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Taking Aim At Gun Violence

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This week we discuss Taking Aim at Gun Violence with guests Shari Runner, President of the Chicago Urban League; four youth activists at the March for Our Lives; and Kris Brown, co-president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. The host for this episode is Don Cravins, Jr., Senior Vice President for Policy and Executive Director of the Washington Bureau.

From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color.

Mentioned in this Episode:

March for Our Lives

Gun Control and Violence

Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence

Sacramento Urban League

Stephon Clark

Chicago gun violence

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

Columbine High School shooting

Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

Youth activism

Zion and Zaire Kelly

Mental health

Communities of color activism to end gun violence

Illegal trafficking of guns into urban communities

Need to change the paradigm of gun violence

Continued civic engagement is needed to vote out lawmakers who don’t support gun control.

Over 116,000 people are shot annually in the U.S.

About 38,000 people are killed by gun violence in America.

We have an epidemic of gun violence in our country.

Parkland is raising the issue of gun violence in schools. Mass murders account for 1% to 2% of gun violence in this country. The vast majority of gun violence occurs in communities that look a lot different than Parkland, where the most dangerous part of your day could be walking to and from school--not being at school.

Eradicate gun violence now.

One in 5 guns are sold without a background check.

Cut gun violence in half by 2024 through background checks, renewal of the assault weapons ban, and enactment of extreme risks laws.

When fatal car accidents were prolific in the 1950s and 1960s, lawmakers responded to save lives. The same should be done for gun violence.

Contact and Follow

Web: #ForTheMovement

Email: podcast@nul.org

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NULpolicy

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NULPolicy

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/NULPolicy

Marc’s Twitter: @MarcMorial

Don’s Twitter: @DCravins

Kim’s Twitter: @kayellea

Jordun’s Twitter: @_jordun

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This week we discuss Taking Aim at Gun Violence with guests Shari Runner, President of the Chicago Urban League; four youth activists at the March for Our Lives; and Kris Brown, co-president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. The host for this episode is Don Cravins, Jr., Senior Vice President for Policy and Executive Director of the Washington Bureau.

From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color.

Mentioned in this Episode:

March for Our Lives

Gun Control and Violence

Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence

Sacramento Urban League

Stephon Clark

Chicago gun violence

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

Columbine High School shooting

Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

Youth activism

Zion and Zaire Kelly

Mental health

Communities of color activism to end gun violence

Illegal trafficking of guns into urban communities

Need to change the paradigm of gun violence

Continued civic engagement is needed to vote out lawmakers who don’t support gun control.

Over 116,000 people are shot annually in the U.S.

About 38,000 people are killed by gun violence in America.

We have an epidemic of gun violence in our country.

Parkland is raising the issue of gun violence in schools. Mass murders account for 1% to 2% of gun violence in this country. The vast majority of gun violence occurs in communities that look a lot different than Parkland, where the most dangerous part of your day could be walking to and from school--not being at school.

Eradicate gun violence now.

One in 5 guns are sold without a background check.

Cut gun violence in half by 2024 through background checks, renewal of the assault weapons ban, and enactment of extreme risks laws.

When fatal car accidents were prolific in the 1950s and 1960s, lawmakers responded to save lives. The same should be done for gun violence.

Contact and Follow

Web: #ForTheMovement

Email: podcast@nul.org

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NULpolicy

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NULPolicy

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/NULPolicy

Marc’s Twitter: @MarcMorial

Don’s Twitter: @DCravins

Kim’s Twitter: @kayellea

Jordun’s Twitter: @_jordun

  continue reading

81 episodes

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