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  • Gun-control group secures $350,000 grant

    05/23/2008 11:34:39 AM PDT · by neverdem · 54 replies · 41+ views
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | May 21, 2008 | NA
    The state's largest gun control group, CeaseFirePA, is getting a $350,000 grant to strengthen its advocacy efforts statewide. The Chicago-based Joyce Foundation is granting the organization the money over two years to aid its bid to build a statewide, grass-roots response to gun violence, CeaseFirePA's executive director Joe Grace said...
  • Gun-control advocacy group picks new leader (PA)

    12/28/2007 10:05:25 AM PST · by neverdem · 22 replies · 35+ views
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | December 28, 2007 | Tom Barnes
    HARRISBURG -- Joe Grace, a lawyer and a former journalist, knows what it's like to be on the hot seat. He's been communications director for Philadelphia Mayor John Street for the past 2 1/2 years. But with Philadelphia getting a new mayor, Michael Nutter, in January, Mr. Grace is changing jobs, and effective Jan. 14 he'll have another challenge as the new executive director of CeaseFire PA, a nonprofit group that says it is "dedicated to preventing gun violence.'' CeaseFire PA has joined with Gov. Ed Rendell, another former Philadelphia mayor, in pushing for three new gun control laws from...