Storyteller | Advocate | Changemaker | Director of Trauma-Informed Programs at Everytown for Gun Safety
Today Everytown for Gun Safety released a new report that shines light on the dual tragedies of intimate partner homicide-suicides. For many people, it is a surprise to learn that a perpetrator kills an intimate partner and then dies by suicide more than once per day in the US, on average. It may be less surprising to learn that access to a gun is at the center of 93% of these dual tragedies. The new report, anchored in the lived experiences of 43 people who participated in our focus group study, reveals the complex risk factors, stigma and barriers to seeking help, and aftermath of these traumatic incidents. It was an extraordinary honor to witness survivors break silence about tragedies steeped in stigma and work on this project along with Tannuja Rozario, PhD. Please check out the report to read the words of survivors and learn more about the ways we can prevent these tragedies and save lives. This report is dedicated to every life taken or forever changed by an act of intimate partner homicide-suicide. Dual Tragedies: Domestic Homicide-Suicides with a Firearm https://lnkd.in/etetV2Rc
MBA at NYU
1moYes, "DUAL Tragedy" Is a unresolved problem , linked to the broader Mental Health Challenge ahead 2025+. 02. Preventing Gun Violence At K12 Schools in America is a different Challenge before, not highly correlated to to the "Dual Tragidies". So, let's bring deep & critical think and counter measure capacity building via city Mayors with Twin Town City of vitality & Safety for our schools in America via Every Town For Gun Safety 2025+.