External Actions: Community Engagement Stage Action Business Function Activities and Resources Support and partner with existing civil Sustainability, Employee - Conduct outreach with potential local partners on gun violence society organizations in local Engagement, Community prevention. communities working on gun safety and Engagement, Foundation - Review company-wide and due diligence engagement programs to ending gun violence and conduct include long-term partnerships with gun violence prevention outreach. organizations. Potential partners include: - Everytown for Gun Safety - a movement of Americans working together 1 to end gun violence and build safer communities. They focus on reform in four main areas: background checks, domestic violence, preventable Consult with civil society organizations as deaths, and gun trafficking. part of Human Rights Due Diligence - Community Justice Action Fund - addresses the issue of gun violence in a holistic, sustainable, and intersectional manner, galvanizing the power of the people most affected by the pain to inform solutions that effectively tackle the root causes of gun violence. Their strategy focuses on a policy agenda, building a network of leaders, and training opportunities to prevent everyday gun violence. Support employee donations to gun Sustainability, Employee - Implement corporate giving and donation matching schemes that are violence prevention organizations Engagement, Community reviewed to ensure programs exclude organizations that promote gun 2 through corporate giving and donation Engagement, Foundation violence. matching schemes. - Encourage employee and leadership participation in local civil society initiatives on gun safety. Leverage existing partnerships to Sustainability, Employee National Coalition Against Domestic Violence – a national organization 3 address gun violence (i.e., domestic Engagement, Community dedicated to supporting survivors of domestic violence. violence, mental health, etc.) Engagement, Foundation Active Minds – national nonprofit supporting mental health awareness and education for young adults, with a focus on suicide prevention.
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