LEVERAGING LOCAL LEADERSHIP FOR GUN SAFETY ADVOCACY

Everytown for Gun Safety is a nonprofit organization that advocates for
gun control and against gun violence. Its Local Government Affairs team
collaborates with the Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) coalition,
composed of mayors and local officials, and engages them on broader
policy reforms to address gun violence within their communities. The
objective of the Capstone team was to advise Everytown on MAIG
coalition engagement, based on analysis of internal and external coalition-
building best practices, in order to engage local leaders on federally-
focused policy issues. The team conducted research utilizing information
from peer organizations, designed a survey for coalition members and
their teams, and analyzed best practices for engaging local leaders when
local legislative action is limited. The team delivered findings from the
survey and interviews to shape resource recommendations needed to
make MAIG an efficient, helpful hub to mayors across the United States
in their work to expand gun safety legislation.