Community partnership
Identify and support an established organization with local credibility and a clearly defined need.
Board-approved initiative · Baltimore 2027
Gun Violence
Prevention Program.
A standing initiative connecting fundraising, community partnership, and education in the city hosting the next NMA Convention.
Board approved
Confirmed in the Chair’s September 27 update. The inaugural cycle focuses on Baltimore in 2027, with a $20,000 fundraising target and a dedicated committee overseeing implementation.
A continuous host-city model
Local knowledge.
Collective commitment.
The work begins with the people and organizations who know their community.
The initiative brings the Section’s surgical expertise and collective resources to a sustained host-city commitment. The planning model supports credible local organizations, educational programming, and investment in a clearly defined need.
Local partner selection will be shared once confirmed. Giving is available through the Surgical Leaders Foundation’s Violent Injury Prevention Fund.
Three parts. One enduring commitment.
Educational programming
Bring together perspectives on firearm injury, prevention, trauma care, recovery, and local conditions.
Purposeful fundraising
Connect financial support with an agreed community need, responsible stewardship, and reporting.
Accountability from the start.
A dedicated committee will oversee implementation. The planning framework calls for partner review, financial stewardship, and annual reporting.
Baltimore’s existing prevention efforts offer context. No specific local partnership or completed fundraising agreement is announced here.
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