Name: Kai Khorasani
Social Justice Group: Mass shootings in the U.S. / School Shooting in US
Date of Fieldwork: January 17, 2023
Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s):Million Mom March, Donna Dees
Type of Fieldwork: Interview
What I did and what I learned about my topic, activism, social justice work or civil and human rights work from this fieldwork?[:: :
We interviewed the founder of Million Mom March, Donna Dees. Million Mom March was one of the largest protests against gun violence in US history. It was held on Mothers Day, May 14, 2000 in the Washington DC National Mall by the organization to call for more strict gun control. It reached a population of about a million. She is currently still organizing, celebrating, and immortalizing women. We learned that 76% of school shooters get their firearms from family, or home, gun violence has gone down since the Million Mom March, and it helped get state laws passed.
