Name: Wally Condos

Social Justice Group: 2023-2024, Gun Violence Epidemic: NYC and USA

Date of Fieldwork: January 29, 2024

Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s):Newtown Alliance

Type of Fieldwork: [69]

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

Our fieldwork with the Newtown Alliance was the most work we have put in yet to really stop gun violence. As we called senators from various states talking about Ethans law, which is when gun owners would be required to secure their firearms in a secure gun storage or safety device, and giving example on how it would help. The host of the zoom meetings son and 3 other family members have been victims of gun violence, Newtown Alliance started after the sandy hook school shooting.

We each called ten senators I was sent to voicemail seven times, a real person answered twice, and there was one with no response. We had a script we use for each senator and we would convey our message that Ethan’s law shall be passed, and it would stop many deaths that would have not happened with Ethan’s law enforced. All in all it was a wondeerful expierence and hopefully we made a difference in the U.S.A to make it a safer place!