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The Intersection of Gun Violence and Domestic Violence: A Conversation with Ruth Zakarin, CEO of the Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence

Please join the Sudbury-Wayland-Lincoln Domestic Violence Roundtable for an important program about the alarming intersection of domestic violence and easy access to guns. 

Ruth Zakarin, CEO of the MA Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, will explore what this connection means for survivor safety and the rate of domestic violence homicides, as well as the role domestic violence plays in mass shootings and community-based gun violence. Ruth also will examine how easy access to guns gives people who cause harm additional ways to threaten, coerce, and manipulate their current or former intimate partner without ever firing the weapon. The discussion will end with a call to action — steps we can all take to keep our communities safer from gun violence.

The program will be held on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at 7 PM on Zoom. This program is free, but registration is required. Please click here to register. 

If you have questions or want more information, please contact the Roundtable at infodvrt@gmail.com.