And the honorees are. . .
The NYAGV Education Fund is pleased to announce that it will be honoring several inspiring gun violence prevention leaders at its 2018 Annual Benefit on Tuesday, October 9 in New York City: Edward Skyler, Citi’s Executive Vice President for Global Public Affairs, for Citi’s leadership as the first major bank to institute sensible restrictions on... Read More
2018 Annual Benefit: Supporting Youth GVP Leaders
Reserve your tickets and sponsorship today and help support the next generation of gun-violence-prevention leaders! Read More
Albany Field Trip Gives ReACTION Students a Look at State Government
Thanks to our supporters who sponsored our ReACTION Youth Education Program students for the 2018 Albany Day field trip! Students from across New York State– including communities from all five boroughs of New York City, Long Island, Westchester, the Hudson Valley, Saratoga Springs, Albany, and Buffalo–got the unique experience of seeing state... Read More
Youth Ed Students March For Their Lives in D.C.
Our ReACTION Youth Program students were thrilled to be part of the historic DC March For Our Lives! Thanks to your support, NYAGV was able to bring two buses of young people to the March 24 event. They landed a great spot to hear all the speeches–and they’re excited and empowered to... Read More
Shop Amazon and support NYAGV education programs.
When you shop Amazon, Amazon will donate 0.5% of your purchase to the NYAGV Education Fund–at no additional cost to you. Just shop through Smile.Amazon.com throughout the year. It’s an easy way to support NYAGV youth and community education programs to reduce gun violence. Read More
Congratulations to NYAGV’s Youth Program Scholarship Winners!
Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the ReAction Youth Education Scholarships! ReAction is the NYAGV Education Fund’s gun violence prevention program taught at New York City public high schools. The students, all seniors attending college in fall 2017, were awarded $750 scholarships for their outstanding leadership and participation as well as the... Read More
Big thanks to Broadway Cares!
Thanks to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) for its generous donation to the NYAGV Education Fund! BC/EFA made the donation in honor of the company of A Bronx Tale, a musical currently running on Broadway. The cast of A Bronx Tale–which recently participated in BC/EFA’s spring fundraising campaign–is committed to the importance... Read More
ReAction Student Highlights
Highlights of our ReAction Youth Education Program for February-March: At Queens High School John Bowne, these future law school students were encouraged to analyze the role of the second amendment in the debate about gun regulations, and describe the main arguments offered by organizations for and against gun regulation. The... Read More
