School Shootings Are Tragic. So Is Urban Gun Violence
#NeverAgain is not just about school shootings. Philadelphia teen Mikayla Tyler shares how urban gun violence has touched her life.
#NeverAgain is not just about school shootings. Philadelphia teen Mikayla Tyler shares how urban gun violence has touched her life.
The White House has proposed a plan to offer voluntary gun training to teachers and administrators so they can have a gun in the classroom.
Here’s what teen organizers at my school did the week of #NationalSchoolWalkout.
We don’t need our teachers carrying guns to feel safe on campus. We need a safe learning environment where we won’t spend all of our time thinking about how we should react if a gunman enters the room.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas sophomore Jenna Harris turns to poetry as nothing in her world feels normal.
As a survivor of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.. this is my life now: If I’m not at home, I’m in counseling, speaking at a rally, or visiting memorials in the park. Activism is a way to cope, not necessarily to grieve.
The whole time, I was shaking with fear. Now, I am shaking only with rage.
The survivors of the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida have a message for lawmakers: we don’t want thoughts and prayers. We want gun control.
Youth Radio has covered the “youth beat” for 25 years, more than a generation. Sadly, our work now includes regular reporting on school shootings.