun violence on October 2, when more than 200 events will be held on campuses and in communities around the nation to spark discussion and activism to reduce gun violence. The First Monday in October is a day when Americans traditionally focus on justice as the Supreme Court begins its term.
In addition to Reno and Cuomo, today's rally featured Representatives Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) and Bobby Rush (D-IL), who both lost family members to gun violence. Also scheduled to speak were Congresswomen Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Connie Morella (R-MD), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Janice Schakowsky (D-IL).
"October 2 will be an unprecedented day of action to stop gun violence in this country," said Alliance for Justice President Nan Aron. "We are going to put a human face on the tragedy of gun violence and remind Americans that, without responsible gun laws, every one of us is at risk. We intend to launch a mobilization so massive that politicians simply can't ignore it."
"Violence is not inevitable, nor an abstract force against which we are powerless," Reno said. "We can end violence if we as individuals, as communities, and as a nation decide not to condone it, and not to remain passive . . . Organize an event on October 2 in your university or community focusing on gun violence, and call upon your elected representatives to take action on this issue."
"All across our country, the American people are demanding common-sense safety measures that will keep guns out of the wrong hands and protect our families," Cuomo said."Congress should reject the demands of gun extremists and instead take action to reduce the number of senseless deaths and injuries caused by gunfire."
The event featured a sneak preview of a powerful new film, "Up In Arms," which was produced for the Alliance by Rory Kennedy and Liz Garbus. The film will be shown at First Monday 2000 events around the country this October.
For the last six years, the Alliance has held First Monday events to promote social justice at law schools around the country. First Monday 2000 will organize events at social work schools, nursing schools, medical schools, public health schools, as well as law schools and in town halls and other forums.
Leslie Willis-Lowry, the Philadelphia-based mother of a victim of gun violence, spoke at the kick-off rally, which was held at the National Education Association (NEA) office in Washington, D.C. Physicians for Social Responsibility Executive Director and CEO Robert K. Musil, NEA President Bob Chase, and University of Pennsylvania medical student Megan McGrath also spoke at the midday event.
Aron said that guns kill 89 Americans every day - 12 of them young people. "No community, no family, no American is unaffected," she said. "Just as students have led the way for change throughout our nation's history, students are going to organize their campuses and communities to stop gun violence. We're energized. We're mobilized. And we're not going to let the National Rifle Association push us around anymore."
In August, First Monday 2000 will join with Hamilton College to release a national poll that explores the attitudes of high school students toward guns, Aron said.
First Monday 2000 is a program of the Alliance for Justice, a national association of public interest advocacy organizations located in Washington, D.C., and Physicians for Social Responsibility. The more than 125 co-sponsors of First Monday 2000 include the Million Mom March, Handgun Control Inc., the American Bar Association, the National Association of Social Workers, the National Education Association, the Children?s Defense Fund, and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Further information on the Alliance For Justice?s First Monday 2000 Campaign is
available on the Internet at http://www.firstmonday2000.com/
Participating schools .... http://www.firstmonday2000.com/informed/schools.html
STATE SCHOOL CITY
AL Samford Univ. Birmingham
AL Univ. of Southern Alabama Mobile
AL Troy State Univ. Troy
AL Univ. of Alabama Tuscaloosa
AR Univ. of Arkansas at Fayetteville Fayetteville
AR Univ. of Arkansas Little Rock
AZ Arizona State Univ. Tempe
AZ The Univ. of Arizona Tucson
CA Univ. of California at Berkeley Berkeley
CA Whittier Costa Mesa
CA Univ. of California at Davis Davis
CA Western State Fullerton
CA National Univ. La Jolla
CA Loyola Los Angeles
CA Southwestern Univ. Los Angeles
CA Univ. of Southern California Los Angeles
CA UCLA Los Angeles
CA Univ. of the Pacific Sacramento
CA California Western School of Law San iego
CA San Diego State San Diego
CA Univ. of San Diego San Diego
CA Golden Gate Univ. San Francisco
CA Univ. of San Francisco San Francisco
CA San Jose State San Jose
CA Santa Clara Univ. Santa Clara
CA Stanford Univ. Stanford
CO Univ. of Colorado Boulder
CO Univ. of Denver Denver
CO Univ. of Northern Colorado Greeley
CT Western CT State Danbury
CT QuinnipaiacCollege Hamden
CT Univ. of Connecticut Hartford/Farmington
CT Yale Univ. New Haven
DC American Univ. Washington
DC Georgetown Univ. Washington
DC Howard Univ. Washington
DC Univ. of District of Columbia Washington
