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The best way to deal with and overcome trauma is to openly acknowledge its presence
2.10.2022Ta’Kirah Jeffries On October 12, 2021, I was at my high school in Little Rock, Arkansas when I thought I heard something outside as I was walking between buildings on campus. At first, I ignored it. Three minutes later, I made it back to my class on the third floor when everyone started getting texts from people near the scene. We didn’t know the details at the time, but there was a shooting outside of the school and gunshots had hit the building. As we were called into a school-wide lockdown, my teacher continued her lesson through the chaos. She…
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Six months since the hate-fueled Atlanta, Georgia mass shooting, I asked my AAPI peers to reflect
Typing away on my homework one evening in March, my focus was briefly interrupted by a new phone notification. In one unsuspecting glance, I read…

Creating greater and better Latinx engagement can expand the gun violence prevention movement

Crear un mayor y mejor compromiso de la comunidad latinx puede expandir el movimiento de prevención de la violencia con armas de fuego
Inspiring Others to Take Action Through the 3 Homegirls No Gun Podcast
In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic was worsening in the United States, then 16-year-old Alé Ortiz was inspired to join the Students Demand Action…
Gun violence is a queer issue
Alé Ortiz The first time I heard gunshots, I thought they were fireworks—something that was supposed to be beautiful. But in my neighborhood, Lynwood, in…

Meet the Students Demand Action Advisory Board

Get to Know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: Madeleine Ahmadi

Get to know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: Seo yoon Yang

Get to Know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: Peren Tiemann

Get to Know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: Jeannie She

Get to Know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: Celena Schmolzi

Get to Know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: Ade Osadolor

Get to Know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: Katherine Pisabaj

Get to Know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: Mitchell Pinsky

Get to Know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: John Peterson

Get to know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: Zack Maaieh

Get to Know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: Anna Logan

Get to Know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: Makayla Jordan

Get to Know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: Laurence Fine

Get to Know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: Megan Dombrowski

Get to Know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: Anvitha Doddipalli

Get to Know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: LaTayla Billingslea
Watch: Students Demand Action volunteers discuss the fight for gun violence prevention and racial justice
Black people in America face disproportionate rates of gun homicide and police violence. This Black History Month, watch our new video featuring three Students Demand…
