Prevent Gun Violence: Research, Empowerment, Strategies and Solutions (PROGRESS) initiative
University of Maryland
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PROGRESS would like to invite you to the 2026 Distinguished Speaker Series Presentation with the outstanding Selwyn O. Rogers on Monday, October 26th.
Register at the link: umd.zoom.us/meeting/register…
The University of Maryland’s PROGRESS Initiative recently provided approximately $300,000 in total to seven gun violence-focused research projects.
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The The PROGRESS Initiative at the University of Maryland recently provided approximately $300,000 in total to seven gun violence-focused research projects.
Learn more about the projects PROGRESS selected to fund: lnkd.in/dheX2JQq
On June 29th, 2026, PROGRESS participated in the Gun Violence Prevention Leadership Roundtable convened by Congressman Glenn Ivey.
Read more here: bsos.umd.edu/research/progre…
No other peer nation allows gun violence to steal the lives of so many of their children.
This crisis is uniquely American. Today on National Gun Violence Awareness Day, we #WearOrange because our children deserve to grow up without the fear of being shot.
Based at the University of Maryland, PROGRESS works to save lives and empower communities to reduce and prevent gun violence. Read more about PROGRESS this National Gun Violence Awareness Day: bsos.umd.edu/academics-resea…
The PROGRESS initiative at the University of Maryland invites UMD faculty to apply for the 2026 PROGRESS Challenge Grants, which support evidence-based scholarship to prevent gun violence and save lives.
Read more about this opportunity: bsos.umd.edu/research/progre…
PROGRESS would like to invite you to the 2026 Distinguished Speaker Series Presentation with the outstanding Nadine Finigan-Carr on Wednesday, April 29th.
🔗 Register at the link here: umd.zoom.us/meeting/register…
PROGRESS invites you to visit us at Maryland Day this Saturday, April 25th from 10 AM to 4 PM!
You can find more details about our booth and other Maryland Day events here: marylandday.umd.edu/events?&….
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The VRC just released a new white paper on social media and community violence and @bsosumd did a nice writeup on it. Our thanks to @PROGRESSumd at the University of Maryland and @Everytown for Gun Safety for supporting this important work.
Read here: bsos.umd.edu/featured-conten…
PROGRESS would like to invite you to the 2026 Distinguished Speaker Series Presentation with the outstanding Desmond Upton Patton on Tuesday, February 24th.
🔗 Register at the link here: umd.zoom.us/webinar/register…
The Shock Trauma Center for Injury Prevention and Policy and the UMB Center for Violence Prevention invite you to a free screening of the documentary Death by Numbers on January 30, 2026.
Register at the link here:
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PROGRESS is hosting a student-led Teach-In for Gun Violence Prevention on December 8th.
For event details, please see the flyer below ⬇️
RSVP at the link here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
🔗 Read about how UMD researchers helped identify 5 keys to reducing gun violence by 2040 through co-authoring a JAMA report
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Recently, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), hosted their 2025 JAMA Summit. PROGRESS Co-Director, Joseph B. Richardson, PhD, contributed to the report, published November 3rd, 2025.
This extensive new report focuses on new strategies to reduce firearm violence and harms.
Read the report: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
Read The Trace story about the report: thetrace.org/2025/11/how-to-…
Join us at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center's Dance Theatre for a film screening of Life After the Gunshot, Ep. 2
Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Time: 7:30pm
Host: The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Link: theclarice.umd.edu/events/fi…
Join us at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center's Dance Theatre for a film screening of Life After the Gunshot, Ep. 1
Date: Thursday, October 16, 2025
Time: 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Host: The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Link: bsos.umd.edu/event/film-scre…
Reps. Foushee, Beyer, Frost Introduce Legislation to Expand Critical Research on Gun Safety and Prevention.
Read more here:
foushee.house.gov/media/pres…
