We are thrilled to announce the launch of our newest campaign of our End Family Fire program. “Da El Siguiente Paso” or “Take the Next Step,” is the first-ever national public education campaign on safe firearm storage created for Hispanic gun owners. We started End Family Fire to raise awareness about the life-saving importance of safe firearm storage, and we know that new gun owners often don’t have the necessary information and resources on safe storage practices. For Spanish-speaking gun owners, these resources are even more sparse. That’s why we teamed up with Ad Council and Casanova//McCann to create educational materials on safe gun storage in English and Spanish specifically targeted to a Hispanic audience, reaching one of the fastest-growing populations of gun owners in the U.S. Research shows safe storage is a key way to prevent family fire and shootings in the home, including unintentional shootings, and firearm suicide which has seen a recent spike. Learn more about safe storage: https://lnkd.in/gifC_PwJ
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Earlier this year, Millions of Conversations hosted an extension of our community conversations on healthy gun culture and responsibility in Tennessee. As we dove deeper into exploring the themes of healing, action, and unity, Dr. Jonathan Metzl, MD, PhD joined us again to share the launch of his new book What We’ve Become: Living and Dying in a Country of Arms. Metzl shares alongside Melissa Harris-Perry, “That’s why I called the book What We’ve Become because mass shootings happen so quickly that we normalize them. We have become a country that has habituated a kind of mass death that we don’t see anywhere else.” As Mayor Freddie O'Connell said, "The goal of these community conversations are to reframe the discussion about the motivations of extreme violence and our unresolved conflict as a society. These conversations matter, and together as a society, we can learn we don’t resolve conflict with violent weapons." We ask you to commit to the action items we shared regarding gun culture: 1️⃣ Use this book as a tool to help guide us as a society as a conversation starter. 2️⃣ Help people find ways and breakthroughs in conversations around a very difficult topic. 3️⃣ Have those difficult conversations, because those conversations are the doorway to much more.
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“The effort will include a new student organizing drive, with plans to hire 30 new organizers for volunteer recruitment drives at 32 college and university campuses in Arizona, California, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The group’s leaders said the effort will focus on younger voters, voters of color and suburban women, with new field offices in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Michigan.”
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I often go back and forth about when, and how often to join a conversation about #CommonSenseGunLaws, and #schoolshootings. Towards the end of my first year of teaching, we had a shooting at my school. Luckily, everyone survived and was physically okay. I will never forget that day and the aftermath that came from it. I was raised in a home where guns were respected, not revered. I shot coke bottles with a BB gun and helped my dad unload the deer, elk & moose he would bring home from hunting trips. I also grew up with the understanding that owning or shooting a gun came with responsibility. To me, common sense gun laws show respect to both the weapon, and our community as a whole. As an educator who remembers what it was like to hide under a desk *for real*, help students reunite with their families at the football field, and figuring out how to explain what just happened to my students with #intellectualdisabilities, I'm tired. I'm tired of feeling numb every time I read a headline, and I'm frustrated with the one-sided conversations that follow. I think it's time teachers and their students are protected with the same ferocity our country protects its gun rights. But how do we do that? Banding like-minded people together to vote is one step. But as a high school teacher, I can't help but recognize the lack of modeling we are providing to our communities regarding HOW to have hard conversations. When a high school freshman walks into my room and makes a statement that is "out of pocket", we sit down and address it as a group. I ask a lot of questions and give space for discussion. Over the years, I have facilitated many hard conversations, and come back the next day not judging my kids based on their statements. The process of learning and growing is exactly that: a process that works best when we navigate it together. I don't have the right answer, and I'm not sure any one person or political party has the answer. But I do think the answer is going to come from bipartisan conversations.
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The tragic shooting in Georgia yesterday is a heartbreaking reminder of the gun violence that continues to plague our society. It takes me back to the Sandy Hook tragedy over a decade ago, which was a turning point for so many of us who hoped for meaningful reform. Yet here we are, more than 10 years later, and little has changed in terms of how we approach gun safety and protect our communities. In my Huffington Post article, Campus Safety and Cost, I discussed the financial and moral responsibilities of ensuring safe learning environments. The need to protect students, faculty, and staff shouldn't be determined by budgetary constraints. Likewise, in Making Campuses Safer, I explored the importance of proactive safety measures and collaboration with law enforcement to prevent violence on school grounds. Unfortunately, we are still grappling with these same issues today. It’s disheartening that despite these discussions and tragedies like Sandy Hook, we’ve made little progress. Our schools, places of worship, community centers, and public spaces continue to face threats, and more lives are being senselessly taken. While we offer thoughts and prayers, we must also demand change through meaningful gun reform and policy measures to stop this ongoing violence. My heart is with the families and communities impacted by this tragic event. Let’s push forward for the safety and security we all deserve. Read my full articles here: *["Campus Safety and Cost"](https://lnkd.in/eP5sikcu *["Making Campuses Safer"](https://lnkd.in/evmVeFXC #GunReformNow #EndGunViolence #SchoolSafety #CampusSafety #PublicSafety
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It’s an honor to play a role in a big partnership project between Everytown for Gun Safety and the National Education Association to create a comprehensive Gun Violence Prevention and Response guide for educators—to ensure students feel supported and schools are prioritizing trauma-informed strategies to prevent gun violence. The School Gun Violence Prevention & Response guide wouldn’t have been possible without Everytown’s long history of research, legal, trauma-informed school safety work and NEA’s commitment and actions against gun violence. The guide has four sections: prevention, preparation, response, and recovery. Each part includes material for PreK–12 schools and institutions for higher education and for all categories of employees. The guide presents resources, tools, recommended practices, and checklists for incorporating gun violence-related strategies into the school crisis prevention and response plans of associations, PreK–12 schools, and higher education institutions. This means the guide recommends roles of state and local education leaders, staff, building representatives, faculty liaisons, and more. Here’s the press release https://lnkd.in/eFQ-CB5R Here’s the guide https://lnkd.in/eAVfprDY
NEA and Everytown for Gun Safety unveil new school gun violence prevention and response guide | NEA
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The reality for so many that you and I will never face. guys like Tree are the heroes who break the odds of being lifelong losers to saving and enriching the most vulnerable. This article highlights the story that never makes any headlines but plays out across this country. The guy who shot him is the kind of person he was trying to help fix. That is why I am so passionate about https://lnkd.in/gNQWsn_X because it deals with root issues at scale. There will never be enough Trees to address all those who are broken with major unresolved hurt and pain and no place to learn. We hace to mass deliver the remedy that is what we do. In 2024 we expect 6 large Stadium evevts to kick off more than 60,000 kids on the program. Come check out how we are helping create emotionally resilient youth across the US.
