Midwest U.S.

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Camiella Williams, a powerful anti-gun violence advocate in Chicago, talks about what the upside down flag represents to her.

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Steve speaks with Dr. Stephen Hargarten, an emergency room doctor and leading gun violence prevention researcher, about how gun violence affects him.

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Taylor interviews a group of young people at St. Sabina’s Church about how gun violence has affected them. The overwhelming prevalence of gun violence in their lives and the numerous losses they have endured are astonishing.

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Blue Babies hosts a back-to-school block party, and leaders from Pioneers for Peace speak out about the realities of life as a gun violence survivor.

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Pioneers for Peace is a powerful anti-gun violence organization made up of gun violence survivors who suffer permanent disabilities. They speak to young people about how gun violence has affected them, and they try to prevent teenagers from picking up guns.

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Esau Roberts shows off one of his most prized possessions – his high school diploma. He talks about growing up stigmatized, even by his own family, and rising above to become a college-bound young man.

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Gun violence robbed Dominique Mayo of the chance to see her son graduate 8th grade. Sameere Conn, age 13, was fatally shot when he stopped at the corner store near his house to buy a snack after football practice. Gangs had solicited Sameere to join but he refused. The shooter threatened Conn beforehand, claiming he was on his “death list.”

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Steve talks to young peers at Running Rebels, a community organization that provides Milwaukee’s at-risk youth with positive alternatives to gangs and substance abuse. These young people share how gun violence has affected them.

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Steve interviews Ron Johnson, Community Coordinator of the Restorative Justice Initiative, a program of Marquette University Law School. A former gang member, Ron now works to coordinate community gang prevention and intervention activities with law enforcement, prosecutors, social service agencies, faith communities, corrections officials, and the neighborhood communities.

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Steve interviews Milwaukee District Attorney John Chisholm about gun violence in the city. The DA discusses what approach the city will take to address this issue.

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