Marilyn Moore

Gun Violence Intervention and Prevention Committee to Hold Public Safety Hearing and Public Hearing

The Gun Violence Intervention and Prevention advisory is set to hold to hearings to help put an end to gun violence in Connecticut. This group advisory, a result of legislation written by state Senator Marilyn Moore (D-Bridgeport), will be holding a public safety hearing on November 5 and a public hearing on November 17. Sen. Moore created this committee and wrote it into Senate Bill 1, Public Act 21-35, which passed during the 2021 legislative session.

Senator Moore is passionate about putting an end to gun violence that takes place across cities in Connecticut, specifically the young children who are in the crossfire. Senator Moore has worked tirelessly to implement gun violence intervention programs across the state that will help minimize youth gun violence and has helped to secure funding through various initiatives that will help create, implement, and evaluate a plan to build statewide coalitions for cities most impacted by gun violence.

“What an honor it is to see my hard work come to fruition,” said Sen. Moore. “To begin with an idea on paper and to have a full committee formed to work on a solution about something I am passionate about is rewarding. This is just the beginning to putting an end to gun violence in our state. We will continue to work on educating our youth and this committee’s efforts will work to identify what in particular we can do as a society to put an end to gun violence.”

On Friday, November 5, The Gun Violence Intervention and Prevention Advisory Committee will be holding a public safety hearing where they will be hearing from public safety, law enforcement, emergency first responders, criminal justice representatives, and violence prevention professionals. The Committee is seeking to learn the effective gun violence reduction strategies and programs your organization utilizes to help to enhance public safety and reduce community and gun violence

On Wednesday, November 17, The Gun Violence Intervention and Prevention Advisory Committee will be holding a public hearing via zoom and are looking to hear from members of the public, grassroots organizations, community-based organizations and local violence prevention activists on what lessons and lived experiences the committee can reflect upon. They will be seeking recommendations on how to reduce community and gun related violence.

All testimonials are limited to a maximum of three minutes. Those interested in testifying should pre-register by contacting Dr. Pina Violano at pina.violano@cga.ct.gov by November 12th . A ZOOM link will be sent out upon registration.

Individuals who are unable to attend the public hearing and are interested in submitting written testimony, can do so by providing a PDF document to Dr. Pina Violano at pina.violano@cga.ct.gov by 5:00PM November 12th.

The Gun Violence Intervention and Prevention Advisory Committee establishes a gun violence intervention and prevention advisory committee for the purpose of advising the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health and human services on the establishment of a Commission on Gun Violence Intervention and Prevention to coordinate the funding and implementation of evidence-based, community-centric programs and strategies to reduce street-level gun violence in the state. The committee will:

Consult with community outreach organizations, victim service providers, victims of community violence and gun violence, community violence and gun violence researchers and public safety and law enforcement representatives regarding strategies to reduce community violence and gun violence.


Identify effective, evidence-based community violence and gun violence reduction strategies.


Identify strategies to align the resources of state agencies to reduce community violence and gun violence.


Identify state, federal and private funding opportunities for community violence and gun violence reduction initiatives.


Develop a public health and community engagement strategy for the Commission on Gun Violence Intervention and Prevention. By January 1, 2022, the committee shall submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the public health and human services committees. The committee shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or January 1, 2022, whichever is later.