Source: US State of Pennsylvania
June 10, 2025 – Harrisburg, PA
ADVISORY – DAUPHIN COUNTY – Lt. Governor Austin Davis and Governor’s Advisory Commissions Open Art Exhibit for Gun Violence Awareness Month
Lt. Governor Austin Davis and the six Governor’s Advisory Commissions will be joined by surviving family members, artists, and policy makers to open the Souls Shot Portrait Project exhibit in Harrisburg to help commemorate Gun Violence Awareness Month.
After peaking during the COVID-19 pandemic, gun violence and crime rates are beginning to decline in many states across the country, and they fell significantly in Pennsylvania last year. The Shapiro-Davis Administration has focused on driving down gun violence rates by providing resources to help recruit and train nearly 1,500 state and local law enforcement officers, as well as increasing investments in community-based programs proven to reduce violence and standing up and staffing a state Office of Gun Violence Preventione.
WHO:
Lt. Governor Austin Davis
Ashley Walkowiak, Governor’s Advisory Commission on Women
Aubrey Fink, Souls Shot Portrait Project
WHEN:
Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at 4:00 PM
WHERE:
The State Library, 607 South Drive, Harrisburg PA 17120
RSVP:
Press who are interested in attending must RSVP to ra-gvgovpress@pa.gov.