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The Guardian - US
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Abené Clayton

Biden names Harris to lead first federal gun violence prevention office

A Black and Asian woman with straight, shoulder-length brown hair wearing a collared black suit looks somberly in the distance among a crowd of other black-clad people.
Kamala Harris on the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 attacks, in New York City, 11 September 2023. Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Reuters

The Biden administration has announced the nation’s first federal Office of Gun Violence Prevention. In a statement released Thursday, the White House said the office will be overseen by Kamala Harris’s office, directed by Stefanie Feldman, a longtime Biden gun policy adviser, and deputy-directed by Greg Jackson and Rob Wilcox, who have led national prevention efforts through the Community Justice Action Fund and Everytown for Gun Safety respectively.

The creation of this office is a continuation of the administration’s work on preventing high-profile mass shootings and local homicides that primarily affect lower-income Black and Latino communities.

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