About Shannon
Shannon Watts is the founder of Moms Demand Action, the largest grassroots organization in the nation opposing gun violence, which she started as a Facebook group the day after the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012. Under her leadership over eleven years, the organization grew to over 11 million supporters across all states and helped pass over 500 gun safety laws while stopping the gun industry's legislative agenda approximately 90 percent of the time. She stepped back from the full-time volunteer role in 2023 to focus on new organizing efforts.
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SpeakerAuthorEntrepreneurGun Violence PreventionLeadershipPersonal Empowerment And TransformationPolitical Action And OrganizingWomen'S Activism
Known for
- Founding Moms Demand Action, the nation's largest grassroots group fighting gun violence
- Authoring Fired Up: How to Turn Your Spark into a Flame and Come Alive at Any Age, a New York Times bestseller
- Organizing women for political and social change
- Gun safety legislation and advocacy
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