1ST Lobby Day
We are joining Michigan Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence Oct 30 to Lobby for GVP in Lansing. Can you come and lobby your representative? Register here. https://michigancoalitiontopreventgunviolence.salsalabs.org/legislativedayrsvp/index.html
PPGV Chart Notes for October
2019 Sports Medicine for the Primary Care Physician & Fall Update in Family Medicine. Drs J Peggs and J Walden presented on the Gun Violence and Injury Prevention- the Physician’s Role. We had 2 lectures and also a table. GVP is gaining recognition as a Public Health Crisis.
Upcoming: FACTS Symposium: Preventing Firearm Injuries Among Children and Teens: The State of the Science taking place October 21, 2019 from 7:30am-3:30pm. This is a large national conference at University of Michigan led by Rebecca Cunningham newly appointed Interim Vice President for Research. She has led the Injury Prevention Center at UM. PPGV has submitted a poster “Educating Physicians About Prevention of Youth Gun Injury”. Here is the information to register for the symposium by livestream. https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search/FACT/FMfcgxwDrcCfXqLtPGxgljSTxrPwQkDq
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI-UM) GVP Presentation Oct. 14. S. Lewis and J. Peggs are giving a 2-hour early evening presentation. For ticket information https://www.olli-umich.org/
Grand Rounds –Nov. 21 at Western Michigan Family Medicine at 730 am. This follows an earlier WMU Pediatric GR.
Calling all Republicans. We need to find a republican legislator who will support or even introduce a Red Flag bill. (Maybe someone who has lost a relative to gun violence.) This legislation saves lives in states that have passed it. Can you help us with this?
JSWalden