anti gun violence
Since Parkland: A Remarkable Example of Community-Engaged Journalism
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We find too little journalism that allows those involved to report their own truths with humanity and immediacy.
anti gun violence
Hey, America: Let’s Talk about What Divides Us
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In the face of growing political polarization, spaces for thoughtful dialogue across ideologies have all but disappeared. Spaceship Media seeks to fill this void by bringing people together to talk about contentious issues. In this conversation, an NRA member and an anti-violence activist discover they are not as different as they once thought.
Nonprofit News
The Tree of Life: The Time to Mourn and Organize
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Just days before the midterms, we are faced with a frightening scenario of our own making because, in the end, we cannot expect to be protected if we do not work hard to protect one another. Armed guards won’t do it; organizing, voting, and coalescing around a common future will.
anti gun violence
Community Nonprofits Reduce Gun Violence through Peer Networks
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While law enforcement approaches to reducing gun violence in the US have been lacking, neighborhood-based nonprofit approaches show promise.
Philanthropy
Arnold Foundation to Build $50M Philanthropic Research Fund to Study Gun Violence
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Even as students all over the country are subject to mass shooting drills in schools, where they have every right to feel safe, due to a 20-year-old NRA-backed amendment there has been no federally funded public health research on the topic of gun violence. The Arnold Foundation is now stepping up with a leadership grant of $20 million to make that research happen.
movement organizing
Youth Organizers in Birmingham, AL Seek to Build across a Stark Racial Divide
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As student organizers in the anti-gun violence movement have learned, just saying you want to engage in multiracial organizing doesn’t mean you’ll achieve it.
leadership development
Taking Leadership: Young Gun Reform Advocates Get “The Treatment” from Opponents
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Those who are thrust into leadership roles in social movements face a difficult balancing act: Maintaining a self-reflective attitude, even when goaded by personal attacks, is critical.
Gun Control
You Say You Want a Revolution? How We Might Think about Guns and Social Movements
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How do you build a moment into a movement? While movements can flourish for idiosyncratic reasons, past social movements offer us some useful guideposts.
student protests
ACLU Educates Students on Civil Rights in Preparation for National Gun Protests
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As youths across the US demonstrate their determination to be a part of the civic conversation, civil rights groups like the ACLU are stepping in where schools have left gaps to educate students about their rights in a protest environment.
anti gun violence
The New CSR: Dick’s Sporting Goods and Walmart Enact Gun Control Measures
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Today’s new, more activist form of corporate social responsibility is leading corporations to weigh in on social issues even when doing so may create a backlash.