• To create a national non-violence coalition and civil society movement

• To build a national community-based model to reduce and ultimately end gun violence, drugs, gangs, and poverty that threaten public safety

• To establish a civil society movement to address the root causes of violence, and to dramatically reduce and ultimately end all forms of violence and abuse in America

We believe that in order to get to the root causes of violence, that all Americans must have a safe environment, decent housing, an excellent education, universal health care, and a viable income. To achieve this we have set out the following goals:

• To create the "political will" in Congress, State Legislatures, and City Councils, to substantively address gun violence, homicide, drugs, gangs, crime, and poverty through legislation and community action
• To create "true" political power for communities to participate in problem solving, program development, and the legislative process, which is essential to democracy
• To create communities that are economically viable, self-sustaining, productive, safe, healthy and in which families and children believe in a future
• To create the beloved community that Martin Luther King dreamed of in order to transform America towards a moral society

• Legislation: To generate legislation in Congress, State Legislatures and City Councils, and state legislatures from the civil that will address the root causes of gun violence, violence in general, homicide, drugs, crime, and poverty
• Communities' Perspective: To generate legislation that gets to the root causes of violence and that accurately reflects the problems and solutions of the broader civil society, in particular, those communities impacted by gun violence
• Legislative Hearings: To conduct Congressional, State Legislature and City Council town hall meetings in local community schools and community centers that publicly examine the epidemic of gun violence, and to listen to successful solutions that have a proven track record in reducing gun violence and violence in general
• Citizen Congressional/Legislative Hearings: To hold 1000 Citizen Congressional/Legislative Hearings on the root causes of gun violence, violence and abuse in general over a two year period in order to create awareness and stimulate concrete legislative solutions among elected officials at all levels of government
• GAO Study on Gun Violence: To have a GAO study in Congress in order to accurately assess the epidemic of gun violence in America, how it is impacting children and families, and programs that are successfully working to reduce gun violence
• GAO Studies on Public Safety's of unhealthy and unsafe communities and viable proven solutions: To commission other GAO studies in the following areas as they relate to unhealthy and unsafe communities and programs that are successfully working to insure public safety
  • Domestic violence
  • Parental, elderly and child abuse (physical, mental, emotional, economic)
  • Gangs
  • Drugs
  • Homelessness
  • Incarceration and re-entry
• Bi-Partisan Congressional Blue Ribbon Commission: To create a permanent bi-partisan "Blue Ribbon Commission On Gun Violence and Public Safety" in Congress that will annually issue a report to Congress on the epidemic of gun violence in America, its root causes, and successful models and solutions that have worked in communities to stem the tide of gun violence and create safe communities.

ROOT Communities In Action & 110th Congressional Legislative Summit Goals & Objectives

• To establish a provisional national ROOT's Communities In Action Coalition Steering Committee
• To focus on possible legislative solutions and Congressional action to reduce gun violence and to increase public safety inclusive of communities’ participation
• To begin the process of building a new powerful civic movement that will have the moral and political legitimacy and authority to have legislation introduced and passed in Congress, State Legislatures and City Councils, which will successfully begin the process of addressing the root causes that lead to gun violence, other forms of violence, and other factors that contribute to serious threats to public safety.