The Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence recently published an updated report entitled “Major School Shootings in the United States Since 1997.” The report lists approximately 145 separate incidents of school shootings in the United States since January of 1997 through September of 2009, 64 of...
Davonte Kelly and Denia Kearse, both 11 years old, were struck by stray bullets in two separate shootings over the past year and made full recoveries from their life-threatening injuries, but they cannot ignore the psychological trauma the attacks inflicted. Their ability to enjoy their childhoods...
According to a recent report by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, more than 60% of children surveyed by The National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence were exposed to violence within the past year, either directly or indirectly, and...
Serve Marketing created the "One Milwaukee" campaign in response to Milwaukee's gun violence epidemic. They draw interesting parallels between teen pregnancy (Milwaukee has one of the highest rates of teen pregnancy in the nation) and gun violence through their campaign. Check out their website to...
Alex Carpio grew up around violence. His father was a member of the Mexican Mafia. When Alex was 5 years old, his father took him out of kindergarten and started making him go with him while he made deals on the Mexican border. Alex became his father’s gun smuggler - no one ever thought to suspect...
Our partners at Blue Babies, an organization that helps young adults transition out of the foster care system, is led by one of those innovative, dedicated people that Detroit is known for. Saba Jebri is a powerhouse, and she’s changing the lives of young people for the better and for the long-term...
In Detroit, a young man who is willing can get paid thousands of dollars to commit murder. The city's unemployment rate is more than 22%, the high school graduation rate is the lowest in the nation at 31%, and the rate of gun violence is among the highest in the country. How much of gun violence is...
Moriba Salim Hylton was murdered on Saturday, August 29th at the age of 27 in his former neighborhood in Washington, D.C. This talented young artist was about to become an art teacher to teenagers who needed him, and because of a gunshot, hundreds of children lost a valuable leader, and a family...
Our youth reporter, Taylor Holt, felt the effects of gun violence on her family when her 16-year-old cousin, Blair Holt, was shot and killed in crossfire while riding on a public bus after school. Although she had watched her family grieve the loss of this talented honor student, she hadn’t felt...
The statistics are alarming, but the stories about gun violence in the United States are painful. It's the stories that will make a difference. They are difficult to hear and even more difficult to tell, but without these stories, gun violence will seem an abstract, insurmountable problem.
