Metro IAF Issue Briefs

• DO NOT STAND IDLY BY (DNSIB): Combating Gun Violence with Safety Campaign
• CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: Local Accountability & Statewide Criminal Justice Reforms
• HOUSING & NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION: Organizing for Revitalization & Affordable Housing in Divested and Gentrifying Communities
• IMMIGRATION & MUSLIM ORGANIZING: Building Power within Community
• LIVING WAGE JOBS: Implementing Local Hiring Mandates, Creating Jobs Pipelines & Developing Anchor Institution Job Strategies
• MENTAL HEALTH, YOUTH & CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM: Organizing for Mental Health & Youth Support in the Criminal Justice System
• OPIOID CRISIS: Fighting to End the Opioid Overdose Crisis
• PUBLIC TRANSIT & INFRASTRUCTURE: Metro IAF Organizing Leads to $15 Billion Victory for Public Transit

... which launched the Do Not Stand Idly By campaign in 2013. To date, the coalition has gotten more than 120 local and state agencies to sign on to a letter asking gun manufacturers for information.
 A New Generation of Entrepreneurs Thinks It Can Revive the Smart Gun

More than 100 law enforcement officers, gun-safety developers, investors and public officials gathered at the Oak Creek campus of the Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) Wednesday for a Firearm Safety Expo to see what the future of firearms looks like. Hosted by Common Ground, the expo innovators presented technology incorporating gun safety features such as biometric locks, user authentication, and theft-tracking technology, all of which has the potential to reduce the number of people killed by guns every year in America.