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The best way to deal with and overcome trauma is to openly acknowledge its presence
As an 18-year-old senior in high school, I’ve been affected by gun violence twice and continue to advocate for a safer future.
Six months since the hate-fueled Atlanta, Georgia mass shooting, I asked my AAPI peers to reflect
Six months since the mass shooting in Atlanta, Georgia, Asian American and Pacific Islander volunteers with Students Demand Action share their stories.
![Ade stands outdoors](https://studentsdemandaction.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/F3FB8255-00EF-49E0-8031-1AE3D7EC1087-640x360.jpeg)
Creating greater and better Latinx engagement can expand the gun violence prevention movement
![Ade stands outdoors](https://studentsdemandaction.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/F3FB8255-00EF-49E0-8031-1AE3D7EC1087-640x360.jpeg)
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
Three Students Demand Action volunteers teamed up to create the 3 Homegirls No Gun Podcast as part of the Summer Leadership Academy.
Gun violence is a queer issue
Seeing the attack on LGBTQ people at Pulse in Orlando kept me from embracing myself and coming out. This is why gun violence is a queer issue.
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Meet the Students Demand Action Advisory Board
![Students Demand Action volunteer Maddie Ahmadi poses wearing a red SDA t-shirt.](https://studentsdemandaction.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/47978896-2EAF-4135-925E-9FEAFBE7CF94-Maddie-Ahmadi-scaled-1-640x360.jpeg)
Get to Know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: Madeleine Ahmadi
![Students Demand Action volunteer Yoonie Yang speaks at an event](https://studentsdemandaction.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/seoyoonyang-640x360.jpeg)
Get to know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: Seo yoon Yang
![Students Demand Action volunteer Peren Tiemann holds a Gun Sense University sign while smiling and sitting at a computer for Gun Sense University, an annual conference for volunteer leaders](https://studentsdemandaction.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/2020-08-06_01.19.13_1_4639563735801022-Peren-Tiemann-640x360.jpg)
Get to Know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: Peren Tiemann
![Jeannie She speaks at the podium at the Road Trip for Background Checks event at the Capitol](https://studentsdemandaction.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/1324_Lynch-scaled-1-640x360.jpeg)
Get to Know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: Jeannie She
![Students Demand Action volunteer Celena Schmolzi smiling while holding a megaphone at an outdoor event. She is leading a march of other Students Demand Action volunteers](https://studentsdemandaction.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/Attach54976_20181020_103315-Celena-Schmolzi-scaled-1-640x360.jpeg)
Get to Know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: Celena Schmolzi
![Ade Osadolor](https://studentsdemandaction.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/6846274E-762C-4C7A-BDBF-0951433BB109-Ade-Osadolor-rotated-1-640x360.jpeg)
Get to Know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: Ade Osadolor
![Kathy P. wears a Students Demand Action shirt](https://studentsdemandaction.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/Untitled-1-640x360.png)
Get to Know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: Katherine Pisabaj
![Mitchell speaks at an event while wearing a Students Demand Action t-shirt](https://studentsdemandaction.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/5F370B09-5D7D-414F-BF02-8964AEADAA6B-Mitchell-Pinsky-640x360.jpeg)
Get to Know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: Mitchell Pinsky
![Students Demand Action volunteer John Peterson holds a Moms Demand Action banner at a Pride march](https://studentsdemandaction.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/IMG_0136-John-Peterson-640x360.jpeg)
Get to Know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: John Peterson
![Students Demand Action volunteer Zack Maaieh speaks at a Students Demand Action meeting](https://studentsdemandaction.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/IMG_7379-Zakaria-Maaieh-640x360.jpeg)
Get to know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: Zack Maaieh
![Anna Logan smiles while sitting outdoors](https://studentsdemandaction.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/A9C1CD1F-DE3C-450A-A61F-AA700C7C21AA-Anna-Logan-640x360.jpeg)
Get to Know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: Anna Logan
![Students Demand Action volunteer Makayla Jordan wears a red SDA t-shirt](https://studentsdemandaction.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/764F78D5-30B2-46DF-87D6-825145E4E343-Makayla-Jordan-640x360.jpeg)
Get to Know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: Makayla Jordan
![Laurence Fine and volunteers with Moms Demand Action attend a meeting](https://studentsdemandaction.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/SdaMeeting-Laurence-Fine-1-640x360.jpeg)
Get to Know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: Laurence Fine
![Megan Dombrowski and other members of Students Demand Action stand behind a SDA table holding signs that read Students Demand Action](https://studentsdemandaction.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/IMG_8707-Megan-Dombrowski-scaled-1-640x360.jpeg)
Get to Know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: Megan Dombrowski
![Students Demand Action volunteer Anvitha Doddipalli poses with Moms Demand Action volunteers](https://studentsdemandaction.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/IMG_4023-Anvitha-Doddipalli-3-640x360.jpeg)
Get to Know the Students Demand Action Advisory Board: Anvitha Doddipalli
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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…