War & Violence: Gun Control

Everytown for gun safety

by Yannik

In late February of 2017 our social justice group met with a woman named Catherine Chatham from Everytown for Gun Safety. We Went to EveryTown’s headquarters and did some of their work. Everytown for Gun Safety is an organization working to help prevent gun violence. We sorted and got a count of their inventory. What…

by Julien

For this fieldwork we went to work with Everytown to Prevent Gun Violence to help them with their work at their headquarters uptown. We did the work that would cost them time and money so they could use that time to work on something that would benefit the cause of gun control. For example we had to organize…

by Charlie

On February 29th my group and I traveled uptown to visit Everytown’s headquarters, as soon as we arrived there we were greeted, brought up in a futuristic elevator and sprawled out in front of us were many rows of people who work for Everytown and fight gun violence every day. We walked through their office…

by Miles

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…

by Miles

For this fieldwork our group brought Lisa Miller a journalist and reporter from The New York Magazine to our school. Throughout the fieldwork we asked her a few questions about her views on gun control, but the focus of the meeting was for her to show her documentary called “Guns and Empathy” to our classmates.…

by Yannik

In February 2017 our group invited Lisa Miller to come into our classroom to have a screening of her documentary and to answer some questions. Lisa Miller is a journalist who works for New York Magazine. She created a documentary called “Guns and Empathy”. This documentary paired 16 people up who were on different sides…

by Julien

Yesterday my Social Justice group and i met with Lisa Miller. Lisa Miller is a writer and journalist. She was a big part of the documentary, “Guns and Empathy.” We brought her in to our classroom to talk to her and for her to share who she is and the meaning behind her documentary. We…

by Yannik

Earlier this year we had an interview with Talmage Cooley who was a important gun activist. We met him at a restaurant and talked to him about his work and how we can make a difference. He gave us many ideas of how we can make a difference. Talmage started working on gun violence issue…

by Yannik

In November of 2016 our group went on an interview with Donna Dees who was one of the people who started the Million Mom March. We were very excited to interview her about her work, but the important reason why we met with her was to talk about a potential screening of the new movie…

by Yannik

Early in November our group met with Kim Russel, a representative from the Brady Campaign. We talked about various things. We interviewed Kim Russel about her work with the Brady Campaign. We talked about laws and we learned about what the Brady Campaign does and how we could make an impact. We learned that it…

by Charlie

On Thursday my Social Justice group and I had our first field work, we had an interview with an important person from The Brady Campaign named Kim Russel. We asked her a few questions about her views on the gun issue in the US. She told us many interesting facts but one that stuck with…

by Miles

My group interviewed Kim Russell, who is the Regional Organizing Manager at the Brady Campaign. She told us about the Brady Campaigns mission which is to cut gun deaths in half by 2025. It’s a big goal, but that’s how they stay motivated. A big point she made is that guns aren’t being used…

by Miles

My group interviewed Donna Dees, who is the founder of Million Moms March, which is the largest protest against gun violence of all time. This visit was really fun and interesting. We also interviewed her about her current work with the Brady Campaign. Throughout this interview, she share some interesting facts and statistics about…

by Julien

In this interview I met with Talmage Cooley, the CEO of the Center to Prevent Youth Violence. He is one of the most prominent advocates for Gun Control. For this fieldwork visit Talmage and our group planned to meet at a restaurant on West 4th Street mostly because how cold it was outside. He was…

by Julien

Today I met with Kim Russell, a representative from the Brady Campaign. During this fieldwork we sat and talked about Kim’s work at the Brady Campaign. Unfortunately I was sick and couldn’t make it, but one of my team members facetimed me so I could hear everything and even ask questions. Kim Russell was talking…