Heeding God’s Call

to End Gun Violence

Mobilizing Faith Communities to End Gun Violence

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    Our Mission

    Heeding God’s Call to End Gun Violence™ works to prevent gun violence by uniting people of faith to actively participate in public witness and policy advocacy.

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    Community Vigils

    We hold prayerful public gatherings to remember and honor victims of gun violence and actively seek for change on behalf of them and their families.

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    Advocacy and Education

    Heeding promotes public witness and call to action through Ending Gun Violence Days and Memorials to the Lost®. These engagements offer opportunities for education, individual and community healing, and mobilizes people toward policies that include voter guides, letter writing campaigns, and direct, in-person lobbying.

Heeding’s Impact

  • 25,000 Victims Honored

    25,000 Victims Honored

    Through advocacy and public memorials.

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    50+ Memorials to the Lost

    Across 9 counties in PA
    and in MD, VA, TX, and DC; each honoring lives taken by gun violence and raising public awareness.

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    Hundreds of Thousands Reached:

    Through public memorials, events, media, and advocacy campaigns, we’ve reached and moved hundreds of thousands across the country to awareness and action.

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    25+ End Gun Violence Dialogues

    Community-based conversations uniting faith leaders, families, and neighbors in education, healing, and action.

  • Thousands of Advocacy Letters Sent

    Thousands of Advocacy Letters Sent

    To lawmakers, advancing commonsense gun laws.

It is our sacred responsibility as faith communities to protect

our brothers and sisters through public witness and advocacy.

A Memorial That Moves Hearts—and Communities

At Heeding God’s Call to End Gun Violence, we bear public witness to the toll of gun violence with our "Memorial to the Lost"—a moving display of T-shirts, each bearing the name of a life taken. This powerful visual calls people of faith to grieve, reflect, and take faithful action.

Join us in lifting up lives lost, supporting families, and pressing for change. Together, we can answer God’s call to end gun violence and build communities of peace, justice, and hope.

Our brothers and sisters whose lives are lost to gun violence matter.

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Our brothers and sisters whose lives are lost to gun violence matter. 〰️

Donate to help

end gun violence

Inspiring hope, raising voices, and taking action.
We won’t stop until consistent change is made.

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Heeding promotes public witness and call to action through:

These engagements offer opportunities for education as well as for individual and community healing.