2026 New YORK
Celebration of courage

FEATURING GABBY GIFFORDS
with Special Guests Senator Mark Kelly & Bryan Cranston
October 8, 2026
6:00 pm | New York, NY

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JOIN OUR ANNUAL NEW YORK celebration of courage

FEATURING GABBY GIFFORDS
with Special Guests Senator Mark Kelly & Bryan Cranston
Thursday, October 8, 2026
6:00 pm | New York, NY
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Join Gabby Giffords, along with special guests Senator Mark Kelly and actor, director, producer, and New York Times bestselling author Bryan Cranston for the third annual GIFFORDS New York Celebration of Courage. This special evening will bring together national leaders from the gun safety movement to celebrate the progress we’ve made in the fight to end gun violence and to look to the challenges ahead. Join us in the fight to end gun violence in America. 

If you would like to attend and/or sponsor the GIFFORDS New York Celebration of Courage and support our work, please visit our contribution and sponsorship page.

For information on how to support our event or general inquiries, please contact James Baumer at jbaumer@giffords.org.

SPECIAL GUESTS

The New York Celebration of Courage will be a seated dinner and speaking program featuring a number of advocates, elected officials, and special guests devoted to reducing gun violence in New York and across the United States. Current speakers include:

SUPPORTERS

The New York Celebration of Courage is only possible thanks to the generous support of the organizations and individuals dedicated to GIFFORDS’s work to save lives from gun violence. Our progress has truly been a team effort. Thank you to everyone who continues to stand with Gabby and our movement.

To express our gratitude for making our event possible, our corporate, foundation, and individual supporters receive exclusive special benefits at various levels. Learn more about how to support the 2026 New York Celebration of Courage.

For questions about supporting the event, please contact James Baumer at jbaumer@giffords.org.

Leadership Circle

  • Barbara & Sebastian Scripps

Champion

  • Darcy Bradbury & Eric Seiler

  • Joanna & Nigel Travis

Impact

  • Chip & Juliet Bergh
  • The Bingle Foundation

  • Lerer Family Foundation

Courage

  • Andrew Abranovic & Megan Nash
  • Jen and Ben Adams
  • Jun Choi and Lisa Lee
  • Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
  • Wendy Giffords

  • Patti Kenner
  • The Morrison & Foerster Foundation
  • Lief Sannen
  • Jim & Cathy Stone

Host

  • Madelyn Bucksbaum Adamson & Allen Adamson
  • Bruce & Reiko Giffords

  • Laura Mullahy

GIFFORDS Club

  • Julia Hesse
  • Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg

  • Alice Tenney & Budd Wiesenberg
  • Anita Volz Wien
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SPOTLIGHT

GABBY’S STORY
OF COURAGE

In 2011, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head while meeting with constituents in Tucson, Arizona. In the face of adversity and opposition, she’s inspired millions to fight for a safer America, one free from gun violence.

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Students, veterans, survivors: Americans from all walks of life across the country are standing up for commonsense gun reform. If you’re fed up with politicians who care more about protecting gun lobby profits than your safety, stand with us in this fight. 

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