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SGS partner and co-founder Isabelle has something to say — and we think it's worth the read.

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We’re pressing pause for the holidays ✨

SGS will be closed beginning December 20th as we spend time with the people we love and recharge for the work ahead. Grateful for a big year and looking ahead to all that’s to come in 2026.

See you in the new year ✨

In under 48 hours, Australia responded to tragedy with action — proposing stronger gun laws after a deadly mass shooting.

No denial. No delay.

No thoughts-and-prayers cycle.

It’s not the people — it’s the f*cking guns.

And yes, America should take notes. Lives depend on it.

Let’s be clear: what’s happening on our streets isn’t law enforcement. It’s lawless enforcement.

SGS partner Rebecca Rebecca's LTE in the Chicago Sun-Times is a necessary reminder that the press cannot bend to propaganda — not when constitutional rights are on the line.

“Death in this country is often cruel and unjust, even to those who reach their natural end.”

In a Chicago Tribune letter to the editor, SGS Partner Isabelle Dienstag shares her father’s painful final days and urges Governor JB Pritzker to sign Illinois’ medical aid in dying bill — a decision that will test our state’s commitment to compassion and choice.

Read more at https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/letters-110625-right-to-die-bill

Stomping Ground Strategies has been extra focused on getting national press coverage for our clients to elevate the impact they’re making on the ground because we believe that nothing and no one is more powerful than people who use their freedom to do good in the world.

This AP story about the work of One Aim Illinois, our statewide gun violence prevention coalition client, at a time when victims’ voices have been sidelined for vitriol and political theater is a prime example of how our team and our clients are showing up in this moment.

Read more here: apnews.com/article/trump-chicago-crime-guard-troops-2f3f3b43d16e3f124e024dc7a5d913a0en

We know that gun violence doesn’t happen in a vacuum—it’s backed by dozens of law firms, accounting firms, banks retailers and more.

The Highland Park Peace Project is pulling back the curtain with a new public database that highlights the corporations that do business with military-grade weapons manufacturers and those that refuse to take their money and enable one tragedy after another. We’re proud to help them get this story out.

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We’ve got exciting news — Stomping Ground Strategies just won six Bulldog Reporter PR Awards, including the Grand Prize for Campaign of the Year for our work on More Plants on Plates Illinois!

These awards mean a lot to our small but mighty team and to our mission of creating work that’s strategic, community-rooted and built for impact.

Grand Prize – Campaign of the Year
Best Use of Influencers
Best Issue Advocacy
Best Public Affairs
Best PR & Marketing Integration
Best Special Event (NWSL Championship)

We’re proud to lift up stories and voices that deserve to be heard and grateful to our clients for trusting us to do just that.