Tackling gun violence means tackling all the ways guns are used to hurt and used to threaten, and we commit to tackling armed supremacy.
In this series, we’re naming and exploring the societal forces that give rise to gun violence through the experiences of young people. We believe that if we can make an impact in these key areas, we can save lives and get closer to a world where gun violence is obsolete. This essay explores armed supremacy — the use of guns and threat of gun violence to reinforce power structures, hierarchies and status. Armed supremacy might include examples like policing, which uses gun violence and the threat of gun violence to wield power and cause harm. It might also include white…
For many Americans living in low-income communities, the spectre of gun violence hangs over them like a constant companion.
Written by RuQuan Brown
In this series, we’re naming and exploring the societal forces that give rise to gun violence through the experiences of young people. We believe that if we can make an impact in these key areas, we can save lives and get closer to a world where gun violence is obsolete. This essay explores poverty — the intentional, targeted divestment of resources from BIPOC communities, in particular. There is no ending gun violence without attacking homelessness, food scarcity, segregation, and economic stagnation. The safest communities in America are the ones with the most resources. …
This is the first essay in our series: The Five Forces of Gun Violence. In this series, we aim to name and explore the societal forces that give rise to gun violence through the experiences of our peers. We believe that if we can make an impact in these key areas, we can save lives and get closer to a world where gun violence is obsolete. …
Congress now knows what it feels like to hide from a gun.
By Emma Rowland and Tatiana Washington
The most haunting images of the January 6th insurrection of the United States Capitol are images that capture the trauma of a generation: law enforcement standing behind a barricaded door with guns drawn at armed white supremacists and Congress Members comforting one another while sheltering behind a wall as rioters shot and damaged their way through the Capitol.
These are more than images to young people who have practiced or gone through active shooter drills and lockdowns. These acts of violence are our formative experiences.
Emma Rowland: As a co-author to this piece, I…
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