Earlier in the year, our group interviewed Talmage the CEO of the Center to Prevent Youth Violence. He is one of the most important advocates for Gun Control. He told us about a current project called the “Give a Hug Project” which is where you send a card with drawings or decorations to show something good or happy…
Gun Control
Gun Violence Prevention Imagine Stage
by Will
One idea that we had to address this epidemic of gun violence was to work with existing groups that already had ideas, and elaborate on them. We worked with Harlem Mothers S.A.V.E., an organization that already had an idea for stopping the illegal gun pipeline in their neighborhood by working with the police to watch…
Interview with Karen Y Bitar – Former Kings County Prosecutor
by Will
On January 27th, 2016, we went to interview Karen Y. Bitar. Ms. Bitar was a former Kings County prosecutor. When our group first contacted her, we were originally going to do this interview over the phone, but we decided to go to her office, as we had another fieldwork on the same day in the…
Martin Luther King Assembly 1/20
by Will
On January 20th, Louie and I spoke at the Martin Luther King Assembly about gun violence prevention. Before everyone saw us, Louie and I were approached by Ana, our principal, to present at this assembly. We spent about a week prepping a presentation, a speaker and a video clip. We worked really hard on the…
Phone Call with Director of CAGV (Connecticut Against Gun Violence)
by Louie
On Wednesday, February 17th, we had a phone conversation with the director of CAGV. In our conversation we discussed the work we had completed and learned what the CAGV does. Connecticut is the state with the second strongest gun laws. CAGV has lobbied for legislation that makes it difficult for Connecticut citizens to illegally obtain guns.…
LREI Martin Luther King, Jr and Social Justice Issues: School Assembly
by Louie
In late January 2016, our social justice group, Stop the Shots, organized an assembly that was in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision for a peaceful and equal America. The focus of the assembly was gun violence prevention. We showed a portion of President Obama’s speech on his Executive Order to increase background checks.…
Our Conference Call with a Duke Professor
by Louie
In December my social justice group had a conference call with Joseph Blocher, a professor from Duke University. He had recently written an op-ed on the recent demonstrations supporting being allowed on college campuses. In his opinion, this was a dangerous precedent that he did not support at all. His op-ed was interesting as it…
Meeting with Jackie Rowe-Adams, founder of Harlem Mothers S.A.V.E. 1/12
by Will
On January 12th, my group and I went to 306 West 128th Street to meet with Jackie Rowe-Adams, founder of Harlem Mothers S.A.V.E., which is an organization that helps families of victims of gun violence. It is considered to be one of the most prolific gun violence prevention organizations in the whole of New York…
Interview of Joseph Blocher
by Flynn
As we got back from a long and relaxing winter break, we immediately got back into to action. We contacted a law professor from Duke named Joseph Blocher. Before he was a professor he was a clerk for a US Court of Appeals. The night before we talked with him we all read and annotated…
Interview of Kim Russell
by Flynn
We got into to contact with Kim thought the Manhattan chapter of the Brady Campaign. The Brady Campaign is one of the most well know organizations fighting gun violence. We had been in contact with Kim at the start of the whole social justice project and we met up a couple weeks later. We met…
Our Meeting with Kim Russell
by Louie
Kim Russell is currently head of the Manhattan chapter of the Brady Campaign. The Brady Campaign is a organization that works to prevent gun violence. It was named after James Brady, Ronald Reagan’s Press secretary. He was severely injured during the attempted assassination on Reagan. She works tirelessly on these issues and tries to get legislators to…
Meeting with Leah Gunn Barrett
by Flynn
On November 18th, our group went to Lafayette street to meet with New Yorkers Against Gun Violence. We left sometime during school and used our trusty google maps to help us find our way. Once we arrived there we were surprised because it was a old fire station. At first, we doughted that that was…
Our metting with Leah Gunn Barrett
by Louie
We meat with lea gunn barrett. She is the executive director of the organization, NYAGV. New Yorkers against gun violence. Tough we talked briefly she told us a lot about what she is doing. She is trying to get signatures from our parent bored for a law that is intended to make you lock up…
Helping Hand out flyers In Bryant park
by Louie
My social justice members and I went to Bryant park to help the Moms demand action organization. We were handing out flyers that had the information of our goal witch was to get people to text or call the white house and get Obama to make striker Gun laws. As we were doing this it…
Joseph Blocher Interview 1/4/16
by Will
In our first fieldwork of 2016, we didn’t exactly do a fieldwork. We had an interview with the professor of law at Duke University, Joseph Blocher. We called at first at 1:58, 2 minutes before we were scheduled to call him. He did not pick up the first time. We then tried him a second…
NYAGV Meeting 11/18/15
by Will
On November 18, my group and I walked to the New Yorkers Against Gun Violence offices on Lafayette St. The offices were in a old firehouse, on the 3rd floor. The offices were fairly small and empty. There were about 5 people in the office. We were immediately greeted by Leah Gunn Barrett, the Director…
Volunteering with Everytown
by Flynn
On November 13, Louie, Will and I all met at Bryant park to volunteer with some other Everytown volunteers. We met early in the morning on a friday when we didn’t have school. We walked around the park for a bit looking for any one who stood out. After a couple minutes searching we found…
Volunteering with Everytown America 11/13/15
by Will
On November 13, my group and I decided to volunteer for Everytown America, which is one of the more well-known gun violence prevention groups in America. Our job was to hand out fliers notifying everyone on how to call Congress and demand stricter gun laws. We all met on the corner of 40th and 6th…
Donna Dees Interview
by Will
On November 11, my group and I were scheduled to meet with Donna Dees, the founder of Million Mom March, a gun violence prevention organization that was founded in 2000 after the Granada Hills shooting. Dees and her team rallied for a march on Washington DC against gun violence. We met at 10:00 am at…
Meeting With Donna Dees 11/11
by Louie
On November 11th my Social Justice group met with Donna Dees. She started the Million Mom March, which brought moms across the country together to protest gun violence. The march happened on the Mall in Washington D.C. on May 14, 2000. The date was placed on May 14th so that it could be in line…
Living for 32 Gun Violence Prevention Movie
by Will
On November 2nd, my group and I watched a documentary titled Living for 32, directed by Colin Goddard, one of the survivors of the Virgina Tech shooting. Colin Goddard works with the Brady Campaign currently, preventing gun violence around the country. He was in a French class on the fateful day of April 16, 2007.…
Interview with Donna Dees
by Flynn
Interview with Donna DeesLast Monday, Louie, Will and I met Donna Dees, the founder of Million Mom March. The second we started this project we immediately contacted her because of her status with the school and the world. We set up a interview with her at 10:00 PM Monday. We met in front of the…
Living for 32 (Social Justice Movie)
by Louie
Our first field work was watching a movie, Living for 32. We watched it on November second. It was about Colin Goddard. He was a victim of the Virginia tech shooting. He was shot four times, as said in the movie. I learned a lot about how gun victim feel, witch made it more personal.…
Stop the Shots: Gun Violence in America
by Clair
Our group is focused on preventing gun violence in America because we do not have strong, clear laws to prevent gun violence in our country. We have been working with many organizations, including Harlem Mothers Save, NAGV and Everytown, USA. Through our work, we have learned how easy it is to get a gun and…