America’s largest mass shooting is the one happening every day. But we know how to stop it — USA TODAY
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Dear LinkedIn Friends. A student I know is looking for responses to his questionnaire. It is part of a class assignment: a research paper. The respondents should be over 18 years old, and specifically GenZ. If you qualify, please consider filling out the survey. If you know someone who qualifies, please send them this note. Below is the description and link. Thank you 🎓 😊 ********************************************* Gun Violence Desensitization Survey: This survey is part of a research project through Irvine Valley College (in Southern California). It looks to analyze the desensitization of Gen Z toward gun violence that comes through social media. Survey Eligibility: anyone over 18, but limited to GenZ (born between 1997-2012) Approximate time to take survey: 5 - 10 minutes https://lnkd.in/gNyVcGdX
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📣Calling attention to Gun Awareness Month! In June, we focus on raising awareness about guns, emphasizing that guns don't kill people, people kill people. It's essential to address the various factors contributing to the presence of firearms among children. Social emotional learning is key for young individuals, nurturing crucial skills like empathy, self-awareness, and responsible decision-making. Prioritizing these aspects creates a safer environment for our children, enabling them to handle conflicts peacefully and build positive relationships. Every 1 Voice Matters & Lil Herbie Series Coaching Program supports at-risk youth, guiding them towards peaceful conflict resolution and fostering a culture of understanding and compassion. This Gun Awareness Month, let's emphasize the significance of investing in social emotional learning for our children's well-being and our community's safety. Together, we can promote education and empathy to tackle the root causes of gun-related incidents, aiming for a future where understanding prevails over violence. For more information on our program empowering at-risk youth and helping them become their best selves, visit Every1VoiceMatters.org. Also, encourage your child to subscribe to https://lnkd.in/gRUuW6TB for videos focusing on social emotional learning, diversity equity and inclusion, financial literacy, and more to empower and engage our youth positively. #GunAwarenessMonth #SocialEmotionalLearning #BuildingSafeCommunities #EmpathyOverViolence
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Are You Listening? Is the headline of our first-ever issues focused survey with 600+ girls ages 7-12 across 47 states participating. As a platform for Generation Alpha girls, Rebel Girls is listening. If we want to help raise the most confident generation of girls, we need to advocate for policies that help foster an environment for girls to grow up safe, strong, and able to become their most awesome selves. As we are in an election cycle here in the US, we thought this was a fine time to check in with this generation, and to amplify girls' voices around voting, issues and what they expect from the next President of the United States. “I don’t want to get shot at school, and that’s something I worry about all the time … School should be my safe space.” That’s what a 9 year old girl from Pennsylvania told us when asked what issues matter to her most. https://lnkd.in/gthtcDaj Our findings were both expected (Gen A girls are passionate and civically minded with 88% saying they plan to vote when they turn 18) and also clear (school safety was overwhelmingly the #1 issue, followed by gun control). Out of the mouths of babes … Their words for the next President were humbling, pure, and simple: “I want you to know I am praying for you”, “Why can’t we all get along? Kindness matters.”, “Good luck and do your best!”. Our infographic - released publicly this morning - details more of our survey findings and responses. We encourage you to share it with your friends, community, and other girl advocates. In the coming days, weeks, and months, we’ll continue to share data from our Gen Alpha Election 2024 survey. We’re proud to have completed this survey alongside Her Campus Media, who simultaneously reached 300+ Gen Z women. As they learned what matters most to these first time voters, gun control is the issue that crosses the top of the agenda for both generations. https://lnkd.in/gneSw3Bx. We’ll be sharing more information on the connection between Gen A and Gen Z over the coming days. Thank you to McCrindle - a leader in generational research and insights - for designing the infographic from our data and findings. Together, we can create a better tomorrow for this next generation of leaders, builders, and creators to thrive. ⚡ #GenerationAlpha #GenAlpha #Election2024 #SchoolSafety #GunViolence #Girls #GunControl
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The statistics on gun violence continue to trend in the right direction. This Center for American Progress analysis showed that gun homicides are down 13% in 2024 and that improvement is faster in the states with the strongest gun laws. We are still far from where we want to be and can be in terms of preventing gun violence. But, it’s important that we recognize progress and use it to build support and momentum for solutions that are making our communities safer. https://lnkd.in/ewGervQP Center for American Progress Gun Violence Archive Guns Down America
Early 2024 Data Show Promising Signs of Another Historic Decline in Gun Violence
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