Keystone Courage 2026
The 2026 Keystone Courage Awards will be held on Thursday, April 30 at The Lucy in Center City Philadelphia. This year we are honoring Mayor Cherelle L. Parker, Mayor of Philadelphia, Chairman Tim Briggs, PA House Judiciary Committee, Jefferson Center for Injury Research and Prevention, and this year’s Deadly by Design storytellers.
Past Keystone Courage Awardees
2025
Congresswoman Madeleine Dean
Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon
Penn Medicine
Deadly by Design Storytellers
2024
Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis
Sheriff Sean Kilkenny
Deadly by Design Storytellers
2023
Representative Joanna McClinton
Hogan Lovells
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Center for Violence Prevention
2022
Senator Vincent Hughes
Nancy Gordon (inaugural Guiding Light Award)
2021
Senator Bob Casey
2020
Ed Stack, CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods
2019
Fred Guttenberg
Accomplishments
Disarming abusers
Led efforts for landmark legislation to take firearms away from perpetrators of domestic violence.
Tracking Illegal Firearms
The Track & Trace program helps identify sources of crime guns–and cut them off.
Investing in Community Violence Prevention
Won $65 million in new funding for local organizations to interrupt and prevent violence in 2021.
Take a Stand
We’ll never stop fighting for a safe, gun violence-free Pennsylvania. If you share that goal, power our efforts today.







