| Resolution Number: | 2022-B007 |
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| Title: | Advocate for Funding to Support Community Violence Intervention Programs |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 80th General Convention commend investment in evidence-based community violence intervention programs and strategies that address gun violence as a public health issue; improve physical environments; strengthen anti-violence social norms; engage and support youth; reduce substance abuse; mitigate financial stress; reduce the harmful effects of the justice process; and confront the proliferation of guns; and be it further
Resolved, That the 80th General Convention call upon the Congress and the executive branch to allocate significant federal funding for evidence-based community violence intervention programs and strategies; and be it further
Resolved, That the Office of Government Relations, Episcopal Public Policy Network, dioceses, congregations and individual Episcopalians be encouraged to advocate for funding and public policy to support community violence intervention programs and strategies that have been proven to reduce gun violence.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Baltimore, 2022 (New York: General Convention, 2023), p. 854. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Rt. Rev. Daniel Gutiérrez |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Social Justice and United States Policy |
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Social Justice and United States Policy presented its Report #6 on Resolution B007 (Investment in Community Violence Intervention to Prevent Gun Violence) and moved adoption.
Original Text of Resolution:
(B007)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring,
That the 80th General Convention commend investment in evidence-based community violence intervention programs and strategies that address gun violence as a public health issue; improve physical environments; strengthen anti-violence social norms; engage and support youth; reduce substance abuse; mitigate financial stress; reduce the harmful effects of the justice process; and confront the proliferation of guns; and be it further
Resolved, That the 80th General Convention call upon the Congress and the executive branch to allocate significant federal funding for evidence-based community violence intervention programs and strategies; and be it further
Resolved, That the Office of Government Relations, Episcopal Public Policy Network, dioceses, congregations and individual Episcopalians be encouraged to advocate for funding and public policy to support community violence intervention programs and strategies that have been proven to reduce gun violence.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #35)
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Social Justice and United States Policy presented its Report #33 on HD Message #35 on Resolution B007 (Investment in Community Violence Intervention to Prevent Gun Violence) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #322)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 10.
| Abstract: | The 80th General Convention commends investment in evidence-based community violence intervention programs and urges advocacy for policies to support these programs. |
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| Notes: | Many resolutions concurred by the House of Bishops on Day 3 resulted in two messages being sent to the House of Deputies. The Acts of Convention followed the Journal Editor’s lead in using the second message number as the official message. House of Bishops Message #322 was preceded by House of Bishops Message #256. |