Name: Gunnar Smith

Social Justice Group: 2022-2023, Mass shootings in the U.S. / School Shooting in US

Date of Fieldwork: January 23, 2023

Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s):Newton Action Alliance, Angela Weber

Type of Fieldwork: Direct Action

What I did and what I learned about my topic, activism, social justice work or civil and human rights work from this fieldwork?[:: :

Today, my group and I were able to go to an online lobby where we were able to call undecided senators about the Assault Weapons Ban. We were given a script to use for the calls and in the script we talked about the recent shooting on Sunday in Monterey Park. We urged the senators to cosponsor the ban since the gun used in the shooting would have been banned if the legislation was passed. I had a great time doing this and I am glad I was able to directly take action for my social justice issue.