DC Catholic Univ. of America Washington
DC George Wash. Univ. Washington
DE Widener Univ. Wilmington
FL Univ. of Miami Coral Gables
FL NOVA Southeastern Univ. Fort Lauderdale
FL Univ. of Florida Gainesville
FL St. Thomas Miami
FL Univ. of West Florida Pensacola
FL Stetson Univ. St. Petersburg
FL Florida State Univ. Tallahassee
GA Univ. of Georgia Athens
GA Emory Univ. Atlanta
GA Georgia State Atlanta
GA Mercer Univ. Macon
IL Southern Illinois Univ. Carbondale
IL Univ. of Illinois Champaign
IL Depaul Univ. Chicago
IL Finch Univ. of Health Sciences Chicago
IL John Marshall Law School Chicago
IL Northwestern Univ. Chicago
IL Univ. of Chicago Chicago
IL Univ. of Illinois Chicago Chicago
IL Loyola Univ. Chicago
IL Northern Illinois Univ. Dekalb
IN Indiana Univ. Bloomington
IN Indiana Univ. Indianapolis
IN Notre Dame Notre Dame
IN Valparaiso Univ. Valparaiso
KS Univ. of Kansas Kansas City
KS Washburn Univ. Topeka
KS Univ. of Kansas Wichita
KS Wichita State Wichita
KY Northern Kentucky Univ. Highland Heights
KY Univ. of Kentucky Lexington
KY Spalding Univ Louisville
KY Univ. of Louisville Louisville
LA Univ. of Louisiana Monroe
LA LSU New Orleans New Orleans
LA Loyola Univ. New Orleans
LA Tulane Univ. New Orleans
MA Boston Univ. Boston
MA New England Boston
MA Northeastern Univ. Boston
MA Suffolk Univ. Boston
MA Harvard Univ. Cambridge
MA Western New England Springfield
MA Brandeis Univ. Waltham
MD John Hopkins Univ. Baltimore
MD Univ. of Baltimore Baltimore
MI Univ. of Michigan Ann Arbor
MI Marygrove College Detroit
MI Michigan State Univ. Detroit
MI Univ. of Detroit Detroit
MI Wayne State Univ. Detroit
MI Grand Valley State Univ. Grand Rapids
MI Western Michigan Univ Kalamazoo
MI Thomas M.Cooley Law School Lansing
MI Madonna Univ Livonia
MI Eastern Michigan Univ. Ypsilanti
MN Univ. of Minnesota Duluh
MN College of St Benedict St. Joseph
MN Hamline Univ. St. Paul
MN William Mitchell College of Law St. Paul
MO Univ. of Missouri Columbia
MO Evangel Univ. Springfield
MO Saint Louis Univ. St. Louis
MS Univ. of Mississippi University
MT Univ. of Montana Missoula
NC Campbell Univ. Buies Creek
NC Univ. of North Carolina Chapel Hill
NC North Carolina Central Univ. Durham
NC Duke Univ. Durham
NC Wake Forest Univ. Winston-Salem
ND Univ. of North Dakota Grand Forks
NE Creighton Univ. Omaha
NH Franklin Pierce Law Center Concord
NJ Ramapo College Mahwah
NJ Rutgers Univ. Camden
NJ Rutgers Univ. Newark
NJ Seton Hall Newark
NM Univ. of New Mexico Albuquerque
NY Albany Medical School Albany
NY Union Univ. Albany Albany
NY Albert Einstein College of Med Bronx
NY Brooklyn Law School Brooklyn
NY State Univ. of New York(SUNY Buffalo) Buffalo
NY City Univ. of New York (CUNY) at Queens College Flushing
NY Hofstra Univ. Hempsted
NY Touro College Huntington
NY Cornell Univ. Ithaca
NY St. John's Univ. Jamaica
NY Fordham Univ. New York
NY New York Law School New York
NY New York Univ. New York
NY Yeshiva Univ. New York
NY Columbia Univ. New York
NY Columbia Univ. New York
NY Pace Univ. Pleasantville
NY Univ. of Rochester Rochester
NY Syracuse Univ. Syracuse
NY Syracuse Univ. Syracuse
OH Ohio Northern Univ. Ada
OH Univ. of Akron Akron
OH Univ. of Cincinnati Cincinnati
OH Cleveland State Univ. Cleveland
OH Case Western Reserve Cleveland
OH Capital Univ. Columbus
OH Ohio State Univ. Columbus
OH Univ. of Dayton Dayton
OH Univ. of Toledo Toledo
OK Oklahoma Panhandle State Univ. Goodwell
OK Oklahoma City Univ. Oklahoma City
OK Univ. of Tulsa Oklahoma City
OR Univ. of Oregon Eugene
OR Linfield College McMinnville
OR Lewis and Clark Portland
OR Williamette Univ. Salem
PA Penn State Univ. Carlisle
PA Widener Univ. Harrisburg
PA Temple Univ. Philadelphia
PA Univ. of Pennsylvania Philadelphia
PA Duquesne Univ. Pittsburgh
PA Univ. of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
PA Villanova Univ. Villanova
PR Univ. of Puerto Rico San Juan
RI Roger Williams Univ. Bristol
SC Univ. of South Carolina Columbia
SD Augustana College Sioux Falls
SD Univ. of South Dakota Vermillion
TN Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville
TN Univ. of Memphis Memphis
TN Belmont Univ Nashville
TN Meharry Medical College Nashville
TN Vanderbilt Univ. Nashville
TX Univ. of Texas at Austin Austin
TX Southern Methodist Univ. Dallas
TX Univ. of Texas Houston
TX South Texas College of Law Houston
TX Texas Southern Univ. Houston
TX Univ. of Houston Houston
TX Texas Wesleyan Univ. Irving
TX Texas Tech Univ. Lubbock
TX Univ. of the Incarnate Word San Antonio
TX St. Mary's Univ. San Antonio
UT Brigham Young Univ. Provo
UT Univ. of Utah Salt Lake City
VA George Mason Univ. Arlington
VA Univ. of Virginia Charlottesville
VA Washington and Lee Lexington
VA Regent Univ. Virginia Beach
VA College of William & Mary Williamsburg
VT Vermont Law School South Royalton
WA Univ. of Washington Seattle
WA Gonzaga Univ. Spokane
WA Seattle Univ. Tacoma
WI Edgewood College Madison
WI Univ. of Wisconsin Madison
WI Marquette Univ. Milwaukee
WI Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee
WI Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee
WV West Virginia Univ. Morgantown
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