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Mobilizing Communities
Objective:
Advocate for grassroots legislation proven to save lives and prevent injuries Across our 44-year history, MADD has worked to solve the defining problems of impaired driving. Today’s challenges are defined by large, intersecting issues that imperil decades of development gains. To drive progress, we will align on specific objectives and adopt new strategies to achieve them across all 50 states and Puerto Rico where we work. MADD has led advocacy efforts to enact more than 200 state laws and groundbreaking federal laws such as the 21 minimum drinking age and per se blood alcohol limits. MADD’s Advocacy Network includes victims/ survivors across generations and communities who have had a meaningful and fulfilling experience with MADD and they feel moved to share their experiences and offer their time to
engage in furthering our mission. As ambassadors of our work, they deliver key mission-related messaging through interactions with the media, attendance at industry conferences, giving testimony at legislative and regulatory hearings, and addressing our internal and external stakeholders. From protecting high visibility traffic safety enforcement, and advocating for ignition interlocks for all offenders, to supporting state efforts for a .05 BAC, to Bentley’s Law which enables surviving children access to financial remuneration after the death or injury of a parent from a drunk or drunk driving crash, MADD community-based activists are working to pass laws that prevent impaired driving and protect road users where they live and work. MADD is also changing the perception of drunk and drugged driving, framing it not as an “accident” but as a crash and a violent crime.
Erica Linn, Daughter Henrietta & Carmelo Sbezzi Killed by a drunk driver on October 28, 2016
Erica Linn, Daughter Henrietta & Carmelo Sbezzi Killed by a drunk driver on October 28, 2016 Cecilia Williams, Mother & Grandmother Lacey Newton, Cordell Shawn Michael Williams
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Mothers Against Drunk Driving ®
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