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Six months since the hate-fueled Atlanta, Georgia mass shooting, I asked my AAPI peers to reflect
9.16.2021Typing away on my homework one evening in March, my focus was briefly interrupted by a new phone notification. In one unsuspecting glance, I read a headline that made my heart drop; the trauma of being a gun violence survivor hit me in yet another wave. As much as I wanted to cry, to act, to react somehow—the worst part was that I felt like I couldn’t. I was too conditioned to brush away everything I ever experienced as an Asian American. It’s been six months since the hate-fueled mass shooting in Atlanta, Georgia on March 16, 2021. Eight people…
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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
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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…
