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Gun Violence Panel at Trinity Episcopal This Thursday

The public is invited to a free forum on solutions to gun violence this Thursday, June 20, from 7 to 8:30 pm at Trinity Episcopal Church in Southport. Four panelists will offer their suggestions for solutions. The audience will be encouraged to submit questions and comments. The panel is hosted by Trinity Against Gun Violence and is non-partisan and non-denominational.

 

Panelists include:

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Po Murray, Vice Chair – Newtown Action Alliance

Vice Chair – Newtown International Center for Education

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Chief Gary McNamara – Fairfield Chief of Police

 

Meg Felton Staunton – Co-founder of the grassroots organization March for Change, which helped galvanize support for Conn.’s new gun laws

 

Dawn Roy -  LCSW,  ACS, Licensed mental health clinician and adjunct professor at the graduate school of Southern Connecticut State University. Ms. Roy has done therapeutic counseling in Newtown and is a Mental First Aid instructor.

 

The panel will be moderated by the Rt. Rev. Laura J. Ahrens, Bishop Suffragan of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut.

 

Trinity Against Gun Violence advocates education and gun safety, particularly when it involves children. They do not offer judgments about gun ownership but rather hope to advance firearm safety through education, example and effort.

 

For more information, contact Trinity Episcopal Church, (203) 255-0454

or visit: www.trinitysouthport.org. Trinity is located just off Exit 19, I-95 at the corner of Pequot Avenue and Center Street in Southport Village.

 

 

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