About this Event
BBC's Fourth Annual Gun Violence Prevention Summit 2024.
Join BBC, RCSD, CPD, City of Columbia's Mayor's Office and various community partners for a 3 day Gun Violence Prevention Summit. This event is scheduled from Friday, July 26 thru Sunday July 28, 2024. Due to the increase in Gun Violence the past few years, Building Better Communities hosts an annual Gun Violence Prevention Summit. The summit allows BBC to meet with community members, community leaders, politicians, law enforcement and community stake holders in an effort to fight Gun Violence in our communities.
The GVPS will consist of a Teen Summit on Friday, July 26, 2024 focusing on Suicide Prevention and the Mental Health of our youths. Saturday will cover the Gun Violence Prevention Summit with key speakers covering a variety of topics designed to help communities prevent gun violence in their communities. Sunday we will end the summit with a special church service at a local church.
There will be 5 topics we discuss along with trainings:
1. EDUCATION: Implement BBC’s gun violence prevent program to address: suicide, domestic violence & human suffering.
2. FAITH: Raise awareness of gun violence prevention through faith based organizations.
3. LEGISLATIVE: Help identify legislators that support our cause. BBC will train volunteers on how to write letters, attend hearings and call/meet legislators.
4. HEALTH: Address mental health guidelines for gun purchases, usage, etc. BBC will provide information pertaining to suicide, domestic violence, collateral damage, etc.
5. COMMUNITY: We will address, Safe Neighborhood Solutions, Gangs, Community Action, Unsupervised children, safe schools & re-entry of formerly incarcerated youths and adults.
For more information or to register, call BBC at 803-977-8088 or visit www.bbconline.org.
WHO WE ARE
Founded in 2010 by Perry Bradley and headquartered in Columbia, SC, Building Better Communities (BBC) is a progressive501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to promoting equality and safety for all communities.
BBC members volunteer thousands of service hours annually in disadvantaged communities collaborating with local law enforcement agencies to build safer communitiesand local officials and businesses to improve education that leads to income growth, better healthcare, increased voter participation, and ehhanced reentry resources for those who made mistakes and desire to clear their past and successfully reenter soceity.
MISSION
To build better communities through collaborative efforts with law enforcement, elected officials and community leaders that level the playing field to make access to economic, social, education, healthcare, equal political rights, and safer communities away of life for all.
VISION
BBC will work tirelessly to build a strong network of volunteers, donors, and partners who work to make safer communities in which all people are treated equal regardless of skin tone, education, or economic status.
FOCUS
BBC’s focus is on the expansion of its core pillars of community and family safety, education, voter registration, economic development, health and wellness, record expungement, gun violence and reentry to society to improve the quality of life in disadvantaged communities.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Lutheran Theological Seminary, 4201 North Main Street, Columbia, United States
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