In the early ‘90’s Margaret Pageler convened medical and public health leaders along with police and criminal justice professionals to understand and reverse the terrifying trends of child gun deaths.

A safer city for our kids

The resulting programs involved communities of color, educators, advertisers, artists, multiple government agencies, and corporate sponsors. Margaret launched a gun buyback and a trigger-lock campaign. She became a founding board member of MAVIA – Mothers Against Violence in America – and worked closely with Washington Ceasefire and Physicians for Social Responsibility.

Strategic focus led to positive change. Youth gun death rates in Seattle plummeted.

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