In 1993, Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert and Leeza Gibbons co-host “Hollywood Gets MADD,” a 30-minute infomercial that explored the problem of drinking and driving and how Hollywood's attitude toward drunk driving, as reflected in its...
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This is MADD’s first registered logo in 1992. That same year, MADD revises and simplifies its mission statement,
"To stop drunk driving and support the victims of this violent crime."
Sobriety checkpoints are upheld as constitutional by the Supreme Court in 1990.
MADD establishes Victim Impact Panels, providing victims a healing opportunity to share their story in hopes that it deters offenders from drinking and driving again.
In 1988, the nation experienced the worst drunk driving crash in US history when a drunk driver hits a school bus head on filled with mostly children on their way home from church outing. The...
Victim Advocate Training Institutes are introduced to train volunteer and staff victim advocates on how to appropriately provide supportive services to victims and survivors.
Project Red Ribbon, known today as Tie One On For Safety, launches in 1986. MADD’s longest running public awareness campaign, the public is asked to tie a red ribbon to a visible place on...